08-27-2004, 07:36 PM
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Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
Fri Aug 27, 2:40 PM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!
MIAMI - Small toys showing an airplane flying into the World Trade Center were packed inside more than 14,000 bags of candy and sent to small groceries around the country before being recalled.
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Toys With Twin Towers and Plane Recalled
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Lisy Corp., the wholesaler that distributed the candy, said Friday that the toys were purchased in bulk from a Miami-based import company.
The toys came in an assortment purchased sight unseen from L&M Import in Miami and included the toys depicting the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the twin towers, whistles and other small toys, said Luis Pedron, Lisy's national sales manager. The invoice said the toy was a plastic swing set.
"I hate to blame the importer. He probably did not know what he was getting. He brings them in 40-foot containers. But whoever made it knew exactly what they were making," Pedron said.
Pedron said Lisy did not notice the small plastic figurines until two people complained, but there is no mistaking what the toys represent: At the bottom of each is the product number 9011.
"When we found out what happened, we recalled them immediately," said Pedron, who said the toys do not reflect the company's view. "I was offended by them."
The company's 100 distributors sent out the candy bags. Most are sold to small Hispanic and Mexican groceries, Pedron said. He estimated about 90 percent of the bags have been collected.
Anna Rodriguez, who bought a bag of the candy for her grandson, said she was stunned when she saw the toy.
"It makes me angry," she told television station WFTV. "I was offended because I couldn't believe that someone would give something like that to a kid."
Pedron said he is saving the toys to return to the distributor.
A woman who answered the telephone at L&M and refused to give her name said Friday she did not know anything about the toy.
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08-27-2004, 07:59 PM
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RE:Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
Vast right-wing conspiracy.
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08-27-2004, 09:04 PM
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RE:Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
I just saw this on TV and the toy itself is just mindnumbing until you realize that the toy depicts the attacks on the twin towers.
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08-27-2004, 11:32 PM
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RE: Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
In case you were wondering what this despicable toy looked like....
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08-27-2004, 11:44 PM
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RE:Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
thats really sick...
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08-28-2004, 12:06 AM
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RE: Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
something is wrong when people think this crap is funny.
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08-28-2004, 02:20 AM
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RE: Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
I'm amazed none of these despicable toys have shown up on ebay yet (I just performed a perfunctory search)...
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08-28-2004, 06:28 AM
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RE:Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
Evil, here is one. Bid is upt to $ 510.00. This makes me want to vomit.
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08-28-2004, 08:29 AM
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RE: Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
Make that over $5,500
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08-28-2004, 10:17 AM
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RE: Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
Thankfully, it appears that e-bay removed it. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
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08-28-2004, 01:03 PM
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RE:Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
you know what is the most upsetting? Someone got out wax and designed it.
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08-28-2004, 01:09 PM
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RE:Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
Kerry campaign is busy looking for connections between this toy and the Swift Boat Veterans group.
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