Recently-released dolls tied to the new Wicked movie inadvertently carry the address of an adult website.

They linked to wicked.com when the movie site is at wickedmovie.com

  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
    115·
    2 months ago

    I suspect those dolls, still in the packaging, will be quite the collector’s item in the future.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
      2039·
      2 months ago

      You expect people to care about Wicked merchandise, misprint or not, in the future?

      The value of these items isn’t purely from their rarity but also their demand. If it was Star Wars or something yeah maybe it’ll last.

      • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        851·
        2 months ago

        You expect people to care about Wicked merchandise, misprint or not, in the future

        This is such a Lemmy take. Ariana Grande is one of the biggest pop stars in entertainment, and Wicked is ONE OF THE BEST SELLING BROADWAY SHOWS EVER. Only behind the Lion King in total sales I think.

        If a doll from Ariana’s dinky little Nickelodeon tv show (don’t come for me Victorious stans) is selling for this much, how much do you think her doll from Wicked is gonna sell for to the Broadway enthusiasts and Ariana stans?

        Not everything is for you, but that doesn’t make it irrelevant.

          • SpoopyKing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            231·
            2 months ago

            No, what an utterly ridiculous lie to spread. She would never get “Korean bbq” tattooed on her hand, she’s a multimillionaire with tons of resources at her disposal to prevent a silly mistake like that. Instead, she got “small charcoal grill” instead of “seven rings”. But don’t worry, she got it fixed apparently, so it instead correctly read … “small charcoal finger grill”.

        • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
          437·
          2 months ago

          Because she’s popular right now. We’re talking about the future, do you think Wicked has the longevity of other popular franchises? Is Wicked as big as Harry Potter was? Because that has some staying power behind it.

          • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            41·
            2 months ago

            do you think Wicked has the longevity of other popular franchises

            Babes, Wicked has been a musical theatre darling since 2003. It already HAS longevity and popularity, just not in your circles. Once again, 2nd biggest Broadway show of all time, (actually of this millennium.) It’s not #1 only because Lion King has been around longer.

            The Broadway Girls™️ and Broadway Gays™️ are coming for that merch, and so are the Ariana Stans. Again, look at the price of that Cat Valentine doll.

            (Also, comparing Harry Potter to Wicked is funny because of how they’re two of the THE 2008-2015 Tumblr fandoms (ignoring Superwholock))

            • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
              230·
              2 months ago

              The difference is Harry Potter was an all ages international phenomenon, not just a Tumblr fandom.

              So few things actually become collectibles, you’d have more luck with a beanie baby than you would this misprint Wicked merch long term.

          • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            15·
            2 months ago

            We’re talking about the future

            From the perspective of when the play got launched, we are already in the future. And it’s still massively popular. Your point?

            Is Wicked as big as Harry Potter was?

            Comparing just the stage plays? Definitely, it’s in fact orders of magnitude bigger.

          • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            2 months ago

            The play is extremely popular at 21 years old. I saw it as a teenager and enjoy when bits of it come back into my mind despite never really being into it. But there definitely are people still obsessed with it. It’s a damn good play.

          • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
            7·
            2 months ago

            do you think Wicked has the longevity of other popular franchises? Is Wicked as big as Harry Potter was?

            Do you think people view Victorious as a popular franchise today?

  • XeroxCool@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    2 months ago

    I’m always surprised to go another day where I don’t hear anyone mention the risk of this mixup with Tushy, the anal porn site, and Hello Tushy, the bidet company.

  • GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    A discussion on the other site claimed that the fuck-up was in the copy that Universal sent to Mattel.
    And that wrong websites frequently end up on packaging in other industries.

    Mattel seem to be doing the sorry-dance for it, so no idea if it’s true. Though I’m sure Universal would be very keen to not be involved.