Toys R Us Brings You The Pink Ouija Board For Girls! – Originally published in 2009 on Ghosts-UK

A Ouija board for the girls inclusive of a pink planchette and it’s very own pink carry case to keep it safe!

Now this is not all together new news and I’m really not sure how the hell I missed it but I sure did. Hasbro (Parker Brothers) the guys beyond this colourful board have been marketing this product since last year (2008).

Now regardless of whether you believe in the power of Ouija or not, I’m sure most would agree that it’s psychological affects can be disastrous especially on those with a fragile, easily led and I suppose gullible mind. So if it can have dangerous affects on adults I wonder how it could affect a child’s mind especially considering that their body and minds are still developing plus until a certain age fiction is still mixed with fact, a child can not always differentiate and belief can be a powerful thing not to mention scary at times.

As a kid most would fear the monster under the bed and the witch in the closet so the moral question I would raise is, is it right to subject kids to this by saying they can speak with the dead?

This board and how it is marketed is clearly aimed at young children, most likely those whom still obsess over Barbie and Ken.

Ahh that will most likely be the next angle their marketing will take “Buy your Barbie the perfect pink Ouija board and let her communicate her long lost Ken”.

Or alternatively for all those kiddies out there that really did chop of Barbies head, you can now be reunited with her once again!

I’ve not yet seen this board sold in the UK, but someone somewhere will no doubt be taking advantage of the apparent gap of pink Ouija boards in the UK market.

Here is how Toys R Us in America are describing it:

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It has always been mysterious. It has always been mystifying. And now the OUIJA Board is just for you, girl. With 72 fun questions included, you’ll never run out of things to ask. Who will call/text me next? Will I be a famous actor someday? Who wishes they could trade places with me? Gather your friends around, draw a card, place your fingers on the planchette and ask your question. Concentrate very hard and watch as the answer is revealed in the message window. Make up your own questions, and let the OUIJA Board satisfy your curiosity in virtually endless ways. OUIJA Board will answer. It’s just a game – or is it? Includes OUIJA Board, message indicator (planchette), card deck with 72 questions, carrying case with storage pockets and instructions.

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Pink OUIJA Board predicts the future

Who will call you next? Will you be famous? Who wants to trade places with you? All these questions and more can be answered with the mystifying OUIJA Board.

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Card deck with 72 questions

Use the card deck to ask 72 thought-provoking questions about your future. When you’ve gone through the deck, make up your own question and watch as the answer appears in the message window.

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Included pink carrying case with storage pockets

Take the OUIJA Board over to your friend’s house in the included carrying case so you can play anytime.

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Pink planchette (message indicator)

The included planchette moves across the OUIJA Board, driven by mysterious forces to answer your questions about the future.

Hasbro and Toys R Us both have a recommended age group of 8 – 12 years.

Would you buy your child a Ouija board?

Despite the blatant ploy to entice kids into wanting one of these, I’m sure now all the ladies out there will be looking to accessorise making this the newest addition to their ghost hunting kit.

Will this new board still entice the male ghosts or will it be to girly for them? Is this the new medium for a child to find out who their secret crush is in class and if the love is both ways?

All they have to do is ask the dead!

Stockists include Toys R Us and Amazon, but both only seem to supply from their American websites.

UPC/EAN/ISBN: 653569353942

Toys R Us

Amazon

Price: $19.99 – $39.99