"Frozen" toy

Pov06

What's the craic with this Frozen doll thing being out of stock?

Heard it on the radio when I was driving, came home and saw some DoneDeal ads with asking prizes of €300.

Why is everyone going mad for some toy?

Ruu

Because little Mary won't stop throwing tantrums until she gets one! :mad::mad:

gandalf

Ruu wrote: »

Because little Mary won't stop throwing tantrums until she gets one! :mad::mad:

Well I guess you won't be having a "silent night" this Christmas so

hoodwinked

Because Disney are marketing geniuseses?


in all truth though, this doll was in stock in my local tesco only last week, but all year long there have been runs on these products and this media hype that they are "going to be out of stock" so then people rush to buy them and make them "out of stock" and the cycle continues.

Remmy

that's one badass lookin doll

Timberrrrrrrr

20 years ago it was Buzz Lightyear dolls that couldn't be got.

hoodwinked

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

20 years ago it was Buzz Lightyear dolls that couldn't be got.

and don't forget the tickle me elmo saga


From Wikipedia:

Tickle Me Elmo was released in July 1996, with a supply of 400,000 units. The dolls sold well, but remained widely available until the day after Thanksgiving, when they suddenly sold out. With the Christmas shopping season approaching, Tyco Preschool ordered 600,000 more dolls from their suppliers.[4] Promotion was helped by Rosie O'Donnell, who had shown the toy on her popular TV show in early October.[5][6] O'Donnell's "surprise plug" created unexpected demand for Elmo, resulting in shortages in the stores that sold it.[7]

The scarcity of the new toy provoked a "shopping frenzy".[8] Two women were arrested in Chicago for fighting over the doll,[4] while in New York some people ran after delivery trucks hoping to get their hands on Elmo before it reached stores.[9] Someone allegedly purchased a Tickle Me Elmo for $7,100 in Denver.[8] A clerk working at a Wal-Mart store in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada was among those injured by "Elmo-mania". During a Midnight Madness sale on December 14, a crowd of 300 stampeded down the aisle after spotting him being handed a box of the toys by another employee. Trampled, he suffered "a pulled hamstring, injuries to his back, jaw and knee, a broken rib and a concussion".[1]

By the end of December, the entire stock of one million "Tickle Me Elmo" toys had been sold

SureYWouldntYa

Am I the only one who doesn't have a problem with touts flogging these ? If you're not fast enough to get one, tough luck

Molester Stallone II

Do you wanna build a snowman ?

Birneybau

statto25

hoodwinked wrote: »

and don't forget the tickle me elmo saga

Add to that the Teletubbies debacle of 1997.

Professey Chin

Remember seeing Furbys cause mayhem too

Kevin McCloud

Always some toy causing madness every year.

Gatling

There's parents

And there's Idiot Parents

And if your willing to spend 2 to 5 times the value for a doll that will be forgotten about after 6 weeks then you know which parent you are

Ruu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaOgZwk9rN8

Mr.McLovin

money is tight so I just stuck an old Barbie in the freezer, she'll never know the difference :cool:

omega man

Just as well Santa should have plenty of them so kids won't be disappointed come Christmas morning.

RoyalMarine

Is this what everyone is harking on about??

http://goo.gl/EkFcu7

Effects

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

Am I the only one who doesn't have a problem with touts flogging these ? If you're not fast enough to get one, tough luck

Nobody mentioned having a problem with touts flogging them. It's more a commentary on the saps who feel they must have the doll.

Skullface McGubbin

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

Am I the only one who doesn't have a problem with touts flogging these ? If you're not fast enough to get one, tough luck

Yeah, there's not much they can do about it now. They should just let it go. :P

chopperbyrne

I don't understand why this one is so popular.

It's a deformed version of Elsa and a pretty crappy looking Olaf toy.

There are other, far better looking Elsa dolls that sing and there are far better Olaf dolls.

Just buy the others and wrap them together.

spurious

One word would stop all this nonsense.
No.

knird evol

chopperbyrne wrote: »

I don't understand why this one is so popular.

It's a deformed version of Elsa and a pretty crappy looking Olaf toy.

There are other, far better looking Elsa dolls that sing and there are far better Olaf dolls.

Just buy the others and wrap them together.

This post just does not go with your name, icon and location.

AudreyHepburn

And don't understand all the fuss over this....it's just a doll.

Surely there are a thousand other possible toys you could buy your child if you can't get the doll?

SEPT 23 1989

at least it doesn't look like those brazzer styled dolls that were out when my daughter was younger they were awful looking yokes

buck65

My kid wants one for Xmas!
Not a hope it seems, heard there was a row in a Smyths store over last one on the shelf, in fairness there is plenty of Frozen gear out there. Santa is just going to have to improvise.

smcgiff

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

at least it doesn't look like those brazzer styled dolls that were out when my daughter was younger they were awful looking yokes

Bratz

SEPT 23 1989

smcgiff wrote: »

Bratz

thats the ones

whisky_galore

smcgiff wrote: »

Bratz

Brazzer/Bratz whats the difference? They all look slutty.
Perfect role models.

endacl

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

20 years ago it was Buzz Lightyear dolls that couldn't be got.

It's 20 years since Toy Story?!?

Feelin' old...

rob316

My neighbour was in Disney in Florida recently and said they had one of these temp shops setup that sold only Frozen themed stuff. It was ridiculous she said, the stuff was coming off the shelves faster than it went up, it was like the apocalypse the way people were grabbing them.

Ruu

spurious wrote: »

One word would stop all this nonsense.
No.

But why?!?! :(

biko

Something something Arnold Schwarzeneggeregger movie last toy something.

John_D80

Gatling wrote: »

There's parents

And there's Idiot Parents

And if your willing to spend 2 to 5 times the value for a doll that will be forgotten about after 6 weeks then you know which parent you are

Silly comment. I'm guessing you dont have kids. Kids, for whom you would do absolutely anything to make them happy on Christmas.

The people selling these dolls at over inflated prices are preying on this, plain and simple. These people are not paying these prices because they are idiots.

BTW, i'm not one of the people who are trying to get this doll before anyone jumps to that conclusion.

If you cant get something for a child for Christmas because it is unavailable the solution is to say to the child that Daidí na Nollag might not have that toy as he is very busy and has to get around to every child in the world, however we might be able to get it for your birthday.

nozzferrahhtoo

It is not a toy I have heard _anything_ about. Is it something I can purchase here in Germany and ship back to people who need them in Ireland? Or are they localized in some way that I can not do so usefully?

norabattie

My sister skipped all the frenzy and got my cousin in New York to get them. Doll worked out at €23 and postage worked out at around €30. Posted Saturday - arrived today. No hassle or stress and my cousin said that Walmart had hundreds of them.
Cannot understand why they have so many over there and none here.

TheBeardedLady

Reminds me of the Fizzywinkle mania of 1878. All the kids wanted one. Nothing's changed.

whisky_galore

mariaalice wrote: »

If you cant get something for a child for Christmas because it is unavailable the solution is to say to the child that Daidí na Nollag might not have that toy as he is very busy and has to get around to every child in the world, however we might be able to get it for your birthday.

A good way of handling it.

Kids just can't make adults bend over backwards and make them buy every accessory and passing fad cos marketing tells them it's 'the thing' to have. It's not how it works.

eamonnq

The stick shortage of 1892 was worse, plenty of hoops to be had but alas not a stick could be found.

hoodwinked

norabattie wrote: »

My sister skipped all the frenzy and got my cousin in New York to get them. Doll worked out at €23 and postage worked out at around €30. Posted Saturday - arrived today. No hassle or stress and my cousin said that Walmart had hundreds of them.
Cannot understand why they have so many over there and none here.

when my aunt was trying to get the elsa dress over in the disney store in New york (and my cousin in the one in Boston) they got stock here in Dublin first because the US was sending it all to the theme parks, the same happened in France,

,she said in the disney stores over there it was mad, although they do seem to have lots of stock these days for those dresses they may not have realised how popular the dolls were going to be (as it was the barbie style ones that people were going for before now)

OldNotWIse

It's a good opportunity to teach your child a valuable lesson - that they can't always have everything they want in life.

hoodwinked

OldNotWIse wrote: »

It's a good opportunity to teach your child a valuable lesson - that they can't always have everything they want in life.

there is plenty of time for that yet when they are teenagers,:D

remember with frozen you are talking roughly 3-6 year olds, and they just cannot be reasoned with :pac:

keithclancy

The best is when the parents go to great lengths to get some toy thats out of stock and then on Christmas day the kid ends up using the packaging as a race car or a space ship

sbsquarepants

norabattie wrote: »

My sister skipped all the frenzy and got my cousin in New York to get them. Doll worked out at €23 and postage worked out at around €30. Posted Saturday - arrived today. No hassle or stress and my cousin said that Walmart had hundreds of them.
Cannot understand why they have so many over there and none here.

Famine economics. It's never about an absolute shortage, it's always more down to unequal distribution due to greed, warlords or Disney:D

Augmerson

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

20 years ago it was Buzz Lightyear dolls that couldn't be got.

That was only 10 years ago man.

Tinkersbell

Ruu wrote: »

Because little Mary won't stop throwing tantrums until she gets one! :mad::mad:

To be fair it seems to be the parents more than the kids.
We told our 4 year old that Santa mightn't have any and she said she'd rather a 'fairy doll' anyway.
And she's mad into that 'frozen' thing....
My missus went to Swords last week and just missed the mini riot in Smyths...Thankfully...

rob316

Augmerson wrote: »

That was only 10 years ago man.

Try 19 years ago, that's when the first toy story came out.

hairycakes

It's definitely all down to the parents. My 5 year old selected about 30 things from the toy book that she really really wanted. Next day she could remember only 2 things. Those two things then changed the next day! Sometimes it isn't about what the child wants but what the parent want to get them because they are afraid every other child will have one and theirs won't.

For the record, my daughter won't be getting the frozen doll this year.

razorblunt

Professey Chin wrote: »

Remember seeing Furbys cause mayhem too

It's all a sham, those stupid "Most Wanted for Xmas" lists the rags print towards the end of the summer, all paid for by the toy companies.
I remember the inital Furby saga, my little sister wanted one because everyone else did, got bored of it by midday on Christmas Day itself. Smyths will have a re-stock of these just in time for xmas too.

kryogen

Pov06 wrote: »

What's the craic with this Frozen doll thing being out of stock?

Heard it on the radio when I was driving, came home and saw some DoneDeal ads with asking prizes of €300.

Why is everyone going mad for some toy?

Because Furby