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[XCashier]

"BABY ALIVE:GET THE POOP ON HASBRO’S BABY ALIVE DOLL IN 2006"

http://www.hasbro.com/media/default....se&release=424

Yeesh, that's an ugly doll. What's with the huge eyes? Who designed this doll, Margaret Keane?

[Rapscallion]

Looks like HR Giger to me...

Rapscallion

[powerboy]

Ahhhhhhh, the stupid fads. I never understood why, people would fight over toys. Maybe it is because, they want to look cool and say something like, "Hey look at me, I got a Insert latest toy craze here" Someple are just plain stupid. I also do the parking lot thing, but I walk all over, and act like I lost my car.

[Kiwi]

A doll that eats and poops..... wow...just wow

I cant even begin to see why anyone would buy a doll like that for a child...

I just... dont get it?

[Rapscallion]

Prepare them for the real thing - sort of an incentive to be more careful, I guess.

Rapscallion

[Ree]

Yeah, dolls like that were the beginning of the end of children using their imagination.

Why pretend 'baby' is eating or needs changing, as little children did for generations, when one can have a doll that actually does those things?

[Kiwi]

well I dont want to start up a debate on anything but

Im suprised feminists let that one through, my daughter sure as heck will not be trained into her role as a mother like I was.... hell I even had my own fake ironing/ washing set

I wonder if thats one of the reasons I just dont want kids.... Im glad my mum didnt hear about that doll... how retarded

[Ree]

Sometimes a toy is just a toy. No political agenda attached.

Sometimes, kids just want to have fun.
Sometimes, they need to just be kids without a whole lot of expectations or pressure.

Just because a child plays with a doll, or pretend appliances and housekeeping tools, etc., doesn't necesarily mean they are being groomed for parenthood and a lifetime of drudgery, much as playing with toy vehicles doesn't necessarily mean they are destined for a life of truck driving; playing with trains doesn't mean they have a career as an engineer or conductor ahead of them; and playing with toy dishes and pretend cooking devices doesn't mean they are heading for a career as a chef.

And that's just my opinion, not to continue any kind of debate.

[draftermatt]

See, I'm fine with Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy. I believed in them when I was growing up (though I do remember the heartbreak the year my youngest aunt told me Santa wasn't real--I was 8 at the time)

Wait, there's no Santa? But my mommy still gets a present for Santa for me. Even though I'm married and 22....

[Argabarga]

playing with toy dishes and pretend cooking devices doesn't mean they are heading for a career as a chef.

Or even the ability to cook for themselves, as I am living proof of

[BusBus]

*Pet Rock image removed...it has already been posted

[family guy]

No! We do that outside!

[/family guy]


Anyways....I never realized that Care Bears had been a big thing. I really wanted one for Christmas when I was 5 or 6. I got one, and I still have it to this day. It was the stuffed animal that I would take with me on trips and such. I don't think my folks would have gone through mad crowds to get it (not the "new fad" types), but I really hope that they didn't.

[JustaCashier]

Good point, Ree.

But, look how many of us played dodgeball, and ended up in Retail!

[symposes]

The toy was a new Barbie doll that had a dog that POOPED! Even came with a pooper-scooper! I saw that and just thought...EWWWWW! Bad enough to see that in real life....but to make a TOY that does that? Those manufacturers are some sick puppies.

I heard about that and thought, great some little girl is going to try and feed her dog, dog poo.

[erik316wttn]

We had customers rip apart two pallets the other night because the TMX's were at the very bottom. They left boxes and merchandise strewn everywhere and made a horrible mess. But they didn't care. They got the stuff they could sell on eBay and left us to clean up after them.

Now they're going to keep them in the back and have 3rd shift stock them.

Idiots.

Oh, and there's going to be a limit of 2 per perchase. A sign will be placed near them stating this, but the registers will not prompt. I sincerely hope I can avoid a major SC meltdown on this.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Good point, Ree.

But, look how many of us played dodgeball, and ended up in Retail!

I never played Dodgeball in school (I was always the one that nobody wanted on their team) and sat on the sidelines, wishing to be elsewhere while everyone else played.

And I still ended up in retail.