You know that Christmastime is in the air as soon as the consumer advocacy groups and watchdog organizations start telling you what you shouldn't buy. One of these groups, called W.A.T.C.H. (World Against Toys Causing Harm), has released their annual list of toys that could potentially hurt a child. I'm not really sure what actual authority they have to make such a list, but they've done so and now that list is being scattered all over the national news outlets.
The only reason I'm bringing it up here is because out of this list of the 10 Most Dangerous Toys, two of them are action figures. So now we can all feel a little more like tough guys for collecting something officially documented as "dangerous"! The two figures were joined by such evil torture implements as a baby doll that likes to take baths and a book in which Curious George teaches you to count. I'm not kidding here, people.
The fist of the verboten figures is the 30" tall Dark Knight figure which sports a couple of 1" long pointy ears made of a rigid plastic that makes the toy more like a 30" tall Batman-shaped pitchfork, just the thing for skewering a child. I can see where that my pose a problem.
The second figure is Hasbro's X-Men Origins Slashin' Action Wolverine figure, and it seems that W.A.T.C.H. have used their discerning eye to spot some sort of "claws" that snap out of the figure's fists, which rather pointy and could hurt you. Huh... who knew?
Anyway, stay safe out there, fellow action figure fans, and don't let your toys kill you. If you want to see the whole list, feel free to swing on by (carefully, though) the W.A.T.C.H. website.
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