I really want to like these. I do. The concept
is brilliant -- each Huggy Sluggy has a pet environmental cause, and
they're cuddly plushes made with organic cotton, shipped in a reusable
bag along with a book made of recycled paper. Plus, they're made here
in the USA. Each pack retails for $34.95. It sounds great, right?
In
reality, the "reusable bag" is a burlap sack; no sane person wants to
cuddle with a slug, much less a disturbingly anthropomorphized slug who
cares about the environment but is wearing lipstick (or, if you check
out the other drawings on the site, a bra top);
and the kicker, of course, is the Huggy Sluggys' notable similarity to
something most of us would rather not have our toddlers wandering
around clutching. They may as well revise the website to read, "Save
our trees," "Protect our animals," and "Always wear a condom."
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