![]() ![]() “At the end of the day, this collection is targeted toward adults,” a spokeswoman told the outlet. Speaking to ABC News, the company seemed slightly more self-aware. He’s Sugar’s daddy, as a reference to the dog.” Uh huh. “The little dog’s name is actually Sugar,” a Mattel spokeswoman told the New York Post at the time. Sugar’s Daddy (played by Rob Brydon in the film) came with a well-tailored paisley blazer, a smart pair of white loafers, and a teeny white terrier on a pink leash. That was the year the company released Sugar’s Daddy Ken (note the possessive noun!), part of its Palm Beach line of toys aimed at grown-up collectors. Sugar’s Daddy (or Is It Sugar Daddy?) Kenīy 2009-11 years after Will & Grace debuted!-one might expect Mattel to have grown wiser to the ways its products would be interpreted by adults. ![]() Proust Barbie is not among them-at least, not yet.Ĭourtesy of Mattel, Inc. (The Walk and Potty Pup appears to be essentially the same toy, minus magnets.)īelow, we take stock of more toys like Tanner: the real-life Weird Barbies that drew complaints, derision, and celebration as accidental gay icons. According to a New Yorker article, the defecating dog is actually based on Tanner, a Barbie accessory from the aughts that ate its own poop- yes!-and was eventually recalled not for being disgusting, but because the magnet inside Barbie’s pooper scooper could come loose and be swallowed by a child. But to the film’s credit, it doesn’t shy away from referencing some of Mattel’s odder offerings. Here’s a pile of crap!īarbie is a merchandiser’s dream, a generally well-received, endearingly subversive product that’s still, at heart, a glorified two-hour toy commercial. “Barbie doll can clean up using the broom and scooper.” Congratulations, kid. ![]() “When it’s time for a potty break, push on the puppy’s tail,” the ad copy reads. The plastic pet comes packaged with a Barbie wearing a striped sweater and sporty sneakers its officially sanctioned name is the Barbie Walk and Potty Pup. ![]() But you can buy a version of the pooping Barbie dog that Weird Barbie lives with in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Alas, you cannot buy a Weird Barbie doll who looks like Kate McKinnon-you’ll just have to chop off a regular doll’s hair and scribble on her face yourself. ![]()
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