at the end of a row in the toy section, we came upon this:
It comes with a carrot to feed it and it moves its head.....
When Dumpling saw it, her eyes started to bug out of her head and we quickly whisked her to the only-slightly-less-evil Barbies, where she was allowed to pick one new one, because frankly, the large collection of late 80's, early 90's hooker-Barbies we inherited is starting to freak me out. At least she picked a nice non-branded princess-type Barbie.
And we didn't bring home the pony!
My daughter saw this evil thing! It scared her but she made me go over and touch it so it would move. She went crazy when I moved her from it and she got to pick out some slightly less evil Disney princess stuff.
Posted by: tammy | October 24, 2007 at 05:52 PM
Oh, yeah. That thing is horrible! I have to make sure I "redirect" the dotter in another directin any time I see that in the distance...
Posted by: OmegaMom | October 24, 2007 at 05:56 PM
Personally, I think it is cute, and I would love to have one....for me. HAHHAHA
Posted by: Stacey | October 24, 2007 at 06:02 PM
Paint it pink, mark down the price by 60%, and it resembles something my mom bought for A, without our approval. The sad pink pony she bought couldn't even stand up on it own. We sent it back with her. I would have suggested donating it to charity, but why should another child suffer? You obviously made the right call.
Posted by: Herb Urban | October 24, 2007 at 07:25 PM
Hah, that was my mom's "backup" horse to my son last holidays. She ended up finding a bounce horse (http://www.amazon.com/Tek-Nek-Lucky-Plush-Spring/dp/B000HCL94W) about the same size -- it sings "I'm a pretty pony" and whinnies and says all sorts of things. And it is even bigger and more obnoxious than that one. Oh, well, it was his first Christmas with us and he's only spilled over the top a few times.
Last weekend at Maker Faire there was a Hasbro booth with two of those -- one stock, and one skinned down to the plastic frame and electronics. The skinned one was pretty cool. They were demonstrating how to change the sounds, I think.
Posted by: alisha | October 25, 2007 at 12:45 AM
I hate the holidays, when this enormous horrid stuff comes out of the woodwork. I have to make a great effort to keep E away from that thing at Target now. Crap.
And the hooker barbies.... reminds me of Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman in Love, Actually, with Emma T asking which barbie they should give to their daughter's friends, and I believe her descriptions are "the hooker or the transvestite?" which cracks me up every time.
Posted by: lizard | October 25, 2007 at 06:55 PM