An undetected error on packaging for toys inspired by the movie version of the “Wicked” musical sparked outrage when it directed young buyers to a porn site instead of the film’s landing page.

Every industry has its rock stars. You know, the kind of person everyone in a chosen profession knows exactly who he or she is. Well, in the newspaper world, Charles Apple is a Rock Star. Especially ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Toy giant Mattel says it “deeply” regrets an error on the packaging of its “Wicked” movie-themed dolls, which mistakenly links toy buyers to ...

Mattel isn’t so “Popular” right now. The toy company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels is facing backlash for accidentally listing the URL of a porn website in the packaging of its “Wicked ...

Something wicked this way comes on the packaging of Mattel‘s “Wicked” dolls. There’s a website listed on the toy box, but instead of linking to the webpage for the movie adaptation of the ...

Mattel, the company behind Barbie, has issued an apology after QR codes on some Barbie doll boxes were found to link to inappropriate websites. The issue affected a limited number of dolls ...

In a statement to TODAY.com, Mattel confirmed the mislabeling. The toy company said it “was made aware of a misprint on the ...

Mattel's packaging for its "Wicked" movie doll lives up to its name, but not in a good way. The toy manufacturer is apologizing after mistakenly including a web address for a pornographic site on ...

Welcome to FTW Explains: A guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. You may have seen some stuff about Mattel’s Wicked dolls ...

Impact Link Toy maker Mattel has apologized for a printing ... Some collectors jumped at the opportunity to scoop up one of the dolls — or to try to make money off of the mistake.

The toy company Mattel is apologizing for a misprint on its doll packaging that sent unsuspecting Wicked fans to a pornographic website. The dolls depict some of the main characters from the book ...

Toy company Mattel has some explaining ... s mostly kids buying these dolls." This weekend in Los Angeles, stars from the franchise, both past and present, showed up to the "Wicked" premiere.