i always hated when my toys were made to look "kid like".

if you give me a toy tool box, there better be a toy hammer that looks like a real hammer that adults use. it better not be multicolored with a big smiley face on them. i'm pretending to be a big strong adult doing a cool job. do you really think i want to show up to the pretend worksite looking like some sort of baby?!

i'm pretty sure all my friends also wanted the "real" thing, so i have to assume that the cute whimsical angle is just to help sell it to adults.

Ugh, it's like they went out of their way to not use the word Zamboni. Like when people say inline skates instead of Rollerblades or facial tissue instead of Kleenex. Yes, I know generic term versus a specific company. blah blah blah. But I feel like the UK has it okay when they say Hoovering instead of vacuuming. Same thing here.

I didn't realize Diggerland wasn't of US origin. https://diggerlandusa.com/