Those goggle eyes could do some serious damage…(Picture: Kotex)

We’re not suggesting the whole Minions merchandise thing might be getting a little out of hand, but that could be the only explanation for this latest effort.

Because in a bid to unite the unlikely worlds of cute babbling yellow cartoon characters and, er, feminine hygiene products, we bring you Minions tampons.

Yes, you heard correctly. Tampons made up to look like the movie’s central trio Kevin, Stuart and Bob (as you can see from the above image). We promise we’re not making this up.

They were actually created by Kotex Puerto Rico, who posted this troubling image on their Facebook page to celebrate the release of the film.




‘We’re ready for the movie!’ they said on their page, ‘And you, who are you bringing along to the premiere?’

Fortunately, the product appears to exist only in the mind of Kotex, who were expressing their excitement about Minions the movie via the medium of tampon, rather than actually putting them on sale.

And it also seems to have vanished from their Facebook page since its initial appearance, suggesting you really won’t be seeing these in your local Superdrug any time soon (never mind putting one anywhere near your delicate lady area).

But the fact that someone actually even came up with this idea in the first place – even in photo form only – is worrying us just a bit…

Of course if you’d rather watch Minions the movie, it’s in cinemas now, currently sitting pretty at the top of the UK box office with over £21m of earnings so far.

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