Post by rihia2k on Nov 7, 2014 21:17:48 GMT -6
I definitely want to avoid stirring up anything political or cultural here.
But thought this was a pretty crazy idea which I first read about recently in the article below;
Creepy CIA Osama Bin Laden dolls: Yours for $3,200
It's bound to be old news to most here.
Two points really stuck out in my mind though.
Firstly, with all the face kit does he look any more 'Bin Laden' than say most kid's Dads living in the Middle East?
Secondly, Darth Maul much?!
I was pretty surprised to see David Levine (Hasbro GI Joe's creator) had a lot of involvement with this concept. Because, while I'm not a multinational toy company director, I know kids dig bad guys like Skeletor & Cobra Commander. It seemed like a pretty poor propaganda concept which could backfire from the get-go, glorifying Bin Laden rather than villainizing him.
But thought this was a pretty crazy idea which I first read about recently in the article below;
Creepy CIA Osama Bin Laden dolls: Yours for $3,200
It's bound to be old news to most here.
Two points really stuck out in my mind though.
Firstly, with all the face kit does he look any more 'Bin Laden' than say most kid's Dads living in the Middle East?
Secondly, Darth Maul much?!
I was pretty surprised to see David Levine (Hasbro GI Joe's creator) had a lot of involvement with this concept. Because, while I'm not a multinational toy company director, I know kids dig bad guys like Skeletor & Cobra Commander. It seemed like a pretty poor propaganda concept which could backfire from the get-go, glorifying Bin Laden rather than villainizing him.