Comments on: Fisher Price's Bigfoot the Monster http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 21:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-709903 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709903 I really, really hope that the provocatively placed dot on his crotch isn't a cover for an (ahem) optional accessory socket. And what is the leaf for? * * * I went to the toy fair many years ago. It was fun but exhausting. The security was high, with a heavy emphasis on <I>keeping out children</I>. I really, really hope that the provocatively placed dot on his crotch isn’t a cover for an (ahem) optional accessory socket.

And what is the leaf for?

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I went to the toy fair many years ago. It was fun but exhausting. The security was high, with a heavy emphasis on keeping out children.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-709909 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709909 Hazel. Hazel.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-709912 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709912 Got a bad link there, David. Got a bad link there, David.

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-710168 efergus3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710168 He probably did this. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100210/D9DPHH901.html He probably did this. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100210/D9DPHH901.html

]]> By: nehpetsE http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-709924 nehpetsE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709924 Speaker holes in the chest are crappy design. The blue eyes are so children can tell he is their friend. People with blue eyes are ALWAYS good and trust worthy. Speaker holes in the chest are crappy design.
The blue eyes are so children can tell he is their friend.
People with blue eyes are ALWAYS good and trust worthy.

]]> By: alexdecampi http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-709931 alexdecampi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709931 "People with blue eyes are ALWAYS good and trust worthy" [insert photo of David Duke here] “People with blue eyes are ALWAYS good and trust worthy”

[insert photo of David Duke here]

]]> By: zydeco100 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-709933 zydeco100 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709933 Wow, is this just a bad reskin of their motorized Gorilla toy? http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=7080&e=product&pid=47236 Wow, is this just a bad reskin of their motorized Gorilla toy?

http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=7080&e=product&pid=47236

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-709944 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709944 Thanks, Stefan! Fixed. Thanks, Stefan! Fixed.

]]> By: forgeweld http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-709946 forgeweld Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709946 The blue eyes are a rare, recessive trait in temperate zone populations. More common in Yeti subspecies. The blue eyes are a rare, recessive trait in temperate zone populations. More common in Yeti subspecies.

]]> By: Marktech http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-709973 Marktech Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709973 Chances are that the blue dot on the crotch is where the leaf attaches, for parents who don't like the thought of a /naked/ bigfoot. Chances are that the blue dot on the crotch is where the leaf attaches, for parents who don’t like the thought of a /naked/ bigfoot.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-885087 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-885087 This will probably be the 'tickle me elmo' or 'furbee' this coming season. This will probably be the ‘tickle me elmo’ or ‘furbee’ this coming season.

]]> By: galacticore http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-709983 galacticore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709983 This thing has almost orbited ugly and come back to cute, but not quite. Perhaps the round thing on his crotch is a magnet to which the figleaf attaches? (Bigfeet have Bigjunk.) Oh, and toy fair is anything but fun. This thing has almost orbited ugly and come back to cute, but not quite. Perhaps the round thing on his crotch is a magnet to which the figleaf attaches? (Bigfeet have Bigjunk.)
Oh, and toy fair is anything but fun.

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-710000 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710000 OR that's where the IR eye is. More likely, I think. OR that’s where the IR eye is. More likely, I think.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-710004 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710004 The Sasquatch in the Venture Bros. also has blue eyes... The Sasquatch in the Venture Bros. also has blue eyes…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-853642 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-853642 This thing scared the heck out of my kids at Target! It was tryinh yo break out of the plastic housing it was in! This thing scared the heck out of my kids at Target! It was tryinh yo break out of the plastic housing it was in!

]]> By: pauldrye http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-710033 pauldrye Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710033 Robin Williams has blue eyes. Robin Williams has blue eyes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-710038 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710038 Samsquanch! Samsquanch!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-710046 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710046 frankie munez monster? frankie munez monster?

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-710077 efergus3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710077 Looks like a NYC mugger. Looks like a NYC mugger.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-710081 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710081 Meh. It's OK, but it no <a href="http://boingboing.net/2008/01/30/1961-monster-toy-com.html">Great Garloo</a>. Meh. It’s OK, but it no Great Garloo.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-710090 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710090 If you look at the linked-to page, there are two different versions of the toy. One is the hard plastic guy we see up page, the other a soft-faced version with actual fur on the shoulders (at least). If you look at the linked-to page, there are two different versions of the toy.

One is the hard plastic guy we see up page, the other a soft-faced version with actual fur on the shoulders (at least).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-710355 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710355 "Me and Ricky thought Julian was a Samsquamch monster, and we beat each other up with baseball bats." “Me and Ricky thought Julian was a Samsquamch monster, and we beat each other up with baseball bats.”

]]> By: nehpetsE http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-710101 nehpetsE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710101 Muggers with blue eyes are inherently more trustworthy/child-friendly. Muggers with blue eyes are inherently more trustworthy/child-friendly.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-710135 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710135 I want to hear John K. break down all the things that make this toy horrible. I want to hear John K. break down all the things that make this toy horrible.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/10/fisher-prices-bigfoo.html#comment-709885 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709885 "...but I ain't never seen a Sasquatch with blue eyes before..." Oh? What color were the eyes on the other Sasquatches you have seen? ;-) “…but I ain’t never seen a Sasquatch with blue eyes before…”

Oh? What color were the eyes on the other Sasquatches you have seen? ;-)

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