LOL dolls

Last year (way before the current scandal) DH had a complete WTF reaction to the outfit that an LOL that DD received for her 6th birthday.... Black pants with a zip. Maybe they were supposed to be shorts... But they looked like pants. It was 'lost' in our house move.

Our 'diplomatic' reason for no LOL dolls when DDs asked for them was we didn't agree with the environmental impact of all the packaging.

I dont think Bratz are around anymore thankfully.

Kids do seem to like hideous dolls. Are Bratz still a thing?

Aye, that's creepy as fuck.

I can confirm that kids seem to grow out of the LOL doll phase VERY quickly. Thankfully. I think my DD's lasted about two weeks. Now they're totally BABYISH.

I thought Bratz dolls were bad enough years ago but these dolls are a new level of vile. Sexualised features on the body of toddler doll? And now fetish underwear. Jesus wept.

Someone said on the Trolls thread "your initial reaction to these reports is 'aw, surely this is just someone pearl clutch?' then you look at the actual pictures/videos and do a 180 and go 'WTAF!'"

You have to seriously wonder about the designers of these things, and the people in marketing colluding with the designers.

It's the degree of collusion going on that's scary. To have one employee in a company in the design department who thinks this is an okay thing to put out to small kids - unsavoury, but such men get everywhere. To have him design it, then have marketing, branding, etc. etc. sign off on it too... this is institutional, not just one or two rogue individuals.

It's notorious that certain professions have attracted a certain type of adult that wants contact with kids for unsavoury purposes, and that once in those professions, groups of such adults begin to band together, and the institutions themselves then collude as part of a cover-up (BBC children's entertainment in the 70s and 80s, Savile and the cover-up there, the Catholic church, sports coaches in football and gymnastics...).

Looks like we have to add toy manufacturers to that list.

I hate them. They look like a cross between a sex doll and a toddler.

DD was given a little one as a present for her 4th birthday by another girl in her class. She was delighted with it for all of five minutes, then DH & I hid it in a fairly inaccessible toy box until we were sure it was forgotten about and then chucked it out. Anytime she's asked for anything lol related (if she's seen them in a shop, for eg) I've just said no, mummy and daddy don't like them.

I can't honestly see why any parent would think they are appropriate for children.

I think they're so tacky, and plastic polluting tat, and now this. Hmmm, nope still no sale. Just why though?

www.themix.net/2020/08/parents-outraged-after-mom-discovers-cold-water-reveals-sexy-lingerie-on-popular-doll/
Before and after shots.

This is a re-run of the Trolls fiasco, isn't it? Hiding in plain sight again.

Because that's not even any old underwear, that's borderline BDSM, kinky stuff (which is fine in adults if that's your bag, but marketed at young children? Fuck no!)

They’re really tacky aren’t they? My 4 year old wanted one desperately and I held out mainly on environmental grounds but Granny bought him one. He was delighted with it for about a week and then forgot all about it. The one he had was just a baby doll I think - it had a bottle.