> These people are paid to know their target demographic and to make choices that maximize profit for any given product.
There was no lego for girls, most sets were clearly for boys (via colors and such) and then they made it and it suddenly drove sales big time. It is fair guess that same sets would sell even sooner.
> a certain percentage of parents wouldn't find that feature appropriate or scary or simply not something they would consider as suitable for a toy.
This is true. Large percentage of toy buyers actually, most toys are bought by more distant relatives and friends who prefer to follow all social expectations and wont buy what is not appropriate for gender. Not because they would be evil, but because basically just want to be done with selection quickly and simply and then go their way.
There was no lego for girls, most sets were clearly for boys (via colors and such) and then they made it and it suddenly drove sales big time. It is fair guess that same sets would sell even sooner.
> a certain percentage of parents wouldn't find that feature appropriate or scary or simply not something they would consider as suitable for a toy.
This is true. Large percentage of toy buyers actually, most toys are bought by more distant relatives and friends who prefer to follow all social expectations and wont buy what is not appropriate for gender. Not because they would be evil, but because basically just want to be done with selection quickly and simply and then go their way.