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Mattel's Mattel's Rad Repeatin' Tarzan! - $70 (Angel Fire, NM)
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AP Wire Published Sunday, June 20, 1999
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Mattel Inc. is changing the packaging of its Tarzan action figure after some people said the doll's movements were sexually suggestive. Raising the right arm of the 12-inch-high "Rad Repeatin' Tarzan" switches on a recording of his jungle yell. The problem is that the spring-loaded arm can be pumped rapidly up and down from Tarzan's chest to below his loin cloth, a motion that some people call suggestive. Although nobody has complained to the company, Tarzan's performance has been noted in messages on some Internet chat rooms since the doll reached stores about three weeks ago. "That right arm is the topic of controversy," Mattel spokeswoman Sara Rosales acknowledged Saturday. "I think this is where adults look at things through a different set of eyes. Kids have a much more innocent concept." The $19.95 doll, a tie-in to Walt Disney Co.'s new animated film "Tarzan," is shipped in an open-front package so kids can try out the toy before they buy. No changes will be made to the doll itself. However, Mattel's retail service group is making sure the arm will be secured in the package so it cannot drop below Tarzan's waist while the toy is still in the store, Ms. Rosales said.
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