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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. Re:Dangerous? by Erasmus+Darwin · · Score: 5, Interesting
    "Nobody's imposing anything on you."

    They're arguable trying. Here's a link to their testimony to Congress. They're apparently trying to get Congressional support so that action figure tie-ins from M-rated video games don't get marketed to children.

    They've gone from "inform" to "lobby", in my opinion.

  2. Re:Hmm.... by plover · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I think this site is right on the money. Sure, it's good for a laugh for the more mature types who read slashdot (yes, that was a troll, sorry I couldn't resist!) but it's simply a group of like-minded parents who want to shield their kids from violent toys. If you're of a mind, join them. If not, LET THEM BE. It doesn't affect nor concern you.

    And whether or not you think shielding kids from violence is right or wrong, it's NOT your decision. It's the parent's decision. This web site simply lets parents share their finds. If I was Jane Clueless I might not know that Shadow Cat wasn't just another K'nex toy, but I might want to know that it fires missiles.

    Something else for you breeding types to consider is that kids do take notice of their parents approvals and disapprovals. If Mom & Dad consistently say "No" to violent games, Junior does pick up on that. He may rebel and go seek those violent games out on his own, but that's part of growing up too. Deep down, though, he does learn that mom considers violence wrong. What he chooses to do with that knowledge makes him his own individual.

    All in all, it's just another "Move along, nothing to see here" kind of story, (other than a kind of cool shopping list.)

    John

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    John