- Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 Broom
- by Mattel
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- Our Price: $19.99
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- Usually ships within 24 hours
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- Manufacturer's age:
- 8 years and up
- Our recommended age:
- 8 - 12 years
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- Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within
the U.S. Box Size (in inches): 6.1 x 4.2 x 35.8
- Shipping weight: 1.45 pounds.
- Note: Giftwrapping not available for this item.
- ASIN: B00005NEBW
- SKN: 154291
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customers.
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- 18 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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- Reviewer: A toy enthusiast
from NJ
This toy was #1 on my daughter's Christmas list. So what the heck, although
it has no educational value I figured it would be good for imaginative
play. It wasn't until after she opened her gift and started playing with
it that I realized that the toy may offer a more than sensational experience.
The broomstick has cute sound effects and ***VIBRATES*** when they put
it between their legs to fly. Come on---what were the creators of this
toy thinking? She'll keep playing with the Nimbus 2000, but with the batteries
removed.
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- Reviewer: Ashley from TX
My 12 year old daughter is a big Harry Potter fan, and loved the part with
the Nimbus 2000, so I decided to buy her this toy. I was afraid she would
think it was too babyish, but she LOVES this toy. Even my daughter's friends
enjoy playing with this fun toy. I was surprised at how long they can just
sit in her room and play with this magic broomstick! A great buy for any
Harry Potter fan! :)
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- Reviewer: A toy enthusiast
from Maine, USA
I recently bought this for my son, Vantro. He's a HUGE Harry Potter fan.
Seen the movie 32 times (in the theaters) and made the paper. This toy
gives him the ability to fly around the house zapping things. My only problem
I see with the toy is the batteries drain too fast and his sister fights
him over it, so now I need to buy her one.
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- Reviewer: poola13 from Ohio
When my 12 year old daughter asked for this for her birthday, I kind of
wondered if she was too old for it, but she seems to LOVE it. Her friends
love it too! They play for hours in her bedroom with this great toy. They
really seem to like the special effects it offers (the sound effects and
vibrating). My oldest daughter (17) really likes it too! I reccomend this
for all children.
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- FR-OOZE POP
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- Mr. Rense,
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- Further to your posting today about the Harry Potter
vibrating Nimbus 2000 broomstick toy for kids, here is info on another
childrens' product, the FR-OOZE
POP, that seems equally lewd and unhealthy:
(Apprently the child sucks on the pop until a point where
the "goo" center is made available and it is squirted into the
mouth with a squeeze to the base)
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- User
Commentary site:
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- Official
Product Site:
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- Be well,
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- Anonymous
- Canada
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- Too SHAGEDELIC? (from 1999)
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- BY EDWIN YEO
- Jun 29, 1999
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 A QUESTION FOR ADULTS: The Austin Powers
doll that asks something that can make a grown-up blush. The toy set on
sale in stores here.
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- WOULD you let your 10-year-old child play with a toy
that says something that can make an adult blush?
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- The doll, which resembles Mike Myers' character in Austin
Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, is on sale here.
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- When you press a button, the doll, which has a voice
chip, says: "Do I make you feel horny, baby, do I?"
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- Most parents interviewed by The New Paper seemed to be
stunned that it's on sale.
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- Said Madam Lee Hua Peng, whose son is eight: "I'm
shocked that... department stores are selling such sexually suggestive
toys.
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- "How can it be okay for my son to go around saying
horny or shag?"
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- Mrs Helena Teo said: "What am I supposed to tell
my 10-year-old when he asks what shag or horny means?"
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- But not every parent shared this view.
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- Said filmmaker Eric Khoo, who has four young sons: "It
is harmless. Compared with some other toys... which are graphic in their
depiction of violence, I would much rather my sons played with the Austin
Powers toys."
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- Department stores here, such as Takashimaya and Metro,
sell the action figures.
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- Toys R Us Singapore brought in the toys, but sold them
only to adult collectors who pre-ordered them.
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- A spokesman for the company said that fewer than 20 sets
of the toys have been sold.
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- But McFarlane Toys, which produced the controversial
figures, said the "horny" figure shouldn't have been in Toys
R Us in the first place.
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- McFarlane said it was an adult version that was meant
to be sent to specialty shops.
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- Department stores were supposed to sell only the more
family-oriented doll that says: "Would you fancy a shag?"
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- Oh yes, that has family values written all over it.
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- Here, the adult version is found only in special comicbook
shops such as Comic Art Gallery.
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- Said its proprietor, Mr Eugene Wu: "We don't sell
the adult version to kids who ask for Austin Powers toys. To them, I sell
the cleaner version."
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- Asked whether even the cleaner version is suitable for
children aged 10 and above - which the label on the toy says it is - Mr
Wu replied: "The word shag has been approved by the authorities for
publication in the newspapers.
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- "So I think it should be okay."
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- Right or wrong, the toys, especially the "horny"
figure, are much sought after among collectors.
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- Comic Art Gallery is selling copies of that figure for
$50.
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- And it's selling out fast, Mr Wu said.
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- IN THE US
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- AN American mother has handed one of these dolls to the
police, complaining that it directed sexual innuendoes at children.
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- Reacting to the complaint, Toys R Us in the US told stores
across the nation to remove the figure from their shelves.
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- IN HONGKONG
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- HONGKONG education authorities and social groups have
called for a ban on the dolls - there are six characters from the movie
1 - saying they are a bad influence.
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- Opposition Democrat legislator Albert Ho told the Hongkong
Standard newspaper: "It is socially... undesirable to have these dolls
sold to children. They should be banned."
The
Electric New Paper
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