# What were the designers of this toy thinking? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012 "2006-07-03T03:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/1 "2006-07-03T03:23:41Z")
[The Batman water-gun.](http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=batgun22qt4eh.jpg) Was this for kids, or an adult novelty? I mean come on. There’s a plug in Batman’s butt, you take it out, fill it with water, pump the trigger at his groin and water shoots out of his mouth. Suggestive much? Weird much? Have I just got a dirty mind? ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/2 "2006-07-03T03:28:15Z")
That is the funniest thing I have seen in weeks. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/3 "2006-07-03T03:40:35Z")
It’s got nothing on the [Oozinator](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt4MgnHc). ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/4 "2006-07-03T03:45:52Z")
:eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/5 "2006-07-03T03:51:08Z")
Shoot, that’s nothing. There used to be (and I say that because a cursory search of Amazon no longer yields it, but it may still be out there) a battery-powered version of the “Nimbus 3000” flying broom of the Harry Potter books/films\*. A vibrating stick that you put between your legs and “rode” around on. Heh. The reviews were hilarious. [sub]\*Don’t remember the exact terminology here, but it was something like that.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/6 "2006-07-03T04:12:55Z")
Nitpick: I believe that it was the Nimbus **2** 000. That’s the broom that Harry rides in the first three books, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/7 "2006-07-03T04:13:34Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > Shoot, that’s nothing. There used to be (and I say that because a cursory search of Amazon no longer yields it, but it may still be out there) a battery-powered version of the “Nimbus 3000” flying broom of the Harry Potter books/films\*. > > A vibrating stick that you put between your legs and “rode” around on. Heh. The reviews were hilarious. > > [sub]\*Don’t remember the exact terminology here, but it was something like that.[/sub] Here’s a site with a [screen shot](http://www.johnberman.com/pics/funny/HarryPotterStick.html) of the Amazon page. It was a really weird toy… ---
**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/8 "2006-07-03T04:20:54Z")
> [@XaMcQ](#): > > [The Batman water-gun.](http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=batgun22qt4eh.jpg) Was this for kids, or an adult novelty? I mean come on. There’s a plug in Batman’s butt, you take it out, fill it with water, pump the trigger at his groin and water shoots out of his mouth. Suggestive much? Weird much? > > Have I just got a dirty mind? Where did you find this? Ebay? I’m curious because it doesn’t look like a current toy. That doesn’t excuse it; this idea was just as stupid back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/9 "2006-07-03T04:32:29Z")
Batman with a plug up his ass? I always thought it was a stick. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/10 "2006-07-03T04:44:26Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > Nitpick: I believe that it was the Nimbus **2** 000. That’s the broom that Harry rides in the first three books, anyway. Probably so, then. I did an Amazon search on “nimbus 2000” and one of the items that came up was the [“Super Soaker Oozinator”](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BXJ0L6/qid=1151901375/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7698564-1292011?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance). Customers tagged this product with: **adult (1), bukakke (1), michael jackson (1), porn (1), semen (1), smegma (1)**. I’ve no idea why… **tremorviolet** , thanks for the screenshot. Evidently, Amazon _did_ pull it down. Still funny, though, in its abbreviated form… > [@Amazon reviewer](#): > > When my 12 year old daughter asked for this for her birthday, I kind of wondered if she was too old for it, but she seems to LOVE it. Her friends love it too! They play for hours in her bedroom with this great toy. They really seem to like the special effects it offers (the sound effects and vibrating). My oldest daughter (17) really likes it too! I reccomend this for all children. Hee-hee-hee! :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/11 "2006-07-03T04:45:08Z")
Then again the fiends of merchandising tear a respectable character of all it´s dignity… ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/12 "2006-07-03T08:23:20Z")
> [@Gamaliel](#): > > Where did you find this? Ebay? I’m curious because it doesn’t look like a current toy. That doesn’t excuse it; this idea was just as stupid back in the day. It’s over at [Superdickery](http://www.superdickery.com) in the “Seduction Of The Innocent” gallery. ---
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/13 "2006-07-03T20:20:34Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > It’s over at [Superdickery](http://www.superdickery.com) in the “Seduction Of The Innocent” gallery. Thank you, Case Sensitive, I should have put a link to it in the OP. :smack: It was late, that’s all I can say in my defense. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/14 "2006-07-03T20:34:59Z")
I was crazy for the Adam West Batman when I was a kid, and I had this squirt gun, c. 1974. It leaked. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/15 "2006-07-03T20:46:50Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > Batman with a plug up his ass? I always thought it was a stick. Either way, I doubt he was prepared for it. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/16 "2006-07-03T21:19:09Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > Batman with a plug up his ass? I’m the goddamn buttplug. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/17 "2006-07-03T22:03:03Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > A vibrating stick that you put between your legs and “rode” around on. Heh. The reviews were hilarious. > [@](#): > > Here’s a site with a screen shot of the Amazon page. It was a really weird toy… I snuck a quick peek at this review behind the library desk: > [@](#): > > When my 12 year old daughter asked for this for her birthday, I kind of wondered if she was too old for it, but she seems to LOVE it. Her friends love it too! They play for hours in her bedroom with this great toy. They really seem to like the special effects it offers (the sound effects and vibrating). My oldest daughter (17) really likes it too! I reccomend this for all children. My supervisor and coworkers were giving me weird looks wondering why I suddenly seemed to find the Excel spreadsheet with the monthly reference statistics so breathtakingly funny all of a sudden. Thank God for ALT+F4, that’s all I’ve got to say! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/18 "2006-07-03T23:07:41Z")
[Here](http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/51.html)’s a special Staight Dope panel from Superdickery. ---
**Author:** ![Spongemom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/19 "2006-07-03T23:37:23Z")
> [@](#): > > **On [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com):** > > ProductWiki: Product Information from Our Customers > > \ > > This thing shoots out white creamy goo all over other children’s faces. > > Did they delete all of the reviews? **laughing so hard it peed smiley** ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012/20 "2006-07-04T00:05:23Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I’m the goddamn buttplug. Wouldn’t that be batplug? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-designers-of-this-toy-thinking/363012.md?page=2)