History Main / OverlyCoolPlaySpace

A subtrope of RuleOfCool. Pops up in FridgeLogic.

For action figures, the children have set up an elaborate play environment made of rocks and sticks that must have taken ''hours'' more to assemble than the 30 seconds seen that it took to play in. For toy cars, the children have a kitchen that has over wide stretches of spotless, uninterrupted linoleum[[note]]After all, if Mom had just mopped it, the kids probably wouldn't be playing on it.[[/note]] or going through a dirt track a little too obviously built by an adult.

For action figures, the children have set up an elaborate play environment made of rocks and sticks that must have taken ''hours'' more to assemble than the 30 seconds seen that it took to play in. For toy cars, the children have a kitchen that has over 50 feet of uninterrupted linoleum, or going through a dirt track a little too obviously built by an adult.

This is not to say that [[TruthInTelevision there aren't kids out there who don't make their own playsets]], but the trope is to make the toys seem even more exciting to the potential buyer.

** Toy manufacturers put a disclaimer to the effect of "background set not available" at the bottom of their commercials when they air in Britain if they're playing this trope straight.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8oMnf57th0 This Burnin' Key Car Commercial]] uses an overly large kitchen.

* Ads for playground equipment often depict a lawn so large and open you wonder why the kids would need a playset anyway with all that room to run around in.

* Ads for playground equipment depict a lawn so large and open you wonder why the kids would need a playset anyway with all that room to run around in.

[[caption-width-right:325:Because everyone has a room with a green table and rainbows, clouds and circus tents painted on the wall, right?]]

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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcwF-lWvgzM This commercial]] for BatmanTheAnimatedSeries toys features an epic playset that's certainly not sold in stores.

A subtrope of RuleOfCool

* A windup stunt cycle commercial of the 1980's had a car tire which had been severed at one point and pulled sideways and placed as a loop-the-loop with the road being the inner surface of the tire. Not unless those kids dad let them use some pretty impressive tools...

* A windup stunt cycle commercial of the 1980's had a car tire which had been cut at one point and twisted and placed as a loop-the-loop with the road being the inner surface of the tire. Not unless those kids dad let them use some pretty impressive tools...

This is not to say that [[TruthInTelevision there aren't kids out there who don't make their own playsets]], but the trope is to make the toys seem even more exciting to the potential buyer.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iG8xRiHyNc&feature=related This Batman action figure commercial]] (see picture above), features a whole homemade play set, including a barrel of "sludge", which is almost definitely not included in the "figures and vehicle sold separately" disclaimer.

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[[caption-width:383:Toy barn, "sludge" barrel, table and fence aren't even ''sold'' separately.]]

This is not to say that there aren't kids out there who don't make their own playsets, but the trope is to make the toys seem even more exciting to the potential buyer.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDW4DfE9gGU This Hot Wheels set]] seems to be filmed in an overly dark basement with a lot of strange, swinging lamps. [[FridgeLogic You can only wonder what these boys' parents do in that room when the kids aren't playing with their race track in it.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cGdBhxGfM4 This Batman action figure commercial]] (see picture above), features a whole homemade play set, including a barrel of "sludge", which is almost definitely not included in the "figures and vehicle sold separately" disclaimer.

[[caption-width:383:Toy barn, "sludge barrel", table and fence aren't even ''sold'' separately. Quite frankly we don't even ''know'' where the kids got 'em...]]

*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cGdBhxGfM4 This Batman action figure commercial]] features a whole homemade playset, including a barrel of "sludge", which is almost definitely not included in the "figures and vehicle sold separately" disclaimer.

[[caption-width:383:Toy barn, "sludge barrel", table and fence aren't even sold separately. Quite frankly we don't know ''where'' the kids got 'em...]]