Anakin Skywalker (special order fig)
The figure that doesn't make the child wait for the dog to chew it up. What kid wouldn't want to play with a horribly burnt, quadriplegic, psychopathic wife beater (ok, technically only wife choker, but you see where I'm going with this)?
Now in all fairness, the figure also comes a full set of interchangeable robot limbs, but this creates even more messed-up qualities. Any toy that has removable limbs is going to have that quality integrated into the kids play, meaning that the toy is designed in a manner to induce children to integrate dismemberment into their daily play.
There's also the issue of loosing the limbs of the toy. I remember when I was a little rug rat my parents had to keep on buying me the detachable limb C-3PO because I kept on misplacing legs and arms. In the end I was left with about 4 torsos with maybe enough parts to build an almost complete character. In a futile attempt to piece together other 3POs, I attempted to use hands in place of feet… The end result did psychological damage to myself on such a level that I'm still sorting it out… |
