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In preparation for the highly anticipated movie release of the popular Broadway play, \u201cWicked,\u201d retailers began selling \u201cWicked\u201d themed dolls of the main characters. Those dolls, however, were quickly pulled after a terrible printing mistake was discovered on the packaging. The film features Cythina Erivo as Elphaba, the infamous Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz<\/em> and Ariana Grande as Glinda the Good Witch. Several social media users, however, noticed a glaring mistake on the dolls\u2019 packaging. \u201cLMAO Universal pictures put the wrong website for @wickedmovie on the back of their dolls for kids. It leads to a porn website,\u201d wrote one user<\/a>. Another user<\/a> assumed nefarious purposes, accusing the website being put on the packaging on purpose. \u201cWicked movie doll for kids is promoting a porn site, they really are wicked for doing this. Who’s the pedophile at @Mattel that did this? You can’t tell me this was a mistake, are you hiring idiots over there or just perverted [pedophiles]?\u201d<\/p>\n

The dolls were quickly removed from retailers like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. The film\u2019s official website is \u201cWickedMovie.com,\u201d but the packaging contained the URL to the porn site \u201cwicked.com.\u201d Mattel issued a statement on the misprint. \u201cMattel was made aware of a misprint on the packaging of the Mattel \u2018Wicked\u2019 collection dolls, primarily sold in the U.S., which intended to direct consumers to the official WickedMovie.com landing page,\u201d the toy company told Variety<\/em><\/a>. \u201cWe deeply regret this unfortunate error and are taking immediate action to remedy this. Parents are advised that the misprinted, incorrect website is not appropriate for children. Consumers who already have the product are advised to discard the product packaging or obscure the link and may contact Mattel Customer Service for further information.\u201d<\/p>\n

Packaged dolls with the misprint quickly hit resale sites like eBay, despite recommendations from Mattel of disposing the packaging. The dolls have been sold for as much as $100 online. One site had Glinda sell for as much as $450. The film is being released in two parts, with part one slated to be released on November 22nd<\/sup> in time for Thanksgiving. Part two is anticipated to be released November 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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