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Hasbro And Visa Pervert LIFE Board Game To Train Children In Racking Up Credit Card Debt
As if credit card-related debt wasn't a big enough problem in the U.S., Hasbro and Visa want to fuel the fire. Hasbro is launching a new edition of The Game of Life called Twists and Turns that will replace play money with a Visa-branded card. Matt Collins, Hasbro's vice president of marketing, said of the switch, "When we started to design a completely new edition of the popular game, we knew it was also time to reflect the way people choose to pay and be paid - and replacing cash with Visa was an obvious choice." More »
recalls
Almost 1 Million Easy-Bake Ovens Recalled
Hasbro is recalling 985,000 Easy-Bake ovens due to reports of children's hands getting stuck inside the oven, resulting in burns and lacerations. More »
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Top 10 Biggest Business Debacles 2006
Welcome, New York Times readers. Here's a bit of an intro to The Consumerist, if you're curious and want to learn more. More »
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Oozinator: AV Club Peepshows Hasbro's Marketing Team
LA improvers The AV Club imagine what must have happened in those heady moments just before Hasbro unleashed the Oozinator upon an unsuspecting nation. One voice of reason tried to explain, "The Money Shot," but his voice was drowned in a cacophonous sploogeathon. More »
cash
Monopoly Eschews Cash For Easy Credit
Times have changed. We no longer climb into an iron, a top hat or the rectum of a cast iron Scottish terrier to hop around Atlantic City. The Boardwalk costs significantly more than $400. And Mr. Moneybags (god rest his soul) would be more likely to be strutting around in a head-to-toe Adidas vinyl jumpsuit covered in bling than a top hat and tails. More »
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Oozinator Ooze Tested
Captivated by the Oozinator squirt guns possibilities, mainly those involving its ability to shoot ooze, we ordered one. Here is the money shot. It fulfills all your hopes and dreams. This is but a preview of a longer ooze opus. Enjoy. More »
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barbie
Barbie Is Still A Dirty Whore
Given the fact that most children's first experience oggling the fascinating mystery of the opposing gender's genitalia comes from pulling down a Barbie or Ken doll's genitalia and examining the amorphous mass of plastic at the crotch, it probably shouldn't be surprising that there's a lot of busy-body parental groups who are willing to launch consumerist campaigns any time Barbie exhibits a glimmer of sexuality. More »
the news
The News: All The Fat That's Fit To Print
• Ken Lay: "This is not the outcome we
• McDonald's milkshake foams at the mouth over mounting outcry, plans to fight criticism over deceptive marketing with stronger, even more deceptive marketing. [Tribune]
• Flames burns brightly in the eyes of devoted Weber Grill fans. [LAT]
• FCC to examine TV station's use of PR reels as news. Due to backlog, the first questionable story to be looked is one touting the benefits of "Agent Orange Juice." [LAT]
• Hasbro cancels plans for line of racy dolls based around 'Pussycat Dolls,' switches focus to My First Little Lolita rollout. [NYT]
oozinator
Oozinator Doesn't Want Our Interview
We submitted our questions to Hasbro PR but for some strange reason we can't fathom, they're less than oozing out of their suits to speak with us. More »
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Ask The Consumerists: What's in the Ooze?
We're on a quest. We want to interview the Oozinator. We want to find out what was going on in Hasbro's minds when they created this product and its advertising. More »
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Oozinator YTMND
Cementing its status as a fully-fledged, card-carrying, dues-paying, internet meme, the infamous Oozinator has been splattered into a YTMND. More »
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On Monday we found the innuendo splattered Amazon reviews for the SuperSoaker Oozinator (a squirt gun which shoots slime and water in a very phallic fashion) wiped clean by some unknown, possibly socked, hand.
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The Lost Oozinator Reviews
On Monday we found the innuendo splattered Amazon reviews for the SuperSoaker Oozinator (a squirt gun which shoots slime and water in a very phallic fashion) wiped clean by some unknown, possibly socked, hand.
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Oozinator's Origins, Revealed!
You've watched the video, you've read the reviews on Amazon, and now, we're all going to hell just a little bit faster, thanks to a cartoon over at Words & Pictures. More »
play-doh
Hasbro Release Play-Doh Perfume
If you've ever wished someone would capture your squandered youth, distill it of the nasty bits inside the whipping booth and standing in the schoolyard with your pants down, put in in a bottle and sell it you... have cheer. Hasbro is now selling eau du Play-Doh. More »
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The Oozinator Squirts Its Way Into Our Hearts
The Oozinator really is the toy marketing blunder that just keeps on giving. First, the priceless television spot, in which a panoply of children suppress their gag reflex as they squeegee ropes of creamy, sticky gelatin off of their faces. For some of our readers, this was likely their first introduction to the exciting world of subliminal pedophile bukkake. But while actually purchasing an Oozinator will open you up to prosecution under a number of federal child-sex statutes, people are still managing to have fun with one, as the hilarious Amazon.com product review page will attest. More »
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