We've seen our share of crappy design, 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 toys to prove that some designers have no clue what they're doing.
From a doll head, used as an actual pony tail to a psychotic Elmo, it seems ridiculous someone actually greenlighted these ideas. We're pretty sure, however, that the employees who did had a 'long talk' with their bosses after the fact. Scroll down to check out what we mean and vote for the ones 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.
There is a company (Bark Box)that make dog toys with toys inside. They're for dogs that are toy destroyers.They have many different styles. They have a mustached acorn with a sad faced nut inside. Cute.
That is actually a good one, but then the dog will be feeling guilty about it
right? not a flop but rather another toy for your dog destroyer :)
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This is a BarkBox toy. It's designed like this on purpose. We bought two so we had a spare for after he destroyed the first one!
Maybe it's like the Russian nesting dolls & they keep getting smaller
how awesome, 2 Toys, for the price of 1, ignoring the sad face that was on the inside!
This isn't a fail, it is brilliant and took effort most would not bother with.
Appearing happy on the outside, actually sad on the inside. Just another one of my life stories. 😢
Why is this a fail?? The toy gets a new life and you don't have to buy a new one right away.
Where? Where do I order this from? I have two toy destroyers, this would be perfect!
This is the best thing on this list, you get an extra cactus! how nice they still got a cactus for their dog
The inside is the real cactus and the layer cactus is a costume. He’s sad because his costume was ripped up.
We have B.B. too and we love the toys w another inside. It’s to challenge the dog to figure out to get the one inside. Gift that keeps on giving.
But is there another cactus inside the mini cactus?! I MUST KNOW!!!
I don't think that was a bad design. It's hilarious, designed by someone with a sense of humor.
As Toy destroying dog owner I love this! Two toys in one and the sad face is perfect. Poor thing knows he's next.
it's designed for dogs to rip the happy one and still have the sad one, https://barkshop.com/items/consuela-the-cactus-medium
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This Unfortunately Designed Kid's Balloon
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
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
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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.
