FFS

[mrspremise]

Kinder Surprise are now coloured 'pink' for fashion dolls and 'blue' for racing cars! I don't give a shit that this is 'for a limited time', AIBU to think this is appalling gender stereotyping? FWIW, ds1 loves pink but also loves racing cars, so maybe I'm biased?

There have been many threads about this.

I like the colour coding, dd loves the pink and DS loves the blue ones.

At 85p I love knowing they are going to get a toy they will like.

Sorry, I've obviously missed all the other threads...

i refused to buy one for ds the other day

the toy is meant to be a surprise it tends to be crap anyway but i try not to buy into this is boy stuff. he does not like pink as it is for girls

YANBU. Sexist plastic shite, whatever next.

But they do this at Macdonalds too if you have happy meals. I would much rather my son get a car to play with while I scoff my burger ( and his chicken nuggets!!)

Space, glad it's not just me that ends up doing that

Mind you, I don't recall ever being offered 'gender-specific' choices at McD's

A boy can buy a pink kinder egg and a girl can buy a blue one.

McD`s always did gender specific.

It's a temporary thing.

I really don't see it as a big deal- if your child, regardless of gender,prefers fairy or car toys then buy the blue/pink egg accordingly.

Will be back to normal soon enough.

I remember gender specific McD's toys. For years they did teeny tiny Barbies for girls and something else for the boys. I don't remember because I was a barbie obsessed terror as a child. One was green and wore yellow rollerblades I recall (no idea why).

Kinder eggs cost 85p now?!

Kinder eggs have never been any good since they stopped putting in the clever little toys that had to be assemble (long time ago, I know).

Ds hasn't realised that the colours relate to gender yet. He is equally happy with a car or a my little pony though.

My DD loves the blue ones. Motorbikes, cars etc. Its not written on the packet for boys only. They are just colours you know.

pigs

That was what they were like in my day! Used to frustrate my Dad so much.

DS loves the ones you can build.