The 25 Most Baffling Toys From Around the World

#12.

The Japanese have a weird relationship with poop. On the one hand they love it. On the other hand ... there is no other hand. That's why it's weird.

#11.

This man does not know why he must wear the poop hat. He can only grimly accept his fate.

#10.

"Hey, what's the deal with that blonde girl talking on the phone over there? I've never noticed her before."

"Her?" (looks) "Oh. We don't have to worry about her."

"Why not?"

"Just because."

#9.

Stories about dolls that have to go undercover as cats to bust up feline organized-crime syndicates is one of those quirky Japanese things that Western culture hasn't appropriated yet. Yet.

#8.

And, just as we sometimes adopt and misunderstand certain features of Japanese culture, so, too, do the Japanese sometimes misunderstand ours.

#7.

Making toilet training fun and approachable is an admirable goal, but this seems like a good way for your child to develop an unnatural affection toward their own waste products. At a bare minimum, the sympathetic "Why me?" faces on the waste products will make flushing the toilet a psychologically jarring event.

#6.

When designing finger puppets, it's critical to only portray them from the waist up, because as soon as you put legs on them it looks like you're giving your diminutive new friend one hell of a ride. The dazed expression on this particular example only adds to the effect.

#5.

The Japanese version of the Scooby Doo team is made up of Sadslab, Baby Sauron, Raging Emo, Yellowturd and Soulglutton.

#4.

We don't care what he says it's for, when a clown comes at you with a syringe, head the other way, quickly.

#3.

This is a practice stripper poll, that was yanked from toy store shelves in the U.K. last year when some fussy killjoys questioned whether it was a good idea to market stripper poles toward children.

#2.

Yes, that's a gun that fires teddy bears. Although crime is rare in Japan, when it happens, it is absolutely hilarious.

#1.

Aside from the ubiquitous LEGO, there's dozens of different building block systems marketed throughout the world. However, none of them are as sexually frustrating as Cock Bloc Super.

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rugby

shimjarro should be 1st the videos are just AMAZINGLY FUNNY the family starts singing poo poo together omg sooooooooooo funny

Posted on 10/6/2008 2:26:17 AM

Gorgar

Awe, Tate~.... did your wimpy Anime' fan feelings get hurt?

Japan has the stupidest toys, dude. Sorry. Japan has the stupidest everything.

Posted on 10/5/2008 10:37:38 AM

Tate~

overall a pretty s**t article. Most of the stuff here are just hating on weird Japanese items. I've seen a lot more outrageous crap around but these arn't too bad at all, especially #22 and #5 which are just normal anime figures/toys.

Posted on 10/2/2008 11:19:36 PM

Shana_F

This article was terrible and obviously had no research put in to it. Seriously, did you just look for random pictures and write about what you thought they were?

Posted on 10/2/2008 4:57:45 PM

tamago

The figures in #22 are from an anime called Strike Witches.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_Witches

Bonus fun fact free of charge: One of the characters in this anime is based on Chuck Yeager.

Posted on 9/25/2008 11:29:42 PM

Sewius

When I took over the lease of a friend of mine (former stripper) she left one of those poles in the hall closet, it took a really long time to convince my mom (who was helping me move) that it wasn't my wife's

Posted on 9/23/2008 1:46:59 PM

jmiddle

I really want to know what some of those people were thinking and how they convinced their bosses the products were good ideas.

Posted on 9/22/2008 9:27:42 PM

deathvirus

Practice stripper pole, eh?
Mom: What do you want for Christmas, Sally?

Sally: I want a stripper pole!!

Mom: A WHAT?

Posted on 9/22/2008 10:39:21 AM

Zaltys

Number fourteen... I want one of those, just make it ten times larger so that I can put it in the front yard and watch how the passerbys react...

Posted on 9/9/2008 3:48:49 AM

Frank Bot 2001

Dude. Bear shooting gun. I'd mug soemone with that.

Posted on 9/3/2008 2:47:21 PM

baronzemo

i'll have number seven as well. to go please. don't supersize it.

Posted on 8/29/2008 10:26:28 AM

andreagoth

#9 is a blythe doll, I have one. Lol

Posted on 8/28/2008 10:20:30 PM

SsnakeBite

I want one of these bear shooting guns so bad!!

Posted on 8/26/2008 1:55:05 AM

bob1

Did a bit of digging and found more info on the gold poo here...

http://www.dropofmilk.info/2008/08/golden-s**t-lucky-excrement-cell-phone-strap-plain/

Posted on 8/24/2008 7:09:42 PM

lytesend

I would actually get 2. And shoot people with it. Hey, there's possibilities! If some douchebag can hold someune up with a plant, who knows!

Posted on 7/31/2008 7:41:29 PM

axehappymom

see, if all guns had teddy bears instead of bullets...we'd all be too busy pissing ourselves with laughter to commit any actual crimes.

Posted on 7/22/2008 12:24:43 PM