No more Mr. Potato Head

Matesrates

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Makers Hasbro are dropping the title Mr, to make the toy gender neutral. Wonder how long it will be before we’ll be told we can’t use Mr/Mrs/Ms. Sorry if I’ve missed any there, don’t want to be accused of failing to be inclusive.
 
So what's happened to Mrs Potato or is Potato Head Transgender?
Have they got rid of Spud and Yam boy/girl their baby potatoes. 😁

Unless I'm missing something humans aren't Asexual and can't reproduce on their own so this is utter nonsense again.
 
Nah - Mr & Mrs Potato Head will still be abailable as they teach children a valuable lesson when you grow up and start peeling spuds, you can recognise a male potatoes from a female so you can peel them sympathetically according to sex!
 
Seems like people can get very upset about minor things. They are changing the brand name from 'Mr Potato Head' to 'Potato Head'. Mr Potato Head and Mrs Potato Head are still available to buy.

I really struggle to understand why people can get so worked up by a plastic potato toy. But hey ho, each to their own.
 
I'm sure most of the time these companies do it in part to get a massive over reaction from sections of the public, whilst also receiving huge amounts of free brand awareness.
 
These sort of erosions have been going on for decades.
When I was a kid, you only got the accessories in a box - you stuck them on a real potato.
Then all the vegetarians complained about cruelty to plants and the plastic potato was introduced.
I think.
 
These sort of erosions have been going on for decades.
When I was a kid, you only got the accessories in a box - you stuck them on a real potato.
Then all the vegetarians complained about cruelty to plants and the plastic potato was introduced.
I think.
Christ, how old are you?
 
Christ, how old are you?
From Wiki:
"Mr. Potato Head was "born" on May 1, 1952. The original toy cost $0.98, and contained hands, feet, ears, two mouths, two pairs of eyes, four noses, three hats, eyeglasses, a pipe, and eight felt pieces resembling facial hair. The original Mr. Potato Head kit did not come with a potato "body", so parents had to provide their own potato into which children could stick the different pieces. Shortly after the toy's initial release, an order form for 50 additional pieces was enclosed in every kit.[2]"

I've got to admit, I did not know that.
 
My Grandson has a Mr Potato head toy will he still be allowed to play with it in its present condition or will I have to remove the Mr?
I just don’t want him upsetting the snow flakes that’s all. 🤔
 
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What's really funny, is that it's a potato. You're all getting bothered by a potato. Mr Potato Head or Potato Head. It really doesn't matter. Does it?

You'd have more of a point to get annoyed if Action Man became Action Paraplegic to allow wheelchair bound people to feel included in the pretend special forces toy market.
 
To be fair, it makes sense.

Particularly if a potato doesn’t know if it’s a Maris Piper, or a King Edward!
 
What's really funny, is that it's a potato. You're all getting bothered by a potato. Mr Potato Head or Potato Head. It really doesn't matter. Does it?

You'd have more of a point to get annoyed if Action Man became Action Paraplegic to allow wheelchair bound people to feel included in the pretend special forces toy market.
Well there we go, it’ll have to be action non binary person now
 
The question with stuff like this, is who is actually asking for it? Who's leading the conversations? What's the data behind it?

It's like when you have 5 million people watch Holly Willoughby on TV and 23 people call up to complain that she has massive tits and you can see a bit of cleavage. It's just ludicrious to make such wholesale changes for a substantial minority.
 
The question with stuff like this, is who is actually asking for it? Who's leading the conversations? What's the data behind it?

It's like when you have 5 million people watch Holly Willoughby on TV and 23 people call up to complain that she has massive tits and you can see a bit of cleavage. It's just ludicrious to make such wholesale changes for a substantial minority.
I agree. Holly's weight loss - and subsequent loss of chest wobblers - has been a massive loss. All because of so-called 'do-gooders'. They make me sick.
 
From Wiki:
"Mr. Potato Head was "born" on May 1, 1952. The original toy cost $0.98, and contained hands, feet, ears, two mouths, two pairs of eyes, four noses, three hats, eyeglasses, a pipe, and eight felt pieces resembling facial hair. The original Mr. Potato Head kit did not come with a potato "body", so parents had to provide their own potato into which children could stick the different pieces. Shortly after the toy's initial release, an order form for 50 additional pieces was enclosed in every kit.[2]"

I've got to admit, I did not know that.
Yeah but the plastic prongs on the accessories broke on contact with the first tough spud it encountered - revenge of the Pomme de Terre!
 
Seems like people can get very upset about minor things. They are changing the brand name from 'Mr Potato Head' to 'Potato Head'. Mr Potato Head and Mrs Potato Head are still available to buy.

I really struggle to understand why people can get so worked up by a plastic potato toy. But hey ho, each to their own.
It's not the toy people are getting infuriated with though, is it?
 
Why not just make one potato?
Save on the production line.
You can drop on/off the relevant bits to change gender on a whim depending on the direction of the wind 💋
 
There's no government intervention or or legal necessity to rename the toy.

A company has decided to rename its own product, probably because they think it will market better and make them more profit.

It's no more significant than renaming Snickers bar.

Some journalist has then presented the change in the usual over dramatic fashion as a result geriatrics and misogynists see it as an attack on their values.

So just another day.
 
I wouldn’t be surprised if people stop buying the product and before long it’s a discontinued item.The male and female versions Might be worth a few quid one day
 
Yes I expect the fall in sales to right wing, middle aged white blokes will sound the death-knell for poor old potato-head.
No, just normal every day mums and dads may feel it isn’t appropriate, i suppose you would be one of the offended snowflakes.
 
No doubt there was a similar thread on here when the fictitious Dr Who became a woman. How do these people sleep at night? 🤔
Believe it or not there are women that are doctors!
Or have you got your head shoved so far up your arse being so PC that you missed this fact?🤔
 
Thank god Roger Hargreaves is dead, can you imagine someone telling him he'd have to rewrite all the Mr Men and Little Miss books😬
 
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