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Plush Uterus Choking Hazard

Warning! If you bought your kid this stuffed uterus, you better return it. The uterus has been determined to be unsafe:

The ovaries may be pulled off
and become a choking hazard,
Keep away from children.

For the love of God, just keep the uterus away from the kids!!! (via Consumerist)
Posted By: Alex | Date: Sat Jan 24, 2009 | Comments (2)
Category: Toys

The Force Trainer

The Force Trainer, coming out later this year from Uncle Milton toys, reads your brain activity via a wireless headset, and then translates your brain waves into physical action. Namely, it activates a fan which raises or lowers a ball inside a tube.

Boring! They've gone with the wrong movie. If they were coming out with the Stephen King Firestarter Trainer, that would have been interesting.

At the very least, they should have included the ability to activate Jedi Force Lightning.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Tue Jan 20, 2009 | Comments (7)
Category: Movies, Toys

Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #17

And as Captain Beaky sails off toward the Island of Antique Toys, we bid farewell to this survey of a time slightly less commercialized and more innocent than the present day. No Bratz Dolls, no Guitar Hero, no Mattel Mind-Controllers, no iPods preloaded with episodes of Hannah Montana. What will the next 35 years bring? Stay tuned!

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Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Jan 14, 2009 | Comments (4)
Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970's

Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #16

"Your eyes won't believe what your hands have done!" How incredibly accurate is this statement, as the tagline for so very many of the perps who parade across WEIRD UNIVERSE.

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Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Jan 13, 2009 | Comments (4)
Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970's

Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #15

A toy that can be blamed for fostering the notion that every kid is possessed of equal artistic ability.

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Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Jan 12, 2009 | Comments (6)
Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970's

Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #14

"Comes complete with striking air-traffic controllers, surly delayed passengers, and fees for checked luggage."

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Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Jan 11, 2009 | Comments (4)
Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970's

Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #13

Oh, the awkward kludges kids had to put up with, before the glorious invention of video games!

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Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Jan 10, 2009 | Comments (3)
Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970's

Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #12

Perhaps the only time in history that a Ford Pinto was deemed exciting.

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Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Jan 09, 2009 | Comments (6)
Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970's

Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #11

Recent comments here at WU have speculated on why males like to blow things up. Here's a toy, designed to be destroyed, that helps teach such behavior--or maybe just caters to pre-existing tendencies.

Not sure about any subtext to a VW named "Bugg-em."

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Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Jan 08, 2009 | Comments (7)
Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970's

Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #10

WARNING: Constant smart-ass utterances of "That's nothin!" may lead to beat-downs.

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Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Jan 07, 2009 | Comments (1)
Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970's
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