I get it too, but generations of us have had those toys and we survived. I used to have this See N Say when I was a kid. It was this plastic toy that had an arrow in the middle and farm animals around it. You pulled the string and as it retracted, if it pointed to the cow, it said "The cow goes 'Moo'". I figured out if I held the string as it was going in I could get the cow to say 'Quack' and other stuff. I would sit there and laugh my *ss off. They replaced the string with a lever so now you can't do that anymore.

I also understand that companies want to appeal to today's kids, but, and maybe I am being an old fart, but there is something about being able to have fun without the use of a video console or a smartphone. Can't they have the comics in the Bazooka Joe AND a code, maybe? A lousy sticker or a temporary tattoo in Cracker Jacks? They have like two peanuts in it too.

I did find the actual board games that I wanted on Amazon and I should be getting them today. The new ones, I cannot see them being any fun for anyone over the age of 5. I do think that these companies are in some way alienating their older customers by making these stupid changes.