Friday, November 14, 2014

Kids 'toy' shows girl slitting wrist

Mom infuriated by image, 'cackling laugh,' but store owner says it's ID'd as 'Evilstick'



evil_stick

An Ohio mother is alarmed that what she thought was a “princess wand” turned out to be something more, with a “cackling laugh” and an image of a young girl slitting her wrist.

But the store manager suggests she should have reviewed the product more carefully before purchasing it, since, after all, it is called the “Evilstick.”

See a report from local WTSP-TV:The concerns are being raised by Nicole Allen, who told the station the dollar-store product came with a piece of foil, and when it came off, there was a “disturbing image of a girl cutting her wrists with a knife.”
“I want to know how they think it’s suitable for a child,” she said.
The wand promises “wonderful music,” and magic and fairies.

But its image is accompanied by a “cackling laugh” and flashing lights, according to the report.


The pinkish-orange scepter-style wand was purchased for Allen’s 2-year-old from the $1.00 Store in Kettering, Ohio.

The store’s owner, Amar Moustafa, suggested customers note the name of the toy.

The Dayton Daily News said another Dayton resident visited the same store and purchased an Evilstick himself to verify the reports. He found that the Chinese-made toys featured a number of different pictures, and he had to sort through two racks of Evilsticks to find one with the same ‘cutting girl’ image.”

The paper said the toy “resembles typical dollar store off-brand merchandise, which is not infrequently unusual, foreign-made, poorly labeled, or otherwise different from non-discount merchandise found at larger retailers.”
Jim Hoft at the Gateway Pundit noted the product was marked “for children ages three and up.”

The toy:

Wand

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/11/kids-toy-shows-girl-slitting-wrist/#M5DLb02byT4ZR8P0.99

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