Mr. Potato Head Repair

Mr. Potato Head was invented by George Lerner in 1949, then manufactured and distributed by Hasbro in 1952. In the beginning, he was just a collection of push-pin eyes, ears, nose and lips, for kids to attach to real fruits and vegetables. The Mr. Potato Head television commercial was the first ever for a toy. In 1964, responding to parents complaining about rotting potatoes, the tubers got plastic torsos, which doubled in size 10 years later. Along the way, they collected a lot more accessories.

“These days, Mr. Potato Head has 365 parts currently in production… allowing for more than 500 billion septillion possible configurations.”

– Playskool (Hasbro) Senior Vice president Jerry Perez

Already a celebrity, the play time tater starred in Toy Story in 1995 and Toy Story 2 in 1998. From toy stories to franchise hopping, the vegetable head does it all. At 7 inches tall, Mr. Potato Head demonstrates the unique ability to separate his body parts from his plastic body. He has:

• eyes,
• pink ears,
• white arms with gloves,
• two pairs of blue shoes (one extra),
• a red mouth,
• an orange nose,
• black eyebrows,
• a black mustache,
• a black bowler hat and,
• a pair of angry eyes.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small Parts. Not for children under 3 years.

If you have a carb-loving cat at home, you can store the parts inside of the potato head for safe keeping.

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