My rant was more against the whole cheap plastic toy industry. The big chains definitively sell more cheap stuff (daresay shit) than my eco-self would like. But

My rant was more against the whole cheap plastic toy industry. The big chains definitively sell more cheap stuff (daresay shit) than my eco-self would like. But you're right: Legos, Playmobil and indeed Barbies (my girl is a few weeks old, so yet to start on that avenue) are all very durable plastic toys and a large staple of what Toys R Us and other big toy stores sell. I agree with the other commenters that Amazon and Alibaba online and local discounters locally only serve to enhance the get-plastics-for-nearly-free market in toys. An example: The metal miniature cars of the 80s still survive to this day. The plastic miniature cars, even those with metal tops, of the 10s get ruined by my boys in 24-48 hours. I don't even think they play like little monsters. A few good falls and it's gone. Then I get to toss it away and I really cringe. I blame toy stores for that, but that's totally naive.