Cuddly IKEA Stuffed Animals

1. Lore
   January 21st, 2009 at 4:44 pm

   More awkward than anything else....

2. Craig
   January 21st, 2009 at 4:50 pm

   Looks like IKEA is jumping on the trend of "ugly dolls", plushir viruses, squid hats, and other such things that are hot right now.

3. Noelegy
   January 21st, 2009 at 5:04 pm

   About as cute as bugs can get, I guess.

4. lir
   January 21st, 2009 at 5:06 pm

   That's not in the store anymore, but it's an ugly/cute beaver from IKEA.

   I think it's cute, but some of my friends think it's the scariest thing they've ever seen.

5. lir
   January 21st, 2009 at 5:07 pm

   Or rather, here is the link.

   http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y108/ARealSickGirl/Photo633.jpg

6. lindsey
   January 21st, 2009 at 5:10 pm

   i love it. my best friend has one, and everyone who sees it has something to say about it. but i think it's the cutest little thing.
   we thought it was a roly poly.

7. Charlie
   January 21st, 2009 at 5:14 pm

   Looks like a dust mite. Which I'm sure Ikea is crawling with.

8. Matt Blank
   January 21st, 2009 at 5:18 pm

   I asked the Ikea sales person what it was. They were undecided on the creature but knew it was a pajama holder for little kids. So you can take your squishy bug (a bed bug we all agreed) with you and it will hold your PJs. I've seen similar other animals that unzip to hold blankets or PJs so this made sense to me. Why anyone would want a critter that bites you in your sleep we couldn't decide.

9. davee
   January 21st, 2009 at 5:26 pm

   i have one. sometimes i come home to find a cigarette hanging from his slightly unzipped mouth. he might have a bad attitude but i still love him.

10. Kimberly
    January 21st, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    It looks like Boo's costume from Monsters, Inc.

11. fastergrace
    January 21st, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    I posses one too, and I heart it.

12. Moon
    January 21st, 2009 at 5:45 pm

    It might be a tick. Although it probably is a dust mite.

13. Ratz
    January 21st, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    They're KLAPPAR skalbagge, they've been in the uk for a while now. Here's my gf's one err.. wearing my hat http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethicsgradient/3216639454/

    Personally I think it's an isopod

    They're available from ikea here:
    http://www.newsdesk.se/view/image/klappar-skalbagge-ikea-4670

    Sadly, I think skalbagge just means beetle, but it's an isopod to me

14. Gauldar
    January 21st, 2009 at 5:52 pm

    With all these Star Wars posts I'm surprised someone has yet ot mention the sand people.

15. mike r baker
    January 21st, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    Saw this on Flickr... I doubt it's actually a baby storage device.

    http://flickr.com/photos/jennyleesilver/2683764567

16. Guest
    January 21st, 2009 at 6:09 pm

    I always thought it was a trilobite, but I think that's just because I was haunted with those disgusting things in my old house's basement..

17. mike r baker
    January 21st, 2009 at 6:09 pm

    And the pic before the one I posted is even more disturbing. Ignore it. For your own sake.

    Here's more IKEA toys (including the rollie pollie):
    http://www.notcot.com/archives/2007/10/ikea_toys.php

18. binc
    January 21st, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    It's a giant isopod - ah cute !

    http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov  /explorations/02mexico/logs/oct13/media/isopod_450.jpg&imgrefurl=http  ://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02mexico/logs/oct13/media/isop od.html&usg=__y8DJ8EAkzsi6gZ8t-vTMlIwMASw=&h=475&w=450&sz=63&hl=en&sta rt=3&um=1&tbnid=m5jSloiYawqrnM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dg iant%2Bisopod%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

19. lir
    January 21st, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    IT EATS BABIES.

20. Evilbeagle
    January 21st, 2009 at 7:48 pm

    I was never big on dolls or stuffed animals. However, any unusual stuffed animal I see, I buy. Those I am big on. I am going to have to take a field trip to every Ikea in the area.

21. ynos
    January 21st, 2009 at 7:55 pm

    my girl says its a silverfish

22. Michael Hunt
    January 21st, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    I bought one of these last week for my cousins kid. Personally it reminds me of a roly poly.

23. Padraig
    January 21st, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    Any idea if they're available in Ireland or continental Europe? I would love one of them things!

    Hmmm... Guess I could get my brother to get me one, if they're available in the UK...

24. amdela
    January 21st, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    I think it's effing awesome.

    AND, I think it's a bed bug.

25. SenorMysterioso
    January 21st, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    so its like a pillow?

26. sw
    January 21st, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    mike that photo is awesome. deserves its own post

27. EEM
    January 21st, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    OMG I LOVE THAT THING!! I always want to buy it when I see it. I'm pretty sure it's a roly-polly

28. Sebastian
    January 21st, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    Aww, i love these. I bought my baby sister the yellow crab. Awesome.

29. op
    January 22nd, 2009 at 3:28 am

    put inside the bug a piece of salami and presto! instant dog training for pests and other abnormally large insects

30. kermtzu
    January 22nd, 2009 at 9:33 am

    It is a roly poly (I'm a zoologist, so dare not question my 1/2 second off the cuff answer...). My girlfriend bought me one last year, and when we visited IKEA last weekend, there was a whole bin of them on sale. I guess not everyone likes the cute little things. Those butt-ugly beavers were in an adjacent bin, on major markdown as well. Well-deserved; they are really ugly.

31. reindeerpizza
    January 22nd, 2009 at 11:26 am

    i have one!!! i think he's adorable and the zippered mouth is where i keep my remote.
    he is a permanent fixture on my couch.

    im not sure about a present for a baby shower but otherwise i love it. plus it's ultra soft.

32. Diana
    January 22nd, 2009 at 11:30 am

    My dad actually bought me one of these things, and I think it's kind of adorable! It has a zippered mouth, and you can keep a set of pajamas n it for when you go to a friend's house, adn then it doubles as a small pillow! I think it's neat.

33. BoT
    January 22nd, 2009 at 11:46 am

    Too many unbelievers here. That's the larval stage of the FSM. Do ye not see the first of His great noodly appendages sprouting? It is all as foretold in Good Housekeeping's Egg & Cheese Spaghetti Cookbook (1958, CBP, Chicago).

34. Cath
    January 22nd, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    I have one, it's called "Klappar Skalbagge" and it's a woodlouse plushie. People kept stopping to marvel at how ugly it was so I had to buy it!!

35. Scythan
    January 25th, 2009 at 1:43 am

    I have one, he is great. I call him my Woodbug. I will go to Ikea soon and get a couple more.

36. IAmUnimaginative
    February 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    The tag on mine says "beetle". I'd say it's closer to a roly poly than anything and that fits the general beetle category.

37. Mine's a trilobite
    March 10th, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    I call mine Trilobite. He's so cute. My cats are afraid of him though.

38. Lorna
    April 15th, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    I have 7 of them, i love them, just so cute and cuddly. I agree about the beavers though, damn, they're scary looking!!!

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