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In 2004 my brother and I developed a buttplug shaped like George W. Bush - we called it the Bushplug. Manufacturing was more expensive than we had expected but
by ZguideZ 6y ago
In 2004 my brother and I developed a buttplug shaped like George W. Bush - we called it the Bushplug. Manufacturing was more expensive than we had expected but we sold about 100 of them - presumably as novelty gifts. Our price point was too high for a novelty gift and the nose was a little too pointy to be an enjoyable sex toy. We made our money back and had some fun with being featured on BoingBoing and Fleshbot. Someone tried to sue us. We sent the last of the Bushplugs to the Smithsonian's presidential museum. We made our investment back but didn't become buttplug millionaires.
- ZguideZ 6y agoThe other alternative to the pointy nose theory was that there just weren't a lot of people who were into having W up their butt, but we felt that must not be the case.
- type0 6y ago> The other alternative to the pointy nose theory you'd think it would have been much more successful with Obama
- scottmf 6y ago?
- oarsinsync 6y agoObama’s nose is a bit flatter than GWB’s, so would poke out a bit less.
- dmje 6y agoAlmost uncontrollable LOL here
- viraj_shah 6y agoThis is hilarious. Thank you for the laughs.
- ZguideZ 6y agoYou should look up the pictures of it - there must still be some out there...
- qdot76367 6y agoAs the other HN Buttplug Poster who is also having problems making money with their product, I salute you. (And yeah this is why I stay in software, manufacturing even on non-tech toys is still $$$$)
- sizzle 6y agoWhat niche does your butt plug serve?
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- omgwtfbyobbq 6y agoThank you for this.
- ZguideZ 6y agoWe weren't sure if our main demographic would be 'straight' Republican congressmen or angry gay Democrats - this may have been an issue.
- secfirstmd 6y agoDid you ever think of making a Dick Cheney Dildo™ to complement the set? :)
- ZguideZ 6y agoIf we had that, we 'wood' have certainly succeeded! Hey...that makes me realize the Cheney Dick could be made out of wood so the splinters would stay with you forever.
- bravura 6y agoSomeone did this again in 2012, making 3D models based upon each of the Republican candidate polling numbers: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-butt-plugs-are-gallup-data-renderings_n_1525307?guccounter=1 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-butt-plugs-are-gallup-dat...
- ketamine__ 6y agoIs this it? https://www.shapeways.com/product/9X5DEFHAE/george-w-bush-plug https://www.shapeways.com/product/9X5DEFHAE/george-w-bush-pl...
- ZguideZ 6y agoLol! Those look a lot like ours did but we didn't have color - it really makes the difference.
- THE_PUN_STOPS 6y agoRight idea, wrong time. My friend owns a sex shop in Provincetown, MA and has sold tens of thousands of Trump-plugs over the past 4 years.