At present, there are many classification methods for DIY toy products in the industry:
(1) according to the production materials.That is, with the main production materials of DIY toy products as the characteristics to classify, generally DIY toy products can be divided into cloth velvet DIY toys, bamboo DIY toys, plastic DIY toys, paper DIY toys, metal DIY toys, etc.According to the classification of production materials, the difficulty encountered is that some DIY toys use several materials at the same time, the main production materials are not obvious, and when some DIY toys have more obvious characteristics than the production materials in structure or function, according to the classification of production materials is not appropriate.Therefore, this classification method can only be used for a part of DIY toy products.Habitionally, when classified according to the production materials, the material characteristics of DIY toy products are more obvious, while other characteristics are not obvious, such as the structure and function characteristics of DIY toys are not obvious.
(2) According to the product function points.DIY toys have a variety of use functions. If a certain type of DIY toy products are obvious, they can be classified according to the use of functions.When classifying the use functions, attention should be paid attention to the use function of DIY toys is often divided into two levels: one is the use function at the material structure level; the other is the use function at the spiritual and cultural level.Functional analysis at the latter level requires relatively rich experience and a knowledge base in children's psychological and behavioral sciences.At present, according to the product function classification, generally only focus on several main use functions, such as electric (mobile) DIY toys, sound DIY toys, remote control DIY toys, ride DIY toys, ejection DIY toys, model DIY toys, doll DIY toys, handmade DIY toys.
(3) According to the product structure points.With DIY toy product body structure as a feature to classification, such as inertial structure in mobile DIY toys, can be divided into friction start inertia, pulling inertia and rack pull inertia of different structure, ejection DIY toys can be divided into energy storage structure and energy storage structure, children's car can be divided into front drive wheel structure, sprocket crank drive structure and electric drive structure, etc.Classification according to the product structure is a more detailed classification, which generally requires the structure characteristics of the product to be more obvious or have a general structure.(4) Divaccording to the production process.DIY toy products production process is varied, commonly used process such as metal DIY toys cold stamping, plastic DIY plastic injection molding has no characteristics, not as a classification characteristics, only for a kind of DIY toy characteristic production process as a classification basis, such as enamel DIY toys, blow molding DIY toys, printing iron DIY toys, filling DIY toys, etc.
(5) According to the use of the object points.DIY toy product users have a large age span, according to the growth stage can be divided into children, teenagers, adults, the elderly, etc., and the child stage can be divided into infants, young children, preschool children and school-age children.This classification method is of great significance for controlling the safety quality of children's DIY toys. Scientifically judging the applicable age group of children's DIY toys is a more concerned topic in the DIY toy industry.In addition, the classification method of DIY toy products is also divided by product status or form (static DIY toys, dynamic DIY toys), and by the development history of products (traditional DIY toys, modern DIY toys).Because the classification basis is different, so there will inevitably be a cross after the classification.Current export DIY toy products are divided into 11 categories: DIY toys, bamboo DIY toys, plastic DIY toys, ride DIY toys, strollers, electric DIY toys, paper DIY toys, similar stationery DIY toys, software modeling DIY toys, ejection DIY toys, metal DIY toys, including 5 class is according to the material classification, 6 class is according to the product function classification.
