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#2

They Should Have Thought About This Kinder Egg Toy A Little Longer

Final score:

127points

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Multa Nocte 3 weeks ago

Oh dear.

40points

#3

The Quality Check Was Clearly Passed

Final score:

116points

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Silly-Rabbit 3 weeks ago

Ha! Took me a second lol

53points

On the face of it, toys really should not be creepy at all. Most folks would probably agree that playthings for children should, on average, be cute and inoffensive. However, toymakers also have to deal with the unfortunate reality that the items they make tend to be human or humanoid forms and, as it turns out, people have a weird aversion to this concept.

This is generally referred to as the uncanny valley, where “mostly” human figures make people nervous. We tend to be able to relate more to forms and figures that resemble us, but as these figures get closer and closer to perfectly resembling humans, there is a “drop,” or a valley which suddenly creates some revulsion.

#4

This "Hagrid" Doll I Bought 15 Years Ago In A Dollar Store Is Just A Repainted Lion From The Wizard Of Oz. Rocking His Mane, Ears, And Medal Of Courage

Final score:

103points

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Angelina Wilkins 3 weeks ago

Uh, reduce, reuse, recycle?

38points

#5

Off-Brand Toy With An Interesting Name

Final score:

103points

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DetriMentaL (It/That) 3 weeks ago

Yelp for help

52points

#6

The Not So Fantastic Four

Final score:

97points

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Sleestak 3 weeks ago

I want this

26points

Some have, rather sensationally, suggested that this powerful aversion to “almost human” figures is some evolutionary response to alien doppelgangers. However, there is a significantly more logical explanation. It's the same reason rotten food, maggots and skeletons all, generally cause some degree of fear and disgust: being around dead things can be dangerous, and a corpse is perfectly in line with something “almost human.”

#7

Playground In Germany

Final score:

96points

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Sleestak 3 weeks ago

Stand on the spring platform is my favorite!

39points

#8

Batman’s Face Is Priceless

Final score:

95points

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Sleestak 3 weeks ago

Captain America looks sick

63points

#9

This Lamb I Won Out Of A Claw Machine. I Love It

Final score:

94points

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Corvus 3 weeks ago

Lamb or llama?

31points

In toys, the uncanny valley tends to show up most often in hyper realistic baby dolls. While it might not be as common of a toy anymore, there was a period of time when dollmakers were going through a sort of arms race to produce baby dolls. This included features like crying until it was “fed,” the ability to urinate and dynamic sounds, from sleeping to laughter.

#10

Geocentric Solar System At A Public School's Playground

Final score:

93points

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Pyla 3 weeks ago

The very dark and cold pre-Copernican universe.

62points

#11

My Favorite Show Is Called The Americans

Final score:

88points

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Corvus 3 weeks ago

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28points

#12

My Friend's Daughter Got A Veterinarian Kit For Her 4th Birthday, He Sent Me This

Final score:

88points

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Multa Nocte 3 weeks ago

Number 8 is a winner!!!! 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂

55points

At a young age, this might all seem quite cool but as an adult, a very lifelike toy making noises and sometimes even “reacting” to movement and light (these sorts of features also exist) are probably the inspiration for horror movies about dolls and toys coming to life.

#13

Homer On Steroids

Final score:

85points

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Sleestak 3 weeks ago

I get the feeling that "The Homer" is a wicked punch.

14points

#14

Bort Sampson

Final score:

85points

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Sleestak 3 weeks ago

Yet, it's in the cart. I would have bought it too.

24points

#15

Oh No

Final score:

85points

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Sleestak 3 weeks ago

Brought to you by Yoko

51points

#16

SpongeBob Devourer Of Children

Final score:

75points

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Pyla 3 weeks ago (edited)

Sponge Bob scare pants

69points

#17

Found This Toy At A Random Store. Nothing Makes Sense In This Toy

Final score:

75points

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Multa Nocte 3 weeks ago

THIS. I want THIS.

24points

#18

Strange Dinosaur

Final score:

75points

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Toujin C'Thlu 3 weeks ago

Ah yes, the little-known Horseasaurus

56points

#19

Mario Grew A Mustache Above His Nose

Final score:

74points

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JoinMeZoe 3 weeks ago

Aw... A butterfly landed on Mario's nose!

9points

#20

I'm A Benign Girl, In A Benign World

Final score:

72points

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Tempest 3 weeks ago

Thank god it’s not cancerous

42points

#21

Spooderman

Final score:

71points

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Glen Ellyn 3 weeks ago

Plastic surgery gone too far?

24points

#22

“Luigi, I Think Something Is Not Right”

Final score:

70points

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Toujin C'Thlu 3 weeks ago

These game crossovers are getting really weird...

42points

#23

Jamaicachu: "Jamaica No Problem"

Final score:

68points

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Miracle Max 3 weeks ago

"And I want pictures of Pikachu!" - J.J. Jameson

35points

#24

This Bootleg Captain America Toy

Final score:

68points

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Sleestak 3 weeks ago

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30points

#25

She Looks Like She's Had A Hard Life

Final score:

67points

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Pyla 3 weeks ago

Russian Bride Barbie

39points

#26

You Had One Job

Final score:

67points

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Angelina Wilkins 3 weeks ago

To be fair, this is how a lot of folks wear their makeup, with a face a totally different complexion than the rest of their body

76points

#27

I Don't Even Know What To Call This

Final score:

66points

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Farnzy 3 weeks ago

It's like is SpongeBob and Patrick had a baby!

73points

#28

Dora Did Not Like What She Explored

Final score:

65points

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reuben kift 3 weeks ago

Somewhere there's The Terminator action figurine that comes with a pink, flowery backback.

44points

#29

Spiderman With His Famous Spider-Rifle

Final score:

63points

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Multa Nocte 3 weeks ago

That's not Spiderman, that's Sniperman.

52points

#30

I Have No Words

Final score:

62points

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Toujin C'Thlu 3 weeks ago

I see Captain America, fit Popeye, a guy with puffed-up cheeks who looks vaguely familiar, Spiderman, and what appears to be the disembodied head of Ben 10

34points