{"id":185957,"date":"2021-03-01T22:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T03:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=185957"},"modified":"2021-03-01T22:00:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T03:00:30","slug":"brand-name-neutering-of-mr-potato-head-proves-unpopular-with-public-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brand-name-neutering-of-mr-potato-head-proves-unpopular-with-public-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Brand-Name Neutering Of Mr. Potato Head Proves Unpopular With Public: Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrand-name-neutering-of-mr-potato-head-proves-unpopular-with-public-poll%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=185957&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-174574445.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Hasbro\u2019s recent decision to remove \u201cMr.\u201d from the iconic Mr. Potato Head toy has not been well-received by most members of the public, according to a recent poll.<\/p>\n<p>More than half (52 percent) of the 2,200 adults who responded to a <a href=\"https:\/\/morningconsult.com\/2021\/03\/01\/hasbro-mr-potato-head-gender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Morning Consult survey<\/a> conducted Feb. 26 to March 1 disapproved of the recent change. Twenty percent approved of it and about a quarter (28 percent) had no opinion on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The result suggested Hasbro had \u201c[created]\u00a0a strong net negative sentiment for the new brand name,\u201d Morning Consult observed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hasbro\u2019s Decision to Drop the \u2018Mr.\u2019 From Its Potato Head Brand Proves Unpopular <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gGKy76qq2m\">https:\/\/t.co\/gGKy76qq2m<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ameyers_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ameyers_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rg91Tn6CKj\">pic.twitter.com\/rg91Tn6CKj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Morning Consult (@MorningConsult) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MorningConsult\/status\/1366508548482424832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Morning Consult also broke down the results of their poll according to generation, noting that the name change proved unpopular even among younger generations, who generally have more liberal views regarding sexuality and gender.<\/p>\n<p>As Morning Consult reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Even among younger consumers \u2014 who tend to be more accepting of gender fluidity and conscious of brand values in general \u2014 opinions on Potato Head\u2019s name change were more negative than positive: 45 percent of millennials said they disagreed with Hasbro\u2019s decision, compared with 30 percent who said they supported the move.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Following confusion as to whether the decision would impact the individual characters, Hasbro clarified that, while the brand will change its name to Potato Head, the Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head characters will keep their respective titles.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hold that Tot \u2013 your main spud, MR. POTATO HEAD isn\u2019t going anywhere! While it was announced today that the POTATO HEAD brand name &#038; logo are dropping the \u2018MR.\u2019 I yam proud to confirm that MR. &#038; MRS. POTATO HEAD aren\u2019t going anywhere and will remain MR. &#038; MRS. POTATO HEAD <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6I84KrxOLQ\">pic.twitter.com\/6I84KrxOLQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hasbro (@Hasbro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hasbro\/status\/1365038178814590995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hasbro\u2019s Chief Communications Officer Rich Ferraro told Morning Consult in a statement: \u201cHasbro\u2019s decision to introduce Potato Head as a gender-neutral toy is the latest move in a larger movement towards greater diversity and inclusion in toys and media aimed at kids. By offering a toy that exists outside of the binary of male and female, Hasbro is helping kids to simply see toys as toys, which encourages them to be their authentic selves outside of the pressures of traditional gender norms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hasbro has made alterations to other classic games and toys to better align with prevailing political opinions. As The Daily Wire reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>In recent years, Hasbro has rebranded and altered a number of its toys while taking heat for others over allegations that the toys are encouraging bad messages. In August, the company pulled its then-newly released \u201cTrolls World Tour Giggle &#038; Sing Poppy\u201d after a wave of online criticism accusing the company of encouraging sexual exploitation of children.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[\u2026]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In December 2019, the company came under fire for its \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/consumer-group-calls-on-hasbro-to-stop-selling-assault-style-nerf-guns\">Nerf<\/a>\u201d brand toy guns. Activists and critics demanded that the toymaker pull the \u201cassault style\u201d toy weapons from shelves.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs we watch holiday toy commercials, we see the Nerf Ultra One and other extreme Nerf machine guns for children and are reminded of mass shootings that have devastated American children and families for decades now. In these times, the TV ad for this product plays like a Saturday Night Live parody, except that it is not at all funny,\u201d a letter from the Empire State Consumer Project said. \u201cIt\u2019s a matter of this being a very vulnerable consumer group. Children buy what they see and we\u2019re not sure this is driven by market demand for assault weapon toys by children or the industry creating the demand.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In September 2019, Hasbro unveiled a new version of its classic board game \u201cMonopoly\u201d that gives female players an advantage by paying them $40 more for passing go. The new game, called \u201cMs. Monopoly,\u201d is supposed to be an effort to draw attention to the so-called gender wage gap.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hasbro-rolls-out-gender-neutral-mr-potato-head-toy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hasbro Says It Will Still Sell Mr., Mrs. Potato Head Despite Making Brand Name \u2018Gender Neutral\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hasbro\u2019s recent decision to remove \u201cMr.\u201d from the iconic Mr. Potato Head toy has not been well-received by most members of the public, according to a recent poll. 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