I realized today that a toy I was supposed to review, had not yet arrived. The toy.. a Mr. Potato Head. I contacted the nice lady who I had spoken to about the review, and she not only assured me that the anthropomorphic spud had indeed been sent, but even sent me a copy of the delivery record. I checked my calendar, and we had work done on our house that day. Now I am not prone to pointing fingers, but Mr. Potato Head did not walk away by himself. He was kidnapped.
For most of you a the loss of a $10 “spud bud” would not be of any special note, but I am a Rhode Islander. To be more specific, I live in Pawtucket, the birthplace of Mr. Potato Head. Around here, Mr. Potato Head is an icon. We take him seriously.
Heck, in 2000 we had a statewide installation of 6 ft. tall Mr. Potato Head statues. Three of them are still on public display. The original one is in front of Hasbro headquarters, Pawtucket. Another is in the Hasbro sponsored playground in Roger Williams Park, and a poor bedraggled “pizza” Mr. Potato Head abides at Caserta Pizza, in Providence.
Life moves on, and a replacement Mr. Potato Head is on his way. We can only hope the missing spud has found his way to the care of a child.
Update: The replacement Toy Story 3 classic Mr. Potato Head arrived safe and sound 
I have to admit I giggled when I read this. I do feel for your loss. It is so dumb of someone to take a package! But you wrote this very well and your little story made an otherwise annoying situation very funny.
Can’t wait for your review now. You have even more reason to love him than anyone else living in his birthplace!
I wish I would have know about the Hasbro headquarters when I lived on Cape Cod! I would have love to have gone. I never took the kids to the playground at the zoo, now I’m wishing I would have! We adored the RW Zoo
LOL! I went to URI and I remember when we were out in the Narragansett area one nite I spotted Mr Potato and I think I even screamed about it and had to stop, or something (foggy on all that since it was about 7 or 8 years ago! new follower!
Mr Potato Head Statues? Now THAT is on my must see just for fun travel list!
You must have the same delivery men that I do – My Zebra Pens are probably on the Serengeti somewhere….