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Report: Hasbro Stops Making Gina Carano’s ‘Star Wars’ Action Figure
Breitbart ^ | 16 Feb 2021 | NATE CHURCH

Posted on 02/16/2021 5:14:44 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Toy industry giant Hasbro has ceased production on the “Cara Dune” action figure following Gina Carano’s firing from Disney’s streaming series The Mandalorian.

On Monday, online retailer BigBadToyStore announced it would cancel all existing preorders of Cara Dune action figures in response to outrage over Carano’s social media profiles — which prompted Lucasfilm, owned by Disney, to fire her from the popular show. Carano faced backlash after linking modern American cancel culture to the Holocaust in a since-deleted message.

“Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future,” a Lucasfilm spokesperson said in a statement at the time. “Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”

“The ‘Star Wars’ Black [Series] Cara Dune figure was released in 2020 and sold out not long after the inventory was received,” a spokesperson for BigBadToyStore told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement delivered by e-mail on Monday. “Hasbro planned for another production run and we were accepting preorders from that production run. Due to recent events, Hasbro was no longer approved to produce any more of this figure.”

Meanwhile, Carano has doubled down, railing against “cancel culture” in statements following the decision. “I am sending out a direct message of hope to everyone living in fear of cancellation by the totalitarian mob,” she wrote on Twitter Friday. “I have only just begun using my voice which is now freer than ever before, and I hope it inspires others to do the same. They can’t cancel us if we don’t let them.”

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KEYWORDS: cancelculture; disney; ginacarano; hasbro; hasbrohasbeen; lucasfilm; starwars; themandalorian
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Get woke, go broke.
1 posted on 02/16/2021 5:14:44 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Instant collectible


2 posted on 02/16/2021 5:17:15 PM PST by steveo
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How petty are these corporations?


3 posted on 02/16/2021 5:18:00 PM PST by jersey117
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Has bro...
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4 posted on 02/16/2021 5:19:52 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The Republican Party is dead. Long live the Founders Party.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Who needs fascist governments when the fascist corporations will do the same job, more efficiently?


5 posted on 02/16/2021 5:20:54 PM PST by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor: Comitii asinorum atque rhinocerorum delendi sunt.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; 100American; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; ...

Boycott all Hasbro products. Your kids can get wooden trains next Christmas.

PING!


6 posted on 02/16/2021 5:21:11 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (GOP-free since 10/9/20)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Great statement from her.


7 posted on 02/16/2021 5:23:09 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: steveo

$199.99 on Amazon right now...


8 posted on 02/16/2021 5:24:57 PM PST by EEGator
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We need laws that prevent major corporations from breaking contracts over politics.


9 posted on 02/16/2021 5:25:12 PM PST by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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1 left in stock

Price: $144.49

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WJW1TFH/


10 posted on 02/16/2021 5:26:01 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is the last legally elected U.S. President.)
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That’s the “carbonized” one.
The normal one is unavailable except for $200 collectible ones.


11 posted on 02/16/2021 5:27:26 PM PST by EEGator
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To: jersey117

As petty as the anonymity of the woke decision maker allows.


12 posted on 02/16/2021 5:27:36 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not long before Thought Crime becomes just that. What exactly did she say about the Holocaust? Her statements about the vote and masks could only offend somebody who wanted to be offended.


13 posted on 02/16/2021 5:30:04 PM PST by Nateman (Keep Liberty Alive! Article V)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
My favourite star wars action figure


14 posted on 02/16/2021 5:34:09 PM PST by xp38
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Yep.
I’ll be going out tomorrow to get as many as I can.


15 posted on 02/16/2021 5:39:14 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Only a moronic, suicidal group would try a Great Purge 2021 on an armed American. We're ready!)
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To: xp38
I rather fancied this rare collectible:


16 posted on 02/16/2021 5:39:37 PM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

>> Boycott all Hasbro products. Your kids can get wooden trains next Christmas.

Indeed. But we still need to be proactive as a large group.


17 posted on 02/16/2021 5:41:53 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Best character in series, other than baby Yoda


18 posted on 02/16/2021 5:42:04 PM PST by HangnJudge (Amen (Awomen) brother!)
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To: fidelis

That’s awesome.


19 posted on 02/16/2021 5:42:06 PM PST by EEGator
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It really ends up f’ing over the collector market who cares not about these political issues, rather, owning action figures of characters they enjoy (Which was one of George Lucas’ strength, monetizing Star Wars into a massive toy line). I imagine in time, her figure(s) will inflat in prices on the secondary market (eBay, Facebook collector groups and such).


20 posted on 02/16/2021 5:45:01 PM PST by goodolemr
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