"Green toys" are front and center at the international toy fair in Nuremburg,
Germany,
The hottest "green" toy in Germany isn't made of
organic or recycled materials. That's so 2010. This one has a
solar panel and only runs if kids remember to insert bright red
"energy stones" that power the rest of the space
station.
A panoply of high-tech green toys are on display at this
year's Nuremberg toy fair, which runs through Sunday. Among
them, hydroelectric-powered toy cars, and doll houses with wind
turbines and rainwater catchers.
Makers and retailers believe such toys will play an increasingly
important role in their future - and that of our kids.
"Energy is the question of the future and we are definitely
thinking about this as we move ahead," said Judith Schweinitz,
a spokeswoman for Playmobil, maker of the solar panel-fitted space
station. "It is increasingly being brought into our play
concept."
