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🗓️ 13 February 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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0:00.0 | I have a three-year-old niece whose room is cramped with toys. Toys on her bed, toys in her closet, toys underneath her bed, toys in a trunk, toys everywhere. |
0:15.0 | There are stuffed animals in every corner of her room. |
0:17.0 | There is Peppa Pig, Nala from Lion King, |
0:20.0 | a giant Hello Kitty, a Pikachu, and one of our favorites, |
0:24.0 | Baby Shark. |
0:25.0 | Toys can tell us a lot about a current period of time. |
0:32.0 | Power Rangers were a big hit back in the 90s. I couldn't get my hands on many of those toys, but I do remember having a Wright Ranger plush toy. And I remember the commercials. |
0:43.0 | It's the mighty orphaned Power Rangers, teenage defenders of Earth. |
0:49.0 | After 20 plus years, the Power Rangers series is still around, so when I see them it brings back nostalgia. |
0:56.1 | That's the magic a toy has. It's for entertainment, but for a child it's more than just that. |
1:03.0 | And at one museum in Mexico City, these kind of toys are a time capsule of Mexico's rich cultural history. I'm an o'marallis, and this is Atlas Obsterra, a celebration of the world's strange incredible and wondrous places. |
1:18.0 | Today we're taking a look inside and Moseau de la Hoquetteu, the Antique Toy Museum, a museum that not only plays with your imagination, but also serves |
1:28.3 | as a creator's vault of memories of Mexico's rich culture and history. |
1:33.0 | More after this. |
1:35.0 | One, two, three, |
1:40.0 | ten, |
1:42.0 | Yake! 3. I've been to Mexico City more than once. I always try to make a stop at a museum to enrich my knowledge of the country where my parents are from. |
2:06.0 | On my last visit, I made my way to a neighborhood called Colonia Doctoris. |
2:10.0 | It's widely known for being home to Arina Mexico, an indoor space where a professional wrestling or |
2:16.2 | Lucha Libre as it's known here takes place. |
2:20.4 | This neighborhood is also home to a quirky building. |
2:23.0 | It's five floors. |
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