Not The Onion @lemmy.world SquiffSquiff @lemmy.world 5d ago

Wicked movie: Mattel 'deeply regrets' porn site misprint on dolls

www.bbc.co.uk Wicked movie: Mattel 'deeply regrets' porn site misprint on dolls

Recently-released dolls tied to the new Wicked movie inadvertently carry the address of an adult website.

They linked to wicked.com when the movie site is at wickedmovie.com

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I suspect those dolls, still in the packaging, will be quite the collector's item in the future.
- You expect people to care about Wicked merchandise, misprint or not, in the future?
  
  The value of these items isn't purely from their rarity but also their demand. If it was Star Wars or something yeah maybe it'll last.
  
  You expect people to care about Wicked merchandise, misprint or not, in the future
  
  This is such a Lemmy take. Ariana Grande is one of the biggest pop stars in entertainment, and Wicked is ONE OF THE BEST SELLING BROADWAY SHOWS EVER. Only behind the Lion King in total sales I think.
  
  If a doll from Ariana's dinky little Nickelodeon tv show (don't come for me Victorious stans) is selling for this much, how much do you think her doll from Wicked is gonna sell for to the Broadway enthusiasts and Ariana stans?
  
  Not everything is for you, but that doesn't make it irrelevant.
  
  Idk theater girls love Wicked. The question is how much demand that supports for a porn misprint.
I'm always surprised to go another day where I don't hear anyone mention the risk of this mixup with Tushy, the anal porn site, and Hello Tushy, the bidet company.
- Maybe they do crossover marketing?
  
  People who do butt stuff are probably a huge market for bidets in America, and other places that they aren't as common.
A discussion on the other site claimed that the fuck-up was in the copy that Universal sent to Mattel.
And that wrong websites frequently end up on packaging in other industries.

Mattel seem to be doing the sorry-dance for it, so no idea if it's true. Though I'm sure Universal would be very keen to not be involved.
Mattel regrets being in the news and keeping attention
You’re not gonna tell us the website?
- Body of the post, right under the link description.
  
  sounds like it wasn't intentional.
  
  or at least plausible deniability is a thing.
  
  I’m on mobile. I legit don’t see it anywhere. I must be blind.
- OP says they linked to wicked.com, which I've never heard of but does look like a pay porn site.
  
  I checked it out... for science. Has big "brunch team" energy. The subscription should come with a free bowl of soup.
nice
- Nice
  
  Nice

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