Sometimes a product comes along that is so odd, you struggle to believe it’s real.
Take for example the ‘Trumpy Bear’, which many immediately dismissed as a parody back in October of 2017, when the adverts first started airing.
Retailing for $39,90, or the worst R576 you will ever spend, the adverts appeared on Fox News (shock) earlier this week, renewing interest in a product that sums up America.
Here’s the advert:
I can’t believe this commercial that just ran on Fox News is for real pic.twitter.com/gGInt8BKhp
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 12, 2018
Yes, again, it is real.
Here’s the Washington Post:
Trumpy Bear’s Facebook page simply describes him as a limited-edition, collectible teddy bear that “screams America.”
…While the commercials specify that Trumpy Bear was born on Flag Day 2017, they do not explain why, although he is allegedly a “great American grizzly,” he stands only 22 inches high and sports remnants of business attire…
Exceptional Products, a Dallas-based company that owns the bear’s trademark and sells several other as-seen-on-TV products, confirmed Trumpy Bear was “designed by an individual inventor who presented us the product for marketing.”
Over on Amazon, reviews are mixed. Some seem genuine, bemoaning the lack of quality of the product:
“The flag on the one we received is NOT a U.S. flag,” one user wrote in June. “The stars are completely off and not at all like the one pictured on the listing.” Another user confirmed that the flag had only 33 stars.
“This was stated that it ships from USA IT DOES NOT …. straight from CHINA,” another wrote in June.
That’s right – the bear is made in China:
Other reviews on Amazon took a different approach:
There was no way this was going to escape the attention of the late-night TV hosts.
Jimmy Kimmel’s effort is probably the best of the bunch:
[source:washpost]
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