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'Dirty Dozen' list of violent toys released.

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Allister

Chico, CA

September 2003

NOV 24, 2003 08:04 PM

*All* of my childhood favorites are on this list.

I hope you laugh as hard as I did.......

http://money.cnn.com/2003/11/24/news/companies/violent_toy/index.htm?cnn=yes

dagan

Minneapolis, MN

March 2003

NOV 24, 2003 08:33 PM

Why can't Star Wars be violent and cool? Damn you George Lucas for making Ep. II suck!!!

opacity

Richmond, VA

November 2003

NOV 24, 2003 08:52 PM

Hmm.... I wonder if bb guns and paintbull guns count as violent toys....
Cause I'ma shoot someone's eye out! *waaah*

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA

September 2003

NOV 24, 2003 09:45 PM

"Our children are now moved along from the cartoon violence in 'Ninja Turtles' to the cold-blooded murder in 'The Matrix Reloaded' in just a few short years"

IT'S NOT COLD-BLOODED MURDER IF HE'S SITTING IN A DENTIST CHAIR!

- Jeff Fries, DDS

brynji

Bloomington, IN

December 2002

NOV 24, 2003 10:10 PM

Now come on, when we tell kids that they can't play with ninja turtles, something has DEFINITELY gone wrong in the course of common logic.

jake_lex

Lexington, KY

February 2003

NOV 27, 2003 03:58 PM

These toys infuriate me far more than anything on that list.

Rosalyn

SUICIDEGIRL

Ontario, Canada

NOV 27, 2003 07:56 PM

jake_lex said:
These toys infuriate me far more than anything on that list.

HAHAHA!

"Hi! My name is Yasmin!
My friends call me 'Pretty Princess' because I rule!"

I really don't remember liking that kind of crap when I was a kid... either I just don't remember, or kids are getting dumber.

arrington1279

Orlando, FL

July 2003

NOV 27, 2003 08:21 PM

Christ, this whole article's full of gems.

"'The message on the toy's box says, "Judge, jury and enforcer! ... Casey has a unique sense of what's right or wrong and you better be on the side of right or he'll slap shot you upside your head with his hockey stick."

"About "The Hulk" toy, the group said the stuffed green toy looks "friendly and harmless as the Jolly Green Giant but is based on a PG-13 movie about rage."

I've gotta see the toy that makes the Hulk look like the Jolly Green Giant.

bruiser_boy

Lewiston, ME

September 2003

NOV 27, 2003 08:21 PM

Jeez, I had no idea how much toys suck now. I'm buying my kids razorwire and gun powder.

Velvetone_Fusion

Owings Mills, MD

November 2003

NOV 27, 2003 08:24 PM

jake_lex said:
These toys infuriate me far more than anything on that list.

Yah, Formal Funk. Cuz Sly, James Brown, and Parliment are just so huge with kids today.

Artax

Frederick, MD

July 2003

NOV 27, 2003 10:12 PM

Transformers?? You have GOT to be kidding me..

Whoever starts these groups.. need to be shown a little violence themselves..

Nothing is safe anymore..

Nic

SUICIDEGIRL

United Kingdom

NOV 28, 2003 04:39 AM

Rosalyn said:

jake_lex said:
These toys infuriate me far more than anything on that list.

HAHAHA!

"Hi! My name is Yasmin!
My friends call me 'Pretty Princess' because I rule!"

I really don't remember liking that kind of crap when I was a kid... either I just don't remember, or kids are getting dumber.

"Hey! My name is Jade! My friends call me 'Kool Kat' because I love cats! And I'm cool!"

I think they should re-name these dolls 'Kuntz'.

Nic

SUICIDEGIRL

United Kingdom

NOV 28, 2003 04:41 AM

Oh and why do the Bratz boys all have serial killer style nicknames? 'The Fox' 'The Dragon', 'The Panther'.

May as well be called the Ripper.

jake_lex

Lexington, KY

February 2003

NOV 28, 2003 06:04 AM

"Bratz" remind me of that episode of "The Simpsons" where Lisa buys a Talking Malibu Stacey doll and is shocked to hear it say things like "Don't ask me, I'm only a girl!"

Nic

SUICIDEGIRL

United Kingdom

NOV 28, 2003 09:29 AM

Girls toys in general totally blow goats. I work in a department store, and all the boys toys are awesome robots and motorcycles and other cool shit, but the girls have things like replica ironing boards, washing lines and coffee machines!

Why would you want to play pretend at something as tedious as ironing- that you are going to DREAD as soon as you reach adulthood.

I had awesome toys as a kid. Lots of stuffed animals and Transformers, hell yeah.

marley386

Arcata, CA

October 2003

NOV 28, 2003 09:46 AM

I grew up way the heck out in the country and my folks din't make a hell of a lot of money - so my sister and I played with the same toys. I think she turned out a hell of a lot better, as a woman, than 90% of the girls that I met in college. I mean - everyone seems to think that we've moved out of the misogyny and into the 90's (or whatever the hell we call out current decade) but the same tired shit is being played out in toystores and video games accross the country - hell, accross the world! Why are we trying to convince our children not to think - more than that, why are we trying to coax our daughters back in the kitchen? Is it because men have been doing such a good job? HELL NO! The world is being bent over by men... I say we give all the boys cookbooks, ironing boards and demeaning stereotypical material to convince them to be house-husbands, and give the women a crack at fucking up the world before there aint nuthin' left to fuck up!

skryche

New York, NY

January 2003

NOV 28, 2003 10:17 AM

Whoever made that incomprehensible table is on crack.

And I hardly think a Hulk action figure is anywhere near the same category as "More shocking than Grand Theft Auto" Manhunt.

DannyShaftoe

San Francisco, CA

July 2003

NOV 28, 2003 12:03 PM

Why are DVD's considered children's toys? In theory, aren't those films rated that children shouldn't be seeing them?

Oh, and fuck the Power Rangers. Put them on any watchdog list you want.

Oracle

Courtenay, BC

September 2003

NOV 28, 2003 02:46 PM

the ninja turtles are still around?

GO NINJA GO NINJA GO

Nescafe

Winter Park, FL

June 2003

NOV 28, 2003 03:30 PM

LoL! Turtle Power!!

how the hell did THIS not make it in the ''dirty toys" list?

Life Sized Satanic Doll Serves As Masturbation Toy For America's Youth

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atxJIM

Chapel Hill, NC

May 2003

NOV 28, 2003 06:32 PM

You know the "Landover Baptist" site you found it on is a joke.........

Right????

Just checkin'

usagi_obake

Keene, NH

July 2002

NOV 30, 2003 04:02 AM

I think the most violent toy my parents ever bought me was a pair of boxing gloves... I'd use one and my friend would use the other and we'd pound the shit out of each other till we were nearly unconcious...

When I went home this summer I saw these giant Hulk fists and I wanted them so bad.

RACER_X

Philadelphia, PA

February 2003

NOV 30, 2003 09:01 AM

Geez Louise, whadda bunch of ninnys!

r3v

San Jose, CA

March 2003

NOV 30, 2003 01:41 PM

Nic said:
I think they should re-name these dolls 'Kuntz'.

Hah! I'd have to buy one if they were named that!

-r

added on edit: PS: 2 Fast 2 Furious Die Cast Cars?! Um... are they calling hotwheels too dangerous these days?!

[Edited on Nov 30, 2003 by r3v]

FrankMask

Saint Paul, MN

June 2003

DEC 01, 2003 07:32 AM

Joy.

It's disturbing that my seven year old brother is more capable of discerning between what is real and what is fantasy than these people.

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