Is Amazon priming little children for future careers as supply drivers?
The brand new, 92-page Amazon holiday gift catalog incorporates a ride-on delivery van appropriate for youths ages 2 and up. The blue van with the Prime brand on the facet has a seat on prime and a deal with — excellent for youths to scoot round and ship packages to different youngsters within the neighborhood.
It does include three little Amazon packing containers which function picket toy automobiles inside. The van’s cargo space is underneath the seat. Possibly it may be loaded with books for an actual throwback Amazon vibe. In any other case, pack it with batteries and bathroom paper — two of the hottest sellers on the e-commerce web site.
The van, by longtime toy wagon maker Radio Flyer, sells for $46 on-line. Buyer critiques common 4.8 out of 5 stars, with loads of folks commenting about how tickled their children are whereas pretending to make deliveries.
Foot energy is about as sustainable because it will get, so the vans ought to assist with Amazon’s push to realize net-zero carbon emissions throughout its world operations by 2040.
And eventually, little 2-year-old supply drivers are in all probability nonetheless in diapers, so the toy van is unlikely to want one controversial accent — the alleged (and disputed) driver pee bottles that created such a public relations mess for the corporate a number of years in the past.
Hat tip to GeekWire contributor Frank Catalano for sharing pictures and intel from the brand new catalog.
