Sigh…was this how my parents felt during Pokemon and Tamagotchi's?
If you don't have kids, work with kids, engage in popular culture, then you probably have never heard of Silly Bandz. Consider yourself sane then. Silly Bandz is a recent fad that I believe spiked last year, but is still carrying on, for some reason. I don't understand it. And I probably shouldn't try to understand it, but I waste my time anyway.
Well I have been pretty vague. Silly Bandz are essentially bracelets that when they aren't on a person's wrist, they form some sort of shape logo, etc. Kids are supposed to collect and trade them, and of course buy lots of them. They make them in theme sets like sports, music, dinosaurs, cars, etc. And they come in lots of colors. They aren't marketed only for children either. When I was at my Fraternities National convention this past winter, they gave us each a pack of APO themed Silly bandz that formed our letters, our shield and a few of our logos.
When there is money to be made, the MLB is usually on it. Cue Mets Silly Bandz! I mean…logo bandz, whatever. Yep, you can get the interlocking NY, the Mets, Mr. Met, homeplate, and of course, the MLB logo, because it has to be spread somehow.
This isn't the first time the Mets have been involved with this. Last year as a promotion, the Brooklyn Cyclones gave out Bandz to their fans at a game.
