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A toy depicting the 9/11 attacks.

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A toy depicting the 9/11 attacks.

Ahahahahah! That rocks. I want one ... Ebay here I come!

Ahahahahah! That rocks. I want one ... Ebay here I come!
You should be beaten to death with the corpses of your family.

I think people are really letting their imaginations work overtime these days...this is plain dumb. Anybody see the face of Jesus on a pappadum lately?

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A toy depicting the 9/11 attacks.

That's great! I want one!
Oh, wait, I've got a glass one already.

oh my god people, get a fucking grip

its a toy that comes with candy, all it is is 2 buldings as towers to suspend a fricking plane above the base of the toy

there is no pull action lever that crashes the plane into a tower
there is cut off part of the plane sticking out of a tower
the base doesnt say "allah achbar"

GET OVER IT, ITS A FRICKING TOY WITH A PLANE AND TOWERS, STOP BEING SO DAMNED SENSTIVE

if you want to ban this ban ALL legos, if you have enough legos you can build 2 towers and a couple of plane looking toys and ram the lego planes into the lego towers, thats a helluvalot more than this is

oh my god people, get a fucking grip

its a toy that comes with candy, all it is is 2 buldings as towers to suspend a fricking plane above the base of the toy

there is no pull action lever that crashes the plane into a tower
there is cut off part of the plane sticking out of a tower
the base doesnt say "allah achbar"

GET OVER IT, ITS A FRICKING TOY WITH A PLANE AND TOWERS, STOP BEING SO DAMNED SENSTIVE

if you want to ban this ban ALL legos, if you have enough legos you can build 2 towers and a couple of plane looking toys and ram the lego planes into the lego towers, thats a helluvalot more than this is

Hey if this is allowed I'm going to go out an make a toy of a black soldier being impaled by a sword by a Confederate soldier during the Civil War, how does that sound?

Hey if this is allowed I'm going to go out an make a toy of a black soldier being impaled by a sword by a Confederate soldier during the Civil War, how does that sound?
let me try this again



IT IS A TOY THAT COMES WITH CANDY OF A PLANE BEING SUSPENDED FROM THE BASE OF THE TOY BY TWO POLES THAT LOOK LIKE BUILDING

what the hell should the poles look like if the image to be suspended is a damned plane?


and guess what BLACK PEOPLE DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR, GET A GRIP YOU OVERSENSITIZED BUFFOONS

I agree with majority of everyone, you just might be letting your imagination run way to far

let me try this again



IT IS A TOY THAT COMES WITH CANDY OF A PLANE BEING SUSPENDED FROM THE BASE OF THE TOY BY TWO POLES THAT LOOK LIKE BUILDING

what the hell should the poles look like if the image to be suspended is a damned plane?


and guess what BLACK PEOPLE DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR, GET A GRIP YOU OVERSENSITIZED BUFFOONS

I'm saying TOYS LIKE THAT WOULD NEVER BE APPROPRIATE. People would still be offended by a Civil War toy like that even though it happened over a hundred years ago. It is only about three years since the 9/11 attacks, people would be offended. Even if it isn't supposed to be the Twin Towers it looks like it, and that is how most Americans would interpret it.

You should be beaten to death with the corpses of your family.


I agree with this guy... BONUSE FOR JOEY P

You should be beaten to death with the corpses of your family.

They're most likely to break down into little piles of ashes.
The ones that aren't ashes in the first place, that is.
They're too worm-eaten to be beating anything.

You should be beaten to death with the corpses of your family.


Oh I'm sorry .... should I have been more "PC"?

Oh I'm sorry .... should I have been more "PC"?
Yep. I hate Apple.

I don't nessicarily want one, but that is really funny.
If this happened before the 9/11 attacks, can you imagine what they would be saying? the toy manufaturers would be accused of knowledge before hand.
This is disgraceful?
no, this post is disgraceful. that article is disgraceful.

There appears to be a yelllow button on the side of one tower, and from what I've seen of toys like this it probably spins the plane in a barrel roll or some similar action. Not exactly a crash, but why hang it between two buildings? The buildings themselves, while not exact copies of the twin towers, are two identical buildings that differ only from each other by what appears to be a representation of a radio tower on one and the pattern on the side does give one a feeling of similarity to the WTC. All in all I'd say if it wasn't a deliberate act, at least someone had to be aware of what they had there. But toys are designed by adults, and there are some twisted minds out there. The company may not have been aware of what they were selling in their package, but they're gonna feel the heat now. They're guilty of not being more aware and exerting more control of their product at least.

Yep. I hate Apple.

*snicker*

I have seen Osama bin Laden dolls holding a miniature pentagon with a flaming twin towers at their feet that were apparently marketed in palestinian communities.

In very poor taste to be sure!

I have seen Osama bin Laden dolls holding a miniature pentagon with a flaming twin towers at their feet that were apparently marketed in palestinian communities.

Yet oddly enough it never reached Palestine, and I should know because I was searching EVERYWHERE for an Osama doll.

Yet oddly enough it never reached Palestine, and I should know because I was searching EVERYWHERE for an Osama doll.
The website I saw it on said it was sold in palestinian communities.

I'd like an Osama Pez dispenser.

looks more like london bridge to me....can't believe anyone could even think it was offensive...it's a toy for f's sake..and looks nothing like the twin towers.....you need an eye test my friend

I'm saying TOYS LIKE THAT WOULD NEVER BE APPROPRIATE. People would still be offended by a Civil War toy like that even though it happened over a hundred years ago. It is only about three years since the 9/11 attacks, people would be offended. Even if it isn't supposed to be the Twin Towers it looks like it, and that is how most Americans would interpret it.
oh my god, it has NOTHING to do with 9/11
PLEASE restrain your imagination, PLEASE
everything with planes and towers in it does not have to do with 9/11, its a toy, there is no lever that crashes it into a building or anything.
its just a fucking plane

The website I saw it on said it was sold in palestinian communities.

I suppose they meant palestinian communities in other countries... I know these dolls exist, but I couldn't even get the simple one, of a lonely little Osama. Or Saddam, I could settle with Saddam.

Doent look like the twin towers or a plane crash.

The buldings don't even look like the twin towers.

There appears to be a yelllow button on the side of one tower, and from what I've seen of toys like this it probably spins the plane in a barrel roll or some similar action. Not exactly a crash, but why hang it between two buildings? The buildings themselves, while not exact copies of the twin towers, are two identical buildings that differ only from each other by what appears to be a representation of a radio tower on one and the pattern on the side does give one a feeling of similarity to the WTC. All in all I'd say if it wasn't a deliberate act, at least someone had to be aware of what they had there. But toys are designed by adults, and there are some twisted minds out there. The company may not have been aware of what they were selling in their package, but they're gonna feel the heat now. They're guilty of not being more aware and exerting more control of their product at least.
ok, you tell me what shapes should be used to suspend a plane above a base? i mean to make it look more realistic, oh thats right BUILDINGS

I'd like an Osama Pez dispenser.
that would be cool :)

I don't nessicarily want one, but that is really funny.
If this happened before the 9/11 attacks, can you imagine what they would be saying? the toy manufaturers would be accused of knowledge before hand.
This is disgraceful?
no, this post is disgraceful. that article is disgraceful.
too right, i was watching an episode of the real world after 9/11, one of the walls had hangings on it, the hangings were planes CRASHING INTO THE WALL and bending in funny ways from crahsing like rubber, wow they must've been copyign or known about WTC attack, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOO

oh my god, it has NOTHING to do with 9/11
PLEASE restrain your imagination, PLEASE
everything with planes and towers in it does not have to do with 9/11, its a toy, there is no lever that crashes it into a building or anything.
its just a fucking plane

I never said it was identical to the Twin Towers, but obviously many people think that that is what it represents. Besides, even if 9/11 had never happened, what kind of freaking stupid toy is that?

what annoys me is sept 11 could have been stopped, but more to the point, its happened so get over it. it gave bush a reason to invade oil rich iraq so wot are you complaining about. Stop being so senseitive about and be greatful that america has got a few more years of oil.

They're most likely to break down into little piles of ashes.
The ones that aren't ashes in the first place, that is.
They're too worm-eaten to be beating anything.

See, now that's humor. Too worm-eaten to be beating anything...LOL. Hilarious.

Anyway, we're all allowed our own opinions, yes? Why flame someone for voicing theirs? People handle tragedy is a variety of ways. Most do it with humor.

As for that candy...it does remind me of the 9/11 attacks, but I think the reason it was pulled from the shelves was because not that it was offending anyone, but because that was the way people were expected to react confronted with such macabre imagery. If people don't react to something that is labeled as a mockery of the attacks, what would everyone think? Surely we can't go around eating a piece of candy that reminds people of a national tragedy. Well, we could....but what would Willy Wonka say?

I never said it was identical to the Twin Towers, but obviously many people think that that is what it represents. Besides, even if 9/11 had never happened, what kind of freaking stupid toy is that?
kids like planes, get a life

what annoys me is sept 11 could have been stopped, but more to the point, its happened so get over it. it gave bush a reason to invade oil rich iraq so wot are you complaining about. Stop being so senseitive about and be greatful that america has got a few more years of oil.

That has to be one of the least comforting statements I have EVER HEARD.

doesn't look offensive to me, at all.

looks like a quite craply made (though well designed) simple "spinny thing between two poles" toy.

See, now that's humor. Too worm-eaten to be beating anything...LOL. Hilarious.

Anyway, we're all allowed our own opinions, yes? Why flame someone for voicing theirs? People handle tragedy is a variety of ways. Most do it with humor.

As for that candy...it does remind me of the 9/11 attacks, but I think the reason it was pulled from the shelves was because not that it was offending anyone, but because that was the way people were expected to react confronted with such macabre imagery. If people don't react to something that is labeled as a mockery of the attacks, what would everyone think? Surely we can't go around eating a piece of candy that reminds people of a national tragedy. Well, we could....but what would Willy Wonka say?

Oh well... I guess you're right. If it does hurt people...

*bows head down*
For Willy Wonka.

I never said it was identical to the Twin Towers, but obviously many people think that that is what it represents. Besides, even if 9/11 had never happened, what kind of freaking stupid toy is that?
i never knew there were people that stupid....lol...this is sooooo entertaining, please carry on

Any toy with a plane and building in it must be pro-terrorist and anti-america! :rolleyes:

Its ironic that some of us westerners are offended by a toy depicting two bnuildings(which don't look like WTC) and a plane (which doesn't look like the jets involved), while our most upstanding toy manufcturers make and sell lifelike models of G.I.Joe, Action Man, and numerous airfix type kits of our planes which are regularly bombing some poor b****rds home.

I'll bet the victims of these attacks aren't worried about toys... just worried about when & where the next bomb lands.

I feel the urge to make really offensive toys to piss off all the over sensitive people, or just the regular, sensitive people, maybe just to piss everyone off...

(growls and grumbles)

piss in my coffee will they...

you could always use it as an excuse to invade china, coz it was probably made there ;)

*Decides that little boys would actually like Civil War toy idea from earlier, begins sketching toy*

you could always use it as an excuse to invade china, coz it was probably made there ;)
So what could we get out of China? It would be too hard of a fight with no payoff.

So what could we get out of China? It would be too hard of a fight with no payoff.
a large toy industry...

not at my McDonalds
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040827/capt.dob10208271800.911_toy_dob102.jpg

Already a post about this, I believe

Already a post about this, I believe
ahhh :headbang:

what annoys me is sept 11 could have been stopped, but more to the point, its happened so get over it.

Are your parents dead? Your grandparents? Brothers or sisters?

Get over it!

Asshole.

Already a post about this, I believe

Yup, merged.

Why do I get the feeling this is made up?

Happy meal toy? I thought it was a stupid puzzle with candy...

Yup, merged.
dangit and i was gonna say something semi-intelligent

That's disgusting and distasteful. Whoever created that should be shot in the face after having their nails ripped off and fed to them.