ONTD

littlemiss rhcp_csi
5:49 pm - 01/18/2013

'Django' Slave Toys discontinued



The controversial “Django Unchained” action figures have officially been DISCONTINUED ... after several African American groups called for a boycott of the dolls ... TMZ has learned.

Sources connected to the toy production tell us ... shortly after advocacy groups like Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and Project Islamic Hope spoke out against the figurines ... the Weinstein Company (which produced the film) reached out to the toy company and told them to put the kibosh on the toy line ASAP.

We're told the toy company agreed, insisting they never intended to offend anyone ... and halted production immediately.

Sources tell us ... the toymakers only released somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,000 dolls before shutting down production.

source
Page 3 of 3
<<[1] [2] [3] >>
Leave a Comment
larrylurker 18th-Jan-2013 05:45 pm (UTC)
First my guns. Now my slave toys?

This is not the America I signed up for during citizenship
karinette001 18th-Jan-2013 05:45 pm (UTC)
lmfao
kurtvonnegut 18th-Jan-2013 06:00 pm (UTC)
lol
bellwetherr 18th-Jan-2013 06:16 pm (UTC)
lol
chuk_is_dazzled 18th-Jan-2013 06:18 pm (UTC)
lol
francesbcobain 18th-Jan-2013 07:46 pm (UTC)
lol
x_neverenough 18th-Jan-2013 09:32 pm (UTC)
lmao
swissbeauty23 22nd-Jan-2013 05:05 am (UTC)
LOL
ladyjj 18th-Jan-2013 05:51 pm (UTC)
And at least half of that 1000 are spread out at varied Newbury Comics in Massachusetts.
flumes 18th-Jan-2013 05:53 pm (UTC)
if u dont get the implications of this that's on u tbh but im glad theyre stopping this it was a bad fucking idea
xpirate_queenx 18th-Jan-2013 05:53 pm (UTC)
Cue them being sold for $1000+ a pop on eBay, at conventions, etc.
dizzylizzybsb 18th-Jan-2013 05:54 pm (UTC)
I am just gonna say this:
These are not toys for children, they are collectible items from a Quentin Tarantino movie. Believe it or not there are a lot of fans of his films who collect those figures.
darkwarrior 18th-Jan-2013 06:06 pm (UTC)
Free speech takes a holiday.
tiki876 18th-Jan-2013 06:12 pm (UTC)
ugh who the fuck thought this was a good idea
afireinside_182 18th-Jan-2013 06:28 pm (UTC)
i am genuinely curious as to where these dolls would be sold. these are dolls for not children, clearly. these aren't meant to be played with, they are collectables. now mind you, any kid if they see these dolls will probably want to play with them but.....what friggen child is actually going to play out a scene either from the movie or a historical scene where the african american dolls will play the roll as the slave?? am i missing something here???? clearly i am, because (and rightfully so) many people on here have a very adamant opinion about it. i am really just curious because i can obviously see the outrage people would have for these dolls, but why don't the same people have the same reaction with half naked female collectable dolls from video games and what not. i posted this post on my facebook and asked what everyone's opinion would be about these dolls being banned because i'm having a hard time seeing past their sole purpose of being a collectable item for adults who have seen the movie and thoroughly enjoy the characters theyve seen on screen. if a child were to obtain one of these dolls, it would be a great teaching tool regardless of the doll's roll in the film. again i don't wish to have a mudslinging debate here, but i'd like an honest and respectful opinion!
sumlikeithaute 18th-Jan-2013 06:41 pm (UTC)
Comic Book stores, Nerd conventions and eBay bb.
fabby 18th-Jan-2013 06:43 pm (UTC)
I haven't seen the film and I'm white, so I'm certainly not going to address the problematic nature of slave figures (or these figures in particular). However, I do think that people don't understand that these kind of figures are made for many cult films and the like and that there is a big (adult) market for them. The company that produced these dolls likely has a contract in place to produce figures for all Tarantino films as they are big sellers. I'm sure it wasn't a case of, "Hey! Let's make some slave dolls!" They were likely just doing what they do every time a Tarantino film comes out - selling as much shit as they can related to the movie. It just didn't occur to them that this is different than say Kill Bill figures.

Figures like these are sold in comic book shops and by online collectible retailers - you're not going to find them at Toys R Us. The purpose is for displaying as part of your collection - not for play.

I agree with you that the half-naked female dolls are problematic (as are many of the depictions of women in video games, etc.). I see where you're going, but it is actually two separate issues. Racism is not the same thing as feminism, kwim?
afireinside_182 18th-Jan-2013 06:52 pm (UTC)
yeah totally, after i re read my comment, i realized i was comparing apples and oranges really lol.
oh7 18th-Jan-2013 07:15 pm (UTC)
I finally saw this movie, via a stream, and it wasn't offensive or anything spectacular. I didn't think the movie was full of stereotypes but I remembered reading that Kerry Washington's character was suppose to be very sought after, and I didn't get that. Of course Django loved her and did extreme things to get her and live freely with her but Tarintino (sp) is not the first person to show that type of love between Black people. The films Rosewood and Roots had similar love stories set in similar time periods in America. Also, Samuel L. Jackson deserves an award for the cooning he did in that movie, it was something special.
prophecypro 18th-Jan-2013 08:27 pm (UTC)
I know studios make movie memorabilia of this nature, like McFarlane toys makes movie action figures and Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction and Resovior Dogs all had stuff like this....but someone had to have known this was wrong lol
mjspice 19th-Jan-2013 09:01 am (UTC)
Good.
Page 3 of 3
<<[1] [2] [3] >>
Leave a comment
This page was loaded May 23rd 2013, 9:46 pm GMT.