Candy-accompanying Toy recalled over Creepy similarity to September 11

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A wholesaler in Miami, Fla. is recalling 14,000 bags of candy containing this toy, right, that shows a plane flying into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Lisy Corp. said the toys were purchased in bulk and the company did not notice what the small figurines depicted until someone complained

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 28 August 2004 10:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Pretty fucked up, eh?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 28 August 2004 10:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, my thread title is inaccurately phrased....it's not a creepy similarity, its a full-on depiction.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 28 August 2004 10:14 (twenty-one years ago)

That's....really odd. Pretty fucked too. Does it actually do anything, or is it just like a little model?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 28 August 2004 10:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean, if someone had handed me that before 11/09/01, I'd have probably thought "that's a cute little thing, what is it supposed to do?" To be honest, unless someone had pointed out what it actually was, I'd probably still think that, b/c I doubt I'd have actually "got it".

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 28 August 2004 10:29 (twenty-one years ago)

If you Google that company, you see they've also been charged with high levels of sulfite in shrimp products and lead in candy wrappers. Maybe they have some underworld connections.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 28 August 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

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