New Toys Show Current State Of World Affairs
Nuclear Age Playthings
An Italian toy maker has caused controversy by unveiling models of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan.
Brumm unveiled its £6 Little Boy and Fat Man 1:43 scale model bombs at the Nuremberg toy fair.
Critics say the toys are in bad taste but a Brumm spokesman said: "We want to protest against the insanity of nuclear-war."
More than 350,000 people were killed when the US bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War.
The story is no different in the Muslim world with the approach of Eid ul Fitr, the festival that marks the end of the month of Ramadhan. But one of this year's 'must-haves' would probably be banned from sale in many parts of the West. It's a distinctive, bearded figurine, riding 'shotgun' in a military jeep.
The Osama bin Laden action figure, complete with military jeep and bodyguards, is proving to be a big hit with mothers and fathers buying holiday presents for their youngsters.
Kinky Top Trumps Card Name
A German toymaker has released a kinky version of the children's card game Top Trumps.
The card game compares the merits of different sexual positions.
The game, called Kult Quartett in Germany, is based on the old schoolyard card game where players compare different aspects of cars, planes or tanks to win.
It measures five different criteria for each sexual position - HER Fun Factor, HIS Fun Factor, Injury Risk, Backseat Potential and Porn Factor.
Om Mohammed helps her twelve-year-old son Abu Ali with a toy suicide bomber belt he fashioned on his own. "I hope to be a Martyr...I hope when I get 14 or 15 to explode myself." His mother is proud of her son: "God gave him to me to protect and defend our homeland." The family is seen in their Gaza City home,
New "Insurgent Ali" Action Figure Surprise Attacks Toy Market
PAWTUCKET, RI - With first-week sales blowing the walls off of those of any other line of action figures in U.S. history, Playtime Inc's new terrorist-inspired "Insurgent Ali" action figure made a surprise attack on the toy market last Sunday. Industry sources reported that such a market invasion was unprecedented and was likely to change the way institutions at every level of the toy distribution infrastructure were run forever. "We didn't think it was possible at first, but when we found out that Insurgent Ali's first-week sales had mercilessly decimated G.I. Joe's comfortable occupation of the toy market, we realized that we had ended the world of toys as we knew it," said Playtime spokesman Sid Vox. Vox added that as long as C.E.O. Otto B. Larson stayed at company's helm, Playtime would always be one step ahead of the competition.
Due to shifting consumer interest, Insurgent Ali's success has also made it difficult for competitors in the toy airplane business. CBC market analyst Roger Conway said that Insurgent Ali has been so successful that Playtime has literally hijacked the breadth and power of toy airplane manufacturers and used it against them and several others including construction toy makers.
