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A mother managed to get a children’s toy pulled from Walmart, after revealing it played a series of inappropriate pranks, with themes including ‘fucking around’ Catholic priests and drive-by shootings.
Ashley Lynn, who uses the username @mommabearash on TikTok, explains in a video that her grandmother bought the toy, labeled “educational,” from Walmart for her 9-month-old son for Christmas.
However, when the baby began to “go to town” and push the buttons, Ashley’s mom noticed that it said something about drive-by shootings.
Recalling her reaction when she heard the reference to the shooting, Ashley said, “I’m like, there’s no way.” What what! A children’s toy… There is a baby in the box. Sold at Walmart. Walmart, explain this! Linsay Toys (the Florida based toy maker) explains this! Blow this up! Do I have a lawsuit? Lawyers help me!
In the clip, which has since been viewed over 14 million times, Ashely reveals some of the shocking pranks the ‘Electronic Educational Toy’ plays.
A mother managed to get a children’s toy recalled from Walmart, after revealing that it played a series of inappropriate pranks. She expressed her outrage on TikTok
LEFT: In a follow-up video, Ashley shows viewers the original packaging the toy came in to prove it’s real. RIGHT: How the now-discontinued toy appeared on the Lowes website
While pressing a button, the toy replies: ‘How many Catholic priests does it take to screw a light bulb into its socket? Two, one to fuck and the other to hear the confession.
The following joke then unfolds: ‘You’ll never guess what makes a clip clop, clip clop, bang bang, clip clop, clip clop, bang bang? An Amish drive-by shootout.
While Ashley was surprised by these jokes programmed into the toy, she said the one that bothered her the most was the one involving Santa Claus.
After pressing several buttons on the toy, he finds the prank he was looking for. The device says: ‘The Easter Bunny, an honest lawyer, Santa Claus and a drunk find a $50 bill together.
Can you guess that you can keep it? Of course it’s the drunk because the other three don’t exist.
Ashley explains in the clip: ‘[This joke] It bothered me a lot because it’s Christmas and it says Santa, the Easter bunny doesn’t exist’.
The mother of three children points out that her grandmother was unable to test the toy before buying it because it did not come with batteries.
Since TikToker posted his initial clip, thousands of viewers have thanked him for the warning and agreed with his sentiments.
Sabrina Addison wrote: ‘I actually bought this for my niece. I’m glad I saw this before I gave him the gift… now I have to buy something else… this is crazy.’
And another commenter, @Kenz, said: ‘Regardless of where it’s sold, it should have gone through testing. And if he did and passed, the person who passed should be fired.’
Some viewers said they didn’t believe Ashley. However, @Foxtato said that after researching the toy online, he found a large number of negative reviews “indicating the same problem from a year ago.”
In a follow-up video, Ashley shows viewers the original packaging the toy came in to prove it’s real and marketed to children.
Since TikToker posted his initial clip, thousands of viewers have thanked him for the warning and agreed with his sentiments.
There’s a picture of a baby on the front, implying it’s suitable for babies, though it’s labeled for ages three and up because batteries could present a prank hazard.
A panel on the box says that the jokes are meant to be “interesting stories” to “help the baby learn cultural knowledge in the game.”
While she mentioned filing a lawsuit in her first video, Ashley says in her follow-up that she can’t afford to take the company to court.
She tells viewers: ‘I’ve never sued anyone in my life. I work, my husband works, we have three children under our roof. Am I looking to get rich off this and do something huge? I’m not crazy? Yes, absolutely that my son has this.
Instead of going down the legal route, Ashley filed a complaint with Walmart.
In a third clip on the matter titled ‘update’, she reveals that the retailer contacted her ‘very timely and replied that they would open an investigation’.
Regardless of where it is sold, it should have gone through testing. And if it did and it happened, the person who did it should be fired.
They also promised that the toy would stop being sold in all Walmart stores and online.
After checking for herself, Ashley discovered that the toy had disappeared from the Walmart site and is no longer available at Lowes, Macy’s, Office Depot and Military Depot.
Some TikTok commenters said they wanted to get their hands on one because they found the jokes funny and it would make a better gift for one of their adult friends.
Creator @johnnyslad quipped: ‘I have to [sic] get me one of those just for the novelty before they take them off the shelf.
While @Mavis mused, “Honestly, only advertise them for adults (or teens) not kids.”
DailyMail.com has contacted Walmart and toymaker Linsay for comment.
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