{"id":120435,"date":"2025-05-08T17:07:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=120435"},"modified":"2025-05-08T17:07:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:07:44","slug":"fans-react-to-new-officially-licensed-funny-ugly-frodo-lord-of-the-rings-doll-plushies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/05\/08\/120435-fans-react-to-new-officially-licensed-funny-ugly-frodo-lord-of-the-rings-doll-plushies\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans react to new officially licensed &#8220;funny ugly&#8221; Frodo Lord of the Rings doll plushies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" class=\"intro\">Fugglers hit store shelves this week with ugly versions of Gollum, Gandalf and Frodo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LOTR fans on social media were caught off guard over these new interpretations of classic Tolkien characters. <a href=\"https:\/\/fuggler.com\/meet-the-fugglers-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Fugglers<\/a> are real and official &#8211; we checked! These &#8220;funny ugly&#8221; plush are popular on TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">my dear frodo\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7VfCc8SkjB\">pic.twitter.com\/7VfCc8SkjB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; libby (@evenstvr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evenstvr\/status\/1919543212181487797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">it was a hard choice <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YpPZgDylnX\">pic.twitter.com\/YpPZgDylnX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; libby (@evenstvr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evenstvr\/status\/1919567408987005378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seems that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Fuggler-Lord-of-the-Rings-9-inch-Frodo-Funny-Ugly-Monster-Soft-Plush-Toy-by-ZURU\/14448255252?filters=%5B%7B%22intent%22%3A%22retailer%22%2C%22values%22%3A%5B%22Walmart%22%5D%7D%5D&amp;classType=REGULAR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WalMart<\/a> is the exclusive retailer for Fugglers in USA; they can be found in the kids &amp; babies toy plush section of stores, right next to Bluey and Pokemon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-120441\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"\" data-gallery-theme=\"\" id=\"envira-gallery-120441\" class=\"envira-gallery-public  envira-gallery-3-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"3\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-120438\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 5px; 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