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Hasbro Casts Spell Of Greater Invisibility Over D&D Cancellation Page
You can't cancel your annual membership agreement with Hasbro's "D&D Insider"—at least not easily, and not at all for some frustrated users. Company admins keep giving out ridiculous instructions on the user forums, but those posts are followed by customers saying all they get are error messages, no matter what browser/OS combo they try. To make matters worse, their customer service department was closed over the holidays, so nobody was answering the phone numbers they listed. This is the kind of runaround we expect from scammers like the Acai resellers, not a national toy company. More » -
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How Do You Reach Hasbro's CEO Brian Goldner?
Hasbro promised to replace a Nerf product that broke within minutes of being removed from its package, but that was back in October and Ed still hasn't received anything. More » -
manufacturing
Poison: The High Cost Of Cheap Batteries
Cadmium batteries are cheap and safe to use, but hazardous to manufacture. They'll save you money—about $1.50 for the average cadmium-powered toy, says the Wall Street Journal. More » -
debt
Hasbro And Visa Pervert LIFE Board Game To Train Children In Racking Up Credit Card Debt
As if credit card-related debt wasn't a big enough problem in the U.S., Hasbro and Visa want to fuel the fire. Hasbro is launching a new edition of The Game of Life called Twists and Turns that will replace play money with a Visa-branded card. Matt Collins, Hasbro's vice president of marketing, said of the switch, "When we started to design a completely new edition of the popular game, we knew it was also time to reflect the way people choose to pay and be paid - and replacing cash with Visa was an obvious choice." More » -
recalls
Almost 1 Million Easy-Bake Ovens Recalled
Hasbro is recalling 985,000 Easy-Bake ovens due to reports of children's hands getting stuck inside the oven, resulting in burns and lacerations. More » -
top 10
Top 10 Biggest Business Debacles 2006
Welcome, New York Times readers. Here's a bit of an intro to The Consumerist, if you're curious and want to learn more. More » -
oozinator
Oozinator: AV Club Peepshows Hasbro's Marketing Team
LA improvers The AV Club imagine what must have happened in those heady moments just before Hasbro unleashed the Oozinator upon an unsuspecting nation. One voice of reason tried to explain, "The Money Shot," but his voice was drowned in a cacophonous sploogeathon. More » -
cash
Monopoly Eschews Cash For Easy Credit
Times have changed. We no longer climb into an iron, a top hat or the rectum of a cast iron Scottish terrier to hop around Atlantic City. The Boardwalk costs significantly more than $400. And Mr. Moneybags (god rest his soul) would be more likely to be strutting around in a head-to-toe Adidas vinyl jumpsuit covered in bling than a top hat and tails. More » -
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Oozinator Ooze Tested
Captivated by the Oozinator squirt guns possibilities, mainly those involving its ability to shoot ooze, we ordered one. Here is the money shot. It fulfills all your hopes and dreams. This is but a preview of a longer ooze opus. Enjoy. More » -
barbie
Barbie Is Still A Dirty Whore
Given the fact that most children's first experience oggling the fascinating mystery of the opposing gender's genitalia comes from pulling down a Barbie or Ken doll's genitalia and examining the amorphous mass of plastic at the crotch, it probably shouldn't be surprising that there's a lot of busy-body parental groups who are willing to launch consumerist campaigns any time Barbie exhibits a glimmer of sexuality. More » -
the news
The News: All The Fat That's Fit To Print
• Ken Lay: "This is not the outcome wepaid forexpected." [LAT] More » -
oozinator
Oozinator Doesn't Want Our Interview
We submitted our questions to Hasbro PR but for some strange reason we can't fathom, they're less than oozing out of their suits to speak with us. More » -
oozinator
Ask The Consumerists: What's in the Ooze?
We're on a quest. We want to interview the Oozinator. We want to find out what was going on in Hasbro's minds when they created this product and its advertising. More » -
oozinator
Oozinator YTMND
Cementing its status as a fully-fledged, card-carrying, dues-paying, internet meme, the infamous Oozinator has been splattered into a YTMND. More » -
oozinator
The Lost Oozinator Reviews
On Monday we found the innuendo splattered Amazon reviews for the SuperSoaker Oozinator (a squirt gun which shoots slime and water in a very phallic fashion) wiped clean by some unknown, possibly socked, hand.
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oozinator
Oozinator's Origins, Revealed!
You've watched the video, you've read the reviews on Amazon, and now, we're all going to hell just a little bit faster, thanks to a cartoon over at Words & Pictures. More » -
play-doh
Hasbro Release Play-Doh Perfume
If you've ever wished someone would capture your squandered youth, distill it of the nasty bits inside the whipping booth and standing in the schoolyard with your pants down, put in in a bottle and sell it you... have cheer. Hasbro is now selling eau du Play-Doh. More »
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