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Article: Play roads: creative license required.
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- December 1, 1992
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 Sunset Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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RACE CAR DRIVERS, police officers, wrecker operators, pilots: whatever they imagine themselves to be, children (particularly boys, despite the best efforts of stereotype-sensitive parents) love pushing little vehicles around pretend streetscapes.
Manufacturers of everything from bed linens to building bricks are more than happy to fuel this innocuous fantasy (wouldn't you rather your kids thought they were tractor drivers than Ninja Turtles?). We have seen streetscapes represented on sheets and comforters, rugs and carpeting, bolts of fabric, and vinyl mats. Lego sells baseplates with road sections incorporated into their dot patterns.
Of course, you can also ...