Advertising to children can't be an easy job, and every toy company under the sun is doing their best to be the next big thing. Sure, things like Transformers and Polly Pocket seemed to be licenses to print money from the get-go, but who could've predicted the popularity of things like Furbies and Tickle Me Elmo? In the toy world, advertising is everything.
Every toy ends up trying to have a witty name, but in the case of these 13 toys, their names ended up less witty and more... filthy.
I'm pretty sure you'll get slapped if you invite someone over to play with your Wooly Willy.
Not sure what's worse, the name or the toy...
I'm kinda afraid to play this game.
Um... all I can say is "why?"
I never realized how raunchy this toy name was until now.
I feel like there's a market for this one, but to CONSENTING ADULTS!
The toy names just get crazier from here...
This one I'm all for. F*** the Smurfs.
Combined with the general look of the toy, this is all kinds of wrong.
Guys, seriously, what the hell?
No, SERIOUSLY, did nobody catch this?
This is just creepy on so many levels.
My Little Pony's been getting pretty weird.
I'm pretty sure I've seen a completely different toy called "Dr. Drill 'N Fill..."
Long before fidget spinners were banned from playgrounds across America, teachers struggled to control the spread of the giddily disgusting Garbage Pail Kids cards.While we tried to get our grubby little hands on every single set of these trading cards, looking back we wonder how we could stomach the nasty designs. Here are 25 cards that still make our stomachs churn:1. Slain WayneToppsWhile boogers were the bread and butter of garbage pail kids, the cards weren't afraid to stray into very adult territory. This scene of a death by execution was definitely one of their most questionable images.
There were some truly strange movies to be found in the "Children's" section of your local Blockbuster in the '90s, but Small Soldiers was definitely unique.The action film about a batch of killer toys was marketed as family-friendly, but many parents were surprised by the movie's more violent scenes. The reason for that mixed message is one of our 11 surprising facts about the movie.1. It wasn't meant to be a children's movieDante on the set of the movie.CineplexThe film's director, Joe Dante, had already pushed the envelope for dark, family-friendly comedies with Gremlins. But he had