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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.

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ljubavirakija 18th-Jan-2013 05:11 pm (UTC)
I don't understand why these would be created, and sold, in the first place.

Who would really want a doll from a Tarantino film?
mynamehere07 18th-Jan-2013 05:16 pm (UTC)
Tarantino has toy lines for almost all of his movies. Obviously, the market is adult fanboys/fangirls, but there is a market for them.
rolt_me 18th-Jan-2013 05:21 pm (UTC)
grownups and dolls don't compute for me.
theratwhispers 18th-Jan-2013 05:22 pm (UTC)
I am adult and I collect dolls and cool toys. :D
fabby 18th-Jan-2013 05:25 pm (UTC)
Me too, bb, me too.
theratwhispers 18th-Jan-2013 05:27 pm (UTC)
I own one of these:
http://www.volksusa.com/dollfie-dream.html

I'm nuts, lol.

rolt_me 18th-Jan-2013 05:28 pm (UTC)
theratwhispers 18th-Jan-2013 05:28 pm (UTC)
qt
gee 18th-Jan-2013 05:33 pm (UTC)
Me too :3 I have 2 BJDs, a few anime figs, monster high dolls....lol but I love them. I envy people who have whole display cases full of them *-*
daddyissues 18th-Jan-2013 06:22 pm (UTC)
same! i collect powerpuff girls and sailor moon toys!

i have all three ppg dolls with their guitars and drum kit from the love makes the world go round song from the clown ep :D and sailor moon / polly pocket secret rings
ediesedgwick 18th-Jan-2013 05:42 pm (UTC)
same
fabby 18th-Jan-2013 05:23 pm (UTC)
Seriously? I had several Kill Bill figures. They are awesome! Guess you aren't a fanboy ;) Movie figures are a huge collectible business. HUGE.
littlepunkryo 18th-Jan-2013 05:24 pm (UTC)
If I had the money I'd buy sooo many. Pretty much anything Hot Toys makes, for instance, is AMAZING and really not all THAT expensive considering how amazing the workmanship is, imo.
fabby 18th-Jan-2013 05:26 pm (UTC)
Before I had a kid, I spent stupid money on this sort of stuff (I hope he shares the obsession when he's older). It's just so cool!
turi 18th-Jan-2013 06:39 pm (UTC)
um I love my Kill Bill toys, back off
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