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Fairground prize

60 replies

Winebomb · 28/08/2017 23:11

Well we don't particularly like fairgrounds, the type where loads of lorries show up, with fold out rides etc, and you get a very expensive mystery meat burger...

We have driven past every night and caved in as due to work commitments (we usually don't work BH) DS has had a shit BH weekend, he loved it by the way despite the tack and weirdness.

We played hook a duck. He won. But oh the prizes..

Assault rifle
Bb Hun
Some plastic balls on a plastic spring
anti terrorist police set

He chose the latter, and it's all gone in the bin when he went to bed.

So basically it was a toy marketed for 3 years old plus, anti terrorist police set came with:

Handcuffs
Gun
Knife
Compass
Binoculars
Gun
Police badge

On the box it clearly said 3 years plus, the marketing included a very adult looking lady wearing a fancy dress "slutty" police woman outfit (thing boobs spilling over a blouse, and cheap porno)

He will ask in the morning, because he is 4, and remembers everything...

Do I say the dog ate it?

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Penny4UrThoughts · 28/08/2017 23:15

Why don't you let him have the compass, binoculars and police badge?

Just say the offer stuff may be somewhere till he forgets about it.

Whosthemummynow · 28/08/2017 23:16

I don't understand why he can't have it?

Ilovefoodtoomuch · 28/08/2017 23:17

We came home from the fair last week with 2 goldfish ! One's a beast, he's already eaten his mate and all the plant in the tank !!

MumIsRunningAMarathon · 28/08/2017 23:18

Unclench!!!!

Poor kid

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Winebomb · 28/08/2017 23:19

This Is what I have tried, luckily the dog did eat the knife!!

He won't forget, he is like my little own personal assistant (if he could remember important things like teeth brushing or leaving enough time to chose a toy to take to preschool)

My real AIBU, is when does hulk a duck start dishing out pretend anti terrorist style toys for fucking 3 year olds!!!!

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Chocolatecoveredpeanuts · 28/08/2017 23:20

Ds got the same thing!!!

The knife is actually terrifying looking! If someone pulled that out I'd shit my pants, it is so realistic. And the binoculars are plastic shit that ds put in his mouth and broke instantly- same for the police radio in the set.

He's kept the handcuffs and gun until I can bin them without him knowing

WyfOfBathe · 28/08/2017 23:20

Take out the gun and knife if you don't want him playing with them. Remove the picture from the box, stick a picture of a police badge over it, or pop the toys in a different box.

NotTheDuchessOfCambridge · 28/08/2017 23:22

I hate the cheap tat that comes with the fairground. Light up spinny tat, girls plastic makeup set tat. I allow them to play with it, they see it's shite after a day, then it goes in the bin. Let him have it, it'll fall apart by the end of the day!

Original poster
Winebomb · 28/08/2017 23:22

Apologies for my typos, between my fat finger s and pear clutching I can't seem to type a coherent sentence..

Oh I need to breath too...

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Whosthemummynow · 28/08/2017 23:24

Unless the gun is loaded and the knife sharp I honestly don't know what the problem is

Katinkka · 28/08/2017 23:26

Get it out of bin and calm down.

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Winebomb · 28/08/2017 23:28

I don't mind light up tat to a certain degree (until he moans it's not working, (9!times out of 10 he has moved on at this point.)

I really take issue with anti terrorist police gear, complete with slutty lady (again think uniform porno standards) being marketed as a good toy for 3 year old plus?

I mean what the fuck?

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HLBug · 28/08/2017 23:31

I'm with you OP. As suggested above, keep the non terrifying items and bin the rest.

Alpacaandgo · 28/08/2017 23:32

I'm lost. What exactly is the problem? Do you think your son playing with this toy will turn him into a policeman or something?

Perhaps you'd better not let him play with dolls either in case it makes him turn into a girl. Or with a toy kitchen in case he turns into a celebrity chef or something.

MumIsRunningAMarathon · 28/08/2017 23:33

What's wrong with anti terrorist police?

They do a bloody good job! What, you'd prefer some pretentious 'wooden' train' or something?

WorraLiberty · 28/08/2017 23:39

Poor kid

Throw the 'slutty' lady packet away and bin the gun if you don't want him to have it.

Otherwise I don't see your problem really.

And I certainly don't see your problem with anti terrorist police. Would you have the same problem with CID for example?

RB68 · 28/08/2017 23:40

Tat is never gonna last long anyway so it will all be broken and forgotten by next week - then bin

KurriKurri · 28/08/2017 23:42

Tell him anti terrorist police take away knives and guns to keep us all safe and he needs to bury them in the garden. Help him dig the hole.

Let him keep the binoculars, badge compass and handcuffs. Give him a notebook to write down clues. He'll have fun - fair tat is so much more exciting than ordinary toys.

JaniceBattersby · 28/08/2017 23:44

I know exactly the one you mean because my son won one on the hook a duck when the fair came to our town. We were a bit Shock at the woman but we just let him get on with playing with the stuff because he really didn't know what it all was. The gun got chewed because it's hollow and the knife was used to 'saw' his balsa wood collection. No people were killed, unsurprisingly.

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Winebomb · 28/08/2017 23:44

Yes I would prefer a pretentious Woden train because he is FOUR years old.

He doesn't need to know what a terrorist is, he doesn't need to play with pretend knives etc to have fun.

He can come into the kitchen and play with real knives (supervised of course) and have as much fun as he wants cutting up fruit and veg, he can go to his current preschool and use saws and electrical drills to play with wood, all is fantastic.

I just think it's madness that these toys are marketed to children like this. and a humble game of hook a duck would result in a this sort of prize.

We have nerf guns etc at home, plus water pistols and regularly "hunt " each other down.

I also take offence to the woman in the picture in the box, it was clearly lifted from an "adult site"

OP posts:
WorraLiberty · 28/08/2017 23:46

So why didn't you choose the balls on a string for him? Confused

BlueberryPuffin · 28/08/2017 23:48

Why didn't you just throw the packaging away?

Slimthistime · 28/08/2017 23:50

I'm with you OP

CleverDick · 28/08/2017 23:51

I can't stand stinky, raucous fairgrounds

ilovesooty · 28/08/2017 23:53

Presumably he can't read the word terrorist?

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