"Mr. Potato Head" is now just "Potato Head".

[RoryN]

Hasbro has re-named him.

That's all. Discuss if you wish.

 

[Crownvic]

Hasbro has re-named him.

That's all. Discuss if you wish.

Everybody gone nuts..

 

[Funit]

If I was a trans person I would be face palming right now. This type of thing just invites ridicule and trivialises their cause.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Don't think they really needed to do it, but it doesn't bother me or affect my life at all that they did.

 

[rae121452]

does mrs. potato head know about this? was she even consulted? and what about the potato head children, what are they to think? those hasbro people are home wreckers!

 

[Funit]

does mrs. potato head know about this? was she even consulted? and what about the potato head children, what are they to think? those hasbro people are home wreckers!

Before you start mocking "right wingers" for getting their knickers in a twist over this, ask yourself a question...if things like this are insignificant non issues, then why do the progressive left do it?

 

[99Freedom]

“Potato head” sounds dirty.

 

[Dribble]

It was a shitty toy in the 60s...it is a shitty toy still. Not even worthy of a stocking stuffer

 

[girlsmiley]

It was a shitty toy in the 60s...it is a shitty toy still. Not even worthy of a stocking stuffer

Pfft. You have no idea what you're talking about. The 60s?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Before you start mocking "right wingers" for getting their knickers in a twist over this, ask yourself a question...if things like this are insignificant non issues, then why do the progressive left do it?

I didn't see the "progressive left" marching on Hasbro companies calling for this. Sounds like a business decision made by a company. That would mean capitalism dictated this.

Is the Hasbro CEO a Righty? How loose do you think their knickers are?

 

[rockcasbah]

Does Potato Head have preferred Pronouns?

 

[Funit]

I didn't see the "progressive left" marching on Hasbro companies calling for this. Sounds like a business decision made by a company. That would mean capitalism dictated this.

Is the Hasbro CEO a Righty? How loose do you think their knickers are?

Hasbro has either been hassled by campaigners or they are pro actively saving themselves hassle by making their product gender neutral.

 

[Dribble]

Pfft. You have no idea what you're talking about. The 60s?

I am pretty good at remembering shitty gifts. I would have been 10 by 1970...by then I was into books and science kits. And of course my horse.

 

[dolf]

Have any of you old codgers seen kids TV in the last two decades?
"Mr" is rarely used, because they decided formal terms didn't appeal to children. It's all lurid, bright colours, adults who shout overenthusiastically, and done in bursts designed to create a three second attention span.

They probably rebranded because sales were falling.

 

[Funit]

Have any of you old codgers seen kids TV in the last two decades?
"Mr" is rarely used, because they decided formal terms didn't appeal to children. It's all lurid, bright colours, adults who shout overenthusiastically, and done in bursts designed to create a three second attention span.

They probably rebranded because sales were falling.

That makes sense actually.

Standing down

 

[dolf]

I find this whole thing to be just another attempt by a company to market to certain demographics and to get their woke/sjw brownie points.

The toy itself has no gender. Kids can make the toys into whatever gender they want based upon the parts they attach, it has ALWAYS been that way and I'm sure kids have made same sex potato head families for decades.

It's another example of how companies reduce their target audience's value to just their gender/skin color/sexuality.

Yeah... except, no.

Having a male character isn't gendering a toy. Having it only sold in the boys toys section, with advertising that specifically targets boys, is gendering a toy.
Trans and gay and non-binary folk don't give two shits if someone else is called "mr", as long as you have the manners to call them by their preferred pronouns.
Nobody is trying to outlaw being a man, and it's not some cruel, queer plot to emasculate you through the power of toys.

Y'all are seriously thin skinned.

 

[dolf]

No, I just have a low tolerance for corporate bullshit. Which this whole thing is. Most of the companies doing these rebranding aren't doing it because they actually care about consumers or causes; they just want to make sure the Twit-Wits don't try to cancel them but they hide that behind "diversity and inclusivity".

Had they just changed the packaging, most people probably wouldn't have noticed or cared. But as usual, a company has to make a statement to make sure the "right people" hear it so the company can say "hey, look at us, we're progressive".

I very much doubt there was ever going to be a cancel threat. Pc parents boycotting a bag of plastic features? That was an issue? Lol
But if you can get free advertising for a toy most parents forgot existed, just by mentioning a buzzword whilst rebranding for a modern audience... that's just smart business.

 

[rae121452]

Before you start mocking "right wingers" for getting their knickers in a twist over this, ask yourself a question...if things like this are insignificant non issues, then why do the progressive left do it?

are you for real?

we're talking about a cheap piece of shit plastic toy. take your meds.

 

[rae121452]

actually, i had a mr. potato head when i was a child...probably the first year they were sold. i thought it was kind of groovy because it came with a lot of parts to make the potato have different expressions, etc. but it still always smelled like a potato, which was kind of off putting.

 

[Rockymtnman]

Marketing fucking genius! They will sell more of those stupid toys in the next few months than they have in a few years. I’m not sure they’re moving a ton of units right now so the bar is pretty low I imagine.

I’m with whoever said they don’t really care about transgendered issues though. Nothing but marketing is behind this move.

 

[SueVanDouser]

According to the statement I read, it's the brand name that has dropped the Mr part.
Mr and Mrs Potato Head are still very much a thing and are being marketed as such, under the (now) Potato Head brand.

 

[Liar]

Does he/she still have that swanky moustache? That's all I care about.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

does mrs. potato head know about this? was she even consulted? and what about the potato head children, what are they to think? those hasbro people are home wreckers!

She has been renamed to "Pat"

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Before you start mocking "right wingers" for getting their knickers in a twist over this, ask yourself a question...if things like this are insignificant non issues, then why do the progressive left do it?

To twist the knickers of right wingers.

"Right winger knicker twister" sounds like a drinking game.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

No, I just have a low tolerance for corporate bullshit. Which this whole thing is. Most of the companies doing these rebranding aren't doing it because they actually care about consumers or causes; they just want to make sure the Twit-Wits don't try to cancel them but they hide that behind "diversity and inclusivity".

Had they just changed the packaging, most people probably wouldn't have noticed or cared. But as usual, a company has to make a statement to make sure the "right people" hear it so the company can say "hey, look at us, we're progressive".

Maybe they should by be buying gunz for another insurrection?

Then they can be all "hey, look at us, we're Trumptards".