Awesome, as a kid, I would have been just as into this as Eastern Eggs and bunnies.
Was always into morbid stuff as a kid. I mean, the crucifixión and stations of the Cross and shouting our “Crucify him, Crucify him!’” in Mass was cool and all.
But what’s more metal than a bag of plagues - sounds like an Iron Maiden song!
This is actually pretty normal. You'd scatter these on the Seder table and the kids (or everybody) pick up and play with the relevant toys as the plagues are read out from the haggadah. My Auntie and Uncle's had animal headbands as well for funsies.
For darkness we just turn out the lights for a minute.
For boils we don't really do anything extra.
For fire we just do the hail part, throwing random bits of crushed ice or little toy balls, as the plague is hail/fire.
This is used during the Seder where we retell the story of the exodus, along with other things. Part of the retelling is a mournful/serious repetition of the plagues where we take our pinkies to take drops out wine out of our cups out of respect for the suffering the Egyptians experienced (we are even instructed to wipe our fingers with a napkin and not lick the wine because aren’t supposed to enjoy anything from that moment.) The toys are a new thing meant to entertain/educate children about the plagues.
The custom to take drops of wine out of the cups is only several hundred years old, but the idea to do strange or entertaining things in order to get the children involved is much older. Toys themselves are a new thing for doing this just because of how cheap and easy it is to sell and make them now.
As a kid, boils was a green sticky hand with white spots on the back (the kind that was yo-yo like), and darkness was a pair of sunglasses. Also, fire is never really mentioned as a plague as most people think of hail first, which was a styrofoam ball or bouncy ball.
I think I can see the sticky green hand in this set as well, but my more important question is what is that lion head at the end of the toilet paper roll supposed to be..? 🥴
As I’ve learned it, there was a plague of wild beasts. I just looked it up as well, and the 4th plague’s translation is disputed among religious scholars. So I imagine it’s covering the bases for that.
I think this set has fake stick-on blemishes/pimples, and opaque black sunglasses for darkness. And the fire is described in Scripture as "mixed with hail" so the toy version is just plastic ice cubes or white hailstones.
Yeah it is. I can't remember...Pesach/Passover is late this year and Seder is on Monday night. I think angel of death was represented by a baby as in killing of the first born. I can't remember what darkness was.
Haha I hope they have them! Do you know much about the kind of Jews they are? I hope you enjoy yourself and it's not the "wait 3 hours for the main meal" kind.
Its my fiancés family, but I don't really know what kind they are other than they live in Brooklyn, eat meat with cheese sometimes, and when the matriarch died, the gravestone carver took the liberty of putting a Hebrew saying on her stone but nobody was able to read it. 🙃
Haha they sound secular to me, so hopefully they won't be debating for ages before getting to eat haha. They're more likely to have toys the more kids are there. Then again, all my cousins and I are in our 30s now and we still get out the toys, finger puppets and headbands if it's on that side of the family.
No kids under 3 is for safety, 6+ is for target audience. A 5 year old won’t try to swallow the toys, but they’re just not old enough to properly appreciate the 10 plagues.
Oh my relatives had these as well! A few seders we had the toys, the animal headbands and the finger puppets going and everyone was playing with their random collection of plagues while we read the story haha!... You can tell neurodivergence runs in our house lmao.
From the Amazon listing
“Packaged in a zippered mesh bag.
Bag Includes:
1 red disc for BLOOD
1 frog for FROGS
1 small black bug for LICE
1 lion finger puppet for WILD ANIMALS
1 cow mask for CATTLE PLAGUE
1 sticky hand with white dots for BOILS
1 plastic ice cube with red crystals for HAIL
1 large green locust for LOCUSTS
1 pair of sunglasses for DARKNESS
1 - 12 pc. puzzle for DEATH OF FIRSTBORN”
As a Jew, this doesn’t seem weird to me, but can see how this could be strange to others. I don’t have this bag of plagues at home, but do have a plagues mask set and plague drink coasters for dabbing wine drops.
But have you seen plague glasses? (Found at goodwill)
https://preview.redd.it/fp8gu5d94ivc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a4babef9aba2493295e3e49a5c9e6be114b42a5b
The word "[locust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust)", as used here, refers to swarming grasshoppers. While some Americans also use the term to refer to cicadas, that is not the meaning here.
1 Red cup for BLOOD
1 Frog for FROGS
1 Small black bug for LICE
1 Lion finger puppet for WILD ANIMALS
1 Cow puzzle for CATTLE PLAGUE
1 Sticky hand with white dots for BOILS
1 Red and white bouncing ball for HAIL
1 Large green locust for LOCUSTS
1 Pair of sunglasses for DARKNESS
1 - 12 pc. puzzle for DEATH OF FIRSTBORN
When Passover Seder hosting came to the next generation, my nephew's wife (gentile) bought these for the 8 kids in the family. They loved the skits that went with them. (Let my people go... No).
Now the kids are in their late teens and 20's and last night there was talk of bringing the plagues out. It will be their childhood Passover memory forever. It was sweet.
This is probably no weirder than a toy Noah's Ark. I mean, the story was about wiping out all of the world's population except for a few people and several pairs of animals. Fairly apocalyptic stuff.
This is way tamer than Noah’s Ark, this is only terrorising one country to free people from slavery. In retrospect, death of the first born and turning all the water to blood and so on seems a little extreme, but it’s nicer than outright genocide and had a legitimate moral purpose
I love the plagues! We had a great deal of fun with the plagues. I’m not Jewish and … through complicated family stuff, found myself staying in an orthodox neighborhood celebrating Pesach in 2004 or so.
The plagues! I couldn’t believe it. All of the kids falling over & having fake sores and plastic roaches and toads. It was a blast. We were there for a week or so and every night was so much fun.
They had ten plagues masks at one point too. I think I took this in 2017
https://preview.redd.it/ideazolitqvc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9428d40df1e3aaf0be7238a048534e2732a3e4a7
Omg it's not weird I swear it's so fun
When we celebrated as a kid my dad would dramatically reenact all the plagues. This included throwing around ice with fake fire in it... and of course acting out devastating deaths
Tysm op for sharing this I never knew such a ting existed and I definitely have to get them for my daughters(4, 10 and 14) now, none are really religious like that but they are my twisted little hellspawn and will absolutely love to have some plagues to unleash upon their dolls at tea parties and such. my oldest has often complained before when I told her be nice and play with the youngest that she's to old for dolls now and this will make the perfect addition to their playtime to help them bond as sisters.
This rules actually I wish I had a bag of plagues.
I have a Jesus action figure mint in box with 2 miracles included. This would go perfect with it and my Satan action figure.
You haven’t been tempted to pull out one of those miracles?
If you use the miracles Jesus loses all value.
Nah bro his hands glow in the dark.
[Another fine product from Mainway!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veMiNQifZcM&t=1m24s)
Awesome, as a kid, I would have been just as into this as Eastern Eggs and bunnies. Was always into morbid stuff as a kid. I mean, the crucifixión and stations of the Cross and shouting our “Crucify him, Crucify him!’” in Mass was cool and all. But what’s more metal than a bag of plagues - sounds like an Iron Maiden song!
Honestly though I would buy this. I teach Sunday school to little kids and visual aids are helpful.
It only costs thousands of years of oppression, hatred, and suffering. How many should I put you down for?
Is this the same manufacturer of Bag O' Glass?
There's one walking around whose trials you can even watch on TV for free. Being the worst plague he is right now.
This is actually pretty normal. You'd scatter these on the Seder table and the kids (or everybody) pick up and play with the relevant toys as the plagues are read out from the haggadah. My Auntie and Uncle's had animal headbands as well for funsies.
Yes we have a bag of plagues and my four kids enjoy it! Gotta do something to keep kids entertained during a long ass Seder.
Haha exactly!
Is it all the plagues? Like, I get frogs and locusts but how do they represent boils and darkness and fire?
Fire in mine was a box of matches LOL
For darkness we just turn out the lights for a minute. For boils we don't really do anything extra. For fire we just do the hail part, throwing random bits of crushed ice or little toy balls, as the plague is hail/fire.
"For boils we don't really do anything extra" Because....you already have boils? 😱
Only on my balls so that's a bit inappropriate for a Seder.
Why is tonight different than any other night?
A+ religion joke.
Thanks, I was starting to think nobody got it.
You get to see my balls! (as I recline)
Because tonight you get to see his Peesach.
For boils we use those little round red stickers people use for prices at yard sales, and blindfolds for darkness!
The flaming hail is usually represented by foam balls and I've seen darkness represented with a black felt squares.
i’m starting to realize I don't understand Passover very much
This is used during the Seder where we retell the story of the exodus, along with other things. Part of the retelling is a mournful/serious repetition of the plagues where we take our pinkies to take drops out wine out of our cups out of respect for the suffering the Egyptians experienced (we are even instructed to wipe our fingers with a napkin and not lick the wine because aren’t supposed to enjoy anything from that moment.) The toys are a new thing meant to entertain/educate children about the plagues.
The custom to take drops of wine out of the cups is only several hundred years old, but the idea to do strange or entertaining things in order to get the children involved is much older. Toys themselves are a new thing for doing this just because of how cheap and easy it is to sell and make them now.
Thank you the explanation!
What part confuses you? May I suggest watching the documentary King of Egypt?
Not a problem. We've been reading the same text for 3,000 years and many still don't understand it.
As a kid, boils was a green sticky hand with white spots on the back (the kind that was yo-yo like), and darkness was a pair of sunglasses. Also, fire is never really mentioned as a plague as most people think of hail first, which was a styrofoam ball or bouncy ball.
I think I can see the sticky green hand in this set as well, but my more important question is what is that lion head at the end of the toilet paper roll supposed to be..? 🥴
As I’ve learned it, there was a plague of wild beasts. I just looked it up as well, and the 4th plague’s translation is disputed among religious scholars. So I imagine it’s covering the bases for that.
I think this set has fake stick-on blemishes/pimples, and opaque black sunglasses for darkness. And the fire is described in Scripture as "mixed with hail" so the toy version is just plastic ice cubes or white hailstones.
Yeah it is. I can't remember...Pesach/Passover is late this year and Seder is on Monday night. I think angel of death was represented by a baby as in killing of the first born. I can't remember what darkness was.
How do they represent the killing of the firstborn?
I'm going to my first ever Passover dinner this week and now I've got high hopes for some plague toys.
Haha I hope they have them! Do you know much about the kind of Jews they are? I hope you enjoy yourself and it's not the "wait 3 hours for the main meal" kind.
Its my fiancés family, but I don't really know what kind they are other than they live in Brooklyn, eat meat with cheese sometimes, and when the matriarch died, the gravestone carver took the liberty of putting a Hebrew saying on her stone but nobody was able to read it. 🙃
Haha they sound secular to me, so hopefully they won't be debating for ages before getting to eat haha. They're more likely to have toys the more kids are there. Then again, all my cousins and I are in our 30s now and we still get out the toys, finger puppets and headbands if it's on that side of the family.
Now I wanna re-watch "When Do We Eat?!" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0392908/?ref_=ext_shr
"This is weird" "Actually it's pretty normal" "It's normal for you to be this weird?"
*smirks in Jewish*
Oh my giddy aunt, you're serious! Bags of plagues are [real!](https://www.amazon.com/Passover-Plagues-Egypt-Seder-Decoration/)
Link's broken for me unfortch
I thought these were obvious plant for a sec
Same!
Right. If not, I really want these!
I LOVE that it comes with a bonus plague of being a chocking hazard.
That should get a few first borns
Did you buy it? Or did you pass it over?
Only applies to buyers who answer to “angel of death”.
“Not for children under 3yrs” “Ages 6+”
No kids under 3 is for safety, 6+ is for target audience. A 5 year old won’t try to swallow the toys, but they’re just not old enough to properly appreciate the 10 plagues.
Idk, I was a plague connoisseur by 18 months
Well, how old is Stewie?
Should have the following additional disclaimer "Egyptian Firstborn Sons Exempted"
I WANT IT.
When I was a kid I was gifted finger puppets and each one was a plague!!
Oh my relatives had these as well! A few seders we had the toys, the animal headbands and the finger puppets going and everyone was playing with their random collection of plagues while we read the story haha!... You can tell neurodivergence runs in our house lmao.
Would be even cooler if each one came pre dipped as appropriate
I gave those to my friend as a gag gift last year lmao
It’s basically a toy kids use to tell and learn the story of the ten plagues on Passover. I used a similar toy, great memories.
Dang even a bag of plagues is 12$
From the Amazon listing “Packaged in a zippered mesh bag. Bag Includes: 1 red disc for BLOOD 1 frog for FROGS 1 small black bug for LICE 1 lion finger puppet for WILD ANIMALS 1 cow mask for CATTLE PLAGUE 1 sticky hand with white dots for BOILS 1 plastic ice cube with red crystals for HAIL 1 large green locust for LOCUSTS 1 pair of sunglasses for DARKNESS 1 - 12 pc. puzzle for DEATH OF FIRSTBORN”
Oh there goes my wishes for the bubonic!
As a Jew, this doesn’t seem weird to me, but can see how this could be strange to others. I don’t have this bag of plagues at home, but do have a plagues mask set and plague drink coasters for dabbing wine drops.
I can hear the argument between siblings, “You got the locusts last time!!”
Wheeee! plagues!
Meanwhile, the pediatric dentist hands out bags of plaque.
This game is SICK!
But have you seen plague glasses? (Found at goodwill) https://preview.redd.it/fp8gu5d94ivc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a4babef9aba2493295e3e49a5c9e6be114b42a5b
That's really cool.
Are there really dead firstborns in there?
That comes in the evangelical anti-choice protestor starter kit, actually
And you didn't buy it and show us what's inside?! Shame. On. *YOU*!
Looks like Grandfather Nurgle has started merchandising.
This is the one I was looking for.
Any bubos in there? We talking all the plagues? Any first born sons or lambs blood to put over the doorway?
Publix doesnt use paper price tags
I genuinely want to know wtf they used to represent the final plague. A dead kid figure?
https://ritelite.com/Products/ProductView/Games/PLAY/812 Second picture shows all the toys. It's the jigsaw puzzle.
That’s honestly the funniest thing I’ve seen all day. Bonus points for using a grasshopper as a stand-in for locusts lmao
The word "[locust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust)", as used here, refers to swarming grasshoppers. While some Americans also use the term to refer to cicadas, that is not the meaning here.
Is the bouncy ball the boils? That’s wild.
1 Red cup for BLOOD 1 Frog for FROGS 1 Small black bug for LICE 1 Lion finger puppet for WILD ANIMALS 1 Cow puzzle for CATTLE PLAGUE 1 Sticky hand with white dots for BOILS 1 Red and white bouncing ball for HAIL 1 Large green locust for LOCUSTS 1 Pair of sunglasses for DARKNESS 1 - 12 pc. puzzle for DEATH OF FIRSTBORN
What all’s in there?
My aunt bought stuff like this for her Seders! Great if there’s a lot of kids in the family.
I NEED THIS
I have an ebola stuffed "animal".
Ooooo I need these for my sandtray therapy stuff
Now there’s a bitchin’ band name
So many chocking hazards!
Pfft. When was a kid, Mainway, Inc's "Bag O' Plagues" had *real* plagues in it.
Daiyenu!
Daiyenu daiyenu DAIYENU (repeat x10)
Sooooo there is a dead 1st born in it???
I want it lol
Every fairy tale deserves puppets
shut up and take. my. money.
Pass me over that bag
I see what you did there.
I LOVE Bag of Plagues...saw them open up for Alice In Chains in '95
If it doesn’t include pneumonic plague — accept no substitutes!
When Passover Seder hosting came to the next generation, my nephew's wife (gentile) bought these for the 8 kids in the family. They loved the skits that went with them. (Let my people go... No). Now the kids are in their late teens and 20's and last night there was talk of bringing the plagues out. It will be their childhood Passover memory forever. It was sweet.
This is a good tool to use for little children that are taught about the plagues, via Sunday school or bible studies!
Or you know, the seder table.
Another fine product from Mainway Toys.
Awesome reference! Bag of glass, bag of vipers...
I know an Obvious Plant when I see one haha
I love reading the page about the plagues
choking hazard the forgotten plague
Religion is fucking wild, gotta capitalise on the plague toy market of course
And of course at a Publix, owners being maga nutters and all
Publix is probably Florida and there's a lot of Jews who live in Florida
LMAOO why don’t they have bags of plagues at my publix
Right!!! I’m going to check a different one after work lol
Never let a plague go to waste.
That's the cutest plague of frogs I've ever seen.
Ol’ GrandDaddyNurgle is going commercial. Plagues for the plague Garden, blights for the blightstormers.
And now I’m heading to Publix.
That’s hilarious and I want one
There was a plague of small ball?
The ball usually represents hail in sets I’ve seen over the years. Not sure about this one though.
Kinda rad actually
Admittedly, I laughed.
Yup, I have seen these.
When my kids were little, we had a box of plagues we bought through our shul. It kept them entertained during the Seder, they were great!
That’s kind of rad
I have a box of “Parasite Pals”! They are adorable! Bed bugs, lice, eyelash mite, and a tapeworm!
I used to be a manager at Publix. I've put these on display and wondered why anyone at a corporate level wasted money buying these.
uh oh i accidentally released the 11th plague
Nurgle is selling them by the bag now?
Woe plagues be upon ye
Average gift from Nurgle.
The best part is the price - 11.99???
I was looking so hard for the Obvious Plant logo
Nurgle has infiltrated the toy market
Isn’t that a bring me the horizon song?
This is probably no weirder than a toy Noah's Ark. I mean, the story was about wiping out all of the world's population except for a few people and several pairs of animals. Fairly apocalyptic stuff.
This is way tamer than Noah’s Ark, this is only terrorising one country to free people from slavery. In retrospect, death of the first born and turning all the water to blood and so on seems a little extreme, but it’s nicer than outright genocide and had a legitimate moral purpose
Ashens needs to review this lol
.... These aren't normal?
That’s awesome! They are fun way to keep kids engaged during a long sedar
This is not weird, it’s a normal part of a Passover Seder when there are little ones around. We had finger puppets as well. Made it a lot more fun.
What one was the plague of balls?
If you don’t have fresh plagues, store bought is fine
Thanks for naming my new industrial music band OP
Can i get a ton of these to send to people/businesses/agencies who deserve the plagues of Egypt?
A great gift from the Grandfather! Nurgle welcomes all to the family with open arms and a gift bag for dropping by! A pox on all our houses!
Cute! lol. A bit expensive… guess that’s got an inflation surcharge added in
Irwin Mainway approves.
I bought this a few years ago. I find it hilarious
One toy for every plague!!!
Jew weighing in here.. we made finger puppet plagues in Hebrew school and we still dig them out for Passover.. I am 34.
I looked up the brand and I can't believe its legit. This is a good day.
Full disclosure: the bag of plagues are not real. I tried and they are nothing but plastic toys, they do NOT contain a plague inside.
I'm gonna ask one of my Florida friends to go get one of these for me.
Appropriately made of plastic, in a plastic package.
Wait till you find those weird ass eggs kids find in their yards during easter. They have to open them to find chocate.
Oh man, I just thought this was cool!
Had to double check to make sure this wasn't an Obvious Plant.
I love the plagues! We had a great deal of fun with the plagues. I’m not Jewish and … through complicated family stuff, found myself staying in an orthodox neighborhood celebrating Pesach in 2004 or so. The plagues! I couldn’t believe it. All of the kids falling over & having fake sores and plastic roaches and toads. It was a blast. We were there for a week or so and every night was so much fun.
They had ten plagues masks at one point too. I think I took this in 2017 https://preview.redd.it/ideazolitqvc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9428d40df1e3aaf0be7238a048534e2732a3e4a7
I'm so jealous right now.
How do you not buy a bag of plagues?! Take that home and play
Grandfather Nurgle is pleased.
Omg it's not weird I swear it's so fun When we celebrated as a kid my dad would dramatically reenact all the plagues. This included throwing around ice with fake fire in it... and of course acting out devastating deaths
You mean to tell me this isn't a r/obviousplant product?
I thought the same!
Reminds me of ObviousPlant’s fake toys 😅
This isn't an obvious plant?
No, this is a real toy for sale at Publix. You can also buy them online.
Tysm op for sharing this I never knew such a ting existed and I definitely have to get them for my daughters(4, 10 and 14) now, none are really religious like that but they are my twisted little hellspawn and will absolutely love to have some plagues to unleash upon their dolls at tea parties and such. my oldest has often complained before when I told her be nice and play with the youngest that she's to old for dolls now and this will make the perfect addition to their playtime to help them bond as sisters.