False advertising! Baffled shoppers share packaging mistakes that have doubled their profits
Product designers have a difficult job capturing consumers' attention – and sometimes they have to think outside the box so that their items stand out from the crowd.
This can result in unusual, eye-catching packaging for items on the shelves of stores around the world, but some products catch the attention of shoppers for the wrong reasons.
People from all over the world have shared some of the weirdest packaging they've seen in stores and online, which have been collected into a gallery by ranker.com.
Some of the strangest examples include a Wonder Woman 3 in 1 body wash, shampoo and conditioner – but to get the product out of the can, the superhero 'froths at the mouth'.
Elsewhere in Britain, a shopper did a double take after looking at a carton of buttermilk with an unusual design that could have been mistaken for a phallic symbol.
And in an even stranger turn of events, a customer came across a toy gun marketed to children as a “musical instrument.”
People from all over the world have been sharing the bizarre packaging choices they've noticed, and Ranker.com has rounded up the worst fails. They include a confusing takeaway box in the US that has left meat eaters baffled
About in Swedensomeone seemed to be mixing up their pets when a photo frame labeled “my dog” showed a photo of a suspiciously feline-looking creature.
And another mix-up occurred in the world of superheroes when Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear was marketed as a character from Marvel's Avengers.
Here, FEMAIL takes a look at some of the most notable packaging mistakes…
Elsewhere, a carton of buttermilk, on sale in British supermarket Tesco, inadvertently contained a phallic image.
What breed is that? A photo frame in Sweden with the words “my dog” written on it had a photo of a cat in the frame as a placeholder
Sweet sound of… gunfire? Meanwhile, in an awkward blunder, a children's toy gun was packaged as a “musical instrument.”
Daring! Meanwhile, the unfortunate placement of the cut-out window makes the packaging look somewhat indecent
Uncomfortable! Includes a Wonder Woman 3 in 1 body wash, shampoo and conditioner, which literally foams from the mouth
Wrong movie! Elsewhere, a Buzz Lightyear figurine from the movie Toy Story was packaged as an Avengers character
Yes! The unfortunate choice of font for these lights makes them sound a lot ruder than they are
Oops! Elsewhere, in the US, this Jello pack incorrectly claims that frown is a 'four-letter word'
48 hours! Meanwhile, this movie poster seemed to confuse the main characters in an awkward blunder
A toilet seat for sale in the US used a photo of a woman relaxing in the bath as its promotional photo
An unintentionally sinister slogan on this jam for sale in the US evokes the themes of Little Red Riding Hood while proclaiming that the preserves 'taste like grandma'