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Originally posted by Cynthetiq
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It's not as blatant as it was in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and GI Joe heyday 80s... but it's still a horrific thing IMHO. While kids can't tell the difference at a young age, the adults don't fare much better because they were never given the tools for critical thinking. [/B]
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Seems much more blatant now to me. No one released a major, if any, film starring Snap, Crackle and Pop, but Jimmy Neutron, Spongebob, et al, glare at you from all kinds of food boxes on the shelves. There weren't websites 15, 20 years ago aimed at kids starring their favorite character in games released by food conglomerates.
When my kids were toddlers (and maybe now), Toys R Us frequently ran promotions-with every purchase, your kids got a box full of goodies. Mostly this consisted of snacks and coupons for those snacks. OK, so it introduces my kids to something they may never have otherwise tried. But wrap shit in beautiful paper and put a ribbon on it....it's still shit- more pleasing to the eye, but stinks just the same.