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0rion Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 05:41 PM
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Second Toy Found In Candy Appears To Depict Osama Bin Laden
MIAMI -- In Miami, a wholesaler has announced that his company will recall 14,000 bags of candy.

The bags contain a toy that looks like a plane flying into a building and, we found, a second toy that looks like Osama Bin Laden suspended between the two buildings.

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LiberalVoice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 05:45 PM
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1. This is starting to get creepy.
Edited on Mon Aug-30-04 05:49 PM by LiberalVoice
Notice they never talk about who actually made the toys.
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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 06:03 PM
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2. seriously! n/t
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PsychoDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 06:08 PM
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3. Where can I get some of these?
All I ever seem to get are crappy cracker jacks toys.... :(
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 06:11 PM
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4. um, wow
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Snazzy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 07:27 PM
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5. Product number is 09011
Not joking, although no link handy, sorry (saw it myself on a news closup of the one w/the plane).
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tkmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 11:06 PM
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18. Now wait a sec
That was also the product number on the toy that had the airplane instead of "Osama". Something smells fishy.
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Tuttle Donating Member (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 07:34 PM
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6. Looks a little like Jasper from the Springfield Retirement Castle
on the Simpsons.

Tut-tut
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 08:37 PM
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10. Looks like the Incredible Hulk w/ a concussion !!
n/t
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 07:45 PM
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7. What is wrong with these people?!
:grr:
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rumguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 08:19 PM
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8. wierd
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 08:34 PM
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9. Candygate! Candygate!
:tinfoilhat:
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0rion Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 08:37 PM
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11. Ok, have you seen the first toy with a JET flying into one of the Towers?
Edited on Mon Aug-30-04 08:41 PM by 0rion
Toy In Candy Bag Appears To Depict 9/11 Attack



Image and Story



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54anickel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 10:54 PM
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13. The importer doesn't find it offensive at all...weirdness from Miami
We talked to L and M and they say they have no problem at all with the toy and don't consider it offensive at all.

We even pointed out to the import company that every single toy has a stock number on the front that reads "9011." L and M Imports didn't find it all coincidental and said it's just a toy. Asked if they'd talk on camera, they said there is nothing to talk about.

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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 10:42 PM
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12. I might have given the plane a pass, another "911 coincidence"
But the Ossama thing is pretty unmistakable. Interesting that this stuff appears now, during the Republican convention. It could be a little agitprop propaganda, to get the American masses mildly annoyed. Or, some capitalist out there identified a market in anti-Americana, and a few shipments strayed to the States. I would guess it is some bauble churned out at a plastics plant in Asia somewhere, making a quick buck for someone. Maybe Al-Queda will bring a suit for copywrite infringement.
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DaveSZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 10:56 PM
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14. Strange
I wonder if they are made in Pakistan or something.
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 11:04 PM
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16. It could be anywhere, I guess
It could be China or southeast Asia. But it looks like something that was thrown together quickly, from molds that already existed for the plane and the buildings (they don't actually look much like the WTC and the plane looks like a kid's animation). The Ossama mold would have take a bit more doing, if it is actually him, rather than just some turbaned figure.

I think someone is just turning a quick buck. You would think anyone with a primarily political motivation would have done a better job. But, you never know. I hope the source is tracked, if only for curiosity's sake. I doubt there is actually a law against it.
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Sabriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 10:58 PM
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15. Third toy found in White House
Appears to resemble "president." Public plans immediate recall.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 11:07 PM
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19. Very nice bumper sticker!
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 11:06 PM
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17. Who Cares? Booga. Booga.
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