Who's toys are they?

[edgesight]

The figure that Walter used in his demonstration was a 3-3/4" G.I.Joe. According to Wikipedia that size wasn't released until 1982.

"The G.I. Joe trademark has been used by Hasbro to title two different toy lines. The original 12-inch line begun in 1964 centered around realistic soldier dolls. In 1982, the line was relaunched in a 3 3/4-inch scale complete with vehicles, playsets, and a complex background story involving an ongoing struggle between the G.I. Joe Team and the evil Cobra Organization. This franchise has spawned numerous comics, cartoons and films."

Unless this was a slip-up by the production crew, those are definitely Peter's toys...unless Walter still played with toys then, i forget his age.

[Matthew]

The figure that Walter used in his demonstration was a 3-3/4" G.I.Joe. According to Wikipedia that size wasn't released until 1982.

"The G.I. Joe trademark has been used by Hasbro to title two different toy lines. The original 12-inch line begun in 1964 centered around realistic soldier dolls. In 1982, the line was relaunched in a 3 3/4-inch scale complete with vehicles, playsets, and a complex background story involving an ongoing struggle between the G.I. Joe Team and the evil Cobra Organization. This franchise has spawned numerous comics, cartoons and films."

Unless this was a slip-up by the production crew, those are definitely Peter's toys...unless Walter still played with toys then, i forget his age.

I don't think it was a slip-up. It's possible, but when they exchanged that dialouge, I definitely thought there was something fishy going on with Peter's past. There is a lot of it that we do not know, and I felt that this only played into more.

[Citizen]

Didn't Walter even say they belonged to Peter? Why does every little thing have to mean the show has been misleading us?

[Matthew]

Didn't Walter even say they belonged to Peter? Why does every little thing have to mean the show has been misleading us?

Because Walter said they belonged to Peter, and then Peter said they weren't his, and then Walter said "oh, well then they must be my toys."

Also, as the creator of this thread said, either the creators messed up with the toys, or they are too new to have belonged to Walter as a child.

[edgesight]

It's what we do. We pick apart each hint they intentionally/unintentionally throw in. I was pointing out something that I believe is intentional.

[Citizen]

Yeah, but it starts losing its point when every single line/event on the show is over-analyzed or picked apart.

[mucca]

I would say that's how it's done on Bad Robot shows. They said it themselves, everything is there for a reason. Sometimes there are production errors, but a good percentage of the time, things have some sort of meaning. Some people like finding it, some people don't. You basically don't have to, if you don't want to

[musing_11]

I got the feeling they really were Peter's toys and Walter just said they were his because Peter shot him down and he is so used to thinking he's wrong about everything he remembers (the coffee yogurt etc.)

[Shadnic]

I'm sure there is some importance to the dialog that occurred, but it may have more to do with the fact that Peter never seems to remember his childhood, and they really really really want to hammer this into our heads. Where on earth would Walter even randomly find a box of HIS childhood toys? o.O

Maybe the writers thought "People from the 80's would realize that this didn't exist before then, so it has to be Peter's"

[Fringeling]

I think they are most likely William Bell's toys --- or at least a child's toys circa 1950's. <just from googling>: That can of TinkerToys (by PREP) is circa late 1950's (resembles set #116). The viewmaster is old school also ---- probably a model F late 50's early 60's. Also, the Electronic Vibrating Football game has been around since the 40's, but I couldn't nail down this model. Around that time, Walter would have been about 10-13 years old. A little too old for tinkertoys, but probably not the viewfinder. HOWEVER, Bell would have been only 6-8 years old or so. The perfect age (in those days) for toy sherrif badges and viewmasters and tinkertoys. Hmmm ......