Group names good, bad toys for holiday season
Submitted on November 24, 2003 - 1:00am.
Ruxandra Giura - Fall 2003
WASHINGTON – The Hulk plush toy is marketed to 3-year-olds, and the box reads: “Try me, squeeze my tummy.”
But Daphne White, who as executive director of the Lion and Lamb Project is older than 3, could not squeeze the toy hard enough to make it roar. Instead, at a press conference Monday, White punched it in the chest.
Then the smiling jaw of the Kid Roaring Hulk opened its mouth and roared.
"This Roaring Hulk is a stuffed green toy that looks as friendly and harmless as the Jolly Green Giant, but is based on a PG-13 movie about rage," said the Lion and Lamb, a group that advocates against violent toys, in a press release naming the group's best and worst toys for the holiday season.
But Daphne White, who as executive director of the Lion and Lamb Project is older than 3, could not squeeze the toy hard enough to make it roar. Instead, at a press conference Monday, White punched it in the chest.
Then the smiling jaw of the Kid Roaring Hulk opened its mouth and roared.
"This Roaring Hulk is a stuffed green toy that looks as friendly and harmless as the Jolly Green Giant, but is based on a PG-13 movie about rage," said the Lion and Lamb, a group that advocates against violent toys, in a press release naming the group's best and worst toys for the holiday season.
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