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I still can't believe this Crooked Houses nonsense. |
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Posts: 71002 (06/27/2009 10:30 PM) Most Generous JJBer '07 |
These things are ridiculous.
Oh FYI if you do want to spend thousands of dollars for one, you have to assemble them YOURSELVES. Unless you are Jon & Kate, of course. |
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Posts: 71003 (06/27/2009 10:31 PM) Most Generous JJBer '07 |
AND YOU HAVE TO PAINT THEM, TOO.
This company should be ashamed of themselves. |
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Posts: 39235 (06/27/2009 10:33 PM) |
Kate is exactly like my SIL. Secretly I think Kate is her hero and role model.
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Posts: 1475 (06/27/2009 10:34 PM) |
Those houses are thousands of dollars?! they looked pretty ugly to me.
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Posts: 71005 (06/27/2009 10:34 PM) Most Generous JJBer '07 |
Oh wait I lied. They'll assemble for only $299!
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Posts: 71006 (06/27/2009 10:35 PM) Most Generous JJBer '07 |
Playhouses for rich kids!
http://www.kidscrookedhouse.com/Default.aspx |
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Posts: 7402 (06/27/2009 10:36 PM) |
And they're SMALL. I was surprised.
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Posts: 11334 (06/27/2009 10:37 PM) |
I didn't think they were as cute as they sounded either. My husband saw me watching that episode and looked them up online...looks like those houses would
have cost them $10,000.
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Posts: 1478 (06/27/2009 10:37 PM) |
oh they're still ugly lol
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Posts: 71007 (06/27/2009 10:39 PM) Most Generous JJBer '07 |
Which models did J&K get? I haven't seen the finished product on the show yet, but I'm sure they didn't get the basic one.
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Posts: 633 (06/27/2009 10:40 PM) |
Agree with above.
And also, is it just me or was anyone else thinking of at least a dozen ways a kid could get seriously injured in them? Those doors that swing all the way in are an accident waiting to happen - as was evidenced by several of the Gosselins (including Kate) getting hit by them. I can't believe they're as expensive as they are - they're structurally sound, sure, but what is it inside? Um, the backside of some plywood and 2x4s and some stickers if you're lucky. I was getting splinters just looking at them! 
Very cute idea, but for that money, I'd want a palace for my kid. And I didn't realize assembly wasn't included in the cost...which means if MY dad was putting one together when I was a kid, it probably would NOT have been structurally sound! 
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Posts: 71009 (06/27/2009 10:42 PM) Most Generous JJBer '07 |
Oh geez Kate strikes again with her disinterest in free stuff.
Jon was doing a voiceover explaining the process. How they sent stencils for the kids to draw on and how they received a rendering that they approved, etc. In the next shot Aaden asked: "Is ours going to have dinosaurs?" Kate: "No, I think yours is pirates. I forget, though." Ugh. |
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Posts: 11335 (06/27/2009 10:43 PM) |
I had a big playhouse as a kid with furniture inside and a loft, and I know my parents didn't spend thousands of dollars on it.
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understand why the twins each got their own.
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Posts: 11336 (06/27/2009 10:46 PM) |
It pissed me off when the builder guy showed Jon the stickers they made for them, and he gave an unenthusiastic "awesome." Both parents didn't
seem to give a shit they got free thousand dollar playhouses, they just wanted to get them put in and get it over with.
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Dana278 |
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Posts: 71010 (06/27/2009 10:46 PM) Most Generous JJBer '07 |
My parents wouldn't even spring for that plastic playhouse that everyone seemed to have in the 80s.
We had to make a fort under my dad's pool table.
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Posts: 14942 (06/27/2009 10:47 PM) |
They look like really ugly birdhouses.
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Posts: 4192 (06/27/2009 10:47 PM) |
Seriously. It's a cute idea, and they look nice on the outside, but I was shocked at how small they were, and especially how plain they are inside.
There's nothing in there! Especially for that outrageous amount of money. It seems like the kids would get bored with them pretty quickly.
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Posts: 71011 (06/27/2009 10:47 PM) Most Generous JJBer '07 |
RollerGirl19 wrote: Ew. I haven't seen that part yet! I might just have to fast forward past all of this because it's annoying me too much overall.
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Posts: 39239 (06/27/2009 10:49 PM) |
Dana278 wrote:I wanted those plastic playhouses from the 80's too. |
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Posts: 1599 (06/27/2009 10:50 PM) |
Fantasmic303 wrote:That's what I was thinking. The boys kept on getting stuck when trying to open the door. The whole thing looks like one big splinter waiting to happen. |
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Posts: 29947 (06/27/2009 10:50 PM) Chris Fanatic '03 |
I'm surprised Kate didn't make TLC pay for a couple of these. $30,000:
http://www.lapetitemaison.com/ph.html |
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