Controversial Toy Surprise Recalled
August 27, 2004 — A toy surprise found inside a bag of candy sold in Florida has stirred a lot of nerves, and controversy.
The toy is two towers with a jetliner in between that appears to be crashing into one of the buildings.
Anna Rodriguez bought a package of the candy for her grandson without realizing that the toy was inside.
To make matters worse, the toy also had a product number "9-0-1-1."
The company that distributes the candy bags, Lisy, was offended by the toy and has decided to recall 17-thousand of the bags.
Lisy says it bought the toys sight unseen from L & M Import/Export from Miami. Which, surprisingly, said it had no problem with the toy.
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who the hell would manufacture such a thing in the first place?
Posted by: hilary | August 27, 2004 2:31 PM
I don't know but they did.
Posted by: kat | August 27, 2004 2:42 PM
Jeebis H Christ
why don't these f-sticks pay attention to crap like this? "bought the toys sight unseen?" WTF?
Posted by: josh | August 27, 2004 3:03 PM
A lot of companies buy toys sight unseen to stick in with their products. This one just sorta slipped by.
Posted by: kat | August 27, 2004 3:07 PM
WHat stupendously bad taste!
Posted by: Terry | August 27, 2004 5:50 PM
Yup that's what I said.
Posted by: kat | August 27, 2004 6:21 PM