Ah, the joy of Christmas. There is nothing like opening a present and having no idea what you will find underneath all that wrapping paper.
There is also nothing quite like watching your kid open a present that is supposedly a children's toy only to find that part of it really, really looks like a penis. Surprise! It's fun for the whole family!
That's the discovery many parents made last week on Christmas when their kids opened up the Play-Doh Sweet Shoppe Cake Mountain Playset to find the following:
I salute the designers who somehow managed to get this Play-Doh icing maker past their bosses. https://t.co/cRCnsEMmmo pic.twitter.com/0aQMtJS9Wi
— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) December 30, 2014
Many parents are naturally a little upset. They've taken to Play-Doh's Facebook wall with angry (and oftentimes hilarious) comments and pictures of the phallic, plastic "icing maker," saying Play-Doh and parent company Hasbro ruined Christmas for their families. But to make matters worse, instead of addressing customer concerns, whoever is running Play-Doh's Facebook page is instead deleting pictures of the toy as fast as they appear with no comment, though Hasbro has offered to send customers replacement parts.
I dunno if anyone else follows Play-Doh on Facebook but you should cause they're doing some serious damage control pic.twitter.com/TooleS5PgE — El Clarko (@Fatgoldfish4) December 29, 2014
Play Doh's facebook is being destroyed with comments from angry parents and I will never stop laughing. pic.twitter.com/a38pQ9uhG8 — Elijah Daniel (@aguywithnolife) December 30, 2014
IT'S THE ALL NEW PLAY DOH DIL-DOH! pic.twitter.com/xCTkZmcElG — #AndrewNotFromTarget (@itsandrewinit) December 30, 2014
On one hand, that's hilarious. But on the other, I don't think people still playing with Play-Doh would typically know what dildos are — Ranche Dressingreaux (@SKEEerra) December 30, 2014
*adds Play-Doh's new play set to bday gift list* — UrFaveCatina (@phillybosslady) December 30, 2014
It's amazing how something so obviously dildo-esque made it onto store shelves to begin with, but is it really that big of a deal? Children are none the wiser about the shape of the toy. They just want to make things using Play-Doh! Too bad the only shape they can make with this particular set is that of a penis.
