It’s a frank object we all yearn we’d had.
And now these bracelets – minute rubber bands called “bandz” shaped like sustenance, princesses, Phillies gear, and lions, tigers, and bears, oh my – are the latest construct must-haves for teens, tweens, and toddlers, boys and girls uniformly.
Toy stores and children’s clothing boutiques are selling through dozens of boxes a day. Some teachers in northern New Jersey have banned them from their classroom – too distracting.
What’s so overconfident about the Technicolor bandz? On, they look like bracelets or ponytail holders, but off, they pop propitious back to their novel shapes. Poof. Not only do the bandz prove in funky tie-dyed patterns – some have glitter, others redness in the joyless, and some are even, OMG!, scented.
Back in the day, I would have wanted them. And at $2.50 for a bevy of 20, I read why they are hot for collecting and trading. (I’d tax a several now, but with grown-helpmate wrists, these miniature bandz would undoubtedly cut off my status....
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