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do you agree that in playing transformers toys does help improving one's graphic memory and to learn to be self-patient. this not only help children developing graphic memory, but also can help children to discover self-interest and patience.

Man, Altertron comes up with the best topics! Seriously, you should get an award for some of these...

hmm... does playing with Transformers improve memory?

I remember raising a point about this to someone else a long time ago when a similar subject came up, but I can't remember what it was, so that in itself isn't a good sign.

Buy me more toys and maybe it'll come back to me

Altertron wrote:do you agree that in playing transformers toys does help improving one's graphic memory and to learn to be self-patient. this not only help children developing graphic memory, but also can help children to discover self-interest and patience.

uuuhhhm i might say yes... in one way or the other because after getting bb 08 i somehow forget how to return it into alt mode even now i still don't know how i will turn him back to alt mode geez...

you know me, cuz i'm the original prove.

im not to sure about this. I usually apply my memory of how to transform the figure in terms of mental instructions rather than just being able to picture the whole process.

While some of it may be memory, if you do it enough times, more than likely it is simply intuition and the ability to see things spatially.

At least that's what I think.

I dunno about improving memory, but I will say that playing with Transformers helped me in regaining my fine motor skills in my hands. About 6 yrs ago, I was diagnosed with Guillian Barre' Syndrome, a neurological disorder where you basically "short out" The DR said it was like little "Pac-Men" eating my nerve endings. I was unable to use my hands and legs. After receiving the treatments in the hospital I was discharged and was sent home to start the long journey of regaining the use of my hands. The DR had given me putty to play with as a way of making my hands move, but it grew boring and kinda depressing. Right before I came down with GBS I had purchased some "Beast Wars" toys at K-mart before they closed up shop. I had them unboxed and I very slowly re-learned how to use my hands by Transforming the toys from bot to beast mode and back again. It was after I began to get better that my love of the toys grew, not just by the enjoyment they gave me but because it was the best form of Therapy I could ever ask for.

SoundStang wrote:I dunno about improving memory, but I will say that playing with Transformers helped me in regaining my fine motor skills in my hands. About 6 yrs ago, I was diagnosed with Guillian Barre' Syndrome, a neurological disorder where you basically "short out" The DR said it was like little "Pac-Men" eating my nerve endings. I was unable to use my hands and legs. After receiving the treatments in the hospital I was discharged and was sent home to start the long journey of regaining the use of my hands. The DR had given me putty to play with as a way of making my hands move, but it grew boring and kinda depressing. Right before I came down with GBS I had purchased some "Beast Wars" toys at K-mart before they closed up shop. I had them unboxed and I very slowly re-learned how to use my hands by Transforming the toys from bot to beast mode and back again. It was after I began to get better that my love of the toys grew, not just by the enjoyment they gave me but because it was the best form of Therapy I could ever ask for.

Now that's a good story!

yep, it totally regain oneself's motor-reflexes.

I don't think so, however, Transformers sure do make for good puzzles, at least that's how I view them.

Sorry for the weird first post.

SoundStang wrote:I dunno about improving memory, but I will say that playing with Transformers helped me in regaining my fine motor skills in my hands. About 6 yrs ago, I was diagnosed with Guillian Barre' Syndrome, a neurological disorder where you basically "short out" The DR said it was like little "Pac-Men" eating my nerve endings. I was unable to use my hands and legs. After receiving the treatments in the hospital I was discharged and was sent home to start the long journey of regaining the use of my hands. The DR had given me putty to play with as a way of making my hands move, but it grew boring and kinda depressing. Right before I came down with GBS I had purchased some "Beast Wars" toys at K-mart before they closed up shop. I had them unboxed and I very slowly re-learned how to use my hands by Transforming the toys from bot to beast mode and back again. It was after I began to get better that my love of the toys grew, not just by the enjoyment they gave me but because it was the best form of Therapy I could ever ask for.

nice insipiring true to life movie deserving story! really cool!

id say it does cuz u have to remember lots of transformations which means u have to remember where to move some parts, where to peg them if necesary and lots of things i dont really want to write so i say it again, i think they DO improve your memory!!!!

SoundStang wrote:I dunno about improving memory, but I will say that playing with Transformers helped me in regaining my fine motor skills in my hands. About 6 yrs ago, I was diagnosed with Guillian Barre' Syndrome, a neurological disorder where you basically "short out" The DR said it was like little "Pac-Men" eating my nerve endings. I was unable to use my hands and legs. After receiving the treatments in the hospital I was discharged and was sent home to start the long journey of regaining the use of my hands. The DR had given me putty to play with as a way of making my hands move, but it grew boring and kinda depressing. Right before I came down with GBS I had purchased some "Beast Wars" toys at K-mart before they closed up shop. I had them unboxed and I very slowly re-learned how to use my hands by Transforming the toys from bot to beast mode and back again. It was after I began to get better that my love of the toys grew, not just by the enjoyment they gave me but because it was the best form of Therapy I could ever ask for.

aww such a sweet thing that transformers did to u!

SoundStang wrote:I dunno about improving memory, but I will say that playing with Transformers helped me in regaining my fine motor skills in my hands. About 6 yrs ago, I was diagnosed with Guillian Barre' Syndrome, a neurological disorder where you basically "short out" The DR said it was like little "Pac-Men" eating my nerve endings. I was unable to use my hands and legs. After receiving the treatments in the hospital I was discharged and was sent home to start the long journey of regaining the use of my hands. The DR had given me putty to play with as a way of making my hands move, but it grew boring and kinda depressing. Right before I came down with GBS I had purchased some "Beast Wars" toys at K-mart before they closed up shop. I had them unboxed and I very slowly re-learned how to use my hands by Transforming the toys from bot to beast mode and back again. It was after I began to get better that my love of the toys grew, not just by the enjoyment they gave me but because it was the best form of Therapy I could ever ask for.

Thats one hell of a story man, very inspirational.

If Transformers make me more intelligent, than I'm sold into the hobby fully and completely, lol.

But seriously, I do think there is some merit to playing with them. Taking things apart and putting things back better can help children learn patience and learn a new of solving a problem, how to get from point a (alt mode) to point b (bot mode). I guess it's an out of the box way to problem solving or whatever, but some kids learn better from actually doing things rather than reading.

So in essence: transformers > books. and learning. and school.

=)
SB

Beautiful story, SoundStang!

And yeah, I think TFs do definitely have a positive effect on both your mind and motor skills. It's well-documented that if you do a lot of puzzles, it keeps your mind agile, and in a lot of ways, that's exactly what Transformers are.

Transforming Transformers improves:

1.) Hand-Eye Coordination

2.) Memory

3.) Ingenuity (at least for those such as myself who rarely look at the directions)

4.) Spatial Understanding

Not to sure about patience, given that some TFs can frustrate to the point of losing temper.