Pole Dancer Doll Doesn’t Really Set The Perfect Role Model

Uhh. That is the USB pole dancer, but the box shows the color of the base changed, mirrors added to the ball a different head on the doll and some added clothes. Are these changes actually reflected on the real toy or just on the packaging? Probably the latter. Anyway, you can see the real thing at stupid.com: [www.stupid.com]

Compare the pictures, the base, the railing around it, the pole, the doll's legs and the lights around the base are all the same. It's a novelty gift for adults, not a toy for kids. Other than Jesus Diaz's claim, what evidence is there that it's intended for kids?

dperrella

So wrong!

Jason Wicker

Unbelievable....I mean, is nothing sacred anymore?!

AngelaDemonice

@met2art: no dout

coyote1284: P.E.T.U.

@UltimaKabob: Ah, but notice that it only dealt with the "United States ov Amerikuh". I think the smart people emmigrated to Europe/Asia/Australia and left the idiots to their own devices. The USA already *is* "the world" as far as the idiots of today are concerned.

coyote1284: P.E.T.U.

Is anyone else creeped out by the fact that unlike the "other" pole dancer, which is clearly a woman, this one looks like a little girl? So not only is the manufacturer suggesting girls idolize strippers, but possibly that they should just go ahead and get started right away. This is f**ked up on several levels... and not any of them really even that funny once you get past the initial "wtf?"

NameIsDave

Comes with free clear heels!

Underscore_Lysdexia

@soulever989: So... you're saying we're doomed?
Having worked for a short period in a toy department of a store, I can say that there are plenty of parents who will buy any crap out there, if their kids start saying "I want it!"
(I mean, look at Bratz. Good moral teachings abound, obviously.)

@phaota: None of this matters so long as parents are not dumb enough to buy it for their children.

soulever989

This is what happens when you give santa's elves 20% time.

soulever989

@soulever989: (/capslock)(./sarcasm)(./redneck)

soulever989

@Ninety-9: I don't. Hope you know your daughter is goin' to 'ell!!!!

soulever989

@met2art: I agri!

@Spiny Norman: New, from Hasbro®

What were they thinking????

AugustSketch

Good Lord! What's next, Gerbiling G.I. Joe????

jimmyrizzo

@appletoad: no, but i want the new Flasher Doll. comes with an authentic Burberry trench for those young fashionistas...

KenwayIcarius

(I really hope some of you catch the sarcasm)

Ninety-9

If my daughter REALLY wants it for Christmas, who am I to say "No?"

Ninety-9

@phaota: Yeah, this doesn't look like it was made by a Japanese company to me, guy. There's no kana, the package design is all wrong and the English is too good. This looks more American than anything. The exploitation of anyone and every opportunity to earn a buck at any cost like a good little capitalist. Never mind moral decay, the plight of your brethren and social responsibility, just make money. The very thing Japanese voted against in this past weekends elections.

@Sabbatai: Yeah, this doesn't look Japanese to me guy.

@Sabbatai: Just to hazard a guess, Americans wouldn't have left the logo on there saying "Pole Dance" when it's properly spelled on the product.

That being said, I'd wager a fair amount that the source of this toy was not Japan.

hey, c'mon- its the perfect gift for that soon-to-be ex step daughter, as the child support and alimony checks will undoubtedly go to mommy's gin habit... that and college ain't gonna pay fer itself!!

I just watched the movie Idiocracy and this doll seems pretty right on. We're all gonna be a bunch of women objectifying, slack jawed jamokes in the future.

UltimaKabob

My biggest problem are the bullet points next to the very lady-like doll: "style" and "flash." Why are some capitalized and not others?

fallenyogi

@phaota: How do you know this wasn't made in Thailand, or Mexico, or America?!

Sabbatai

Considering the economy, that's probably good job training for a lot of kids.

MightyCow

come on, this has got to be a photoshop joke. Like others, I notice no info about who supposedly put this out, or where it is available.
But if not a joke, then file it under Deeply Disturbing.

QueridaPeleus

They all can't be doctors...

YanabaDirce

Yes, but apparently you can't spell it, haha!

TeriTrophonius

@wetworker: It seems to be systemic of the decline in literacy.

Can you say dieing civilization. NEXT!!

Now all they need is a Miley Cyrus endorsement!

macpatrick

This will go great with my GI Joe porn set diorama.
(That's GI Joe with Kung Fu grip, btw)

LuciusMagumpus

How about naming the manufacturer of this junk?

Spiny Norman

Looks like your normal everyday Japanese child porn toy. Hell, it's so pervasive in the Anime, toys are just the next step forward. I have nothing against the Japanese, but toys like this is really stupid. It's amazing how they even get past the idea stage.

Is that a Miley Cyrus dool?

aec007

How is your daughter going to acquire the necessary Daddy Issues required to become a stripper if you keep buying her presents?

KinOfCain

Kidding me right? No respective girl would get on that pole with that hairdoo!

"Champagne Room sold separately!"

Someone somewhere had to pitch this product to a board and they then had to decide to go ahead with producing it. I would so love to have been a fly on the wall during that pitch.

nobodyzhome

Sure to show up in your local Wal-Mart by christmas.

The dance pole setup looks exactly the same as the USB Pole Dancer one, wonder if they are making both.

@OMG! Ponies!: I wonder how much it costs to get into the star pocket?

sqeakytoy of the apocalypse

Ahahaha! I cannot agree more. When I first saw that preview on TLC my mind thought of 'oh great, we'll have another Jon Beneteon our hands very soon'.
Crazy parents letting kids be sluts at four!!

RoscoeLaBamba

@OMG! Ponies!: Wanx Club

@OMG! Ponies!: "But mister, if your van if full of kittens and candy, where am I supposed to sit?"

in today's economy i can't be expected to pay my child's tuition. if i don't arm her with real money earning skills than how else will she pay her way thru school?

This would be finnier if fake, moms are buying this right now and then getting confused when their kids turn into lil Hiltons. Thank god for the Pussy Cat Dolls whom can set a proper example for young girls.

-Paid for by the "We Needs Us More Strippers" foundation.

@ddrkeitaro:

telepheedian

@Matt Teleha: Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.

CaseyG

@OMG! Ponies!: So I guess that would make Swiper the sanitation guy?

sqeakytoy of the apocalypse

For the parents and daughters on "Toddlers with Tiaras"

@OMG! Ponies!:

and then there's pole-y pockets for the chen man

@comedian: was that supposed to be funny?

Matt Teleha

I long for the days when kids toys were roly poly, not poley roley.

@OMG! Ponies!: Man you are on a role with the one liners, more so than usual. I applaud thee

Well, now I know where all the $1 bills from the Monopoly game went.

@nhasian: Near the local elementary school. Bring candy.

Dora the Cheap Whore-a

It doesn't look as whorish as the Bratz dolls.

caliaa

A byproduct of globalization is the loss of context. Obviously, pole dancing is losing the cultural context that created it and someone in a factory in China came up with this without realizing how some might view this.

[www.nytimes.com]

mikehihz

Nothing gives career aspirations like a pole dancer doll... I have no doubt the gendger of ther person that signed off on this product.

@RuBBa_cHiKiN: Actually, it's usually a woman. Nine times out of ten, the person in one of those costumes is a chick, since women are generally smaller and more even tempered, making them better suited for the task.

@FightingChance: Zing!

I'm more interested in the 55 gallon drums to the left - what third world knock off loose morality secrets do they contain?

@ttech10: So you've seen Lazy Town too?

the article doesnt mention where you can pick one of these up at :-/

nhasian

"this one is actually for kids"

Are you sure? I've flipped over to Nickelodeon accidentally one day and even though it's a channel for kids... it had to be a pedo's dream channel with what the kids were doing.

So THAT'S what happened to the girl from the Robot Chicken sketch!

@ridgecity: You can never really know for sure who's in that Mickey costume at Disneyland...

So that's where it begins...

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

Joke product, right? Right??

@appletoad: Both.

@ddrkeitaro: Disney turns all their stars into prostitutes, or they already begin as prostitutes? sadly, these are the role models for our kids...

ridgecity

How are we supposed to buy it if there isn't a link?!? I need this, so very badly.

Why call it something so normal like "Pole Dancer"? why not

"The American Dream"

ridgecity

@notlikeacat: crap my pic didn't come up

notlikeacat

This will go great with my slutty Barbie collection. There really are some

notlikeacat

It deeply saddens me to see that society has finally reached a new all-time low. What's next? A Michael Vick Pound Puppies play set?

Suddenly this makes sense...

negated

Pole dancing is a respectable job. The liquor store girl that offers samples at 2pm told me so.

MichelleDatsun

@Invisible-Echidna: Haha I didn't think of it that way. I thought of it as showing the rewards of dancing as a way to make money.

When I was a little boy, I used to stash my coins in a vodka bottle. To this day, my coins go in a vodka bottle, and when it's full, I cash it in for a new bottle.

Ah, childhood.

@appletoad: Then that should make it a boys piggy bank, right? Gotta teach them to tip their dancer early. It's just good manners. Kidding...

Invisible-Echidna

@Shamoononon: It's really hot today.: She's buying it for her daughter.

Is this being sold at Wal Mart?

They should've made this into a little coin bank. You know, for the tips.

LMAO box says "Up and Down" and "Go round and round". SO VERY WRONG!

JackMatt

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: How do you think barbie met ken? How do you think she paid for those 36DDD's?

@ddrkeitaro: I don't see anything wrong with this.

/s.

(sarcasm, for any weekend idiots.)

I doubt most people will ever see that in their local toy store. THIS on the other hand seems worse in my opinion...

@Software_Goddess: "Someone really dropped the ball on this one"

I guess you're not referring to the mirrored ball on top of that pole..

j/k

Someone really dropped the ball on this one. I now have a new wrinkle in my forehead due to the disgusted look deeply etched on my face.

Software_Goddess

Hey, a girl has got to be resourceful and learn alternative skills. It's not cheap living in Barbie's Dream House.

Oh yeah, and this is wrong. So very wrong...

Does the box say it flashes? The doll or the dancing platform?

oh my god

Please cross post to Jezebel.

Dallifornia