# Would you buy this toy for your child? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 7, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679 "2003-08-07T22:29:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/1 "2003-08-07T22:29:30Z")
[http://www.kbtoys.com/genProduct.html/PID/2431939/ctid/17/place/aguc?\_ts=n&ls=collect&\_e=3f326&\_v=3F32631CnGYOa6F929CBE986&\_ts=y](http://www.kbtoys.com/genProduct.html/PID/2431939/ctid/17/place/aguc?_ts=n&ls=collect&_e=3f326&_v=3F32631CnGYOa6F929CBE986&_ts=y) Me? I wouldn’t buy it for my cats. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/2 "2003-08-07T22:38:07Z")
If I had $40 that I didn’t need (unlikely), I’d buy one and put it away. In 50 years, I’d sell it on “Casey-bay” (watch for it), and make my self a tidy profit. The resemblence is pretty good, actually. At least they pegged the IQ. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/3 "2003-08-07T22:44:10Z")
Does it have a string coming out of its ass, that when you pull it makes the doll say something inane and stupid? ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/4 "2003-08-07T22:46:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > \*\*Does it have a string coming out of its ass, that when you pull it makes the doll say something inane and stupid? \*\* No, a stick, I think, at least based on facial expression. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/5 "2003-08-07T22:47:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > \*\*Does it have a string coming out of its ass, that when you pull it makes the doll say something inane and stupid? \*\* Nope…it does that all by itself. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/6 "2003-08-07T22:47:53Z")
Does it come with a straw and a mirror? ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/7 "2003-08-07T23:12:20Z")
Wow that’s really cool, wish I had an extra $40 under the keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/8 "2003-08-07T23:30:52Z")
If I were walking down the street tommorow and noticed a pair of 20 dollar bills laying on the sidewalk, I’d buy this and put it away somewhere. I could definately see it having some sort of collector value in 20 or 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/9 "2003-08-07T23:40:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Elite Force Aviator: George W. Bush - U.S. President and Naval Aviator - 12" Action Figure Uuuhhhhhhhhh…I thought GWB was in the Air National Guard? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/10 "2003-08-08T00:10:42Z")
Two words. CHERRY BOMBS!! Yeah, bits of Shrub everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/11 "2003-08-08T00:14:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Two words. CHERRY BOMBS!! > > Yeah, bits of Shrub everywhere. Man. My first thought was a bonfire. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/12 "2003-08-08T00:17:02Z")
For my kids? No. For me, to dress up in a Ken Business Suit and arrange in interesting or embarrassing poses? Clown costume? GI Joe automatic rifles in each hand, barechested, with ammo bandoliers and red Rambo headband? Sure! ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/13 "2003-08-08T00:33:38Z")
For my kid, hell no, but I’m gonna get one for myself. It will go well with my G.I. Joes, SOW Iwo Jima setup, and Jesse Ventura SEAL figures. I didn’t know this was even out there. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/14 "2003-08-08T00:47:53Z")
I wouldn’t get it for Aaron, but I would buy it for the sole purpose of vandalizing it and maybe posing it for bizarre sexual acts with Barbie and/or Ken. [barbie]Hey, sailor! Lookin’ for a good time?[/barbie] Robin ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/15 "2003-08-08T00:55:34Z")
Does fully poseable mean you can shove its head up its ass? ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/16 "2003-08-08T03:57:39Z")
Too many people will buy it just to put it away. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/17 "2003-08-08T18:23:15Z")
Ooooh…it might be good for voodoo…couldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![kputt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@kputt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kputt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/18 "2003-08-08T18:26:33Z")
I might think about buying it, but not at $40. ---
**Author:** ![Lateralus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@Lateralus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lateralus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/19 "2003-08-08T18:28:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*Uuuhhhhhhhhh…I thought GWB was in the Air National Guard? \*\* During Vietnam, yes he was, but now that he’s at the top and doesn’t have to worry about getting killed, he decides the Navy’d be fun for a change. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679/20 "2003-08-08T20:15:29Z")
They should have him in an astraunaut suit, Surgical garb, firefighter gear, police uniform, and other clothes he did absolutely nothing to deserve to wear. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this-toy-for-your-child/193679.md?page=2)