The New York Geekcast

A recent article on the New York Daily News website attempts to sensationalize a photo that was recently discussed on Gizmodo — that of a pole-dancing toy doll being sold somewhere.

The photo is most likely of some kind of bootlegged discount-store import toy, but that’s not the point. What makes me annoyed is a) how the Daily News is trying to make “news” out of this random internet photo, and b) the idea that this doll could, in any capacity, be harmful to a child. Parents buy their kids things like Bratz dolls — which make me want to puke — but heaven help us if a cabbage patch kid comes with a dance pole. Spare me.

Photo of pole-dancing doll has parents in an outrage – NYDailyNews.com [Thanks, Erin]

Did you subscribe to Disney adventures as a kid? I did. Anyway, somebody is selling “nearly every issue” (way to be specific) of the 1990-2000 run of the magazine on eBay, with a starting price of — wait for it — $1500. Or you can Buy It Now for $2000.

Ridiculous? Yes. I’ve bought a couple of back issues on eBay myself, and even if you were to bid on them here and there, you’d likely pay no more than $5 a piece. Thus, the entire 120 issues of that time period would run you around $600 max.

Yeah. Good luck with the sales, there, buddy.

Disney Adventures Magazines- ALMOST ALL FROM ‘90-’00ISH – eBay (item 130311835611 end time Jun-16-09 20:49:25 PDT).