X-Mas Toys: Too Violent

According to the The Lion and the Lamb, a project with the primary mission to stop the selling of violent toys to children, there are a few gifts that you should cross off your list this year. That is if you plan on buying these things for your younger friends and family. They compile a list every year called "The Dirty Dozen" (is that a war reference?); toys they deem too violent for kids. Each descripition below is posted at www.lionlamb.org

Here are the top 6:

#1 Army Forward Command Post, Ever Sparkle Industrial Toys
Recommended Age: 5+
Description: This dollhouse looks like a home that has been hit by a bomb: there are holes in the roof, one wall is demolished, bullets are scattered on the floor, and the porch railings are broken.

#2 Star Blaster Set, SRM Entertainment
Recommended Age: 5+
Description: A “Battle Blaster,” an extendable sword and a “voice changer.”

#3 Zoids, “Gun Sniper,” Hasbro
Recommended Age: 4+
Description: A “posable action figure” of a creature called Sniper, wielding a gun in each hand.

#4NRG Paintball, Toymax
Recommended Age: 8+
Description: A toy version of paint ball, which fires up to 40 feet.

#5Nerf Blastin’ Zurg from Toy Story, Hasbro and Disney/Pixar
Recommended Age: 4+
Description: A brightly-colored action figure for pre-schoolers that shoots Nerf “laser darts.”

#6Galidor “Ooni,” Lego
Recommended Age: 4+
Description: A fantasy “constructible action figure” that children can build themselves. One of a series of action figures whose body parts are interchangeable.

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I dont think there is a problem with children playing with "Violent" toys (Within reason), i think one of the most important things to teach your children is the diffirance between reality and fiction...

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It's a god-awful small affair, To the girl with, the mousy hair, But her mummy is yelling "No", and her daddy has told her to go, But her friend is nowhere to be seen, Now she walks through her sunken dream, To the seat with the clearest view, And she's hooked to the silver screen, But the film is a saddening bore, For she's lived it ten times or more...

Oh heck I can't read i thought this topic said "X-Men toys too violent"

I think that list is a bit extreme though especially that Galidor Ooni, can't imagine why that is on the list. Hondo is right, but on some message boards I frequent, like the Counter-strike board (Ok bad example :P) where the average member is younger and american, they seem to be very gung-ho. Can't tell if they're just kidding or whether they have genuinely been influenced by all the war on terror pap, but some of them did go off and join the marines.

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Just more people trying to tell others what they should/shouldn't do. I'm sure they have a closet full of this stuff and kiddie porn on their computers

Anyone ever play that game? That's just silly.

No, Hondo is wrong. Parents don't teach their kids anything. And anyway, why should we live in a world full of crap and then say "Parents teach your kids this is wrong"? Obviously the people who invented these violent toys didn't learn the difference between good and bad from their parents.

This morning I was watching Deathrace 2000. I remember when it first came out it caused a big controversy. Then they made a video game about it and that made big news too for being violent.

Dude, Sunny, do you have kids? Never mind, I know the answer. Look, I have 2 and I hang around people who have kids and of the 200 or so that I see on a regular basis they are being taught plenty by their parents.

Some of these toys have merit. My son plays that Streetfighter game. He doesn't learn violence against other people from it... he learns violence against characters in the game. It's not transferred into violence against people.... that, mon ami, is a veritable Grand Canyon of difference. That game taught him that persistence is necessary to meet a goal, it's good for hand-eye coordination, and the story that goes with it is entertaining (which promotes reading/research).

I don't as a parent turn them loose in the game store and let them buy just anything. If they want something I rent it, I play it and if it passes my criteria, I buy it. If not, I explain why.

M.J.?

I don't think parents teach thier kids anything. Heck, they can't even discuss sex. It's a fantasy I say. Look at Bushlite, do you think his parents taught him anything? Lol. Why is it that tougher laws keep criminals in line but tougher laws for what kids are exposed to are useless? If you keep drugs out of the country it works for adults but keeping violent games out of the hands of kids doesn't? Your idea only works in a perfect world not in real life. In real life people smoke and say "I smoke but I don't ever want you to start", or they drink or do drugs or whatever. If everyone is so perfect why doesn't the warning label on cigarettes stop everyone from smoking? The world is not full of Dr. Phils or Oprahs. Heck, even Martha Stewart isn't perfect.

Btw, I don't mind the toys above, I'm just sick of violence being fed to kids.

More snot, less blood! lol

Its all in the upbringing. A child will have no problems growing up around so called violent toys, video games and movies as long as the parents are there to help them distinguish between right and wrong. Hell I have a next door neighbour who is about 12 who has Action Toys, played Grand Theft Auto and other violent games and seen several scary & violent movies (Event Horizon, Black hawk Down, SPR etc) and is one of the kindest and happy kids I know. Im not saying that 12 year olds should watch violent movies/games and I dont think that some of the movies this kid has seen were appropriate but he has such good parents that are akways there to help him distinguish right and wrong. Now sex on the otherhand I do have problems with, kids these days know more about sex at age 9 before I did at age 15...

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Let Sexy Celebrity recommend some safe, friendly kid toys for this Christmas.

Recommendation #1:


A beauuuuuuuuuutiful pair of Romanian Folk Dolls. A boy and a girl for your precious child to play with - and it's fun for all ages! Your child will scream with excitement when he/she sees these Romanian playmates dance out of the box you give him on Christmas morning. Yes, the star on top of your tree will shine brighter when the Romanian Folk Dolls brighten up your child's life. To order, go to www.romaniandolls.com