We've seen our share of crappy designs, but store shelves are so abundant with them, there's always more to poke fun at. For example, toys. They're usually designed and made by adults, so you'd expect a considerable amount of consideration before manufacturing them, right? Well, not so much. Bored Panda has collected some of the most questionable toy design fails to prove that some designers have no clue what they're doing.
From a doll head, used as an actual tail for a pony to a psychotic Elmo, it seems ridiculous someone actually greenlighted these horrible ideas. We're pretty sure, however, that the employees who did have a 'long talk' with their bosses after the fact. Scroll down to check out what we mean and vote for the funniest toy design fails that made you cringe the most.
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My Dog Destroyed Her Toy Cactus, And There Was Another Sad Cactus Inside
Maybe it is just to show that while they may show happiness, they are sad inside.
Chinese Toy
This Unfortunately Designed Kid's Balloon
Why Do These Toy Design Fails Happen?
Sure, it’s all fun and games to look at these funny toy design fails, but have you ever wondered how come they’re actually there for you to buy in the first place? Surely, you have to be some evil mastermind to create these atrocities, right? While that might very well be the truth, we figured more realistic causes that might allow some of these worst toy design fails to happen:
First things first—to create engaging toys, the manufacturers have to do thorough market research. If they skip this step and imagine kids being these little monsters, chances are they’re headed for a toy design fail.
Furthermore, even if the designers did market research but failed to actually test the products with real children, toy fails might be inevitable.
Lastly, the quality of production (like stamping completely wrong eyes on a doll) and even an overly complex design can be a straight pathway to some epic toy design fails.
All in all, it requires a great deal of creativity and thought to create really good toys. If some parts in the process are missing, it might lead to some toy fails of massive proportions. But hey, at least we have these funniest toy fails to laugh at!
My Little Sister's Toy Looks Like It Just Smoked Itself Into A New Era
When Designer Is Tired Of Drawing
My Four-Legged Duck
Cinderella's Nose Job Didn't Go As Planned
Austria. Home Of Kangaroos And Deserts
Why ??
Though looks like very much intentionally done thing. But still I will drink from it.
These Figurines
I always thought there was something weird about a billionaire hiding out with a teen in an unknown cave
Now that's what I call...(wait for it...) ...ACTION FIGURES!! ...OK, I'm leaving
My brother set his action figures up like this as a kid. Not intentionally (sexually) but my now deceased father took a picture of it for laughs and had it put on his graduation cake. It was ridiculously random and as drunk as everyone had been it received a ton of laughs. We didn’t even explain it to everyone.
It's not the size that matters, it's what you do with it.
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I know that they're called "action figures", but I wasn't expecting this kind of action. Oh, wait... It's Batman and Robin... Who am I trying to kid? This is exactly what I'd expect from those two.
What, may I ask was intended to be inserted into the holes in the hands?
But... Why? What was it supposed to be? Do they have to hold something like a weapon? I didn't mean it in that way! I mean, from the kids' point of view?
They hold weapons, and the arm moves so someone did this on this on purpose. I used to have toys similar to this when I was a kid
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Their arms can hold things like weapons and you can see their arms can move and someone has immaturely put them in that position
Hmmm
Why would you try and undress him in the first place?! Don't do that! :D
Go Home, Belle, You're Drunk
This Fantastic Toy
true story: I had something like this as a kid (4/5yo) and I really thought that's what the male genitalia does (I can't ask then, culture thing). fast forward a year or so I had a dental emergency and my dad taking me to the dentist and decided to use his motorcycle so we can get there faster. I was so shocked I really thought he'd really would do the thing but I was even more shocked when he didn't bc I thought he didn't do it bc of my sake. what if the police stopped him for not putting the thing in the thing?? anyway, I learned the real thing soon after. I felt so stupid.
Shhh... It'll Be Over Soon
I Am A Sweet Baby. Let's Have Fun Together
Prevent Your Kid From Being Afraid Of The Dark
I Don't Remember That Part Of Sleeping Beauty
You Can Shave Your Baby
If Santa's Late, You'll Know Why
My Nephew Has A Toy Dinosaur Which We Call "Sneaky Dinosaur" Because He Looks Rather F****** Sneaky
Winnie The Pooh
You Had One Job
In The Disney Villains Deck Of Playing Cards, The Queen Of Hearts Is The Three Of Clubs
Paw Concentration Camp
Children's Toys Are Getting More And More Realistic
Nothing wrong with this one. At least they were sane enough to keep the lengths in 'check'!
This Toy
What
The Description On This Toy's Packaging Is Brutally Honest
This Toy Is Having An Identity Crisis
Hey, Should We Paint The Bottle White? Nah, Leave It Flesh Coloured
'Real Life' Expression On A Doll
How Many Noses Does This Guy Really Need?
Classic Batman Squirt Gun... Really?!
Harry, You Look So Real!
This Is Why I Like To Go To My Local Dollar Shop And To The Toys Section
So My Mother Had A Doll Made Based Off Of A Picture Of Me As A Baby
My Wife Bought These Baby Toys... Little Worried About Them
I Imagine The Designer Giggling The Whole Time
Who Is Responsible For This Monstrosity?
I Do Not Claim To Be As Smart As Animal Planet Zoologists But I Do Believe This Package Contains False Information
Wolverine Inflatable Toy
I think someone is doing this deliberately. 4th such balloon, can't be co-incidence.
So A Friend Of Mine Works At A Toy Store, And This Is What He Came Across
Children's Or Adult Toy?
This Creepy Teddy Bear
Water Bottle Designed For Young Girls
Uhh... Spongebob?
Great Find At Target Tonight
Could also go in the misleading packaging post https://www.boredpanda.com/misleading-packaging-design/
The New Star War Movie Toys Are Starting To Get Out Of Hand
Who Greenlighted This Toy?
This toy is for very small kids, for them there's nothing wrong with this. Also, if not for this post, and I had seen this toy somewhere, honestly I would have not thought anything negative otherwise.
This Squishy Toy's Eyes Fell Off But He Came With Back Ups
New Pokemon Found
They Couldn't Have Just Used The Tan Color For The Inside Lining?
The Printing On This Ball
Saw This Delightful Toy In The Santa's Elf Workshop Display At My Local Shopping Centre
Does This Count For Crappy Design?
This Is One Of The Toys You Can Win In The Skill Tester Out The Front Of My Work
Well that's from the episode where he draws elephant ears around his peepee..
You Guys Should Get More Sleep. The Bags Under Your Eyes Totally Give You Away
A Rather Oddly Spelt "Simpsonsns" Family In Which Bart Resembles A Crack Addict
What The F*ck
These Are Toys For Blowing Bubbles With, That My Best Bud Bought For His Two Children... Uh You Guys See What I See For The Girl Sword Right?
I Saw This In A Soft Toy Shop In Singapore. Hitler Bunny... Or Should I Say - Hare Hitler
Well it is white and doesn't look too happy about being next to the brown bunny
I Work At A Game/Toy Store. We Got These New Inflatable Horses Kids Can Ride. This Is How You Inflate Them
Penis-Looking Toy On Clearance Sale
His Baby Bear Doesn't Have A Body
This Spiderman Children's Ride Has A Visible Panty Line
The Official Emma Watson 'Beauty And The Beast' Doll
This Looks More Like Lion King Than Frozen
Who Let This Happen?
Someone Needs To Read More Comics
Daddy? What Is Happening In There?
How Did They Miss It?
The count on the number of toys? I only count 15 and that's guessing the rock parts are doubled... The fact that a giraffe technically doesn't live in the jungle? Or that cow and zebra making cowbras?
I Don’t Know What Marvel Are Up To, But This Will Not Be In The Christmas Stocking This Year
Teenage Mutant, Mutant Ninja Turtle
Not The Best Place To Put It
You Had One Job
My Wolverine Statue
I Still Don't Know What To Think Of This... I Mean It's Cute But I Think I'd Feel Like I Was Eating
I Can't Be The Only One Who Finds This Wrong, Can I?
If I was a kid I will not see anything wrong with this, but yes as an adult, I might indulge myself in few naughty thoughts!
Really, Toy Manufacturers? Do You Really Think That Was The Best Way To Sew The Banana Onto This Toy Monkey?
The Return Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Dreps
I actually thought #1 with the sad cactus inside was brilliant. It helps you feel better knowing your dog gets a second chance with a toy they rip apart... and having to reflect on their actions every time they see that sad face, lol.
I must admit most of them are very funny. Some fails, like the soccer ball printing or paw concentration camp are brilliant XD But I also have to say, that we - adults - are perverts :P A kid won't see anything wrong in a doll figurine with a hole where you attach the wooden branch or the pupming hole in a baloon between its legs. It's our filthy minds making most of these toys embarassing :P
Yeah, but it's mostly adults who design these toys, so.. ...
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#51 crayon chin chan yes controversial tv series in the 90's japanese mothers wrote to the tv station saying that the children were "mimicking " shin chan bad manners (i sure the sexual connotations in some episodes, didn't please the moms either) . and the creators of the series made a episode to laugh off the complains . in the episode chin chan watch a new tv series called "shin chan" and he imitates the boy from the series saying bad words showing his butt and other things that made his mom crazy so she imitates the bad behavior and she thinks it work because shin chan stops saying bad words when the mom ask why he is not talking like the tv shin chan he said " because he is boring and i dont want to do it anymore". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD-AtaY8pUs
#51 is actually exactly what it's supposed to be. If anyone has watched the Shin-chan anime, he does an elephant dance with his penis.
I would've wondered what's so funny a few years back... But now I'm starting to turn into a "boring" adult, as my friend and I used to call them. And it turns out I simply couldn't appreciate adults' humour. Well, now I do, at least most of it... However, it doesn't have a lot of variety in all those jokes and fails.Every second fail features a d*ck fail.
I think most people seem to forget that the vast majority of these are more than likely just cheap fakes/copies Hence why they don't intentionally resemble the character they are supposed to be, just enough resemblance to make a child want it even if it is a bizarre Spongebob something or mis-spelt Simpsons.
I think it's mostly to mislead the parents who don't know the shows well enough to know it's wrong. Like bootleg versions of kids movies. A kid can definitely tell if it's not their favorite character, but mom probably can't tell that Pikachu isn't supposed to look like that.
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#52 is from Shin-chan....you should look up his famous butt dance. I love that cartoon, but I imagine some prudish parents would be offended at that
#46 Who greenlighted? It's greenlit. @Bored Panda you need new editors.
Sad to see you missed the actually real Harry Potter Vibrating Broomstick.
Bwhahahahahaha...(0.0)? Whoops, I just fell off my chair (probably because I didnt have the correct hole for the chair attachment) ;))
Made in China and they don't give a damn. Their manufacturing philosophy is "at least it looks like the real thing" and I am not kidding. I worked there for a few years and as long as somewhere along the line it looked like the finished product it was okay for them. That is how they ended up with toxic powdered milk that killed babies, toxic toothpaste that was exported, drywall exported to the west that was banned in Europe because it was toxic, cardboard filled humbao(dumpling rolls) to eat. They are the worst when it comes to consumer safety and especially childrens products.
I actually thought #1 with the sad cactus inside was brilliant. It helps you feel better knowing your dog gets a second chance with a toy they rip apart... and having to reflect on their actions every time they see that sad face, lol.
I must admit most of them are very funny. Some fails, like the soccer ball printing or paw concentration camp are brilliant XD But I also have to say, that we - adults - are perverts :P A kid won't see anything wrong in a doll figurine with a hole where you attach the wooden branch or the pupming hole in a baloon between its legs. It's our filthy minds making most of these toys embarassing :P
Yeah, but it's mostly adults who design these toys, so.. ...
Load More Replies... #51 crayon chin chan yes controversial tv series in the 90's japanese mothers wrote to the tv station saying that the children were "mimicking " shin chan bad manners (i sure the sexual connotations in some episodes, didn't please the moms either) . and the creators of the series made a episode to laugh off the complains . in the episode chin chan watch a new tv series called "shin chan" and he imitates the boy from the series saying bad words showing his butt and other things that made his mom crazy so she imitates the bad behavior and she thinks it work because shin chan stops saying bad words when the mom ask why he is not talking like the tv shin chan he said " because he is boring and i dont want to do it anymore". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD-AtaY8pUs
#51 is actually exactly what it's supposed to be. If anyone has watched the Shin-chan anime, he does an elephant dance with his penis.
I would've wondered what's so funny a few years back... But now I'm starting to turn into a "boring" adult, as my friend and I used to call them. And it turns out I simply couldn't appreciate adults' humour. Well, now I do, at least most of it... However, it doesn't have a lot of variety in all those jokes and fails.Every second fail features a d*ck fail.
I think most people seem to forget that the vast majority of these are more than likely just cheap fakes/copies Hence why they don't intentionally resemble the character they are supposed to be, just enough resemblance to make a child want it even if it is a bizarre Spongebob something or mis-spelt Simpsons.
I think it's mostly to mislead the parents who don't know the shows well enough to know it's wrong. Like bootleg versions of kids movies. A kid can definitely tell if it's not their favorite character, but mom probably can't tell that Pikachu isn't supposed to look like that.
Load More Replies... #52 is from Shin-chan....you should look up his famous butt dance. I love that cartoon, but I imagine some prudish parents would be offended at that
#46 Who greenlighted? It's greenlit. @Bored Panda you need new editors.
Sad to see you missed the actually real Harry Potter Vibrating Broomstick.
Bwhahahahahaha...(0.0)? Whoops, I just fell off my chair (probably because I didnt have the correct hole for the chair attachment) ;))
Made in China and they don't give a damn. Their manufacturing philosophy is "at least it looks like the real thing" and I am not kidding. I worked there for a few years and as long as somewhere along the line it looked like the finished product it was okay for them. That is how they ended up with toxic powdered milk that killed babies, toxic toothpaste that was exported, drywall exported to the west that was banned in Europe because it was toxic, cardboard filled humbao(dumpling rolls) to eat. They are the worst when it comes to consumer safety and especially childrens products.
