Because I was curious about what kind of toy the genius behind Toys from Trash played as a kid, I just had to ask him. And thankfully, Arvind Gupta was kind enough to humor me.
"I was fortunate to have a very understanding mother. There wasn’t much money so I improvised my own toys. In a broken trunk I collected some tools and kept tinkering with throwaway stuff. I spent hours on end playing with broomsticks, shoe polish boxes, old pens etc.
Then a relative gifted a Mecanno Set – steel strips with holes, screws, angles, pulleys. I never got tired of it and played with it for years. I made four times the things than were listed in the brochure. I think children need large chunks of time to themselves, where they can mess around and figure out things for themselves without adult interference."
"I was fortunate to have a very understanding mother. There wasn’t much money so I improvised my own toys. In a broken trunk I collected some tools and kept tinkering with throwaway stuff. I spent hours on end playing with broomsticks, shoe polish boxes, old pens etc.
Then a relative gifted a Mecanno Set – steel strips with holes, screws, angles, pulleys. I never got tired of it and played with it for years. I made four times the things than were listed in the brochure. I think children need large chunks of time to themselves, where they can mess around and figure out things for themselves without adult interference."
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Thank you for the write-up Mr. Gupta!
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