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Jul 06 2007 7 Comments

Turd-tastic Tokyo

Japan’s obsession with all things cute is certainly nothing new, with comical little characters created for practically every business or organisation out there — all the way from those concerned about the climate to coppers. However whilst big anime eyes always have a high cute count, somewhat surprisingly faeces it seems also fares fairly well.

For those fond of excrement flying about for example, this turd-related toy is ideal. Or alternatively, if simply waving the whiffy stuff around is preferred, then this shit on a stick offering is positively perfect.

Japanese toy

And even that colossus of cute the mobile phone accessory isn’t immune to the magic of waste matter, as these toilet-related trinkets sell likes hot cakes apparently.

Japanese phone strap

The unbelievable popularity of such poo-based pendants happily proclaimed by Japanese online mobile mogul Strapya.

Japanese phone strap

Which says it all really.

Japanese phone strap

And then some.

Categorized: Odd

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  1. Lenners says

    7/8/2007 at 4:27 am

    Best advertisting I’ve ever seen.

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  2. WaveSurfer says

    7/9/2007 at 11:22 am

    Now I can understand what there are Poo monsters in the Blue Dragon game for Xbox360 console…

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  3. Ken Y-N says

    7/9/2007 at 11:28 pm

    I wondered who the “von Traumer” who sold the poo-on-the-stick was, so I did a quick Google and found they also have a nice range of hats:

    http://www.konamistyle.jp/ecitem/item31805.html

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