Play-Doh's Cake Mountain penis

Lezzie82 · January 2015

So I read in one of my news feeds that Play Doh is going to pull the "Cake Mountain" play sets because one of the tools looks too much like a penis, according to a group of angry mothers.

I will post a pic next post down, but what do you all think of this? Are they the weird ones for seeing a penis and demanding it be pulled or is the Play Doh company the weird ones for making it too phallic looking in some people's eyes?

So if you saw this would you be up in arms about it?

Lezzie82 · January 2015

mpiemont · January 2015

I've seen it- there's no way my kids would think it looks like something inappropriate. Only adults would look at it and see a penis. Because it really really does look like a penis LOL

Pintobean39 · January 2015

It's an extruder. I heard about this on the news and LMAO. I want one now just because. I have my little mermaid VHS tucked away when they pulled them from the shelves. Seriously I'm sure they knew what they were doing when they made it because come on look at it, and it shoots out shit. I just honestly can't imagine a child figuring it out, unless they see it on the news because a group of moms are in an uproar.

willadieselstm · January 2015

I do hate play doh but if I saw this in the store I just wouldn't buy it. Crazy to me that this got through how many people at the manufacturer with no one saying "uh dude... That's a penis..."

dec2018mom · January 2015

I find it hilarious, but kids may not even realize what it is, or lets hope not lol.

MrsPDX · January 2015

Well it IS totally a penis, no denying that, but a child wouldn't probably connect that, so I would just laugh. But, DH probably wouldn't like it at all.

RedCherry1109 · January 2015

I personally wouldn't buy it but if my kid got it, I wouldn't take it away either.

khaleesi123 · January 2015

@Pintobean39‌ wait why did they pull away little mermaid??

In regards to the penis toy I think this is so funny but I wouldn't make an angry complaint and make then get rid of it. I just wouldn't buy it.. I don't think kids that age would notice.

SarahDawn725 · January 2015

Pintobean39 · January 2015

khaleesi123 said:
@Pintobean39‌ wait why did they pull away little mermaid??

In regards to the penis toy I think this is so funny but I wouldn't make an angry complaint and make then get rid of it. I just wouldn't buy it.. I don't think kids that age would notice.

There is a penis on the cover.

lakingsfan2015 · January 2015

Play doh is banned from my house but I totally would have laughed and let them continue to play with the toy.

khaleesi123 · January 2015

@Pintobean39‌ hahaha I would have never noticed that!! Definitely didn't when I was that age and had my little mermaid collection

lgsdesigner · January 2015

I've seen it. It's inappropriate to adults but kids wouldn't get it. I would let them continue to play with the set.

Pintobean39 · January 2015

khaleesi123 said:
@Pintobean39‌ hahaha I would have never noticed that!! Definitely didn't when I was that age and had my little mermaid collection

I was in high school when it was released and I got that VHS and I had no clue. It wasn't until years later did I hear about it and my son had it in his room so I hid it because it's got a penis on the cover and I'm really a 12yr old boy.

tiggyt · January 2015

I would laugh really hard and then not buy it because I'd be worried that my response at its inappropriateness would lead my kids to figure out it looks like a penis sooner than they would on their own. That's hilarious, though - thanks for the laugh!

Pintobean39 · January 2015

Ok so I may have just gone on amazon to see if I could buy one. I seriously almost peed on myself when I read the first review.

emilyanimals15 · January 2015

No question that is phallic but I wouldn't take it away from my child. First of all even if a kid thought it looked like a penis (which he probably wouldn't), it's not like a penis is a bad thing. And no kid is going to make any kinkier associations because little kids don't think about that stuff! It did make me laugh, though. No question this was not "inadvertently" phallic.

SassyPants150 · January 2015

I think it's hysterical. Without the spirals, it would look just like my icing/frosting/etc tool. Someone in R&D is having a good laugh right now. Or they are jobless. Either one!

Pintobean39 · January 2015

Ok it's to much to paste but for a good laugh you have to read the reviews on amazon, you are guaranteed to pee on yourself from laughing so hard.

blitzy23 · January 2015

I would have a hard time keeping a poker face while watching children work with this thing!

jesslfar · January 2015

We almost got this for Christmas, my kids already have a similar one so the person giving the gift chose a different gift, I can say to a one the whole family would have laughed hysterically if my sweet little kids in their Christmas outfits had opened it and played with it at the kitchen table like they do when they get playdough. I am a bit shocked the manufacturer did not pull it because it looks exactly like a penis to me and they must have known what some parents would be thinking. I doubt my kids or their cousins (ok, maybe the 12 year old boy would have) thought anything of it and I would not have taken it away.

Hawk&Eye · January 2015

We are a big time play doh household. I friggin love it too. DS is 3 so he wouldn't make the connection but I can see older kids doing so. Like pps, I just can't see how this got all the way through the production and marketing process. Lmao!

There was a random post about the play doh youtube videos...that's how it all started in our house. I had to go get some play doh so DS could play with it instead of just watch someone on youtube.

I could just sit there and smell that stuff all day.

kmb0324 · January 2015

This is really pretty funny to me! Totally looks like a penis, hubby thought so too. But like others said I don't think dd would think twice.. Just us grown ups lol.