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Mattel Is Being Sued After Accidentally Including A Link To A Porn Site On Wicked Doll Packaging

“Loathing. Unadulterated loathing.” — the woman who filed the lawsuit, probably.

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South Carolina Mom Sues Mattel for Traumatizing Daughter with Hardcore Porn Link on Wicked Doll: 'Inexcusable Error'

A South Carolina mother is suing Mattel after she claims a link misprint took her daughter to a hardcore porn site instead of the movie's website.

Latin Times

Barbie Pays Tribute to Rita Moreno With A Doll Inspired By Her Life

Puerto Rican-American legend Rita Moreno is getting the Barbie treatment as the company has announced a doll based on her likeness.

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Mattel's X-rated Wicked design blunder is hilarious

Parents have been told to discard the packaging from Wicked dolls.

Creative Bloq

Jon Stewart on Donald Trump’s electoral victory: ‘This is not the end’

Late-night hosts discuss Trump winning the popular vote, his incoming White House staff and the Democrats’ electoral blame game

The Guardian - US

Mattel’s Wicked doll misprint results in 12-year traffic high for porn website

The toy conglomerate says they ‘deeply regret this unfortunate error and are taking immediate action to remedy this’

The Independent UK

Porn Site Sees Highest Traffic in Over a Decade After Mattel Puts Web Address on 'Wicked' Doll Packaging

A printing error by Mattel has directed a surge of web traffic to the adult site Wicked.com after the URL was mistakenly printed on Wicked movie doll packaging.

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The Mattel Wicked dolls packaging controversy involving an NSFW website, explained

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Mattel was supposed to have a hit with its 'Wicked' dolls ahead of the movie premiere. But it backfired

Toy manufacturer apologizes for misprint on “Wicked” dolls that direct to an adult site.

Fortune

Mattel says it 'deeply' regrets misprint on 'Wicked' dolls packaging that links to porn site

Toy giant Mattel says it “deeply” regrets an error on the packaging of its “Wicked” movie-themed dolls, which mistakenly links toy buyers to a pornographic website

The Independent UK

Mattel Urgently Warns Parents After Link to Porn Site Ends Up on 'Wicked' Doll Box: 'Discard the Product Packaging'

Mattel faced a major embarrassment after discovering that a misprinted website on its "Wicked" movie doll packaging directed consumers to porn site.

Latin Times

Nosferatu perfume to Wicked mac-n-cheese – how movie merch went bonkers

If you want to smell like a vampire or have your microwave meal tell you if you’re more Glinda then Elphaba, there’s a product for that

Evening Standard

“Hard To Believe That’s An Accident”: Toy Company’s Adult Website Address Blunder Goes Viral

“I just checked my Mattel boxes and they also have the same website - that’s crazy!” The post “Hard To Believe That’s An Accident”: Toy Company’s Adult Website Address Blunder Goes Viral first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Afternoon Update: Worker dies in windfarm accident; fears over possible Trump cabinet picks; and Mattel’s porn mishap

The man was crushed beneath a turbine blade while working at the Golden Plains windfarm in regional Victoria

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Mattel Issues Apology After 'Special Edition Wicked Dolls' Has Porn Site Printed On Box

Mattel apologises for a packaging error on its new "Wicked" dolls that inadvertently links to an adult website, sparking parental concern and prompting immediate corrective action.

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OOPS: Mattel’s Wicked Movie Dolls Accidentally Listed A Porn Site On Their Packaging

There’s been a massive blunder on Mattel’s Wicked doll packaging, and someone’s probably about to be fired. In celebration of the Wicked movie, toy company Mattel released a line of specialty dolls. On the box of each character, there’s a link to a website printed on the box, but instead of it taking customers to Universal’s Wicked movie webpage,…

The Guardian - AU

Mattel apologises after Wicked movie dolls mistakenly link to pornography website on packaging

Toy company advises parents to ‘discard the product packaging or obscure the link’ on Glinda and Elphaba dolls

Evening Standard

Mattel ‘regrets’ Wicked dolls packaging URL misprint that leads buyers to porn site

Error comes ahead of the release of the much-anticipated movie adaptation of the hit Broadway and West End musical

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The Independent UK

Mattel apologizes after Wicked doll boxes mistakenly link to porn website

‘Recall incoming? Stickers over the website? What are the odds these boxes end up being worth anything?’ one person posted

The Independent UK

What is Diwali, the Festival of Lights? How is it celebrated in India and the diaspora?

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India and for Hindus in particular

Evening Standard

Helen Mirren and Claudia Schiffer star in new 65th anniversary Barbie book

My Barbie Story features more than 100 stories and pictures from famous faces, fans and collectors.

Total Film

18 years since his last appearance, Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run studio has stop-motion Pingu series in the works

Noot noot!

The Independent UK

Pingu to return to screens with new Aardman adaptation

This is noot a drill

Creative Bloq

Mattel's View-Master movie sounds bizarre

...but I can see all kinds of potential.

Total Film

After Barbie, Mattel plucks a childhood toy from shelves for a bizarre live-action movie – because apparently it's "a treasure trove of storytelling possibilities"

View-Master is getting the movie treatment

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