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2006-10-25 Britain

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-10-25 11:28|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Tesco... said it was clearly marked for 'adult use'... Tesco today agreed to remove the product from the Toy section"
And why, then, do they have "adult use" products in the Toy section?

Posted by Santa 2006-10-25 13:29|| 2006-10-25 13:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Anyone who has seen "Little Miss Sunshine" will appreciate the humor in this story.

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2006-10-25 14:10|| 2006-10-25 14:10|| Front Page Top

#3 There is a real (growing) market for toys geared toward adult (cf. the McFarlane models, for example), especially the ones inspired from cinema and animation, a trend coming from Japan I think. Some are really beautiful (I think about the classical Universal monsters series), there is even a batch of mags dedicaced to that, even here, and this is yet an another symptom of the infantilization of western societies.

So, my guess would be this pole-dancing kit is to be seen in that confusion between adulthood themas and toys.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-25 14:20|| 2006-10-25 14:20|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm sure Abercrombie & Fitch will pick up any of Tesco's leftover inventory for rebranding.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-25 15:43|| 2006-10-25 15:43|| Front Page Top

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