Today,
I went on a little shopping trip to Target. It was very exciting
to walk down the toy aisle with hundreds of screaming little brats
yelling at their mommies about how they want this toy or that.
I must say, I probably had a horrified look on my face….this
is parenthood? Well at least I didn’t have to ask anyone
if I could buy toys….well except for my wife. They had a
pretty good selection of toys (I was able to find some Mucha Lucha
figures...YES!). So my find this week was these little plastic
figures called Stink
Blasters. (Check out the commercial too)
The figures are made by a company named MEG (I’ve never heard of this company before). So the figure I decided to buy is named Dog Breath Danny. I mean I know what dog breath smells like, I have three of them. So I think I should be able to get a good comparison between the fake and the real dog breath. Here's a picture of him.
So you’re supposed to squeeze the little guys’ head to make the stench come out of the mouth. So I did it a couple of times and could only smell plastic. I then checked out the internet site and it said that a piece of wax is inserted into the hole and sometimes you need to remove it. So I did. Then I pressed as hard as I could and some nasty smelling liquid squirted on my nose. It’s still stuck in there! No wonder they give you this thing. Good lord! I feel like I might vomit. I’m pretty sure that no dog’s breath smells like this, unless they snack on their own poop…..non-stop. Speaking of dog poo, the inserted card says that Danny’s favorite hobby is flinging dog poo. Wonderful!
I think this would have been a item that Topps could have made to go along with the 1980’s Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, but MEG has done a pretty good job. I was a little skeptical at first. I mean I would never actually display this hideous figure, but it’s good for a practical joke or two. With characters like Broccoli Bill, Tony Anchovy, Cow Pie Pete and Barfin’ Ben, who wouldn’t want to smell them all?!?! Hmm…..someone must have spent a lot of time in public bathrooms, bottling smells. Overall Grade: 7/10 It’s
a novel idea, a toy that can make people gag by squishing the characters
head. I mean, we all loved scratch and sniff stickers for the same
reason. I really didn’t think I was going to rate this thing
over a 40, but it grows on you and accomplishes what it sets out
to achieve……stink and make you feel ill. I'll need
to check out some of the other "flavors". Hmm….I
wonder if they put a little turd in the heads of the poop smelling
characters? |