Y'know, even going by the traditional patriarchal doctrine of 'girls must prepare themselves to be good wives and mommies when they grow up', I still wouldn't have called an Easy-Bake Oven the 'greatest girl's toy since dolls'. Granted, I'm not exactly an expert on girls toys, being, y'know, male, but still. A jumprope, maybe, or jacks, or a hula hoop - but an oven? Please. What do you do with an oven? You put something in it, turn it on, and wait. And with an ovenlike that, which gets its heat from a lightbulb, if I remember correctly, you wait for a really, really long time. It might be useful for giving your gerbil a suntan, but as a toy? Give me a break. It has all the thrills of a microwave, and none of the functionality. At least a microwave has the potential for destructive mayhem.