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Controversial doll is pulled from shelves
« on: October 17, 2008, 03:26:43 PM »

Controversial doll is pulled from shelves


Melissa Bush bought a "Little Mommy Cuddle N' Coo" doll that she is going to return.
The doll is being pulled off store shelves because it supposedly says, "Islam is the light."
Toymaker Mattel says the doll does not say that and is only cooing.

(Video by Jaime Oppenheimer/The Wichita Eagle)


http://videos.kansas.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=2287360#
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Re: Controversial doll is pulled from shelves
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2008, 03:50:16 PM »
pretty clear to me.
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Re: Controversial doll is pulled from shelves
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2008, 03:57:10 PM »
Cooing sounds like "Mommy loves Hazaritas!" Hear it around here all the time.
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Re: Controversial doll is pulled from shelves
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2008, 10:27:43 PM »
I don't know anything about the ownership/management of Mattel, however I find it hard to believe this message was not intentional.  You would think that someone in product testing, quality control, etc., would have noticed and reported this if it were supposed to be "cooing".  It seems pretty darn clear to me.  Although I don't know where to point the finger, I guess you can sign me up for the tin foil hat brigade.   :)

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Re: Controversial doll is pulled from shelves
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2008, 10:32:10 PM »
I would  bet that they sub out the doll, or at the very least the board/ hardware that makes it speak.
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Re: Controversial doll is pulled from shelves
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2008, 10:34:03 PM »
Remember the "Ferbies", when the batteries got low it sounded like "kill mommy".
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Re: Controversial doll is pulled from shelves
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2008, 10:59:02 PM »
Quote from: SwoopSJ on October 17, 2008, 10:27:43 PM
I don't know anything about the ownership/management of Mattel, however I find it hard to believe this message was not intentional.  You would think that someone in product testing, quality control, etc., would have noticed and reported this if it were supposed to be "cooing".  It seems pretty darn clear to me.  Although I don't know where to point the finger, I guess you can sign me up for the tin foil hat brigade.   :)

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Re: Controversial doll is pulled from shelves
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2008, 12:12:01 AM »
Quote from: Fatman on October 17, 2008, 10:59:02 PM
I'm gonna go out on a limb here.   Like everything else 'toy', production of the sound chip was outsourced to Malaysia or some other country with a large Muslim population. 

I never thought of that.  Good point and very possible/probable.
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Re: Controversial doll is pulled from shelves
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2008, 11:54:42 AM »
TARGET PRACTICE!!!
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Re: Controversial doll is pulled from shelves
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2008, 03:07:25 PM »
Quote from: jaybethel on October 19, 2008, 11:54:42 AM
TARGET PRACTICE!!!

Sounds like a plan.

Even with my bad hearing it is the clearest thing I've heard out of a toy in a long time.
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