Mattel apologized for the incident, saying:
]]> "We apologize to the family that they found that in the toy. No matter how it got there, or what the cause of the placement of that object in the toy was. So we apologize to the family, and we'd also like to send a replacement toy to make her Christmas happy and bright."The family that bought the toy was sufficiently horrified that they declined a replacement.Vidoes? C'mon.
]]>Polly Pocket : jihad edition
]]>Didn't this story break on Christmas day?
]]>@Ryan:
Actually, [/smugassholishtone] a shank is a blade made out of a metal shoe shank.
A shiv is an improvised blade made out of anything else.
You "shank" with a shank.
To attack with a shiv is called "shifting."
Now, unless that thing was made from a shoe shank, these people did not, in fact, find a shank in their toy. They found a shiv. If they wish to sue, and use the word "shank," then Mattel could win by claiming that it is not a shank.
Also Mighty Max FTW!!! I had all three playsets from series II and the scorpion from series I.
Master of the wire shiv,
Upsilon
@Tzepish: Well, a toy package with a utility knife in it, but even so - what should the appropriate offer be?
I am mostly comfortable speculating that Mom & Dad were halfway dreaming of some sort of payday, but fortunately, the law doesn't normally compensate for things that might have happened.
]]>The toppings contain potassium benzoate...
That's bad.
]]>I want to know if the shank was made in China???
]]>The only thing that disturbed me in that video was that the father's hair is longer than the mother's!
]]>Little kids are looking like "prosti-tots" if the emulate their Bratz toys.
]]>What are they looking for?
8AM Billy "the Box" Boxcowski punched in
812AM Billy "the Box" packs shank in what will eventualy become your child's toy
9PM the toy leaves the facotry
???
]]>"Sufficiently horrified"? Yeeeeesh, my daddy brought home box cutters and I used to use them to cut my barbies' hair.
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Shank: [www.urbandictionary.com]
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it's not a shank, it's a shiv. Shanking is the actual act of stabbing someone with a shiv. Like the comcast ad says, Shank is a verb as in an action. they found a shiv in a polly pocket toy. not a shank.
]]>Yes, along with a lot of other things in China.
]]>We had Mighty Max and Polly - still have her.
Those early little sets were tough to close. Had to have everything in it JUST so.
]]>good news though, the shank was found to be lead free!
]]>@mercurypdx: and i had a mighty max!! i thought they were the shiz-nit! but alas, mine never came with an action shank. i always get screwed!
]]>When this toy was introduced way back when the doll, playset, and accessories all folded up neatly into a case small enough to fit in your pocket. The "boys version" was called Mighty Max.
]]>lol @ "paris hilton edition" polly pocket.
]]>Shank you very much for the extra goodies!
]]>@mercurypdx: that does make for a funnier headline.
]]>Seriously, who names a toy Polly Pocket? ...really?
]]>Clearly, the toy was supposed to go to Bubba in Cell Block D.
]]>Polly's known as the pocket for her habit of picking them, and she got that shank during her nickel at Sing Sing.
]]>@mercurypdx: It's polly pocket, not barbie.
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