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Terrible Toy Makeovers

By Michael Foreman,  Newser User

Posted Aug 23, 2008 11:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – Toy companies keep reinventing our favorite childhood playthings, but the new versions almost never stack up. Babble lists 20 classic toys that didn't need facelifts:

  • Monopoly: Give us our thimble back! The game that taught us to handle money has become an ad for SpongeBob, American Idol and the like.
  • Etch-A-Sketch: Forget boxy black drawings. Now kids sketch in color or "call up the Dora fun screen for a little relief from the stultifying world of creativity."

  • Lincoln Logs: Once made of actual wood, these 21st-century "logs" are now hewn from plastic.
  • My Little Pony: The adorable ponies of yesteryear have given way to sassy, grown-up fillies in slutty clothes.
  • Tonka Trucks: Today's flimsy trucks—tin stretched over plastic—can't do the heavy lifting the old metal monsters could.  
  Click the link below for more bad toy remakes.

Maybe you weren't this good, but the classic Etch-A-Sketch was fun without a fun screen.
Maybe you weren't this good, but the classic Etch-A-Sketch was fun without a "fun screen."   (KRT Photos)
Monopoly SpongeBob SquarePants Edition.
Monopoly SpongeBob SquarePants Edition.   (AP Photo)
The adorable My Little Ponies of yesteryear gave way to sassy, grown-up fillies in slutty clothes.
The adorable My Little Ponies of yesteryear gave way to sassy, grown-up fillies in slutty clothes.   (© huldero)
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