Hasbro Creates Play-Doh Poop. And it is Not Going Over Well
Source – Hasbro has announced its latest Play-Doh set. It’s called “Poop Troop.”
It’s kind of like a Mr. Potato Head except that instead of a plastic potato body, you stick the arms, eyes, and other anthropomorphizing pieces into a squishy, emoji-like poop swirl of Play-Doh.
Who’s in your poop troop?! from giggle-worthy poop monsters to creations like the famous emojis, kids can create a rainbow of their own hilarious Play-Doh characters. You might make a face at the idea, but making silly faces for your characters is literally what it’s all about! to start the fun, use the poo mold, tools, and Play-Doh colors to create your character’s body. Grab the eyes, arms, mouths, and other accessories and plug them in different places to make all kinds of silly faces. Mix them up for a giggling good time again and again, and don’t forget to clean up after yourself!
Well alright then. Hasbro, the pride of Providence, RI, doing what the successful toy companies do. They find characters children love, and then help bring them to life in toy form. The way Mattel does with Barbie. Kenner did with Star Wars back in the day. LEGO does with virtually every great fictional franchise. Or how Funko does with movies and TV characters. Hasbro is finally doing with America’s most beloved character of the 2010s, this guy:
What’s the worst that could happen? Parents love to see children at play, right? Taking their eyes off their screens for a while and using their imaginations? Being creative and craftsy? This should go over really well …
I suppose they should’ve seen this coming. In a world where parents outlawed Candy Cigarettes, Lawn Darts, Clackers, Sky Dancers, where some complain that “CandyLand” promotes juvenile diabetes and toy guns are more regulated than real guns, it was wishful thinking on Hasbro’s part that parents would be OK with toy shit. Fun though it may be. The first time some toddler is fishing a Sewer Trout out of the toilet and putting a pair of plastic googly-eye glasses on it because he’s tired of playing with the fake stuff and wants to take things up a notch, Hasbro will be hit with a lawsuit that could put them out of business. And I shudder to think what will happen with those kids who like to eat Play-Doh.
Nice try, though. But this is the kind of idea that might have gone over in the days of Cap Guns and Atomic Energy Labs that emitted real radiation into kids faces, because in the 1950s (excuse the pun) nobody really gave a shit about kids’ safety so long as they weren’t bothering dad, becoming Communists or making friends with minorities. But I’m afraid with today’s parents, Play Doh Poop is an idea that’s going to land with a plop.
