My nephew turned one year old last week and I went shopping for a cool toy that would also be age appropriate or at least be passable/within reason. The kid’s one, fer chrissakes. I could have wrapped up a box of edible panties and he would have just thought they were fruit roll-ups. But I figured my Sister would have stolen them away for her own dubious reasons.

Anyway, I happened to catch a news blurb regarding something that would have provided an interesting choice. KISS-themed Mr. Potato Heads, coming in March of 2009. I guess I’m a little surprised that it took Bassist/Merchandising Whore Gene Simmons so long to come up with this one. I mean, cripes, he manufactured the KISS coffin before figuring out he could license the band’s image/visages to a children’s toy thus indoctrinating a new generation of potential fans. I wonder how many, uh…attachments the Simmons Potato Head will have.

Earlier this year there were rumors that the original members planned to audition/recruit four new KISS members to carry on the band’s legacy, a-la Menudo. These rumors were never confirmed, nor denied from what I gather.

Of course, there’s always “Tooth Tunes” for the kiddies!