Pony Barbie – Jewelry Holder. $25.00.
It’s every little girl’s dream Barbie and Pony together at last!
Celebrating 25 years of My Little Pony and 50 years of Barbie!
An incongruous marriage on a vintage mahogany dish especially designed to hold all you Etsy treasures.
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Hooktastic – Dolly Lovely Limbs. $49.00.
Everyone needs one of these! Dolly has been rescued from the toy box and converted into a coat rack.
From the same seller, 2 items reminiscent of Sid-style toy torture. One reader argues that the dolly limbs coat rack is worse because it was featured in the Gift Guide, but I’m going to go with the Pony Barbie; it saddens me that a My Little Pony was beheaded for the sake of it.
Which one gets your vote?
Posted by Huh... on August 8, 2009 at 12:31 am
Not to be a spoilsport, but that’s some sort of fakie pony, not a real MLP. Ugh all the same…
Posted by EtsyWTF on August 8, 2009 at 12:33 am
It could be quite an old one, I don’t know. I don’t care that much if it’s not real.
Posted by Anonymous on August 8, 2009 at 1:16 am
The wooden parts look like found pieces— seen in stores like Marshall’s– should have been left alone– adding ironic and ugly shit to something does NOT necessarily improve it. Also, the blue pony head on top of the Barbie tits took a whole lot of creative thought. Whatever you happen to find lying around, looks like.
Posted by Nicky on August 8, 2009 at 4:37 am
I kinda like the dolly coat rack… barbie`s rack on the other hand is another story. That whole thing freaks me out… it makes me wonder what was going through the artists head when `designing` this…
Posted by Max on August 8, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Looks like another teenage seller raiding the old toy box. Maybe they’ll get the Etsy Success coverage for the mysterious national magazine in the Announcements Forum.
Posted by MadeByM**** on August 12, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I just submitted the “rack” to another blog…just today! That’s too weird! Yep, not to my liking and it’s too creepy for me………
Posted by outworldarts on August 20, 2009 at 12:55 am
I think they’re running neck and limb for which is more awful.
I’m glad other people feel the same way about these creepy doll parts. I thought it was just me being mean.
Posted by Betsy Etc on August 26, 2009 at 10:28 pm
We must think very much alike! I didn’t realize there was already an “Etsy WTF” out there when I started my blog and changed my name when I found you. We seem to have the same eye for ugly. ;o) I am really enjoying your blog and will add you to my roster of sites dedicated to shining a light on the ugly underbelly of the handmade world.
Posted by EtsyWTF on August 26, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Oh thanks, I will add you to my blog roll too. It’s always good to know there’s more people blogging about this kind of crap because some people clearly don’t know what fugly is, those who do like to bitch about it, and I also don’t feel so bad when the “Etsy Seller Defense Team” are on my case
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Posted by Betsy Etc on August 27, 2009 at 9:06 pm
The Etsy seller defense team eh? Mercy me! So tender and sensitive is the artist’s soul…for shame on us for calling a butt ugly spade a butt ugly spade! If they come sniffling around my blog, I’ll be sure to dab their tears with this attractive hanky http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.68315010.jpg
Posted by EtsyWTF on August 27, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Ewww, lovely. Now I need a Neuralyzer.