Poppy Troll Doll

insideandout3, I don't think picklemewalnuts is an idiot (I don't think you are one either, for reference) but it didn't seem necessary to state.

I think Hanlon's razor applies to the majority mainstream of 'inappropriate' toys. I'd also say that, assuming a lack of paedophile conspiracies, I can see how confirmation bias might play a role (an engineer expecting to hear silly, innocuous noises and perceiving them as such).

I just signed a petition to have it removed. It has almost 160500 signatures and is moving fast and fine.

Grateful as I am for Gronky's whataboutmen interjection that suggests picklemewalnuts is an idiot for using the word "never" and opening the door for Gronky's self-satisfying GOTCHYA! post, it's worth pointing out the Troll doll is a toy to be played with as a toy and the Batman dispenser pump is a dispenser pump to be used as a tool.

I agree with FemaleandLearning that this is grooming in plain sight.

The ONS reports:

'The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimated that 7.5% of adults aged 18 to 74 years experienced sexual abuse before the age of 16 years (3.1 million people); this includes both adult and child perpetrators.'*

3.1 million victims. That means that paedophilia is by no means a minority interest.

I think this (and the Audi advert) are deliberate. Grim.

*From www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/childsexualabuseinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2019

What. The. Actual. Fuck?

The 'leadstories' article is very irritating.

Even if the doll was not designed to facilitate child abuse, it can certainly be used to normalise child abuse, and a toy manufacturing company the size of Hasbro should have better policies and standards in place.

That’s creepy as fuck.

..what the fuck. Can't say anything else atm, how on earth..

Saw this yesterday. It is shocking. There should NEVER be a button placed there on a child's doll, for any reason whatsoever. Let alone making those sounds.

It’s also pretty suspect that they put poppy in a dress that matches the MAP flag

What's the betting Hasbro do an Audi and send out a 'deeply regret' apology.

but this still isn't something a lone pervert could pull off.

Indeed. And there is a considerable perception that paedophilia is far more pervasive than anyone realises.

How else to account for the total acceptance of paedophiles being upfront and open on social media? Even to the lengths of describing the ages of the children they are interested in.

What this doll says to me is that there is a considerable amount of complacency by those who think they can get away with it, and also those who naïvely think it's innocent.

How did they expect anyone to buy the idea that it's normal for dolls to gasp out loud when they are put in a seated position, or giggle, or make approving noises? It's not something that anyone does!!

just what the FUCK.

The Audi ad confused me because there must have been dozens of people involved. But this.. even more so. How did this get from design into production into marketing into retail and get into the hands of a child without anyone stopping it? I know not all the people involved will have been aware of the button, but this still isn't something a lone pervert could pull off.

This is what happens when lines are blurred and there is a pervasive pornification that seeps into online, and then real, life.

This is the design it should have. Presumably they are trying to skirt copyright somewhow?

If it was just an "oopsy daisy" fall down button it would be advertised on the box. I'd also wager with the positioning that landing on a flat surface wouldn't trigger that button, it would need to be actually pushed.

Grooming in plain sight.

They knew exactly what they were doing with this.

The absolute best case scenario is that there was a puerile immature guy who thought he was being funny sneaking through this alternative adult perspective that nobody else had realised. Or a few had realised, which they shared the joke together via a covert snigger.

Normally I go to these things, and it's a bit of a reach, but this one is well, WELL over the line of of having a completely innocent explanation.

And the hair colours - almost as if someone did it to see how far they could go before someone flagged it up.

And how they thought their "it's meant to make an 'oopsy-daisy' sound when she lands on her bum" explanation would fly with anyone who actually listened to the sound effects. They sound more like a comedy 70s porno than anything else, especially that bloody creepy giggle.

I'd say best case scenario, ignorant male designers who would never have made a button out of a penis bulge because it would have screamed inappropriate. Women's genitals are not 'precious' in the same way so 'just a handy place to put a button'. That's assuming there isn't an active map group deliberately infiltrating toys in this way.

Interesting that the colour of the dolls hair (and clothes?) changed from the film, too.