

"Bubble Shea" has some very disturbing insecurities - self-centeredness, competitiveness, and even causes another character (the cookie) to do wrong. We found the cross-dressing of the gum-gum tree disturbing (the characters dress a male tree as a woman - with lipstick, eye-shadow, and nail-polish to get fruit from his tree) - an unnecessary political plug targeting children. It just didn't meet their expectations in so many ways. The idea seemed promising - a cooking competition (like other live reality cooking competitions) among the Shopkins characters, using the ingredients, which are the smaller characters themselves. The children (as well as us as parents) were extremely disappointed in the plot and overall production of the Shopkins characters. Our children are really into Shopkins - the toys and the Chef Club Game.
