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Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, ... They offer children the chance to play at being Picasso and imagine a perhaps problematic conception of gender roles that the Potato Head rebrand is meant to remedy.
Hasbro is dropping the Mr. from the logo and overall brand to “promote gender equality and inclusion,” but clarified that Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head will still be available.
Mr. Potato Head caused a lot of buzz last week, and Fox News played a big part in that. Over the past week, the plastic toy — and its gender — has been mentioned at least 35 times on Fox News ...
The new Potato Head line drops the "Mister" to better reflect the world kids live in, though Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head themselves aren't going anywhere. T oymaking giant Hasbro engendered (ahem ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Mr. Potato Head is no longer a mister. Hasbro, the company that makes the potato-shaped plastic toy, is giving the spud a gender neutral new name: Potato Head. The change will ...
After Mr. Potato Head appeared, voiced by comedian Don Rickles, in Pixar’s “Toy Story” in the 1990s, sales got another major boost, as did many other classic toys featured in the film, like ...
Hasbro launched the first advertising campaign for Mr. Potato Head on April 30th, 1952. Within its first few months on the market, the toy earned the company more than $4 million.
Mr. Potato Head originally launched in 1952 as a kit with plastic hands, feet, eyes and accessories like a silly mustache; children had to use their own real potato to complete the character.
He can’t be Mr. Potato.” Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the former president, also referenced Hasbro’s decision to change the name of its children’s toy from “Mr. Potato Head” to ...
Mr. Potato Head first hit the toy scene in 1952, when it didn’t even come with a plastic potato — kids had to supply their own vegetable to poke eyes, a nose or mustache into.