{"id":11528,"date":"2016-10-30T10:14:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T14:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=11528"},"modified":"2017-04-14T12:37:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T16:37:23","slug":"broken-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=11528","title":{"rendered":"Broken Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I ran into an old friend, Andrea Lippke, who wrote a wonderful article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/16\/garden\/16makedo.html\">&#8220;In Make-Do Objects, Collectors Find Beauty Beyond Repair,&#8221;<\/a> about my collection in <em>The New York Times<\/em> a few years back.\u00a0She\u00a0couldn&#8217;t wait to share with me a YouTube video she and\u00a0her young daughter had\u00a0been enjoying: Walt Disney&#8217;s\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qECsfVSFRRU\">Broken Toys<\/a><\/em>, a Silly Symphony short film\u00a0from 1935.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u00a0begins\u00a0with garbage being tossed into a heap\u00a0of discarded items with a\u00a0NO DUMPING sign looming in the foreground. A sailor doll with a broken leg befriends a jack-in-the-box with a broken spring, a doll missing her eyes, a rag doll that lost its stuffing, and toy soldiers with\u00a0missing body parts. I cringe to mention that also included are shocking\u00a0racial stereotypes, including a black mammy doll missing her seat and a black dancing marionette with broken strings. It amazes and saddens me that these images were accepted by our culture in\u00a0the not too distant past.<\/p>\n<p>With help from the sailor doll, each toy gets a make-do repair, including my favorite, a\u00a0toy\u00a0solider flautist with\u00a0a thimble replacement hat and a pencil standing in for\u00a0a missing leg. In the background throughout the film are dozens of chipped and cracked ceramics, each screaming out for an inventive repair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11541\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11541\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11541\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-7.55.11-AM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-30-at-7-55-11-am\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-7.55.11-AM.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-7.55.11-AM-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11547\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11547\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11547\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-9.06.13-AM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-30-at-9-06-13-am\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-9.06.13-AM.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-9.06.13-AM-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11542\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11542\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11542\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-7.56.58-AM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-30-at-7-56-58-am\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-7.56.58-AM.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-7.56.58-AM-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11546\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11546\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11546\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-8.02.40-AM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-30-at-8-02-40-am\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-8.02.40-AM.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-8.02.40-AM-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11545\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11545\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11545\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-8.01.13-AM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-30-at-8-01-13-am\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-8.01.13-AM.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-8.01.13-AM-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11543\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11543\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11543\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-7.59.20-AM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-30-at-7-59-20-am\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-7.59.20-AM.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-7.59.20-AM-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11540\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11540\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11540\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-8.01.29-AM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-30-at-8-01-29-am\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-8.01.29-AM.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-8.01.29-AM-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of my own broken toys, each an ultimate survivor that\u00a0could easily have ended up in the same garbage dump depicted\u00a0in the film. My heartfelt thanks to the unsung heroes who brought <a href=\"https:\/\/bestforthekids.com\/boys-toys-gifts\/\">these toys<\/a> back to life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4054\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_18652.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1865\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_18652.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_18652-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11538\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8562-Version-3.jpg\" alt=\"img_8562-version-3\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8562-Version-3.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8562-Version-3-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8562-Version-3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11532\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1989-1.jpg\" alt=\"img_1989\" width=\"400\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1989-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1989-1-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11533\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3638-1.jpg\" alt=\"img_3638\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3638-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3638-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11534\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5447-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"img_5447-version-2\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5447-Version-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5447-Version-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5447-Version-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11530\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11530\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11530\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1163.jpg\" alt=\"img_1163\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1163.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1163-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11537\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11537\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11537\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7051-1.jpg\" alt=\"img_7051\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7051-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7051-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7051-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I ran into an old friend, Andrea Lippke, who wrote a wonderful article, &#8220;In Make-Do Objects, Collectors Find Beauty Beyond Repair,&#8221; about my collection in The New York Times a few years back.\u00a0She\u00a0couldn&#8217;t wait to share with me a YouTube video she and\u00a0her young daughter had\u00a0been enjoying: Walt Disney&#8217;s\u00a0Broken Toys, a Silly Symphony [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-toy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11528"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12137,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11528\/revisions\/12137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}