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Aldi shopper baffled after spotting 'design blunder' on Kevin the Carrot

An Aldi shopper was baffled after a "design blunder" on the Kevin the Carrot she bought from Aldi left it with an "upside-down face".

Michelle Denny purchased her tree decoration from the range at an Aldi in Fallowfield, Manchester, and believes it may the only one with the "design blunder".

"I bought the Christmas tree decoration pack of Chantenay, Jasper and Baby carrot, but my baby carrot has a upside down smile," Michelle told Manchester Evening News .

"I've looked through eBay and lots of other places and can't find another one [like it]."

Now the shopper wants to find out if anyone else has found a carrot like hers.

  • If you've got a similar toy, contact webnews@trinitymirror.com

Typically, the toys have cute faces the right way up.

Aldi has been contacted for comment.

Hundreds of thousands are in circulation, some of which are on sale for large sums on eBay and other sites.

But shoppers were left disappointed when the plush toys sold out quickly online .

Customers told how they woke up in the early hours of Sunday morning last week for a chance to pre-order the collection of characters, but they were all gone within just a few hours.

A woman told Mirror Online: "I was in the queue from midnight till 6am and a majority of the plush toys were sold out and only a few mugs were left."

By 11.30am, almost 220,000 users had visited Aldi's website for a chance to purchase Kevin and Katie the Carrot, the Carrot Kids - Chantenay, Jasper and Baby - and their friends Russell Sprout and Tiny Tom.

Frustrated customers told how 20,000 people were ahead of them in the queue at one point.

One shopper told the Mirror he was given a 10 minute slot to buy the characters, but he fell asleep and missed his turn to purchase them at 3.30am.

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