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Dirty Dozen- The Most Dangerous Toys of 2001

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the collect-them-all dept.

An anonymous reader pointed us to The Dirty Dozen which lists the most dangerous toys for children. #1 on the list is Metal Gear Solid 2 (which I finished this weekend and highly recommend) Also making the cut are Gundam and Dragonball Zaction figures (nothing scarier then Bulma on a bad hair day I guess), Super Street Fighter II and Doom. Of course the specific version of doom they classify as one of the most dangerous toys of 2001 is the Game Boy Advanced port, and I gotta agree with them on the GBA thing, those things are dangerous. Play for more then 30 minutes, and you go blind.

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  1. The Classics by spellcheckur · · Score: 5, Funny
    What happened to scissors, matches and lawn darts?

    Lawn darts... they were my favorite. We used to make the neighbor kid catch 'em.

    1. Re:The Classics by Xoro · · Score: 5, Funny

      I've always wanted to start an Underground Lawn Darts league, just to publicize how out of control the federal goverment is...

      The first rule of Underground Lawn Darts League is that we do NOT talk about Underground Lawn Darts League.

      Now grab that C4, soldier.

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      Kill, Tux, kill!
  2. Other dangerous toys by briggsb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here are some other dangerous toys that didn't make that list.

  3. Re:DBZ dangerous? by jandrese · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the real danger is your kid standing around screaming at the top of his lungs for half an hour trying to power up, with perhaps a break every few minutes to ask "Where's Goku?".

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    I read the internet for the articles.
  4. Happy Fun Ball by Trinity-Infinity · · Score: 3, Funny

    I always throught Happy Fun Ball was the most dangerous SNL toy....

    I sure wish they made those, though a few of the random toys out of the grocery store quarter machines probably are as "safe" as HFB...

  5. In more relevant news... by MadAhab · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... Hillary Rosen declared the iPod the year's most dangerous toy.

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    Expanding a vast wasteland since 1996.
  6. Re:This is the best they could do? by radja · · Score: 3, Funny

    you really want trouble? then just print on a baseballbat, in large letters "Do not insert in backside"..

    Denial always works better...

    //rdj

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    No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness.
    --Sheikh Abd-Al-Kadir, 1587
  7. Hey this site is great! by iCEBaLM · · Score: 3, Funny

    For finding me these sweet K'NEX battlemech sets. Screw christmas, I'm getting the Timberwolf (the *right* name for a madcat :) ) for myself.

    -- iCEBaLM

  8. Re:I agree. by CleverNickName · · Score: 3, Funny

    anyone to think that they can watch/participate-in violence or porno and be completely uneffected by it is foolhardy.


    Yep. I agree. If I watch porno and I'm not visibly affected, something is horribly, horribly wrong.