I agree: The inner-cynic in me sees the insidious side to this, that childhood follies may be be even archived and data-mined for all eternity. I digress, the

I agree: The inner-cynic in me sees the insidious side to this, that childhood follies may be be even archived and data-mined for all eternity. I digress, the thing that really jumped out at me: "according to a 2010 paper by Elena Smirnova, director of the Center of Play and Toys at Moscow State University, dolls that resemble humans are essential for the kind of role-playing that kids need to do to work through the events of their lives" I imagine this being lessened if the toy points parameters on the imagination. I know I played with action figures and placed them in pretty fantastical situations but it seems the cheapened by an electronic interaction governor. Perhaps it may enhance it but I'd wager its the former and not the later.