you can shave the baby
January 16, 2011 2:10 AM Subscribe
WTF Toys from Japan: bizarre, fun or creepy, they also include the awesome Samurai Obama. More WTF here.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, no biggie bwg but that main link is pretty much a textbook example of People Who Are Fucking Up The Web. -- cortex
I want my Samurai Obama! Now and forevermore, (or at least for the next four years) we will no doubt be drowning in ridiculous Obama kitsch products.
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:15 AM on January 16, 2011
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:15 AM on January 16, 2011
ha ha oh japan you are so crazy
it is a good thing we are citizens of civilized western countries which do not manufacture items such as these
posted by KChasm at 2:17 AM on January 16, 2011 [5 favorites]
it is a good thing we are citizens of civilized western countries which do not manufacture items such as these
posted by KChasm at 2:17 AM on January 16, 2011 [5 favorites]
also tasteless joke about the aftereffects of the atom bomb having resulted in mental unfitness
posted by KChasm at 2:18 AM on January 16, 2011
posted by KChasm at 2:18 AM on January 16, 2011
also tasteless joke about the aftereffects of the atom bomb
Damn! I was just about to make a tasteful joke about the aftereffects of the atom bomb.
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:22 AM on January 16, 2011
Damn! I was just about to make a tasteful joke about the aftereffects of the atom bomb.
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:22 AM on January 16, 2011
Uh, I've read about those anatomical models. They're 19th teaching aides, though they were apparently also exhibited for entertainment. Not, however given to children.
Wow, I'm only up to the second item on the list and already calling bullshit. Nice work, Stella. If that is your real name. If this is your magazine.
posted by Jilder at 2:34 AM on January 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Wow, I'm only up to the second item on the list and already calling bullshit. Nice work, Stella. If that is your real name. If this is your magazine.
posted by Jilder at 2:34 AM on January 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Meanwhile, in the post just before this, there's a lovely discussion of Japan and Japanese pop-culture that has none of his "hey, Japanese people sure are weird" crap. Sorry, it gets old.
posted by Ghidorah at 2:35 AM on January 16, 2011
posted by Ghidorah at 2:35 AM on January 16, 2011
Meanwhile, in the post just before this, there's a lovely discussion of Japan and Japanese pop-culture that has none of his "hey, Japanese people sure are weird" crap. Sorry, it gets old.
There is a world of difference between a Miyazaki film and a Samurai Obama doll or a "shave the baby" doll. And I'm glad both can be discussed on Mefi for their various merits. WTF-ery is as amusing/puzzling as Miyazaki's films are spellbinding/magical.
posted by crossoverman at 2:42 AM on January 16, 2011
There is a world of difference between a Miyazaki film and a Samurai Obama doll or a "shave the baby" doll. And I'm glad both can be discussed on Mefi for their various merits. WTF-ery is as amusing/puzzling as Miyazaki's films are spellbinding/magical.
posted by crossoverman at 2:42 AM on January 16, 2011
Is this where we get to talk about Tsumineko? I love those things!
Like sunk at least $15 into those damn things already...
posted by gc at 2:47 AM on January 16, 2011
Like sunk at least $15 into those damn things already...
posted by gc at 2:47 AM on January 16, 2011
Wow, that's a skeevy site. No offense, bwg, but half that page is full of Fark-level garbage.
Oh, and the Obama figure has been linked here before (from which the pictures in the FFP were taken without permission, it seems).
posted by armage at 2:57 AM on January 16, 2011 [3 favorites]
Oh, and the Obama figure has been linked here before (from which the pictures in the FFP were taken without permission, it seems).
posted by armage at 2:57 AM on January 16, 2011 [3 favorites]
Yeah, I knew it wasn't the greatest site (lousy writing and I hated the way it looked), but I figured some of those toys were worth mentioning, because they are in fact bizarre and worth a look (I didn't know about the previous post with Samurai Obama).
But it's not a "Japanese people sure are weird" post; I just wanted to point out the toys themselves.
posted by bwg at 3:12 AM on January 16, 2011
But it's not a "Japanese people sure are weird" post; I just wanted to point out the toys themselves.
posted by bwg at 3:12 AM on January 16, 2011
gee, I'd really like to cheack all these out, but you know, I just can't stop clicking on all those fabulous links like "Girls at Las Vegas Pool Party".
But, no, I'll tear myself away, and give this a look...
OK, the Shave the Baby is almost certainly from China. You know, that much larger country near Japan? Yeah, right! Haha! They're two different countries! Gotcha!
Otherwise, otherwise... yeah, I think I'll just stop there. Cause this really is crap, sorry to say.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:13 AM on January 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
But, no, I'll tear myself away, and give this a look...
OK, the Shave the Baby is almost certainly from China. You know, that much larger country near Japan? Yeah, right! Haha! They're two different countries! Gotcha!
Otherwise, otherwise... yeah, I think I'll just stop there. Cause this really is crap, sorry to say.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:13 AM on January 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
How is babby shaved?
posted by PeterMcDermott at 3:19 AM on January 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by PeterMcDermott at 3:19 AM on January 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
As Seen In The Deer Hunter*!
(*: Christopher Walken sold separately)
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:36 AM on January 16, 2011
(*: Christopher Walken sold separately)
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:36 AM on January 16, 2011
Don't take it hard, bwg. Heck, because of this post, I checked out your profile, that led me to your flickr page, and THAT is full of treasures, man! I just made you a flickr contact.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:36 AM on January 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:36 AM on January 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
No worries; sometimes I just wish I could delete my own posts. " )
posted by bwg at 3:56 AM on January 16, 2011
posted by bwg at 3:56 AM on January 16, 2011
In case you can't read kanji: the "shave the baby" doll is Chinese.
posted by shii at 4:18 AM on January 16, 2011
posted by shii at 4:18 AM on January 16, 2011
Wow, that's a skeevy site. --- More real estate on that page is devoted to links to other stories than to the "real" content of the page.
posted by crunchland at 5:00 AM on January 16, 2011
posted by crunchland at 5:00 AM on January 16, 2011
The shave the baby doll isn't even a real toy, it's art.
posted by cropshy at 5:24 AM on January 16, 2011
posted by cropshy at 5:24 AM on January 16, 2011
Here's the [NSFW] link to the shave the baby artist and some other odd works.
posted by cropshy at 5:28 AM on January 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by cropshy at 5:28 AM on January 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
I just took flapjax's advice and checked out your Flickr stream, bwg. Beautiful pictures, sir. Hong Kong is just utterly fascinating to me. I've added you as a contact.
posted by gc at 5:33 AM on January 16, 2011
posted by gc at 5:33 AM on January 16, 2011
Thanks gc.
Just so you know, I flagged my own post and hope the Mod Squad will kill it.
I really ought not post when I'm tired.
I'll try to do better next time.
posted by bwg at 5:40 AM on January 16, 2011
Just so you know, I flagged my own post and hope the Mod Squad will kill it.
I really ought not post when I'm tired.
I'll try to do better next time.
posted by bwg at 5:40 AM on January 16, 2011
I really ought not post when I'm tired.
You haven't committed a sin until you've posted when you're tired and drunk. And angry. And stoned.
That reminds me... I've got to make a post.
posted by twoleftfeet at 5:59 AM on January 16, 2011 [3 favorites]
You haven't committed a sin until you've posted when you're tired and drunk. And angry. And stoned.
That reminds me... I've got to make a post.
posted by twoleftfeet at 5:59 AM on January 16, 2011 [3 favorites]
Well, I have done three of four. Haven't been stoned though.
Screw it, I'm still gonna get this thing killed. " )
posted by bwg at 6:12 AM on January 16, 2011
Screw it, I'm still gonna get this thing killed. " )
posted by bwg at 6:12 AM on January 16, 2011
hey I am a fan of if not the page itself, then the material contained therein. I am glad that, this fine Sunday morning, I know that somewhere at sometime someone created The Baby That You Can Shave. It is, and I am totally serious, producing a bit of an acid flashback for me.
posted by angrycat at 7:05 AM on January 16, 2011
posted by angrycat at 7:05 AM on January 16, 2011
The writing on the shaveable baby packaging is Chinese, not Japanese. I'm astounding that this clearly serious and reputable website has such low journalistic standards.
posted by Abiezer at 7:08 AM on January 16, 2011
posted by Abiezer at 7:08 AM on January 16, 2011
I'm just glad to get the story behind that iconic image of the boy with the toy gun.
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 7:11 AM on January 16, 2011
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 7:11 AM on January 16, 2011
Most of the time, this cat as well as the real one is sleepy, but also can produce a voice similar to a real cat, but when you touch its belly this cat can move its pews.
Our cat does not yet have a church.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 7:22 AM on January 16, 2011
Our cat does not yet have a church.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 7:22 AM on January 16, 2011
Yes this is not a joke this is American President as a toy! It is high 12 inches, the size of a real 1 / 6 Obama!
How many of these 1:6 scale Obamas are there? And are there enough 1:6 Secret Service agents to protect them?
posted by Joe Beese at 7:26 AM on January 16, 2011
How many of these 1:6 scale Obamas are there? And are there enough 1:6 Secret Service agents to protect them?
posted by Joe Beese at 7:26 AM on January 16, 2011
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