Does Anyone Else Find Hasbro’s Groove ‘N Grow Groot Incredibly Upsetting?

The sight of merchandise revealed at San Diego Comic - Con this yr include a mates of toys we wish we could United Nations - see . Lego ’s two metrical foot - tallbrick - built Chewbacca ’s beady eyesare already a staple fiber of our nightmare , and is shortly to be joined by a growing Groot Hasbro that makes the character await like he ’s being stretched out on a medieval torturing machine .

InGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3we got to see Groot fledged from a sassy teenager to a unnerving member of the squad : a translation that Hasbro is trying to recreate with its newGroove ‘ N Grow Groot figure . Out of the box , the figure stands 13.5 - inch improbable , with proportions that more close rival the sapling version of the character featured in the collection ofI Am Groot animated shortsavailable through Disney+ .

But those handsome eyes and aristocratical smile are blot out an unsettling arcanum . press out a button on Groot ’s foot activates an accelerated growth process where the 13.5 - in tall image grows to 18 - column inch in height in just second using telescoping legs and an extend torso . It ’s a cute trick , but a Stretch Armstrong version of Groot that kids can jerk and elongate out of soma might have been a better means to recognize this burden .

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As the name implies , growing is n’t Groove ‘ N Grow Groot ’s only talent . A build - in mike detects sound and Groot will shake his body and terpsichore along to music , or will respond to other auditory sensation with his now iconic , “ I am Groot , ” which is less his catch phrase and more his limited dialect .

The toy is expected to beavailable sometime this Summerfor $ 85 , which is kind of expensive for a figure with only a posable pair of arm — but you ’re pay for the hidden motors and other electronics that great power Groot ’s wizardly transmutation .

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