Woolworths are offering free plastic Disney figures with $30 spend.
Collect 24 exclusive Lion King Ooshies. One with every $30 you spend. While stocks last.
Free The Lion King Ooshie with $30 Spend @ Woolworths
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Stewardo on 13/07/2019 - 00:15 woolworths.com.au (6233 clicks)
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Bargain
Paying $30 for a piece of rubbish is not a bargain.
It's free with the rubbish you were going to buy anyway. This is a great reason to go to woolies over Cole's if you have kids at the moment.
The Hamiltonv harbor metro doesn't have these in yet, but when we do most staff will hands these out like hotcakes. Might be worth noting.
@Salmando: Agree.
I quite like the look of these (24) little Lion King collectables, although Coles is bringing out another set of (30) Little Shop collectables too. These supermarkets always seem to bring out these items at the same time. Too bad if the children want both!
@JediJan: They mostly look fine, except for zazoo (spelling?) not looking right, and pumba being black - though I guess that's Disney's thing right now.
Going by your oddly specific scenario, one tiny piece of plastic junk for all the kids to, what, take turns playing with….?
Those kids'll be the envy of the neighbourhood.
"Belongs in the forums…"
No, belongs in the bin. I am so sick of the paranoia over this plastic crap
I'd say the word you were looking for was hysteria, not paranoia
No mate, it's paranoia to miss out on the rubbish. Even if everyone who collects them has doubles and triplets after a few weeks but paranoid at the start to miss out. But we can add hysteria!
@dosada: In which case the word you are looking for is anxiety. Paranoia often involve the belief of a grand conspiracy targeting oneself - its a feeling of irrational fear.
We'll get rid of plastic bags, but here, have some plastic little models xD
Was thinking the same thing - Celebrates banning of plastic rubbish bags by giving out plastic rubbish. Bravo.
Simba’s father died so you could have that plastic, show some respect.
Do you not remember the plastic vs paper wars of the late 80's? aka Plastic War 1.
For a period of time paper bags were all but wiped out of existence thanks to plastic and the kingdom of Pride Rock.
@mapax: I remember the paper, only too well, paper fought a brave battle but was no match for refrigerated items, let us never mention the Funk and Wagnalls giveaway of 1986, my family was so poor we only collected up to D. Never again.
Wow, spoiler alert!
Agreed. Another proof that the whole ban the plastic bag thing was just a money grab and PR stunt!
Anyone else old enough to remember when they told us we had to use plastic bags because paper bags were bad for the environment?
I live in an apartment block and now the communal bins are just full of "reusable" plastic bags.
really? that's sounds absurd! lol
When did they do that?@homersyd: In the late 80's or early 90's it was said paper bags were bad due to deforestation so they were introducing plastic. We had someone give a talk at my primary school and the supermarket had signs up. Very few people liked the change for a short period of time and then they all forgot about it.
@mapax: I am old enough to vaguely remember this too. When I was a kid, all our shopping went in big brown paper bags. I recall all this stuff about deforestation and a move to plastic. Sigh.
@Corgsta: I imagine most of us from those days dreaded the thought of the paper bag bottoms splitting open with the contents strewn everywhere. Those were the days!
If they were serious about helping the environment, they'd make the empty boxes that stuff comes packed in available to customers.
It would give those boxes a bonus use before they get recycled.
I remember seeing used boxes at my local Safeway in the 90s.
just about all the liquor stores do that.
This isn't really possible as the vast majority of products are in Shelf Friendly Packaging. The hood is ripped off the the box placed directly on the shelf.
If they were serious about helping the environment, they'd make the empty boxes that stuff comes packed in available to customers.
Those boxes are not ideal for re use because they are shelf ready and easy open.
Even if they could be re used they are also hard to store and arrange in a way that makes them easy to display for people to take.
It would give those boxes a bonus use before they get recycled.
If they are recycled at a store they are guaranteed to be recycled and recycling them is easier because there is no co mingled recycling to deal with.
They are also compacted so they take up less space. If people took them home and recycled them (some people wouldn't) they would take up more space in the truck which is less efficient.
Our Aldi has them on offer. The more people take home the less they have to bother with.
@JediJan: Cardboard is worth money to recycle so places will take it for free.
It's not hard for Aldi to deal with it.
We do that at our woolies. Pretty much every banana box and decent carrying box we make available at checkout. Not that popular, customers prefer to struggle, or just take a heap of those green plastic bags meant for fruit and vegetables.
Also, the boxes here are actually recycled - as in companies take it for free so they can make profit. Isn't that better than the odds you hear about in the public recycling system? I swear they it thing I saw claimed an 80% dump rate it something
@Salmando: Yes, the current rate of recycling is poor. Does that mean we should give up though?
That's tragic that they scalp bags out of the fruit and veg area, but I can't say I didn't see it coming. I would much prefer to have boxes available to me, as you can stack items on top of each other. I buy Chobani's by the trayload including the trays when they are on special.
Perhaps Woolworths should have returned to paper bags?
@Koffee: Boxes are available, maybe not so readily at some stores - maybe you should suggest it your local?
Reusable bags are still better than paper bags. I actually agree with Woolworths when they claimed paper bags were a half solution - still has big environmental impact, better people buying a strong fabric bag to reuse.
I'm not saying give up on recycling, just saying that the changes of the boxes being recycled by the store is near 100%, compared to customers attempting to maybe recycle them at their own place.
Again, better off spending $1 and buying a fabric 'bag for good' from woolies.
Shit, steal the bag - just remember to reuse it. Problem solved.
Probably will come wrapped too
Of course it will, that way you won't see which one you're getting and can't choose. You'll need to get ~6.5bn of them to get one of each of the 24.
This is an optional promotion by the way… you don't HAVE TO take the free Disney gift they are offering! My little girl loves them and it saves me buying a lolly or something else for her.
Little Shop 2 is coming. They'll have to do better than this.
It’s nice, it teaches the kids how to shop and about brand loyalty.
It also teaches them to buy more plastic rubbish and destroy the environment.
This crap they are giving away does not decompose.
Exactly! Teaching kids about brand loyalty is more important than teaching them to care about the environment? Yikes!
@novicenow: Collecting these figures will teach them to care for animals, like Scar, the true lion king showed when he stood up for the persecuted Hyenas.
I’m guessing JV has no kids
@50cent: I have kids and my thoughts mirror jv's. My kids won't be getting any of this stuff, simple as that.
For my 3yr's birthday this year, we asked friends/fam to give something reused or pre-loved. It's hard to tell people not to give anything but it worked really well. The young friends made gifts out of recycled materials. It teaches them about re-using and not constantly consuming stuff.
I just wish most other parents would not be so irresponsible and accept this wasteful crap from the hypocritical supermarkets.
@Corgsta: I’m SO GLAD to read your post! This is responsible parenting and I think it’s a stellar effort on your part to raise your kid with an awareness of these matters.
Don't you work at Woolies?
What an irresponsible thing to teach them.
And yes, this is pretty much an “un-Bargain”.
Isn't it 3 since we also had the christmas ones already?
So 11 different characters, with various rarity totalling
2425.Good luck to parents/kids collecting them…
WhateverTF
That’s so awesome!!!
The world is facing a crisis with plastic waste, but let’s tempt our little kids with it anyway, because $$$ is all that matters 🙄
Seriously, our government should step in and ban this bullshit! It’s just blatant disregard to the environmental issues facing Australia and our world today!
Seriously, our government should step in and ban this bullshit!
The government is content that they have banned plastic bags that decompose quickly, with ones that are 20 times thicker that take forever to decompose…
Sad yet true. And with that depressing thought I shall now turn over and go to sleep 😑
Gramps I’m excited to state we are going to have the choice of this or Coles little shop 2 especially for your age group to give your grand kids a pleasant surprise:)
YAYYYY! 🙄
Oh settle the (profanity) down. These are fun little pieces for kids who'll probably find these in 20 years time and get a good sense of nostalgia.
Instead of complaining, why not go out if your way to help the situation?
I don't like governments, but then i don't like plastic either, god this is a hard decision.
ITT: People believing that these tiny toys are bad for the environment because they are free instead of a paid toy. Or do you honestly believe LEGO should be banned?
My poor defenceless feet say "yes ban lego"
I feel a connection with your damaged sole(s)
I think the point is that if you go out of your way to purchase Lego, you will probably keep it. Whereas these freebies often go straight in the bin.
And the shameless hypocrisy involved, don't forget.
Hey! Let's help the Green Nazis by willingly getting rid of something useful and re-usable -while pretending it's for your own good, of course, and for cheap virtue-signalling credits- because then we can make more money by forcing you to buy the same thing that was previously supplied free!
And here's the funny bit- we're gonna push even more plastic trash that has no re-use, yet because we willingly caved-in on plastic bags, satisfying the virtue-signalling leftists, no-one is gonna bat an eye at the hypocrisy ahaha
It's hilarious; you wouldn't think it would work, but it does, because stupid Australians!
Just say you don't want it at the checkout.
It just to make themselves feel better… the same people with the biggest carbon footprints in the history of the world.
The vast majority of the Lego bought these days remains brand new in boxes in the cupboards and garages of adults. It's not hitting landfill anytime soon, if at all.
Plus theyre too expensive to throw out
People have forgotten about industrial waste all of a sudden.
Can't believe the discussion about plastic here. My kids will love these, I'm getting as many as I can.
I recycle, use compost and also landfill. These aren't going into landfill any time soon, if ever. My dogs will probably digest them well before that.
Of course they will - they’re kids! You should know better though. Whatever!
I call BS…lego at home is on display or in boxes. Woolies and Coles garbage at the bottom of you boxes or strewn over the floor.
You don't have to defend your position to the green Nazi's… it's a free country so do as you please… I use so much plastic amd i could not give a sh1t
Living in a free country doesn’t excuse one of their responsibility towards humanity and the environment.
And also, none of the “green Nazis” here are taking away people’s freedoms.
You’re still free to “use so much plastic and not give a shit”. It just means those who DO give a shit must take on a greater burden.
Cheers 👍🏼
Lol …the burden?
Hahaha
I do wonder how many of the people commenting in here have never owned or purchased plastic toys for children.
Not meant as an argument for or against, but something for people to consider. Too bad if they have a child who has their heart set on a Buzz Lightyear.
Recycling is arguably worse than landfill now
So using something again is worse than throwing it away and making a new one?
Some recycling processes cause yet more industrial type pollution so not always a viable solution. Australia appears to have a lack of reliable recycling facilities too. Why were we sending our recyclables overseas to SE Asian countries in the first place? Left with environmental damage and mountains of Aus rubbish so now returning to sender, and where is all that going? Landfill.
My dogs will probably digest them well before that.
So the plastic will still end up in the environment
These plastics are so beautiful and magical
Magical? Look into their black eyes. They all look dead inside.
It's like they modeled every character based on the elephant graveyard scene… spooky
Loving ops sarcasm. Not sure how everyone is missing his/her jest
You win today’s prize, your choice between,
A Dollarmite account or
A Happy mealDoes the Happy-meal come with a plastic toy? May I choose on behalf.
More to the point does the Dollarmite account come with clean banking?
@JediJan: Hi Jan! I remember you!!!
Used to see you on Yahoo! :)Small world(ish) - RIP the guinea pig
@capslock janitor: Sprung!
Things you remember. Yes, the piggies departed for greener pastures some years ago
@JediJan: I'm so glad we've found each other here Jan. Professing I love you so much you're cute * _ * Bless them
Happy meal. Cheers
These look great, can't wait. People with kids will appreciate these, everyone else will complain about plastic being the cancer of the world.
I have kid's and I hate this tacky junk.
Cool. Then say no if you're asked if you want one. Why neg?
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Belongs in the forums…
This is not a bargain.