Friday, May 26, 2006

As Seen on CNN

Hasbro has canceled plans to produce a line of fashion dolls modeled on the pop act the Pussycat Dolls after parents objected to the group's racy image.
The move, announced yesterday, comes about a month after Hasbro announced the line as part of a deal with Interscope Records, the label that released the debut CD of the Pussycat Dolls.
After starting as a burlesque-inspired dance troupe in Los Angeles, the Pussycat Dolls emerged as a recording act. They have since had a series of hit songs with risqué lyrics.
Hasbro saw the Dolls series as a line that would fit in with — and compete against — the Bratz fashion dolls from MGA Entertainment. But an advocacy group, Dads and Daughters, recently mounted a letter-writing campaign pressing the company to shelve the Dolls line.
Hasbro said in a statement this week that "Interscope's current creative direction and images for the recording group are focused on a much older target than we had anticipated at the time of our original discussions," and that the toy line had become "inappropriate for Hasbro."

Dont cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me, especially the filipino/hawaiian chick in the front
Dads and daughters deemed these dolls too sexy for kids

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