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

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 114 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I suspect those dolls, still in the packaging, will be quite the collector's item in the future.

[+] Deceptichum@quokk.au -19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 84 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is she the same person to get korean bbq tattooed on her hand?

[–] SpoopyKing@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 3 months ago

No, what an utterly ridiculous lie to spread. She would never get "Korean bbq" tattooed on her hand, she's a multimillionaire with tons of resources at her disposal to prevent a silly mistake like that. Instead, she got "small charcoal grill" instead of "seven rings". But don't worry, she got it fixed apparently, so it instead correctly read ... "small charcoal finger grill".

[+] Deceptichum@quokk.au -33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

Because she’s popular right now. We’re talking about the future, do you think Wicked has the longevity of other popular franchises? Is Wicked as big as Harry Potter was? Because that has some staying power behind it.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 41 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

do you think Wicked has the longevity of other popular franchises

Babes, Wicked has been a musical theatre darling since 2003. It already HAS longevity and popularity, just not in your circles. Once again, 2nd biggest Broadway show of all time, (actually of this millennium.) It's not #1 only because Lion King has been around longer.

The Broadway Girls™️ and Broadway Gays™️ are coming for that merch, and so are the Ariana Stans. Again, look at the price of that Cat Valentine doll.

(Also, comparing Harry Potter to Wicked is funny because of how they're two of the THE 2008-2015 Tumblr fandoms (ignoring Superwholock))

[+] Deceptichum@quokk.au -28 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The difference is Harry Potter was an all ages international phenomenon, not just a Tumblr fandom.

So few things actually become collectibles, you’d have more luck with a beanie baby than you would this misprint Wicked merch long term.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You missed every point I made.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it's not a conversation, they've already decided their right and no amount of illumination on their obvious blindspots is gonna change that.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It’s important to figure out if the other person is really playing the same ballgame as you are. Once you realize that the rule books don’t match, it’s time to cut your losses and move on.

Took me many years to understand that, but once I did, I’ve saved so much time. For example, you might be talking to a flat-earther thinking that it’s a debate where logic and facts matter. Spoiler: it’s not. The rules aren’t what you initially thought, and there’s no way to win. You winning just isn’t in their rule book at all.

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

I saw the Harry Potter movies.

[–] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You do realize Wicked is based on a 85 year old movie right?

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

We’re talking about the future

From the perspective of when the play got launched, we are already in the future. And it's still massively popular. Your point?

Is Wicked as big as Harry Potter was?

Comparing just the stage plays? Definitely, it's in fact orders of magnitude bigger.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

The play is extremely popular at 21 years old. I saw it as a teenager and enjoy when bits of it come back into my mind despite never really being into it. But there definitely are people still obsessed with it. It’s a damn good play.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago

do you think Wicked has the longevity of other popular franchises? Is Wicked as big as Harry Potter was?

Do you think people view Victorious as a popular franchise today?

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think she's a singer or something. 🤷‍♀️

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Idk theater girls love Wicked. The question is how much demand that supports for a porn misprint.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I know theater girls and I know theater gays. The former may like it, the latter will love it

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 60 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they do crossover marketing?

[–] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

People who do butt stuff are probably a huge market for bidets in America, and other places that they aren't as common.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 3 months ago

You need more than a bidet to clean your asshole for penetration

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 9 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You’re not gonna tell us the website?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 51 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Body of the post, right under the link description.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

sounds like it wasn't intentional.

or at least plausible deniability is a thing.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m on mobile. I legit don’t see it anywhere. I must be blind.

[–] hoch@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Might be time to get a better Lemmy app

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Oh. I was looking in the article itself.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

OP says they linked to wicked.com, which I've never heard of but does look like a pay porn site.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I checked it out... for science. Has big "brunch team" energy. The subscription should come with a free bowl of soup.

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also it doesn't seem to let you see anything risque without logging in, so honestly even if a kid went to the site they wouldn't see anything

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You can def see some clips on there without logging in

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah, I didn't do enough digging

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

I only found them bc I was pretty sure an ex and I rented one from that company on VHS in the 90s so I went looking to see if they still had the really old ones.

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

nice

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nice

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Nice

[–] 000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Mattel regrets being in the news and keeping attention