INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana man purchased a doll for a relative from the movie Wicked. But when he went to check out the advertised link on the back of the box, the website was not advertising Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s new film.
Hoosier Dan Goodwin said after buying the doll, he flipped the box over to see if he wanted to purchase advertising minutes on the manufacturer’s website. What awaited him was a seemingly innocuous site called “wicked.com”.
However, instead of flying monkeys and the Emerald City, Goodwin discovered that the toy mistakingly listed an ad for a pornography site.
The doll is manufactured by Mattel, a company known for brands such as Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price and American Girl. It is currently still being sold at retailers across the nation.
It appears that this doll line is the only one of Mattel’s Wicked-branded products to display the incorrect site. For example, the box of a Fisher-Price Little People set sold at Target only shows a link advertising Mattel itself.
The film’s correct website is wickedmovie.com. Wicked releases in theaters on Nov. 22.
