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by jamesakirk 1420 days ago
Mad Magazine did this in 1963... "If kids designed their own Xmas toys": https://imgur.com/gallery/45RGR
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isametry 1420 days ago
IKEA went ahead and actually did it — their SAGOSKATT line of plush toys is designed by children in a drawing contest.

2020 — https://www.ikea.com/us/en/new/meet-the-2021-sagoskatt-soft-...

2021 — https://www.ikea.com/us/en/files/pdf/15/b8/15b8f1cd/com20_pr...

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scandox 1420 days ago
Also Kevin Woodcock in Private Eye in the 90s had a cartoon working on this concept.

https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/private-eye-a-cartoon-h...

https://media.itsnicethat.com/images/527cddc45c3e3c348f000ea...

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scrame 1420 days ago
Thank you! I know Maddox did a similar gag in the early 2000's, but I always think of the Mad version.
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