For some reason, whenever I needed to refer to these dolls, I kept calling them 'Slutz' instead of 'Bratz', you can understand my confusion...

I've hated these things since the moment they came out. The fact that they're incredibly popular just adds to my distaste. Still, there's a lesson here: if only GM had made their cars "slightly slutty" and labelled them as "carz" they might not be in the predicament they're in today.

I'm so glad they're going out of business. I feel like the world is a slightly better place for my little niece now.

is this a mistake? i don't get what could possible have been meant.

@jjason82: Sadly they aren't going out of business. That would mean there wasn't a demand for them. They're being stopped, which makes me weep.

@Elcheecho: ASSorted probably.

@Elcheecho: prolly "assorted" so there are prolly other bratz which are similar. prolly.

Much like the 17 ladies and gents at Sizzler who are wearing name tags identifying them as "Ass. Manager".

i like the new condensed version of Consumerist, but for stuff like this, is a click-through really necessary?

yeah yeah, comment code. i like that you guys had to lay off almost your entire staff but you still kept someone on to patrol the comments.

I was actually hoping these would stick around for a while. Party Girl Bratz with pill-popping action (Clonopin, Xanax, Ecstasy, and Valtrex!). Or that they'd all eventually have kids sold along with the doll -- and then a line extension to Bratz Babydaddies. Their own version of a Ken Doll.

@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★: Same difference. End result is they won't be on the shelves anymore, pending appeal.

@Elcheecho: Either this doll walks, or they're referring to it as being one of the walking ladies of the night.

@dougkern: It wasn't their decision to fire anybody. Shit rolls downhill, and they had no umbrella.

For the time being, get used to Bratz' popularity and prices to go through the roof due to "collectible scarcity."

Assorted, of course. We need a better way to abbreviate "assorted," "assistant," and "associate" when limited to three letters. On the other hand, in some medical school there must be an assistant professor of proctology whose entire professional identity is "ass prof."

On a related note, Jezebel's probably huffing at the loss of this object of affirmation for female sexuality and self-image.

@jjason82: I agree and I don't have any kids.

Bratz just piss me off, and I thought Barbies were a bad stereotype for girls.

That reminds me of my toy store days when we would get truck lists that was include coming items like 'Giant Dino Ass','Strwbry Shtcke Asst', and of course the classic '12" Woody'. I still miss those days sometimes.

@mariospants: Write an email to GM's CEOs. Maybe you'll get a free car, from the new ''slutty carz'' line ;)

@Bahnburner: Hmmm, maybe get one today? Consider it as an investment? (Still better than most funds on the market anyway...)

@Meltdown: @mariospants: And address that letter to Bob Slutz

@mariospants: I think they tried that when they had the models draped over the camaros and mustangs.

@PittDragon: Hate to burst your bubble, but undoubtedly something will come along to fill the void.

@Bahnburner:
Jezebel has always voiced their disdain for the sexualization of little girls and that's exactly what Bratz dolls are. So I would imagine the average Jezebel reader, i.e. me, is pretty disgusted with the whole Bratz phenomenon.

I think they left out the word "STREET"

Nice "kid" friendly naming system there, ToysRus!

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I wonder how it shows on the receipt.

Items I've seen/purchased at walmart:

POOH TANK: Winnie the pooh tank top
BUM FOOLER: B.U.M. equipment "fooler" style t-shirt

Any other fun ones?

@beboptheflop: Thanks, that's quite refreshing to hear.

@bobpence: That reminds me of a certain seinfeld episode involving kramer and the assman...

@shepd: I got "Pot Bites" from Arby's.

@jjason82: Not really. If there was no demand, that would make me so much happier than they were forced by the law to cease production. In the latter situation, there would be no one who thinks these are a great thing.

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: +1. Valtrex is always the forgotten party girl drug.

@RandomHookup: Ahh, yes. Reminds me of the local swimming pool where my wife works over the summer. Lifeguards are all a bunch of high-schoolers with a just-in-college set of management. She's worked there forever (her family basically runs the place), so she gets her choice of job (which, more times than not ends up being whatever they can't fill from the crop of high-schoolers). Last year, she was assistant manager, or "The Ass Man". I've yet to get used to a bunch of high-schoolers calling my wife "Ass Man" over the intercom.

@mariospants: I think Chrysler was going for that with the PT Cruiser. A pink Hummer would be equally obnoxious, and probably dominate the marketplace.

@opticnrv: Totally understand, and defend your calling them slutz. That's exactly what they portray.

@dougkern: I also don't like the condensed view. How about an AJAX-y way to expand the articles without loading a new page for ones you want to read, but don't want to comment on? And perhaps you could favorite certain tags so your favorite topics autoexpand? We get a smaller page with more space for what we, personally, want. Yes, that's right, I used the editorial we when referring to myself as an individual.

Anyway, though, if it's remotely possible to create a greasemonkey extension to do that, I'd like to see that. Seems more like something to ask on a lifehacker board, but it's worth saying here.

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: LOL@Valtrex. :)

@heltoupee: I actually worked with a gentleman from Germany whose last name is "Assman". Must be very difficult to reserve a table or get a hotel room.

@bobpence: Ast?

@TVarmy: Pink Hummer sounds like slang for something... interesting. It's perfect. Got the sleazy angle down already, and it doesn't even need a Z.

@opticnrv: The proper term is "prosti-tots"

I am glad to see these scary looking things go.

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: mix bratzs with aquadots and you have a date rape playdate.

I work in a grocery store, and a while ago, when a customer would buy tulips, they would ring up as "TULIPS ASS".

I'm pretty sure the "ASS" part meant "associate" or something.

"All Seasons Kitchen Tortillas" rang up as "ASK Tortilla," so it's really just a bad abbreviation.

@frodo_35: Srsly. They always made me think of crazy UFO conspiracists images of what human-gray hybrids looked like. The tiny part of my brain that thinks of random weird shit always wondered if they were designed to prepare us for how our future alien overlords (which I, for one, welcome) would look, thereby quelling the inevitable panic.

I have too much free time, obviously.

@Ghede: Yep. Sometimes I wonder why I'm not put in charge of inventing all the products on the market. I also have some movie ideas, like Jurassic Park 5, where Jeff Goldblum uses a time machine to take the fight back to the dinosaurs.

@Spoonman: "Whorez"

@shepd: I know, Wal-Mart is the worst when it comes to stuff like that!
KITTEN - a bag of kitten food
LAYS POT CHIPS - potato chips
ASS BEADS - bag of beads
Seriously, they need to look over these codes before inputting them into their systems.

@opticnrv: I understand and share. That's what I call them too... or Trampz.