Toys ‘R’ Us stirred up a little controversy last week when they decided to pull a couple of Breaking Bad toys from its shelves. The toy store was pressured by angry parents who said that the violent drug dealing action figures were not appropriate for kids. Well, the show’s two stars, Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston, have issued a response.
Lets start with Mr. Cranston. The man who played Walter White didn’t wade to far into the controversy. He simply posted a little joke about the toys being sold overseas.
Toys R Us puts Breaking Bad toys on ‘indefinite sabbatical.’ Word on the street is that they were sent to Belize. Nicely played Florida Mom.
— Bryan Cranston (@BryanCranston) October 22, 2014
“Florida mom petitions against Toys ‘R Us over Breaking Bad action figures.” I’m so mad, I’m burning my Florida Mom action figure in protest
— Bryan Cranston (@BryanCranston) October 20, 2014
Aaron Paul, on the other hand, greeted the controversy head on, saying Toys ‘R’ Us was being hypocritical by pulling the Breaking Bad toys while keeping violent video games and Barbie Dolls on their shelves.
Wait, so @ToysRUs pulled all of the Breaking Bad figures from their shelves and still sells Barbie? Hmmmm…I wonder what is more damaging?
— Aaron Paul (@aaronpaul_8) October 23, 2014
And what about all of the violent video games you sell @ToysRUs ? Do you still sell those? Florida mom really messed it up for everyone.
— Aaron Paul (@aaronpaul_8) October 23, 2014
The actor also directed people to a petition where they could show their support for action figures.
Here’s the petition to sign to keep the toys on the shelves! This would be so fun to show the Florida mom. YeahBitch https://t.co/8iEFsLBCIn
— Aaron Paul (@aaronpaul_8) October 24, 2014
The petition points out that while Toys ‘R Us does sell toys to young kids, they also sell products for a mature crowd.
The petition reads: “It is NOT irresponsible to have these in the store. It is only irresponsible if they sell them to people they are not appropriate for… Just like TRU doesn’t sell “M” rated video game titles to young kids, they will not sell age-inappropriate toys to kids. PARENTS should be the one dictating what their kids watch, buy, read, play and consume, NOT the buyers or employees of Toys R Us.”
Do you think Toys ‘R’ Us should put the Breaking Bad toys back on the shelves?
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