More Than Vaguely Terrifying: The Peekaru

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1. Greg London says:
   March 31, 2009 at 12:46 pm

   Oh man, that is so wrong.
2. Stan says:
   March 31, 2009 at 12:52 pm

   My daughter always hated being swaddled. For kids like her, this would be a torture device as well as a disturbing piece of fashion.
3. Sub-Odeon says:
   March 31, 2009 at 12:57 pm

   “Quaid… Quaid…. Start the reactor… Free Mars!”

   LMAO!

   In truth, not necessarily a bad idea. I swear by the Baby Bjorn, which I used extensively when my daughter was 0 – 2 years old. This doesn’t seem too different, though the imagery is decidedly… Wrong.

   =^)
4. TioChan says:
   March 31, 2009 at 12:57 pm

   Put in sleeves for the baby’s arms and you’ll have a perfect Kuato!
5. Cathy says:
   March 31, 2009 at 1:07 pm

   It’s like they never left the womb!

   And it looks like the kid is riding a bit low for Mom’s comfort over any sort of distance.
6. katie says:
   March 31, 2009 at 1:07 pm

   I think I’m going to barf.
7. David Hill says:
   March 31, 2009 at 1:08 pm

   Oh man, I laughed out loud in English class.
8. Nightsky says:
   March 31, 2009 at 1:09 pm

   Well, that’s going to haunt my nightmares…
9. Tara Maya says:
   March 31, 2009 at 1:09 pm

   OMG.

   I have nothing else to say.
10. tudza says:
    March 31, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    I like a garment that breathes.
11. M.A. says:
    March 31, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    Truly scary.
12. Adrienne says:
    March 31, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    That fabric is full of so many chemicals. I can just tell by looking at it.
13. Sam says:
    March 31, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    “Nuke it from space its the only way to make sure.” Or something like that from the Aliens movie.
14. Chapel says:
    March 31, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    Nobody show my wife this thing. I’m already floating in a mountain of onesies….
15. cypheroftyr says:
    March 31, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    O___________________O Is all I got right now. Going to flee and hope I can get that image out of my head.
16. R.W. Ridley says:
    March 31, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    tudza – HA!
17. Kevin Shaum says:
    March 31, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    Get in touch with your inner marsupial.
18. R.W. Ridley says:
    March 31, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    “Get in my Belly!”
19. Holly @ NashVogue says:
    March 31, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    Wow. My little guy hated being swaddled. He even hated wraps. This…would be torture for him. And me! That looks very uncomfortable!
20. Patrick M. says:
    March 31, 2009 at 1:52 pm

    Quaid! Quaid!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaaf_9TqPL8&feature=related
21. jp says:
    March 31, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    There are some things that, once seen, can never be unseen.

    I’d damn you, Scalzi, but I think that image has enough damnation to go around.

    …

    On a tangential note: the image, combined with the name, immediately made me think of the Pokemon / Bakugan naming conventions. As in: “Peekaru! Thunderstrike!”

    This is what happens when you have an 8-year-old son.

    (Even more tangentially: Chrome’s built-in spell-check happily accepts “Pokemon”, but does not like “Bakugan”. I don’t know what this means, but surely it’s nothing good.)
22. Angie says:
    March 31, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    I wanna know what happens when mom has breasts? does the poor kid get a broke neck? :P
23. MattMarovich says:
    March 31, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    oO

    That’s just not right…
24. sleeplessinoregon says:
    March 31, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    That’s just…wrong…..so wrong….

    (and jp, glad I’m not the only one who had a pokemon moment!LOL!)
25. Jeff Hentosz says:
    March 31, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    Cable! Cable!

    (At Marvel.com; click on the cover art for a larger image)

    I’m so getting this thing for my nephew. He’s going to be a new dad next month, and he’s a power lifter. Which will only make sense if you look at the link.
26. Crystal Jordan says:
    March 31, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    That is about fourteen shades of awesome! (And, yet, still a bit creepy.)
27. Kaytie says:
    March 31, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    Someone needs to dissect that and see how it works–I can’t tell how the baby’s head stays in that hole without hanging itself.

    This is probably because I have no children of my own, and therefore no insight into the machinations of infant transportation devices.
28. Persia says:
    March 31, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    Kaytie, I assume there’s a Baby-Bjorn-like apparatus underneath, with this…covering on top.

    Freaky.
29. Jeff Hentosz says:
    March 31, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    Kaytie@27: Nope, it’s just what it looks like. Baby jaws are incredibly strong and weaken only as they approach school age. This is why new parents are advised to wrap furniture legs in neoprene. If you’re lucky enough to have a baby in the house during the holidays, you never want for neatly opened Walnuts or Brazils.
30. Chris Gerrib says:
    March 31, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    What scares me is that somebody at Corporate thought this was a good idea.

    I wonder if the “Mom” model got combat pay for that shot?
31. Derek Molata says:
    March 31, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    Yup, that’s Kuato reborn.
32. Mac says:
    March 31, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    @7 David Hill — LOL what are you doing surfing the Net in English class, you whippersnapper?
33. abi says:
    March 31, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    All it needs now is some bacon taped to it.
34. MRTOOL says:
    March 31, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    i think i saw something like this on Doctor Who.
35. Xopher says:
    March 31, 2009 at 6:12 pm

    Wow, they’ve even created a pseudo-ethnicity called “babywearer.” I actually just gagged a little typing that.
36. Betsy Dornbusch says:
    March 31, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    I never met a baby who would like that contraption. That must be a fake.
37. Kaytie says:
    March 31, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    Persia@28 – your explanation and Google helped me visualize it. Thanks.

    Jeff@29 – So with babies, I’m assuming that Apple Bitter stuff doesn’t work to protect furniture, huh?
38. Alan says:
    March 31, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    Where’s the photo shoot of the Octo-mom version??
39. Jeff Hentosz says:
    March 31, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    Kaytie@37: You’re thinking of those … whadyacallems … puppies. Babies certainly don’t prefer Bitter Apple, but will tolerate it spritzed over their Grape Nuts. Babies hate soaked Grape Nuts.
40. Earl S. Wynn says:
    March 31, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    OH GAWD! That’s pretty bizarre. Cool, but bizarre. Suddenly, I’m struck by the inexplicable urge to seek one out and wear it, haha.
41. Nancy says:
    March 31, 2009 at 11:44 pm

    I was convinced this was an April Fool’s day joke, but I see it was posted the day before, so now I’m just bewildered
42. Chad says:
    April 1, 2009 at 7:25 am

    That is the scariest thing I have ever seen. Plus, it almost looks like child abuse. Maybe that is how we reduce the population. Anyone who buys one of those shows their lack of proper genetic material and is not allowed to have any more kids.
43. Todd Stull says:
    April 1, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    Wow. That looks fake and awful all wrapped up in one.
44. Megan says:
    April 3, 2009 at 11:08 am

    Looks like the mystic from “Total Recall”
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    April 3, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    Elsewhere in the mobile blanketing catalog, I just stumbled across this winner:

    http://www.lippiselkbag.co.uk/store/d58-Selk-Bag-Store-(US-Dollars)/p51-Lippi-Selk-Bag-One—GREEN.cfm

    Good stuff.
46. David DeLaney says:
    April 7, 2009 at 2:49 am

    Two words: Parasitic. Twin.

    –Dave

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