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Pete, the resident feline critic
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The Stuffed Animal Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: Melissa & Doug
Bunny Defeated in Combat, Reclassified as Pillow
Our critic spends a day in strategic disregard before a midnight interrogation reveals the plush too satisfying to waste on disdain — claimed via trial by combat.

My human seems to have acquired yet another object designed to clutter my domain, this time a floppy-eared lagomorph from the Melissa & Doug consortium. I am familiar with their work; they typically produce brightly colored wooden objects for clumsy, miniature humans. This one, however, is all polyester fluff and feigned innocence. At nine inches, it's a re…

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Image of Melissa & Doug Burrow Bunny Rabbit Stuffed Animal (9 inches)
Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★★☆
Vanquished, then repurposed. It will do.
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