Outraged parents didn’t gain much traction back in November when they began complaining that the extruder for Play-Doh’s Cake Mountain toy looked too much like a penis. Hasbro, the company behind Play-Doh, took no steps to respond, other than to offer complaining parents replacement parts. 
 
 However, Play-Doh’s efforts to do damage control after Christmas may result in unintended publicity for the dildo-shaped toy. Play Doh is deleting Facebook posts on its site displaying the extruder, which of course only highlights the “problem.” 
 
 I dunno if anyone else follows Play-Doh on Facebook but you should cause they're doing some serious damage control pic.twitter.com/TooleS5PgE — El Clarko (@Fatgoldfish4) December 29, 2014 
 
 Play doh is deleting photos of its Cake Mountain topper. Snort. pic.twitter.com/Ske8JjU9eu — DearAuthor (@dearauthor) December 30, 2014 
 
 And it really, really does look like a penis. 
 
 I salute the designers who somehow managed to get this Play-Doh icing maker past their bosses. http://t.co/cRCnsEMmmo pic.twitter.com/0aQMtJS9Wi — Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) December 30, 2014 
 
 On the other hand, some on Twitter are suggesting this is much ado about nothing. 
 
 LRT: if your kid sees that as a "penis", they probably have no interest in Play-Doh for Xmas. It did not ruin Xmas. I promise. — Isobel Carr (@IsobelCarr) December 30, 2014 
 
 Christmas 'RUINED' for 1 uptight family by play-doh accessory that resembles penis. For the love of god, as if little kids would notice?!? — Bex (@MrsWannaBean) December 29, 2014 
 
 People are harassing @PlayDoh because a part looks like a penis. So should we ban the Washington Monument because it too resembles a penis? — Rosina Teri Memolo (@RosinaPhoto) December 29, 2014 

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 Hasbro, maker of the classic childhood toy Play-Doh, has said on its Facebook page that it will replace a piece in its “Cake Mountain” play set after receiving complaints from parents. 
 
 The icing maker in the play set, which allows children to decorate a plastic cake with the popular modeling clay, resembled a part of the male anatomy according to social media reports and parental complaints. 
 
 From the "how does this stuff get approved?" files, a part in a new Play Doh toy http://t.co/7EdOoO4zeA via @Mediaitepic.twitter.com/SoLdyCRJlK — Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) December 30, 2014 
 
 Reports on the product have been around for several weeks, and Play-Doh said it was planning to replace the offending piece. However, the change was not made in time for Christmas and the Play-Doh Facebook page was flooded with complaints shortly after Dec. 25. 
 
 I dunno if anyone else follows Play-Doh on Facebook but you should cause they're doing some serious damage control pic.twitter.com/TooleS5PgE — MyProfile (@Fatgoldfish4) December 29, 2014 
 
 Hasbro says customers who purchased the toy can call for areplacement part by calling 800-327-8264.
– "Oh no, Play-Doh" has been the horrified reaction of some parents whose kids unwrapped their Hasbro Sweet Shoppe Cake Mountain playset over the holidays. The reaction of practically everyone else: hysterical, juvenile laughter at the set's icing maker (or, as Hasbro calls it, the "2-piece extruder"), which bears an uncanny resemblance to a penis. It's not exactly an apology, but a post on Hasbro's Facebook page yesterday admits that the company has "heard some consumer feedback about the extruder tool … [and is] in the process of updating all future Play-Doh products with a different tool." It's also offering a replacement extruder to anyone who calls the Hasbro customer-service number. Apparently, complaints started weeks ago, notes WPXI, but it wasn't until parents began complaining to Hasbro that the toy had "ruined Christmas" that the company started serious damage control, Uproxx reports. Other parents don't see what the big deal is, with one mom commenting on Facebook, per USA Today, "I'm not getting a replacement. I think it's crazy that people have to turn everything into something sexual." Not surprisingly, the jokes on social media are coming fast and furious, many of them not repeatable in bashful company—a tamer one cited by USA Today says, "Thank you for erecting a new design to penetrate the success of your business model." Meanwhile, the ever-busy commenters on Twitter are trying to add "Dil-Doh" to the Play-Doh vernacular. (The last time Hasbro caused such hubbub was when it replaced the Monopoly iron with a cat.)