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Pony Talk => Off Topic => Toy Box & Games Cupboard => Topic started by: Dreamer on September 08, 2018, 01:55:31 AM
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https://poopsie.mgae.com/
This... all of this... is disgustingly hilarious :drunk: :facepalm:
Judging from what I read, it's a doll and a slimemaker, all themed around unicorn poop...
If that "WTF Toys" post was still around, this would take the (mud) cake
Opinions on this? I'm slightly interested on the unicorns themselves, but perhaps I would have to take a better look at them (those L.O.L proportions). As for the rest of it... not a fan of slime unfortunately, I think it gets dirty too easily and doesn't have much durability as a toy
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I saw one of those mystery boxes that had the unicorn toy in it at Walmart but because I hadn't seen or heard anything about it I didn't buy one. I did, however, buy something called a Pooparoo.
https://www.amazon.com/Pooparoos-Surpriseroos-Figures-Styles-Vary/dp/B079KBTCSJ
It's oddly entertaining and fun to squish.
Does anyone else find it weird that about half the toys in the toy aisle now are either food or poop related?
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The poop thing is.... really weird and kinda disturbing, but I do like the level of details they put into the eyes of the unicorns. Their faces are pretty cute overall. But.... why do they have to poop? And why are they blind when they cost $60? $60 for a blind toy is outrageous and it kind of makes me angry. Anyway, a YouTube channel I watch made a review on one and they don't even work properly, so that certainly doesn't help matters.
They'd be better if they didn't have the poop function because that's super weird (or if said function actually worked properly!), and if they weren't blind, no $60 toy should be blind. Really the only thing I like about them is their faces, and hair, I think if they were just cute large unicorn figures they'd be a lot better.
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I'm bothered by the Grumblies. if you haven't seen, they are antithesis of Furbies or Hatchimals. you know how you're supposed to be nice to them, nurture them, teach them to be good? well the Grumblies are the opposite - you are supposed to antagonize them, shake them, poke them, yell at them, basically be abusive to your digital pet. what the....
so this negative outlook on compassion for small creatures CANNOT be good for childhood brain development!!!
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wait so it's a unicorn doll that poops?? What reality is this...
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I've never been a big fan of wetting/popping toys in general but I think this one has got to be one of the weirdest popping toys yet. I'd be okay with just them being unicorn dolls but the fact that they poop slime in a toilet and you are supposed to play with the slime is a little disturbing.
There are already several reviews that mention the toys aren't working properly.
Ponyfan
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The poop thing is.... really weird and kinda disturbing, but I do like the level of details they put into the eyes of the unicorns. Their faces are pretty cute overall. But.... why do they have to poop? And why are they blind when they cost $60? $60 for a blind toy is outrageous and it kind of makes me angry. Anyway, a YouTube channel I watch made a review on one and they don't even work properly, so that certainly doesn't help matters.
They'd be better if they didn't have the poop function because that's super weird (or if said function actually worked properly!), and if they weren't blind, no $60 toy should be blind. Really the only thing I like about them is their faces, and hair, I think if they were just cute large unicorn figures they'd be a lot better.
Hatchimals are around $60 and it's a surprise which one you get with those too.
I do think the problem with some of the people doing reviews of them had was that they didn't do it fast enough. Because you only have a certain amount of time before it sets but the instructions don't tell you that. The few times I have seen it work successfully the reviewer did it fairly quickly.
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:X :X :X Gross, I'm avoiding these, :bolt: bye
Nobody wants to play with poop.
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Still, a 60$ toy shouldn't have that much of a high chance to "fail"
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This reminds me of a unicorn pooping frosting thing for your cupcakes I saw at a church yard sale, did not pick it up though. To me it was an odd idea, and sounds like a pain to keep clean.
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MGAE characters are always so oddly... sassy. I want to say another word, but... :lol:
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I can't do the poop thing, even though the unicorns are cute. Just...no
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Sounds like somethin' really good for the environnement... chemicals and glitter, all perfect, really... and it's going to end up in actual toilets or garbage bin... :cry:. Made me angry >_<
This is disgusting.
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Sounds like somethin' really good for the environnement... chemicals and glitter, all perfect, really... and it's going to end up in actual toilets or garbage bin... :cry:. Made me angry >_<
This is disgusting.
This does make me wonder what happens to slime after it's all done with. I doubt it'll have lasting collectors value, although that's not really the goal.
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I do have to wonder if these unicorns have a risk of growing mold inside them over time given you're supposed to put water inside of them....
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I do have to wonder if these unicorns have a risk of growing mold inside them over time given you're supposed to put water inside of them....
Oh, for sure. Think Sophie the Giraffe. Yikes.
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Sounds like somethin' really good for the environnement... chemicals and glitter, all perfect, really... and it's going to end up in actual toilets or garbage bin... :cry:. Made me angry >_<
This is disgusting.
This does make me wonder what happens to slime after it's all done with. I doubt it'll have lasting collectors value, although that's not really the goal.
Well given the ooze slime forTMNT, and the slime for the he man play sets, they will dry up and shrivel in time, even if never opened.
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Well yes maybe. But I'm still under concern on certains things that are made to play and will finish in the nature. Sorry if it feels off the topic!
Edit: found an unboxing video and I'm not concerned about over-packaging.
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I'm disturbed by the term "potty play".
I've never found bodily functions amusing or cute. Maybe interesting in a scientific way, like looking at stuff under a microscope or how stuff is actually made by the body. I don't get the fascination? Well, it IS a kids toy but even as one myself I wouldn't have gravitated toward anything like this. I did like regular slime though! I had the big skull playset from He-man and loved it!
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I'm disturbed by the term "potty play".
As a kid we had that slime in a cup that would make fart noises when you pushed it around. We thought that was hilarious!
But I agree the ~trendy slang they came up with for this toyline is kinda disturbing for lack of a better word. Like "turdz of paradise" or "poo-l party". It makes me think of these unicorns actually playing and swimming in crap.
I also see MGAE is still going with the cool "z instead of s".
I have no issue with advertising gross stuff to girls. But I saw an imagine of a brown poop milkshake and gagged irl.
There are also poo piles decorated with strawberries and cream. I simply draw the line at making poo look delicious :lol:
If my non-existing child wanted one of these I'd look away whenever it was in use. I watched an unboxing (I follow Honeyhearts C on youtube) and could barely make it halfway through. I'm the same with Grossery Gang. You mix food with crap and I'm out.
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I'm disturbed by the term "potty play".
As a kid we had that slime in a cup that would make fart noises when you pushed it around. We thought that was hilarious!
But I agree the ~trendy slang they came up with for this toyline is kinda disturbing for lack of a better word. Like "turdz of paradise" or "poo-l party". It makes me think of these unicorns actually playing and swimming in crap.
I also see MGAE is still going with the cool "z instead of s".
I have no issue with advertising gross stuff to girls. But I saw an imagine of a brown poop milkshake and gagged irl.
There are also poo piles decorated with strawberries and cream. I simply draw the line at making poo look delicious :lol:
If my non-existing child wanted one of these I'd look away whenever it was in use. I watched an unboxing (I follow Honeyhearts C on youtube) and could barely make it halfway through. I'm the same with Grossery Gang. You mix food with crap and I'm out.
I'm actually fine with these because they lean more towards cute than gross. It's hard to explain but it's the difference between these and something like Poopeez which I cannot stand.
Grossery Gang usually doesn't include any poop except maybe in the names.
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I noticed they have one that's a pug. Well, if I want that I can just go downstairs. :lol: Pugsly's totally got that covered.
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Euugh... no thanks!
I'm amazed at some of the toylines that crop up :lol: who thinks these things up?
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There’s also a game called “Don’t Step In It!” where the object of the game is to avoid stepping on piles of fake poop. I actually don’t understand why pooping/poop related toys are so popular.
I also wonder how long/how many times the unicorn can make slime before the packets run out and the unicorn dolls don’t get played with since popping slime is their main selling point.
Ponyfan
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Wow.
Well, defecating dolls (and now ponies) has been a popular thing for kids for time immemorial- so it isn't really surprising. Plus kids just think poop jokes are SOOO funny. So, yeah. I see why they are doing it...
I wish the pieces were bigger I'd get them for my son who is starting potty training soon... but the pieces look really small. He'd probably try to eat the fake candy knowing him...
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LOL surprise dolls, but with slime. I’m not sure how I feel about this, but it doesn’t feel good. I understand the appeal of baby alive kind of defecating dolls, since the selling point is that the toy behaves like a baby. But this? Eh.... I think I’ll pass.
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Honestly, I didn't even realise that poo was a trend until I saw this thread, then went out to the shops yesterday and bam! there's a coffee mug with a glittery poo on it. This experience has certainly been... educational? :blink: These dolls are somewhat unsettling, to be honest, but if other people enjoy them then that's fine... just so long as they keep them away from me. That said, I do think puking unicorns are funny so I literally do not have a leg to stand on. :drunk:
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There’s also a game called “Don’t Step In It!” where the object of the game is to avoid stepping on piles of fake poop. I actually don’t understand why pooping/poop related toys are so popular.
Ponyfan
There's another game where you flush a toilet and every so often it will shoot water into your face and another game where you flush a toilet and a poop will randomly shoot into the air and you're supposed to catch it. If you catch it in mid-air it's double points. I just... :shocked:
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oh my god I have been wanting one of those poopsie unicorns for so long now! the stores here never have them, and at $50 I dont know if I can justify....hoping to find one (just the unicorn) at thrift or something
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Reading people's comments in this very thread, I don't think these unicorns make good hand-me-downs. I strongly support second-hand stuff but some things... are better when bought new, if you know what i mean
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Play doh made a thing where you could mould brown play doh into poop, and add yellow play doh into it. Gross
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When I read threads like this, about toys like this, I realise that I am officially 'old'.
I had slime as a kid (gak...I remember it was called gak, at least among my peers) but slime and poop are not the same thing. I do remember round the bend on TV and a disturbing level of toilet related humour in the sewers in that show...so it was there, but that was as much as I remember. Oh, there was also Mr Hankey. But I guess that's a slightly older target audience.
All this poop stuff is...yeah.
I am wondering whether this is all because in Japan the word for poop (unko) can also be written with the characters meaning 'lucky child' or 'lucky item' and so poop emoji happened and yeah. I saw a 'golden poop' at a Japanese fair once (obv. not a real poop, lol).
I don't like drink and wet babies or any kind of doll that does baby things because you know, aside trying to force little girls to emulate the breeding model and baby caretaker idea from way too early an age, it's just not logical to want a toy that does those things when you can have one at that age that doesn't. But this is...just...no.
I am not squeamish. But that's vile.
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I don't like drink and wet babies or any kind of doll that does baby things because you know, aside trying to force little girls to emulate the breeding model and baby caretaker idea from way too early an age, it's just not logical to want a toy that does those things when you can have one at that age that doesn't. But this is...just...no.
Amen. :lovey:
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I don't like drink and wet babies or any kind of doll that does baby things because you know, aside trying to force little girls to emulate the breeding model and baby caretaker idea from way too early an age, it's just not logical to want a toy that does those things when you can have one at that age that doesn't. But this is...just...no.
Amen. :lovey:
I think there's nothing wrong with teaching kids of all genders to be nurturing. It's just wrong when all the nurturing expectations fall on one gender and not the other. Even if someone never chooses to be a parent they might have relatives with small humans or choose to take in an animal companion. The Grumblies I find more disturbing because its basically encouraging animal abuse.
https://youtu.be/86qoEAGuqEI
Well this just confirms that the problem some youtubers had was from not following the instructions exactly. I'm still not sure if it was smart to make something aimed at kids so complicated and prone to user error. But hey at least they seem easy to clean inside.
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I don't like drink and wet babies or any kind of doll that does baby things because you know, aside trying to force little girls to emulate the breeding model and baby caretaker idea from way too early an age, it's just not logical to want a toy that does those things when you can have one at that age that doesn't. But this is...just...no.
Amen. :lovey:
I think there's nothing wrong with teaching kids of all genders to be nurturing. It's just wrong when all the nurturing expectations fall on one gender and not the other.
Which was sort of the point I was making...
I agree with you with the Grumblies though.
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Now I've got another problem with this brand: as far, I've seen vids with the only same two but never saw the two other one ONCE. Did they really sell 4 of them, or is it only 2 in reality? :biggrin:
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There’s also a game called “Don’t Step In It!” where the object of the game is to avoid stepping on piles of fake poop. I actually don’t understand why pooping/poop related toys are so popular.
Ponyfan
There's another game where you flush a toilet and every so often it will shoot water into your face and another game where you flush a toilet and a poop will randomly shoot into the air and you're supposed to catch it. If you catch it in mid-air it's double points. I just... :shocked:
I had to look up that flush a toilet and catch the fake poop game. That is really disgusting to me :drunk: I’m actually okay with the one that just sprays water.
I also don’t really like the poop tend. I don’t see how a smiling poop emoji is cute even when it’s rainbow unicorn poop. It just doesn’t appeal to me.
I still think the most bizarre thing about these unicorn dolls is you feed them and then play with the poop/slime they make.
Ponyfan
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I don't like drink and wet babies or any kind of doll that does baby things because you know, aside trying to force little girls to emulate the breeding model and baby caretaker idea from way too early an age, it's just not logical to want a toy that does those things when you can have one at that age that doesn't. But this is...just...no.
Amen. :lovey:
I think there's nothing wrong with teaching kids of all genders to be nurturing. It's just wrong when all the nurturing expectations fall on one gender and not the other.
Which was sort of the point I was making...
I agree with you with the Grumblies though.
Well the answer to that issue isn't to stop making nurturing toys for girls but to make more for boys. Hasbro has actually made some steps in that direction since there are several Baby Alive dolls that have the option to say "daddy" as well as "mommy.
Now I've got another problem with this brand: as far, I've seen vids with the only same two but never saw the two other one ONCE. Did they really sell 4 of them, or is it only 2 in reality? :biggrin:
The other 2 are wave 2. That's why there's only the first 2 on the front. The other ones will come in a purple package that has the other 2 on the front.
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There’s also a game called “Don’t Step In It!” where the object of the game is to avoid stepping on piles of fake poop. I actually don’t understand why pooping/poop related toys are so popular.
Ponyfan
There's another game where you flush a toilet and every so often it will shoot water into your face and another game where you flush a toilet and a poop will randomly shoot into the air and you're supposed to catch it. If you catch it in mid-air it's double points. I just... :shocked:
I had to look up that flush a toilet and catch the fake poop game. That is really disgusting to me :drunk: I’m actually okay with the one that just sprays water.
I also don’t really like the poop tend. I don’t see how a smiling poop emoji is cute even when it’s rainbow unicorn poop. It just doesn’t appeal to me.
I still think the most bizarre thing about these unicorn dolls is you feed them and then play with the poop/slime they make.
Ponyfan
Ewww- okay maybe this isn't such a good idea for kids. Are parents okay with giving their kids toys that encourages them to play with feces? Yuck. Also, biohazard.
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Eeeyaa... gross. While I do see a lot of squishy toys made to look like the poop emoji in rainbow colors, they don't really look much like poop. So somewhat tolerable. But now it's slimy?? Ugh.
Somehow, I don't think older kids are as enthralled with the real thing. :blink: I wish they were because I'd be happy to let the neighbor kids clean out the litterbox or follow my dog on walks. But with pretend poop, they like the idea of getting a reaction and the little bit of control that gives them. That's my theory anyway.
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I don't like drink and wet babies or any kind of doll that does baby things because you know, aside trying to force little girls to emulate the breeding model and baby caretaker idea from way too early an age, it's just not logical to want a toy that does those things when you can have one at that age that doesn't. But this is...just...no.
Amen. :lovey:
I think there's nothing wrong with teaching kids of all genders to be nurturing. It's just wrong when all the nurturing expectations fall on one gender and not the other.
Which was sort of the point I was making...
I agree with you with the Grumblies though.
Well the answer to that issue isn't to stop making nurturing toys for girls but to make more for boys. Hasbro has actually made some steps in that direction since there are several Baby Alive dolls that have the option to say "daddy" as well as "mommy.
I think the start point is to change attitudes first, because girls will still be bought baby dolls and you will still see them encouraged to push around prams and pushchairs more than boys because of the gender expectations. I actually think toys that encourage kids to nurture but which don't emulate real life parenting duties would be better for young kids...I think they should learn to care about people, animals and wildlife/nature in general. Not just how to change a fake nappy and push a plastic person around recklessly. Not that I would stop kids who want to play with those things. I just think more needs to be done than just providing dolls and pushchairs. Empathy, compassion and the instinct to take care of something doesn't start and end with the human race, nor should it be used as it currently is to subtly reinforce gender roles from a young age.
I remember when turtles were out, there were stories of kids going to the sewer to hunt for them, and an uptake in the number of turtles bought as pets and then discarded when the fad ended. It's not a complete unknown for kids encouraged to take an interest in something because it's 'funny' to take it too far, especially when the toy companies are pushing it so hard.
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I remember the Turtle craze, it's just like people were going barmy for owls because of Harry Potter, they didn't know how to take care of them so they ended up releasing them into the wild.
Anyone remember gooey Louie where you had to pick snot from his nose and if you pick the wrong one his brain pops out.
And that Doogie Dodo game that was horrible as well.
On holiday I saw people selling fake poop.
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Seeing the answers in this thread... what if we suddenly got new G1 replicas with a poop gimmick instead of scented? :lol: Would you still buy them?
Like a pooping Mimic. Press her bum and brown slime shoots out. Come on, Hasbro! Hop on the trend!
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Seeing the answers in this thread... what if we suddenly got new G1 replicas with a poop gimmick instead of scented? :lol: Would you still buy them?
Like a pooping Mimic. Press her bum and brown slime shoots out. Come on, Hasbro! Hop on the trend!
Not brown slime! At least the Poopsie slime is different colors and doesn't resemble poop at all.
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Seeing the answers in this thread... what if we suddenly got new G1 replicas with a poop gimmick instead of scented? :lol: Would you still buy them?
Like a pooping Mimic. Press her bum and brown slime shoots out. Come on, Hasbro! Hop on the trend!
Not brown slime! At least the Poopsie slime is different colors and doesn't resemble poop at all.
Green glitter slime then. Lime flavored.
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Kids of a certain age are fascinated by "gross" stuff, and anything taboo, and by parodies (because they've just got to the point where they get what parody is.) In the 80s the big "gross out" franchises were Garbage Pail Kids and Madballs. Kids are into that stuff for a year or two and then outgrow it.
About people buying pets based on shows . . . after Finding Nemo a lot of kids begged their parents for clown fish, which blows my mind because the entire movie is about how Nemo hates being in the aquarium. Literally has the line "Fish weren't made to live in a box" in the show!
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Ooh, so that's where that bottle of 'Chasmell' came from. We have a bottle of it at work, randomly behind the counter (guessing a customer opened one? It was there before I started).
And there is definitely an increase in the number of poop toys. We have 6(!) board games dedicated to poop. 3 doggy games, and 3 other. Lots of poop blind bag toys and squishies. That's much more than usual.
Seeing the answers in this thread... what if we suddenly got new G1 replicas with a poop gimmick instead of scented? :lol: Would you still buy them?
Like a pooping Mimic. Press her bum and brown slime shoots out. Come on, Hasbro! Hop on the trend!
Aw man, now I can't get that frightening image out of my head :lol:
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Kids of a certain age are fascinated by "gross" stuff, and anything taboo, and by parodies (because they've just got to the point where they get what parody is.) In the 80s the big "gross out" franchises were Garbage Pail Kids and Madballs. Kids are into that stuff for a year or two and then outgrow it.
About people buying pets based on shows . . . after Finding Nemo a lot of kids begged their parents for clown fish, which blows my mind because the entire movie is about how Nemo hates being in the aquarium. Literally has the line "Fish weren't made to live in a box" in the show!
I heard a lot of kids flushed their still living fish down the toilet because the movie said "all drains lead to the ocean" so the poor kids thought that their fish would be okay and end up in the ocean.
Ponyfan
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Ah look there's even a bag:
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It's btw filled with some slime stuff idk. But it's SCARY. I mean, even the price is scary. 69.99 POUNDS!
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So, one day after mentioning Madballs I was at a toy store in the mall and I turn around and . . . Madballs. THEY ARE STILL MAKING MADBALLS. I had no idea.
Also the Grossery Gang (the 'gross' parody of Shopkins) has PLAYSETS?? Like, the dude at the toy shop showed me a t-rex toy that the Grossery Gang are supposed to ride or something. I had no idea they were so elaborate.
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Late to this topic, but I agree with anyone saying that this trend is very odd. My childhood years are long past me now, but I don't think I would have ever found any of this to be all of that amusing.
I was at work and saw this candy dispenser that is shaped like those poop emojis and it actually says it "poops" out candy. I was so like "Who would buy this? What are they even thinking these days?"
The fact that the poop emoji ever became a thing in products to begin with is a mystery to me. Strange days we're living in.
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If I had to say the one thing that makes me raise an eyebrow the most, it's this game. Just. Look at those drawings.
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The Poopsie unicorn is £50 here in the U.K
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Two observations: That game, the poop really should not be in the bath, people. That's not where poop should be, even before you get to the problem of fishing poop.
Second. Thank goodness Zapper isn't working for Basic Fun or Hasbro. *shudders at pooping ponies*. As if DnW babies aren't bad enough (thankfully in G1 the UK comic moved well away from that gimmick and made it more about their panties getting patterns on them when they splashed them in puddles and stuff...)
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I wish the US would have made the Drink n Wets more about the diapers getting designs on them when they went through puddles instead of marketing them as the ponies actually wetting the diapers.
I thought of this thread when I saw an advertisement for a Hot Potato game but instead of throwing a ball or stuffed potato the players throw a rainbow poop toy.
Ponyfan
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Walmart has two singing/dancing poop toys. One is brown and sings "You Can't Touch This"-MC Hammer song with words rewritten to be about touching poop-and the other is rainbow and sings Christmas songs like "We Wish You a Poopy Christmas." I really wish I was making this stuff up.
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Walmart has two singing/dancing poop toys. One is brown and sings "You Can't Touch This"-MC Hammer song with words rewritten to be about touching poop-and the other is rainbow and sings Christmas songs like "We Wish You a Poopy Christmas." I really wish I was making this stuff up.
Why is this a thing? *eye twitches*
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I saw a pan that had poop shaped molds in it.
Ponyfan
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Not a fan of the feces-themed merchandise trend. I honestly don't find it cute...
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So yesterday I saw something that IMO tops the poop toys in terms of grossness: a game with a 3-D model head (think "Operation" except 3-D head instead of a 2-D man) on which you . . . pop pimples!
I almost took a picture but then decided to spare you guys. :P
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So yesterday I saw something that IMO tops the poop toys in terms of grossness: a game with a 3-D model head (think "Operation" except 3-D head instead of a 2-D man) on which you . . . pop pimples!
I almost took a picture but then decided to spare you guys. :P
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So yesterday I saw something that IMO tops the poop toys in terms of grossness: a game with a 3-D model head (think "Operation" except 3-D head instead of a 2-D man) on which you . . . pop pimples!
I almost took a picture but then decided to spare you guys. :P
I have seen this O.o the toy catalogues for Christmas are making such a big deal out of these gross things *shudders*