Serious music producers use toys all the time. The main riff of Gorillaz Clint Eastwood was sampled from what is essentially a toy: https://youtu.be/EDX6l9_58R

Serious music producers use toys all the time. The main riff of Gorillaz Clint Eastwood was sampled from what is essentially a toy: https://youtu.be/EDX6l9_58R https://youtu.be/EDX6l9_58R and there's a lot of videos of producers like Legowelt, Four Tet and others making great songs on the spot by sampling other toy instruments. Toys are great source of inspiration.