Top ten toys for city boys
On my desk in front of me there is a foam boulder, a plastic goldfish, a foam car, a tube of hand cream and two pot plants. All except the tube of hand cream were sent to me by publicists promoting products they'd like featured in The Times.
Deal toys, popular with bankers, lawyers, and the like, take the concept of the desk toy one step further. Deal toys are mementoes of successful transactions. The more deal toys piled up on your desk the better you are - it's quantity that matters in this game. Deal toys can literally be trophies but the more creative ones are tailored to the deal ie a rubber duck to celebrate a floatation.
This prompted me to search the net in search of the best deal toys and offer up my own top list of deal toys. Please do send me pictures or descriptions of any you might have on your desk which are worthy of entry into the league.
1. A plastic hotdog. Possibly the most scrumptious looking deal toy on the planet. Not.
2. A shiny soldier on the phone. Presumably just sealing a deal for more ammo. 
3. A plastic torso wearing a pink bra. What can I say?
4. Toast in a toaster. Giving new meaning to the phrase you're toast.
5. A hand grenade for really explosive deals.
6. A mini TV complete with remote control. For creative media types.
7. A tin of Spam encased in acrylic. Definitely, doesn't look good enough to eat.
8. For those with a boyish love of dinky toys here is a cute little forklift truck.
9. For those cowboys still struggling with the smoking ban there is the perfectly formed Malboro cigarette packet complete with a tantilising couple of smokes peeking out of the top.
10. And for those who have forgotten what the actual desk looks like underneath all those toys. I'd recommend the minature desk and accessories deal toy.
The links in the article are rubbish most to not connect through to the article discussed.
Must be a slow news day if this is the best you can do.
Posted by: Robert Miles | 7 Mar 2008 13:49:03
While I generally take pride in understanding and enjoying British humor, this article just leaves me staring blankly at my computer screen...
Posted by: Chris, Reston, Virginia | 7 Mar 2008 15:39:07
The links go through to the suppliers. But because most use flash I haven't been able to link directly to each individual product, so apologies for that.
Not every blog is supposed to make you roar out loud with laughter, some just tap into a quirky little-known trend - like this one.
Posted by: Carol Lewis | 7 Mar 2008 17:58:42
Why are some things little-known?
Because they are waiting to be discovered or are not worth discovering?
"What's that?" said Carol Lewis, pointing at a plastic hot dog on the desk of an acquaintance.
"It's a deal toy..."
10 minutes of internet searching later, hey presto! The top 10 deal toys blog was ready for public consumption.
Correct me if it didn't happen something like that.
Posted by: Jason Kennedy | 10 Mar 2008 06:47:13
I thought a deal toy had to be made of cheap wood
Posted by: Marty | 10 Mar 2008 22:14:20