Barbie tie-in for ‘Wicked’ movie includes porn URL

There is a new Wicked movie in theatres based on the Broadway play, an adaptation of a novel, which itself is is based on the classic Wizard of Oz. This version stars pop star Arianna Grande and has some toys marketing it, which suggests that this version will be fun for all ages.

That said, the Barbie dolls that tie into the film shipped out with a URL on the back for WICKED.COM, which leads to a porn site and not WickedMovie.com, which is the tie-in website for the movie.

The official Mattel Wicked dolls link to a porn site on the box ?? pic.twitter.com/iW4mNVAlPE

— just2good (Sarah Genao) (@just2goodYT) November 9, 2024

In all fairness, this URL mixup is super tiny in type on the back of the box, and I’m almost certain most people never read that or go to the URLs, but it is funny that this happened.

Mattel told The Hollywood Reporter that it “deeply regrets” the mixup and the Barbie dolls have been removed from many stores already. Kotaku theroizes that these misprint dolls will be worth a lot to collectors, but at this point it seems mostly impossible to find them.

Source: Kotaku