>>32374394This, exactly.
Look at the Beanie Baby craze of the '90s. They got so popular that kids could no longer find them or afford them even if they did find them. It became an adult fueled hobby. Many companies make extremely high end, expensive plushies and dolls and models that aren't intended for little kids at all despite being a "toy."
Are people who run makeup tutorial you tube channels or makeup artists just playing with make up and should grow up? Are guys who are into cars just playing with Hot Wheels and should grow up? Adults who are into building models, RC cars/planes, model trains... so many things are both toys for kids and fun hobbies for adults.
It seems many people who would judge me/you/us as being childish are the kinds of people who would yell at someone for playing a video game while they spend all night on Facebook or in Candy Crush spending hundreds on gems.
I pity people who force themselves to give up things they truly enjoy for the sake of fitting into some mold of what others tell them what an adult should and shouldn't be. If I'm paying my bills and not hurting anyone, then no one gets to say boo about what I enjoy spending my time and money on.
So here's a Shellder.
