These must have been created for a Middle Eastern audience:
MIAMI (AP) – Small toys showing an airplane flying into the World Trade Center were packed inside more than 14,000 bags of candy and sent to small groceries around the country before being recalled.
Lisy Corp., the wholesaler that distributed the candy, said Friday that the toys were purchased in bulk from a Miami-based import company.
The toys came in an assortment purchased sight unseen from L&M Import in Miami and included the toys depicting the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the twin towers, whistles and other small toys, said Luis Pedron, Lisy’s national sales manager. The invoice said the toy was a plastic swing set.
“I hate to blame the importer. He probably did not know what he was getting. He brings them in 40-foot containers. But whoever made it knew exactly what they were making,” Pedron said.
Feh…
Pardon my profiling, but the company the candy maker/distributor got them from is called “L&M Import and Export”, which sounds a bit like a Chinese-American-owned company, although it could be others. And, L&M claims they got the toy from China.
No, no, no! Stuff those conspiratorial thoughts back in your head.
As a New Yorker, this is absolutely unacceptable. This is like sending A-bomb toys to Hiroshima, or having Timothy McVeigh action figures. I’m a normal 28 year old here who’s went through it and am fine with it, but this is someone SPECIFICALLY with FULL KNOWLEDGE of what they are doing, targeting America to rub it in their faces. I have been trying to find a phone # or email to let them know how I feel but have been unsuccessful. If anyone finds one, please post.
As a New Yorker, this is absolutely unacceptable. This is like sending A-bomb toys to Hiroshima, or having Timothy McVeigh action figures. I’m a normal 28 year old here who went through it and am fine with it, but this is someone SPECIFICALLY with FULL KNOWLEDGE of what they are doing, targeting America to rub it in their faces. I have been trying to find a phone # or email to let them know how I feel but have been unsuccessful. If anyone finds one, please post.
I’m pretty sure I’d love to confront the toy designer. Perhaps he’d be interested in trying my aluminum softball bat for size…
And now there are toys with Usama! Do people realize that he owns a company that makes the powdery stuff on gum? I don’t remember what it is called, but talk about a biological disaster.. Perhaps these toys are the beacon..
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L M Import Export Inc
4805 NW 165th St,
Hialeah, FL 33014
(305) 622-7122
I want to know where I can get one.