Mr and Mrs Potato Head go gender neutral—
to just 'Potato Head' after makers Hasbro
says 70-year toy needed to break from
gender norms
Associated Press,
by
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
2/25/2021 1:23:24 PM
Mr. Potato Head is no longer a mister. Hasbro, the company that makes the potato-shaped plastic toy, is giving the spud a gender neutral new name: Potato Head. The change will appear on boxes this year. Toy makers have been updating their classic brands to appeal to kids today. Barbie has shed its blonde image and now comes in multiple skin tones and body shapes. Thomas the Tank Engine added more girl characters. And American Girl is now selling a boy doll. Hasbro said Mr. Potato Head, which has been around for about 70 years, needed a modern makeover.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Scrubber 2/25/2021 1:32:09 PM (No. 708045)
Hasbro needs to, ahem, grow a pair.
25 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 2/25/2021 1:36:53 PM (No. 708050)
I doubt there is 1 child in the world who wants Mr Potato Head to be gender neutral.
37 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Sandpiper 2/25/2021 1:48:16 PM (No. 708062)
Gotta buy one for the grandkids while it is still a “Mister”!
20 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
SkeezerMcGee 2/25/2021 1:48:55 PM (No. 708063)
An excellent example of the nonsense (insanity) going on in the United States regarding so-called gender neutrality.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
marbles 2/25/2021 1:50:50 PM (No. 708065)
No, nope, wrong. P C GARBAGE . It is and will always be Mr and Mrs Potato head.
16 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 2/25/2021 1:55:49 PM (No. 708069)
Talk about a dirty click bait headline! Thought this was about eh Bidens.
24 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Newtsche 2/25/2021 1:58:20 PM (No. 708073)
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy to become Raggedy Bitter-Lump-of-Amorphous-Carbon-Based-Material.
22 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 2/25/2021 2:05:39 PM (No. 708078)
Sigh of relief all around.
7 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 2/25/2021 2:07:08 PM (No. 708080)
Is Mr, Hankie next?
9 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Illinois Mom 2/25/2021 2:19:20 PM (No. 708090)
Both Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head became gender neutral as soon as they took their hats off. This is simply one more stupid move designed to indoctrinate children. You would think that a toy company would think it in it's own best interest to protect their target audience.
I hope that there enough millstones in this world for all of these "woke" sicko's who are determined to steal the innocence of our babies.
11 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
stablemoney 2/25/2021 2:27:48 PM (No. 708097)
Doesn't "head" suggest superiority over others. Hasbro, please take this back for further review, as this does not fit cultural equality norms.
5 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Son of Grady 2/25/2021 2:37:20 PM (No. 708103)
So when I write to the top management at Hasbro I'll
ask for Dumb Ass instead of Mr or Mrs. Dumb Ass.
18 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
downnout 2/25/2021 2:44:50 PM (No. 708114)
What is gender neutral? AA? QQ? Oh wait, I think I have it. It’s A thru Z!
The world has gone stark, raving mad.
17 people like this.
There's a growing opportunity to sell products that have been woke-canceled:
Gendered toys
Gendered clothes
Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, etc rice.
They don't use the trade mark in trade, they lose it. Thanks for the 100 years of advertising and brand loyalty you dumped! Be glad to pick up for you!
8 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
privateer 2/25/2021 3:22:13 PM (No. 708141)
Potatoes have eyes, whereas other root vegetables do not. Doesn't that make them guilty of White tuber visual Supremacy?
11 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
chillijilli 2/25/2021 3:23:24 PM (No. 708142)
Next thing you know they'll be simply called "The Redskins." Oops
15 people like this.
What the trans advocates don't realize is that toddlers will no longer be able to cross-dress Mr. Potato Head as Mrs. Potato Head.
12 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
kono 2/25/2021 4:33:58 PM (No. 708171)
Potato Head for Knuckleheads.
3 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 2/25/2021 4:57:43 PM (No. 708183)
Why not make the "Potato Heads" into leftist and just replace their heads with nuts?
2 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Sandpiper 2/25/2021 5:18:59 PM (No. 708197)
Sorry for the second post, but as my adult kids told me, the whole point of having a Mr and Mrs Potato head was cross-dressing them. Endless hours of pre-school amusement in doing that, back when kids understood that boys were boys and girls were girls. What fun will just a Potato head be?
5 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
brutuspug 2/25/2021 5:25:39 PM (No. 708201)
Hasbro should change their company name to Wasbro.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
bad-hair 2/25/2021 5:43:08 PM (No. 708220)
Dam Straight Y'all. I seen white taters, red taters. Rusty taters. even purple taters !!!
So where's them Black Taters ? BTM.!!!
10 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
MickTurn 2/25/2021 5:57:50 PM (No. 708236)
SO did Hasbro cut off Potato Man's 'Eyes'...they are a a little stem bud winking at you...we can't have that!
4 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
Venturer 2/25/2021 6:27:14 PM (No. 708265)
I thought this was a story about Joe and Jill Potato head.
5 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
broken01 2/25/2021 7:40:11 PM (No. 708327)
Potato Head? For a minute there I thought that the story was about Creepy, Sleepy, Slimy, Sloppy Joe.
3 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
DVC 2/25/2021 7:52:09 PM (No. 708341)
Yeah, you really wouldn't want to be NORMAL.
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