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Found out about this story from the lost media wiki forums and thought it was so interesting and funny. I am hoping toyblr can have more info on this toy.
In 2003, there was a toy recall at Walmart, but not for any of the expected reasons. The toy was a baby's sound machine, meant to soothe babies to bed. The toy was shaped like a tugboat, with some cute sea critters to top it all off.
The problem? Many parents listening to the ocean wave sounds heard a faint voice repeating "I hate you" over and over again. Whether the audio of a voice saying "I hate you" was actually in the sounds, or if it is a case of pareidolia is unknown, however interestingly in one news article*, Walmart did not chalk it up to the phenomenon, calling the noise parents were concerned about "beeps" instead.
The toy was very quickly recalled, no evidence of its existence is documented outside of photos and news articles from the time period. It is a miracle the high quality photo displayed above exists at all.
This is where I think toyblr could step in, if any of you guys have collected toys from 2003 or know someone who has, see if you have this toy and if its audio still works. It would be an incredible find for such a bizarre and somewhat funny search.
More important info:
This toy was under Walmart's "Kid Connections" brand and was presumably manufactured in China. However, the toy could have been manufactured anywhere outside of America as stated in a rant against the brand:
To save money, Wal-Mart contracts with manufacturers to make several private label toys, which are sold under names such as Wal-Mart's Kid Connection. Profit margins on these products, many of which are manufactured outside the United States, are often twice those of brand-name toys, said the executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he continues to do business with the retailer.
This toy was made as a cheaper alternative/competitor to Fisher Price's Ocean Wonders Aquarium toy. While there's similarities in design and function, Ocean Wonders Aquarium does not share the same audio as the recalled toy.
I would love for this to be found some day, for the novelty factor and curiosity if the audio really did include that "subliminal message".
*which I will not link to due to it coming from a very alt-right news source, however is linked in the lost media wiki post for those truly curious on the full story
#toyblr#lost media#recalled toys#walmart#fisher price#toys#interactive toys#toddler toys#toy#bootleg toys#bootleg#springy thoughts#cursed toy boat saga
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Peddlers Mall Finds 3
Star Trek Spock painting
1980s Stone Protectors, Trolls for boys.
Ronald Regan Doll…fuck him
Xena: Warrior Princess Doll
Cabbage Patch Kids: Snack Time Kid (Recalled toy)
#ignore the background#pictures#toys#photography#found at peddlers malls#cabbage patch kids#recalled#recalled toys#trolls#stone protectors#1980s toys#star trek#spock#xena warrior princess#dolls#ronald reagan#he’s a doll#fuck him the piece of shit!#tax the rich#FUCKERS
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Fast Food Toy
A few days ago we had to recall a creepy as-hell Furby ripoff called the Durby. We put all of the Durby's in the storage room in the back...but everytime I open the door I find more and more scratches on the inside.
Heya! This one took a little longer but I made it! Thanks to my friend for helping me out. Oh also the W stands for WcPonald's....because replacing two letters is funny.
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my boyfriend has the limited edition mcdonalds shrek cups that got recalled for insane amounts of lead paint
#i saw them and my eyes bugged out of my head all the youtube video essays on recalled mcdonalds toys came to use#bleh.txt
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I had a dream with Vasco and Machete last night, I don't remember all details, but I do remember people talking about Machete being some sort of fallen angel or something. I even saw flashes of his angelic form in between, I'll have to draw those when I get back home. It was both scary and delightful.
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#aaa that sounds so poetic#and epic#and cool#you're having way nicer dreams than I do#???#answered#salem-lunaris#earlier this week I had an apocalyptic dream where earth was about to blow up and I thought “oh geez I have to warn The Dogs"#so I went to their house and this time their decor was oddly grandmacore sorta pastel and vintage and well worn#I can't recall what we talked about but Machete had just started some new meds or had some procedure done to him#he wasn't feeling himself his pupils were freakishly blown out and he couldn't walk or talk properly so they weren't planning to evacuate#Vasco dropped me off to the spaceship airport (his car was yellow)#but first we got some shady alien takeout that looked like red plastic straws and ping pong balls in a yellow toy bucket#we hugged and I boarded the dingy spaceship#and then the dream morphed into a vague retelling of that Raised by Wolves series#I felt bad about leaving them behind knowing they would get smashed to smithereens later that day
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Friend saw some very good crab plushies at the store. Their names are blue raspberry, ibuprofen, and degenerate.
Reminder I have comms open also! Get your own crab for 5 bucks, put a hat on it, world of opportunities.
#plush toy#plushie#crab#sea creatures#recall draws#idk what else to tag. theyre juste crabbes#its simple but theyre cute and i thought tumblr specifically would get a huge kick from them#in case ppl like this im just saying i have comms open and i can draw u a crab of ur own for 5 bucks#make it purple give it a little hat. ill sellout#or shellout u could say#ok u can cancel me now
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there must have been something realy stinky because they all simultaneously stopped, dropped, and rolled in it
#it was like they were playing toy story#sprig was also rolling just out of sight#i cant recall if harold was there or somewhere else#henry#moby#budgie#dogs
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(Updated with minific!) Where did Gaz's Geno doll come from?
We don't know, but I may have a headcanon involving that one SMRPG character who is totally (in canon!) a collector of retro toys.
I like to imagine Geno was recalled by the Mushroom Kingdom for being too dangerous for children. But has that ever stopped Hinopio (Cinder Toad) before? Heck no! He lives in a volcano, for pete's sake, and if the pencil pushers have something to say about it, they're welcome to visit. They can pry his limited edition Shooting Star Shot out of his hot dead fingers.
On the other hand... ... ...there's a super cute inkeeper way down south near the forest, and her son's birthday is coming up.
UPDATE: Here's a minific about that, which is a snippet of the next major SMRPG fic I'm working on. Enjoy!
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"SWEET!"
The exclamation echoed back and forth through the inner walls of Barrel Volcano.
With a crash, the sooty wooden lid of a shipping crate landed on top of a pile of a dozen others. Then a crowbar clanged to the rough stone floor.
At the top step of the sturdy stepladder beside it, a sturdy Toad dug into the very last shipping crate left. Shaking a small box free of the curly wood shavings of its padding, he grinned.
"Knew I still had one of the good ones," said Hinopio to himself.
He tucked the little blue box carefully under his arm, climbed halfway down, and hopped the rest of the distance to the floor, whistling.
The box landed on his shop desk with a satisfying thunk. "You're one of the good ones, all right," Hinopio grunted with approval. "None of this cheap plastic … actually gonna work…"
Wiping his brow, he left it there a moment and cleaned up his mess, malleting each lid back down onto its crate and lugging them all back to their organized shelves and stacks. Finally, he carefully returned his precious retro jet figurines to their proud little display. He took a moment to arrange them just right, admiring their gleam in the volcano's ever-present ruddy glow, and flicked a flake of ash from the middle one's fuselage. "They sure don't make 'em like they used to, do they, Blue Falcon?"
Hinopio made his way back to his shop desk, a rough thing made of more crates. Producing a red grease pencil from his tool belt, he retrieved a blank postcard with a picture of a volcano on it from an overflowing box on his desk. He bent over it, writing.
Hi Ginger,
You're not going to believe this - I actually have one of the recalled ones! I'll ship it down the Midas River pipe as soon as I can. I hope Gaz likes it.Warmest regards -- HinopioP.S.: It's been a long time. Heard that place in Seaside still has those elderberry drinks you like. Any chance you'd
Hinopio's pencil stopped. He stared down at the postcard for some time.
With a sigh of exasperation, he pulled out a fresh one to start over. In an all-too-practiced movement, he snatched up the nearly-finished postcard and shuffled toward the little lava pit that served as his combination-stove-and-trash-can.
"Good thing I rarely sell any of you," he said to the postcard, lowering his round black safety glasses and holding it over the burbling little caldera. "Go on, join your siblings…"
But he didn't drop it in. He watched the words go shiny as they melted a little deeper into the cardstock.
Setting his jaw, he turned back to his desk. "Today. Today's the day. I'm gonna do this!"
Hinopio picked up the pencil again. "You're not gonna be awkward." He sank down onto his stool, his tool belt drumming a mocking rimshot against the metal of the seat. "You're not gonna make this... awkward..."
His eyes flicked to the lava pit again. To the postcard again. Back and forth.
Finally, he clunked his elbows onto his desk and buried his face in his hands. "This is gonna be what ends me," he groaned. "I wish I could just say it!"
The stone walls offered an echo of his last few words, but no further help.
On the bright side, at least that meant Hinopio hadn't gone nuts yet.
#geno being a recalled toy is probably my favorite SMRPG headcanon that's ever entered my brain#btw it has been established that hinopio is the guy fieri of the mario universe#i don't make the rules#my headcanons#geno#geno smrpg#hinopio#hinopio smrpg#cinder toad smrpg#gaz's mom smrpg#barrel volcano#smrpg#super mario rpg#smrpg fanart#my art#headcanon#revletter#rev's letters#minific
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Warrior cats FireStar mugs taken off shelves for a recall
#blimmy art#warrior cats#unreality#just in case#eye strain#also just in case#firestar#I literally just made the mug drawings in mspaint#also heavily inspired by that one fake spamton toy recall#if anybody can find that image let me know I want to give proper credit
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How do you expect me to work and carry on normal conversations when you text me stuff that you know makes me weak in the knees?
#thankfully the people on the phone cant see me#the glazed look in my eye as i think of you#the wet spot in my boxers as i recall the sights and sounds and tast of you#how can you leave me like this while you go to work#your favorite toy needs you#im not needy. . . you are!#needy bunny
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Starry Fish
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Plays "La Bamba" and "Country Roads"
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#knockoffs#bootlegs#toys#toycore#kidcore#bootleg toys#knockoff toys#animated toys#singing fish#I vaguely recall the back of the box mentioning something about a clock?? Idr#love the koi one#Youtube
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#lord of the flies#lotf#jack merridew#jack lotf#lotf jack#lotf au#recalled toys au#lmk who’d you like done next!!!!!#I randomly thought of this in my head
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#dogblr#aspen#siberian husky#we had a morning of enrichment toys and practicing his settle and recall on walks#and now he’s tired
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Juggler Ozzy. I really like this design (especially the hat I gave him) so I'm posting him early .. :3
#kindergarten 2#kindergarten ozzy#im too lazy to tag#I gave him a megatron hat.#is that the toy's name.. i cant recall#uhhh im sleepy
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personally i think sex toys should win. pee sauna was iconic but but sex toys? sex toys was first, baby! she a trendsetter, a PIONEER
Truly in my mind it's a competition between "it was the first video, it set the tone, it's the most iconic" and "it was the first video, do we really want to say they peaked with episode one?"
#if i recall correctly; aside from the quarter finals where i voted for ethan becomes a man;#i've personally voted for sex toys and pee sauna in all of their competitions#i have great fond memories of both#this will be tough#not bracket#ask
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Gonna preface with the fact that it is very sad for the families who lost a toddler.
But I really don't understand this recall...basically every set but solo families are choking hazards and not meant for toddlers..theyre dollhouse miniatures
All the boxes say 4+ choking hazard. I don't understand, unless somehow those boxes didnt. But I also know literally 0 children under 10 who play with calico critters
But if you have any crappy looking 20 year old pacifier/bottles if you send "photo evidence" of them destroyed and disposed of you get a free car/train they sell in the current twin sets. Which I suppose is why they switched to those in 2021
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