Fans spot porn website on Wicked dolls packaging

Eagle-eyed Wicked fans got much than they bargained for erstwhile small-print connected packaging for dolls inspired by the movie mistakenly listed the code for an big website.

Mattel precocious released the singing dolls up of the long-awaited Wicked movie starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.

People who bought the dolls posted pictures connected societal media of the packaging which had a pornography website called Wicked, alternatively of the movie's web address.

Mattel, the artifact institution that manufactures the dolls, has been contacted for comment.

The BBC has seen online instructions connected Mattel's website, for some the Glinda and Elphaba dolls, listing the erroneous website underneath the Universal Pictures logo - the movie workplace down the movie.

Mattel recommends the dolls for children aged 4 and above.

Fans who bought the doll posted their astonishment connected societal media.

"I purchased the Singing Elphaba doll and upon inspection, the website printed connected the backmost broadside [of the] Mattel box, close supra the barcode is listed as... an unaffiliated big [not harmless for work] 18+ website," 1 idiosyncratic posted connected Reddit.

"Anyone other seeing this!?"

In different post, a US-based pistillate said: "Went to Target and Walmart contiguous and yeah, the Wicked dolls person the [porn] website listed."

The Wicked movie comes aft 2 decades of the philharmonic connected stage.

Set successful the Land of Oz earlier Dorothy Gales' accomplishment from Kansas, the movie covers the musical's archetypal act.

British histrion Erivo plays Elphaba, a young pistillate misunderstood due to the fact that of her greenish tegument and who is yet to observe her powerfulness which volition yet pb her to becoming the Wicked Witch of the West.

She strikes up an improbable relationship with classmate Glinda, played by Grammy-winning vocalist Grande, who volition spell connected to go the Good Witch of the North.

The movie is acceptable to beryllium released successful the US and UK connected 22 November.