Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Django Untoyed

Seriously Offensive?
For some inexplicable reason, NECA decided to make Django Unchained toys?  WFT?  The toys were on the shelves for a hot minute before Al Sharpton protested the idea.  The protest gained enough steam for NECA to pull the toys off the market, which caused a Ebay frenzy of over inflated prices.  Some were going from $350 to $500, then it got even crazier when the Broomhilder toy got listed for $19,999.99.   Ebay put a halt to the toy sales under it's "offensive materials" policy - which state member cannot sell such items because they graphically portray violence or victims of violence, unless they have substantial social, artistic, or political value.  Makes you wonder why the Mayans had to be wrong when stupidity like this happens.

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