And American Girl is now selling a boy doll. The Thomas the Tank Engine toy line added more girl characters. “But kids like to see themselves in the toys they are playing with.”īarbie, for example, has tried to shed its blonde image and now comes in multiple skin tones and body shapes. “It’s a potato,” said Ali Mierzejewski, editor in chief at toy review site The Toy Insider. Many toymakers have been updating their classic brands in recent years, hoping to relate to today’s kids and reflect more modern families. POTATO HEAD aren’t going anywhere and will remain MR. “While it was announced today that the POTATO HEAD brand name & logo are dropping the ‘MR.’ I yam proud to confirm that MR. Potato Head characters will still exist, names and all, but the branding on the box will say “Potato Head.” Later that afternoon, Hasbro clarified in a tweet that the Mr. from the brand in an effort to make sure “all feel welcome in the Potato Head world.” That set off a social media frenzy over the beloved toy. The company, which has been making the potato-shaped plastic toy for nearly 70 years, announced Thursday morning that it was dropping Mr. Potato Head brand, but not from the actual toy. NEW YORK (AP) - Hasbro created confusion on Thursday when it removed the gender from its Mr.

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