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Toys Will Be Toys
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Toys Will Be Toys

1988-12-01 · 5 min · Not rated

Animation · Comedy · Family

The South Shields-born animator Sheila Graber looks at the growing gender bias in toys for girls and boys. At the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve, monster killing machines and robots fight each other and toy soldiers in khaki battle against pink clad, cute dolls, threatened animals and fairies. The toys gradually find their traditional roles reversed and harmony returns to the fictional killing fields of a Christmas home.

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Sheila Graber
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Sheila Graber Animated Films
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United Kingdom
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