Dora the Sexy Explorer
As much as I understand a company wants to keep its product
(I mean character) relevant to the audience, it’s not necessary to grow Dora
with the kids. You see, new young kids come along to replace the old audience.
I’ve yet to see Elmo grow up and wrestle with paying off college loans on his
useless liberal arts degree. At five, my daughter is way past Dora, but my
two-year-old boy is just getting into her. Though I’ll admit the sexed up Dora
may really keep him hooked.
Premium M&Ms
Oo la, la. These are M&M you wouldn’t be ashamed to
serve at your debutante ball. Sorry, I like M&Ms but I’ll never pay five
bucks for them just for the gilded packaging.
Strawberry Shortcake
Okay, so maybe the old Strawberry Shortcake looks a little
homeless, so perhaps it was high time to update the look. But look closer,
notice anything startlingly different? The new SS is an anorexic twig. And the
company behind SS promises to feature Shortcake spending a lot more time on the
cell phone, to reflect modern girls. You know, just texting muffin recipes like
girls these days do.
Have you seen old favorites (poorly) dressed up to keep
their appeal?
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