SAN DIEGO (AP) -- When 7-year-old Zachariah Zelin ripped
off the Christmas wrapping, he squealed with delight. Santa
brought the talking G.I. Joe doll he wanted. Problem was,
Joe talked like Barbie.
His doll stands at the ready in its Army fatigues,
machine gun and hand grenades at its side. But it says
things like, "Want to go shopping?"
The BLO has claimed responsibility. That's Barbie
Liberation Organization. Made up of more than 50 concerned
parents, feminists and other activists, the BLO claims to
have surreptitiously switched the voice boxes on 300 G.I.
Joe and Barbie dolls across the United States this holiday
season.
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Among the messages the tampered G.I. Joe utters are,
"I love school. Don't you?" and "Let's sing with the band
tonight."
In a deep voice, the altered Barbie says, among other
things, "Dead men tell no lies."
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