Posted on 10/21/2014 8:05:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Toys Я Us is pulling its four collectible dolls based on characters from AMCs hit series Breaking Bad after taking heat from a Florida mom who launched a petition campaign last week.
The dolls are based on the series about Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who turns into a crystal meth dealer, and his sidekick Jesse Pinkman. The figures have a detachable bag of cash and a bag of methamphetamines.
Toys Я Us, which is based in Wayne, New Jersey, told The Associated Press late Tuesday that the dolls are being removed immediately from its website and shelves.
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Another housewife with too much time and energy on her hands and not enough to do with both.
I have actually seen Andre’s dinner partner in public more than any other “celebrity” I have encountered. Inconceivable!
Women like this think the entire world should adjust itself to their delicate sensibilities. Women like this often end up getting into relationships and marrying radical jihadis.
Good for her. Thank God some people still can tell right from wrong, and stand for what is right.
Wallace Shawn gets around.
Just another First World Problem in a Nation bent on becoming a Third World Banana Republic.
I would ask that mom, seriously, did you think about this at all our just go with the first hare-brained thong that popped into your head? Part of playing as a kid is some form of good guys vs bad guys. It is repetition and rehearsal for life, you want your kids recognizing good and evil. How are your kids supposed to learn that with no bad guys? Ok, sure, you could give them an obama or a Reid or a Pelosi doll, but you shouldn’t scare them that much.
Oh, this is just great. There goes my Christmas shopping list for the kids. Thanks, complainers.
I know you and I are not cordial to each other but that’s damn funny.
I have actually seen Andres dinner partner in public more than any other celebrity I have encountered. Inconceivable!
Thank you. Wait, when have we been discordial ? And two points if you can cite my reference without Googling it. ;-)
You have me with that one.
It’s a reference to “Waiting for Guffman.” A hilarious film if you ever get a chance to see it.
Saturday Night Live used to have a recurring skit about a slimeball toy hawker who sold Maimway Products.
So you are all for Toys R Us selling these dolls that glorify the drug trade to kids? I think that you're on the wrong forum, huntress. You don't belong on FR.
That was a great auto-correct fail. Thing, not thong. One wonders about the emails and texts I’ve been sending if the input system thinks that is a commonly used word.
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