Posted on 02/25/2021 11:44:52 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK - Mr. Potato Head is no longer a mister.
Hasbro, the company that makes the potato-shaped plastic toy, is giving the spud a gender neutral new name: Potato Head. The change will appear on boxes this year.
Many toymakers have been updating their classic brands in recent years, hoping to relate to kids today and to reflect more modern families.
“It’s a potato,” said Ali Mierzejewski, editor in chief at toy review site The Toy Insider. “But kids like to see themselves in the toys they are playing with.”
Barbie, for example, has shed its blonde image and now comes in multiple skin tones and body shapes. Thomas the Tank Engine added more girl characters. And American Girl is now selling a boy doll.
As part of the rebranding, Hasbro will release a new Potato Head playset that will let kids create their own type of families, including two moms or two dads. The Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head characters will live on in some form, Hasbro said, but didn’t provide details.
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Wasn’t there a Mre/Miss/Ms. PH?
Why not just add a trans-Potato Head? [Like an Onion]
Wasn’t there a Mrs./Miss/Ms. PH?
Why not just add a trans-Potato Head? [Like an Onion]
Mr. Potato Head?
C’mon man!
The left has jumped the shark.
I guess DEVO can’t use “Spud Boy” anymore.
Yep, there was. There were pieces geared toward creating a female tater (purse, earrings, etc). When I was a way youngster, I made Mr. Potato Head and Mrs. French Fry and Coke Bottle was their alien offspring. lol
This is going to come as a big shock to Mrs. Potato Head.
Our ‘nation’ is a friggen joke.
And I just don’t talk the talk. I walk the walk. For example, I forced my children to play with this toy, whether they wanted to or not.
Sickos.
When i read the headline i was so hoping it was Biden.
Life for kids used to be totally fun.
Hasbro used to help in the effort....
Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head will resurface when sales of the gender-neutral "Potato Head" crater.
Oh, they did that years ago.
Life for kids used to be totally fun.
Hasbro used to help in the effort....
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And then the toys would break. We called the brand
“HASBROKEN”.
Hottest Christmas gift 2021: Potatohead “My Transition” Set with selectable, interchangeable genitalia.
Yes, the demons in Hell are giggling their asses off as they add more and more on ramps to the broad way that leads to destruction.
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