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Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
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Lead Review · From: SplashEZ
Bath Trains Reassigned as Agents of Psychological Warfare
Our critic rejects the bath trains as prey but deploys them as silent couriers of domestic disruption, hiding each piece in a location designed to baffle the household.

My human, in their infinite and often misguided wisdom, has acquired a set of small, colorful vehicles apparently intended for aquatic maneuvers with the tiny, loud human they also keep. They call them "SplashEZ Train Toys," a name that is both redundant and alarming. The primary selling point seems to be a lack of holes, which I'm told prevents the growth …

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
Approved. Not for the stated purpose.
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