Small things, big effect: About the fascination of tiny products

I’ll take a look at the supermarket on the shelf of the whinging goods, my inner child ignites the turbo. I must, must, must put this mini nut nougat cream on the checkout belt – even though I’m by no means a Nutella fan and I know that the price doesn’t justify the mini jar at all. Why am I still accessing it? Good question.

The fascination for the small

It’s not just the Nutella jar that gets me excited. Small things that are actually big simply fascinate me. A ? If nobody really needs it, I would still buy it. I don’t want to throw or buy a normal Frisbee. At a things look different. If small things melt my bank balance, I feel like the children of the legendary game show “Super Toy Club”. They ripped through a Toys’r Us in the 1990s and threw every conceivable toy into the shopping trolley without a single thought.

Maybe it’s exactly that, this willful thoughtlessness, not needing and still buying in connection with the change of perspective from big to small. This wonderful turbo consumption from the telly of my childhood shaped me so much as a scion of the nineties that it still tickles me today to make completely meaningless and overpriced emotional purchases. And the feeling of seeing a large object very small and holding it in your hands is enough.

Manufacturers seem to have noticed this and are happy about miniature enthusiasts with a lack of impulse buying control. Next there are also tiny ones and smaller than the little finger. And nothing feels bigger than holding the mini thing in your hands and enjoying its tiny size. If you wanted, you could even have a complete mini party with mini products.

Just celebrate a little

And there really would be something for everyone at this party: if mini billiards gets boring for a long time, throw a few baskets at the . Sounds exciting? Not as exciting as . Then it’s up to them and true bar jocks take on those . Isn’t that classic enough? Do not worry, and there is also. The dancing bears among the party guests are happy about one . In 2022 it seems harder to find something that doesn’t already exist in miniature. Because a party like this makes you really hungry, there is something for the big hunger, by the way . As nice as it may look at first glance, small things quickly become boring. They’re also depressing because they don’t offer enough depth.

The shine fades

It’s just like the kids from Super Toy Club. They needed their junk as little as I think I do. And it’s estimated that they threw away half their show booty after they ripped it open, too. At least that’s what happened to the tiny Nutella jar. Once opened, its shine faded and there wasn’t enough hazelnut cream in it to make me happy. After that it got in the way – so get rid of it. If I had a mini pool table, it would probably end up in the basement after two uses. The same applies to table football, bowling alley & Co.

But there are also small things that make sense – at least for a special group of people. An example is this . Of course, this also leads to impulse purchases. But not only: As reported, criminals like to smuggle the mini mobile phone into prison because it fits into the hiding place provided.

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