My seven-year-old Tiger would put Kackel Dackel at the top of his Christmas list, if only it were available in the U.S.! (Amazon.de has it but the shipping times were too long.) This toy has got everything: animal cuteness, extruder action, and scat!
(Click here if you don’t see the clip. Via Andrew Sullivan, who got it from Warming Glow.)
See, this is why I spent all those years learning German! I knew it would come in handy someday. My rough translation:
Oh no! Poopy Dachsund is pooping again! Quick, into your doghouse! Naughty Poopy Dachshund!
Fix his food – feed him – roll the dice – and one, two – what’s that noise? [Cue excretory sounds.] Collect the most [poop] piles, and you’re the winner!
Poopy Dachsund! From Goliath Toys.
Whoever said the Germans were anal-retentive? This pooch is just the opposite. In fact, Berlin alone must have 50,000 live-action Kackel Dackel, all of whose piles are left on the sidewalk for pedestrians to tread in, forming a sort of obstacle-course game of their own.
In any case, given the popularity of the Captain Underpants books, I’m positive there’s a U.S. market for Kackel Dackel. Maybe next year?
Just for good measure, here’s Kackel Dackel in action, speaking a completely international language.
(I found this clip at Toytown, a site for expats in Germany. The comments there are worth a visit. “BDSM Bear,” anyone?)
Patron cat of Kittywampus (1985-2001)
Heheheh that’s actually oddly adorable.