September 21, 2018
#2049: Unfulfilling Toys explain
[The comic presents toys in six different frames.]
[Cueball slaps his wrist with a strap-like item in his hand.]
Smack
Rigid slap bracelet
[Cueball jumps on top of a pouch full of air connected via a hose to an air propelled rocket. The pouch does not budge and the rocket remains connected to its base.]
Sealed stomp rocket
[Ponytail holds a water gun and makes use of its hand-operated pump system.]
Pump pump pump
Pump
Click
Pump-only SuperSoaker
[Megan pulls an item apart between her hands. The middle section breaks into many pieces on the ground and liquid is falling from the end parts.]
Pop
Glass glow stick
[Cueball holds a figurine sitting on top of a hand-held device and pulls a string connected to it.]
Spin
Wingless sky dancer
[Megan holds a yo-yo until the yo-yo falls from the string and starts rolling on the ground.]
Roll
No-strings-attached yo-yo
[Caption below the frames:]
My least successful product line was probably “deeply unfulfilling versions of classic toys.”