It is a harmful factor, being a Millennial: you by no means know when the capitalistic lords-that-be will throw a little bit of nostalgia-laden commerce at you, begging you to purchase right into a shopping-induced second of bliss. An escape from the monotony and chaos of our tumultuous lives. And that is precisely what Mattel and The Workplace did at the moment, after they introduced a collaboration so highly effective, so particularly made to tempt and torture us with need and need.
That is proper, of us: a The Workplace-themed Polly Pocket exists. Sure, you learn that accurately: Polly friggin’ Pocket. That appears like an enormous “World’s Finest Boss” mug. And it is so superbly chock-a-block with references and in-jokes, the desk at your soul-killing job completely wants this with the intention to really feel like essentially the most Millennial house to have ever existed.
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Simply take a look at what Mattel needed to say about it on their official web site (from which you’ll be able to pre-order stated murals):
“Higher than mendacity on the seaside consuming hotdogs… The Workplace goes tiny with Polly Pocket on this collectible partnership compact! Re-enact favourite scenes with six micro important character dolls, 9 equipment, and 6 iconic places from the beloved tv collection. There’s a whole lot of magnificence in atypical issues like internet hosting the Dundie Awards, setting the trash on hearth, or obsessing over beets with micro-Dwight doll. Warning: one is perhaps afraid of how a lot they love this collaboration compact.”
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Pay attention: far be it from us to guage the way you get your little crumbs of serotonin. If shopping for stuff is your means of feeling a glimmer of pleasure in a merciless and heartless world — go for it. All of us do it once in a while. Generally it is even unavoidable. And as Dunder Mifflin has taught us, we’re little greater than cogs in a machine, and life is brief. Moreover, the plastic has already been fashioned into these little collectible toys already, so the environmental harm has principally already been carried out. Additionally, it is a Polly Pocket! Which is like, peak Millennial childhood nostalgia! So go forward and deal with yo’self (Oh wait, totally different present. Though it was technically a spin-off)!
Anywhoozles, we’re certain it will not simply be Millennials shopping for these toys, given the surge in current reputation The Workplace has discovered because of its 9 seasons heading to Peacock lately. The transfer has given followers younger and outdated an opportunity to expertise (or re-experience) the magic that was held inside the partitions of Dunder Mifflin, because of characters like Michael Scott (Steve Carell), Jim Halpert (John Krasinski), Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer), Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), and so many extra.
Moreover, the present is getting a brand new spin-off that includes an outdated solid member, with Oscar Nuñez set to reprise his function as Oscar Martinez in The Paper, a Peacock unique set to star the Star Wars star Domnhall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore from The White Lotus’ second season. That present is alleged to observe the identical documentary crew as they, nicely, doc the final days of an area, dying, but in addition historic Midwestern newspaper.
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