Florida mom launches petition against Toys 'R Us for carrying 'Breaking Bad' figures

[Golgatha]

QFT

If Toys 'R Us started selling sex toys, then I could understand some outrage.

Might help them.

1) Make available sex toys.
2) More kids are born.
3) Profit

 

[JumBie]

Oh, God forbid your child watches breaking bad. God forbid your child plays GTA V. Seriously, if you have worries that your child may end up as the suspect in a school shooting, or potentially grow up to become a drug dealer because of what they see on T.V or in a video game then you definitely have bigger issues at hand.

 

[vi edit]

And no outtrage over the Walking Dead Figures?

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=24314076&cp=&parentPage=search

Merle wasn't exactly a saint either.

 

[vi edit]

Oh, this one is even better....


http://www.toysrus.com/product/inde...076&ab=TRU:tproduct_rr:Customers Also Liked:3

 

[John Connor]

First, bad taste. Second who the fuck lets their kids watch Breaking bad? Really? Is society this fucked up?

No Breaking Bad/Sex In The City/GTA shit. http://www.toysrus.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=10811023

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Maybe the kids would like some cake.

 

[JM Aggie08]

I couldn't help myself Just bought this one from Amazon for $15 (Toys R Us is OOS).

If it wasn't for this stuck up chick, I wouldn't have even known about the action figure, so I guess I at least owe her that

Link pls.

 

[doubledeluxe]

Rambo OK. Walter not OK.

 

[NFS4]

Link pls.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B89LZ4C/...s=mezco+walter

Still in stock at Amazon for $15.13 (you have to select Amazon as the seller from the box on the right side of the page)

 

[Markbnj]

No, but they have this:

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4080089&prodFindSrc=search&cp=

Plenty of fun for the entire family

Haha, of course they do.

"Say hello to my leetle fren!"

 

[Ricochet]

Nah. Nothing to get a rise out of me. Let these soccer moms have TRU. Action figures & figurines belong in comic shops anyway.

 

[John Connor]

Rambo OK. Walter not OK.

Rambo was a good guy...?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Hmm, I might have to get my wife some of these toys for Christmas. She loves Breaking Bad. :thumbsup:

 

[Newell Steamer]

FYI - this site has most of all the BR toy merchandise as well; http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/search.aspx?search=breaking+bad

 

[NFS4]

Nice

Bryan Cranston Responds to Mom Against Breaking Bad Toys

Tread lightly, action figure haters


Multiple Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston became the One Who Tweets Monday afternoon, following an uproar over Toys “R” Us selling action figures of Breaking Bad‘s drug-dealing characters.

The action figures of chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-maker Walter White and his sidekick Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) stirred controversy with a Florida mom.

Susan Schrivjer, based in Fort Myers, Fla., launched a petition to have the store remove the toys from shelves. Schrivjer was a fan of the AMC series, despite her opposing views on the toys’ appropriateness for children.

“I thought it was a great show,” she told a local TV station. “It was riveting!”

The petition calls for Toys “R” Us to stop selling the doll collection, which comes “complete with a detachable sack of cash and a bag of meth.” Cranston, however, got in on the fun:

Aaron Paul has yet to chime in, but seems to have no problem with children being involved in the fun of the characters.

As of Monday evening, the Breaking Bad action figure collection did not turn up in a search of the Toys “R” Us website. The company did not immediately respond to calls for comment.

http://time.com/3525778/bryan-cranston-breaking-bad-toys/

 

[NFS4]

And... the Florida mom has won

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...us-under-fire-for-breaking-bad-action-figures

 

[MongGrel]

The fact it comes with a bag full of cash and meth does seem weird, and I doubt you'd ever see anyone over 15 which was supposedly the target market playing with one does make it a bit odd, ya think ?

Action figures & figurines belong in comic shops anyway.

 

[DesiPower]

Damn dude, that is badass!

This is even better, its a blast

 

[NFS4]

Just arrived

 

[purbeast0]

Just arrived

lol the packaging for toys is so stupid now.

"Ages 15+"

"WARNING: Choking hazard - Small parts. Not for children under 3"

so confusing! if it says ages 15+, but not for children under 3, where does that put kids in the 3-14 range?!??!?

SO FUCKING CONFUSING!!!!!!!!

 

[vi edit]

I still find it sad/humorous/insertadverbhere/ that there is hysteria around this but a few posts above I linked to a "toy" that shows a guy sitting in a chair, with a child looking figure with a bag over it's head behind him, a bucket full of entrails on the floor, and a wall full of heads in aquariums ***COMPLETE WITH LIGHT UP ACTIONS!*** along side him.


And that's ok.

 

[Drako]

Just arrived

LOL, nice. :thumbsup:

 

[NFS4]

LOL, nice. :thumbsup:

Gonna get the wifey to get me Jesse Pinkman for Christmas to round out the set But I'd kill to have a Mike Ehrmantraut figurine