Outraged parents didn’t gain much traction back in November when they began complaining that the extruder for Play-Doh’s Cake Mountain toy looked too much like a penis. Hasbro, the company behind Play-Doh, took no steps to respond, other than to offer complaining parents replacement parts.

However, Play-Doh’s efforts to do damage control after Christmas may result in unintended publicity for the dildo-shaped toy. Play Doh is deleting Facebook posts on its site displaying the extruder, which of course only highlights the “problem.”

I dunno if anyone else follows Play-Doh on Facebook but you should cause they're doing some serious damage control pic.twitter.com/TooleS5PgE — Playmobil Zamboni (@Fatgoldfish4) December 29, 2014

Play doh is deleting photos of its Cake Mountain topper. Snort. pic.twitter.com/Ske8JjU9eu — DearAuthor (@dearauthor) December 30, 2014

And it really, really does look like a penis.

I salute the designers who somehow managed to get this Play-Doh icing maker past their bosses. http://t.co/cRCnsEMmmo pic.twitter.com/0aQMtJS9Wi — Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) December 30, 2014

On the other hand, some on Twitter are suggesting this is much ado about nothing.

LRT: if your kid sees that as a "penis", they probably have no interest in Play-Doh for Xmas. It did not ruin Xmas. I promise. — Isobel Carr (@IsobelCarr) December 30, 2014

Christmas 'RUINED' for 1 uptight family by play-doh accessory that resembles penis. For the love of god, as if little kids would notice?!? — Mrs Evans (@MrsWannaBean) December 29, 2014

People are harassing @PlayDoh because a part looks like a penis. So should we ban the Washington Monument because it too resembles a penis? — Rosina Teri Memolo (@RosinaPhoto) December 29, 2014





After all, there are plenty of kids making Play Doh penises without any inspiration from an accessory.

Great! He made a penis with play doh! hahahaha! Smh!!! And he says post it! #Embarrassing JAJAJJA https://t.co/cMPHkcE0ob — Pec (@pedroocolon) December 24, 2014

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