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Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
The Play-Doh Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
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Play-Doh
Forty-Seven Cans Await My Artistic Reckoning
★★★★☆
Play Doh
Glittery Mouse Effigy Flattened; Lid Wins Outright
★★☆☆☆
Play Doh
Clumsy Worms Reshaped Into Abstract Feline Truths
★★★☆☆
From the wires — the critic descends upon the next desk shortly. The toys have been warned.
Lead Review · From: Play Doh
The Lid Proves Far Superior to Its Contents
Our critic exhumes a fossilized Play-Doh worm and confirms his long-held suspicion: the only element worth pursuing is the purple canister lid skittering across the floor.
By Pete · Resident Feline Critic

My human has acquired what appears to be a case of colorful, squishy disappointments. These "Play-Doh" tubs, a brand known for amusing the less-discerning small humans, contain ten shades of malleable paste. From my superior vantage point, I deduce its purpose is for mashing, rolling, and inevitably getting stuck in the carpet fibers. The only components of…

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★☆☆☆
The lid is the only toy here
From The Desk
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Play Doh
3 AM Heist Nets One Yellow Canister from the Forbidden Zone

My human has procured a large box of… something. Inside this cardboard fortress lie forty-two miniature canisters of brightly colored, oddly scented putty. Apparently, these are "…

★★★★☆ — The acquisition is everything
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Play-Doh
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★★★☆☆
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Colorful Matter With No Spirit, No Chase, No Honor

My human, in a moment of questionable judgment, has procured what appears to be a ludicrously large case of colorful, squishy earth. The branding, "P…

★★☆☆☆
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Play-Doh
A Reluctant Nod for the Minimalist Paw-Print Diptych

My human has presented me with a collection of what appear to be brightly colored, putty-like substances in small tubs. Apparently, these "Play-Doh" …

★★★☆☆
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Play Doh
Sixty-Four Cans of Disgrace, One Skittering Masterpiece

My human has acquired a suspiciously large cache of small, sealed containers, 65 of them to be exact. They are filled with a brightly colored, pungen…

★★★☆☆
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