Hey, let’s make it an inappropriate toys two-fer, whadda ya say?

When I worked at Wizard Magazine in the Research office, it was our job to round up the photos that would go in each month’s magazine. One of these tasks included gathering up the photos for Toy Wishes, the annual kid’s catalog showcasing the year’s “must have ” toys. My jaw dropped when WATER WORMS images hit my inbox from the company. There was no way they were going to put these pictures in a catalog of kids toys, right? Whose Responsible This???:

Then there was the smaller one. You know, for first time water gun users who might be anxious, scared, or shy about handling a full-size water worm.

In a rare moment of restraint and intelligence by Wizard Magazine (actually, thanks to the good sense of long time Wizard designer ex-Wizard designer Arlene So), these promotional art shots of, ahem, “water guns” never ran. Something along these lines finally ran:

Well, that’s a little better, I guess. Still looks like what Cliver Barker keeps underneath his mattress, but okay.

www.waterworms.com is now a defunct website, and even though this was “Australia’s Toy of the Year 2003,” it never caught on here. This vibrating Harry Potter broom, however? Big hit with the teen set.

from http://www.davesdaily.com/

Also, I believe the FCC cracked down on Water Worms, and whoever put out the “Oozinator”: