Watch: Father builds flamethrower toy for kids, internet has mixed reactions
Watch: Father builds flamethrower toy for kids, internet has mixed reactions
If you have watched Once Upon a Time in Hollywood you must remember the climax scene where Leonardo DiCaprio’s character uses his flamethrower to eliminate the intruder that trespasses into his house. Now a creative father got to work to devise a similar flamethrower, sans the fire, for his kids.
A video shared by Twitter user Action Movie Dad, aka Daniel Hashimoto, shows how his two kids had a fun time after playing with the flamethrower. Hashimoto, who works in an animation studio, is a father of two. His recent video shared last week has been viewed over 6 million times.
The toy version of flamethrower uses high blast wind to move a piece of fabric that is orange and red in colour giving off the impression of fire. Sharing the video on Twitter Hashimoto added to the caption, “Did we just build the best toy ever?” In the following tweet, the man also explained that he has used a cordless blower, with a silk rubber-band tied onto its end.
— ActionMovieDad (@ActionMovieKid) August 2, 2022
However, many users were not so happy and thought that such a toy could encourage young kids to be violent. An agitated user said that kids grow up into adults and if they play with a toy version of flamethrower, they will want a real one someday. The user also mentioned that the US already has a problem with gun violence and one could only imagine if it also had a problem with flame throwers.
However, a witty user replied that just because kids play with a toy version of something dangerous it does not mean that the situation would perpetuate violence necessarily.
I let my kids jump from furniture to furniture playing “the floor is lava” I regret this because all 4 of them jumped into an active volcano later. — Big Poppa
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