Jun 19th 2009 By Asylum Staff

Too-Sexy Assassins

Assassins
A samurai assassin wiping blood from her blade may seem to be more scary than sexy but dress her in a robe that doubles as a bustiere and you've got a toy bound to turn a generation of kids into international perverts .

Ivy from Soul Calibur PVC
It's up for debate if whether or not Ivy is sexy, depending if you think she looks more like mid-90s Jennifer Aniston or David Bowie. Either way, she's gotta lose the whip. Those metal plates are murder when you've got sensitive pores like ours.

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Sunday 21 June

By Eric

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There is no point to this article. is completely moot as KIDS are not able to purchase these "TOYS"
of the 4 only one would be available at a mass market store. and NONE are in a child's price range. Toomb Raider toy($34.95) Invisible Woman (japanese sold 8900 yen= $94 US) Assassin Figure (specialty figure $80.dollers) and the Ivy soul Calibur Figure. ($144.95)

Now im a father and im pretty sure im going to monitor what my young children are buying with say $400.00 of my hard earned dollers and im going to have questions on why they want them. as there not action figures but shelf decorations.

as for how kids Dress now a days go to a mall and look in the windows of all the name brand stores and shops watch the ads on tv and bill boards. toys are not the issue unless you want to look at the brats and barbies of our generation.

Leave the artistic maniquetts alon as they are not TOYS

Sunday 21 June

By Melissa

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Um I am 16 and I have to say, Do not complain about Ivy. The Soul Calibur games is for teens in the first place. If you as parents allow your children to play games or watch shows that have characters you don't like then don't let them watch or play the games.

Sunday 21 June

By Gabriel Mora

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Excellent point ERIC! Yes, I'm a collector myself and those are collectible items NOT TOYS! And if we are going to think about moral then look closely to the music, cartoons (Like The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, etc) Aired on prime time on regular television completely easy to acces to those children the author of this article claim to care about! How about all the other TV shows (True Blood), Movies (Transformers II The scene with the girl in Daisy Duke's shorts!!!) and music that only promotes sex, drugs and disrespectful manners!!!

Sunday 21 June

By sarah

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thats the most stupid thing ive ever heard, you can collect things without them looking like that. If people keep suppourting those kinds of dolls kids of the future are all gonna be whores or perverts

Sunday 21 June

By Tev

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These toys aren't even marketed towards children ... most of these are marketed solely towards adult collectors, making it unlikely that most children will even see them, let alone be able to purchase them, as Eric pointed out.

TV commercials shown during times when many children are likely to be watching are often worse, as are ads in popular magazines and on billboards.

Sunday 21 June

By G

Neutral

sorry, but why exactly do you or anyone else need this?
between the money it costs and the appearance i would say its quite useless in every way shape and form.

Eric makes a good point tho, they are not toys and are not exactly available at toysrus, im sure they sell a number of these at various Newbury comics, but those aren't childrens toy stores anyway.
Either way, im not for these silly things in any way shape or form, and tho the world could do without them, there's a lot more trash more readily available to children, so, in interest of the peoples right to waste money on filthy dolls, i must say, i wont start caring till they make these a regular piece of kindergarten playtime

Sunday 21 June

By D

Neutral

I have lots of friends in the video gaming industry that use these as points of reference. The body parts are so exagerated and so are the muscle groups that when a client wants a muscle superwoman, it's easier to have a reference as a jumping off point.

Sunday 21 June

By Nexus6KW

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"...a toy bound to turn a generation of kids into international perverts"...and "Either way, she's gotta lose the whip." Gee.what yellow journalism! Who made you the moral right? It's people like you who worry me, not the collectibles. Obviously you have your own issues aloing with the other repressed people who remark that "suppourting" "those kinds of dolls kids of the future are all gonna be whores or perverts" ..you writers need to discipline yourself to write an unbiased piece and your commenters need to learn how to spell...and these figures are SO ho-hum compared to what serious "garage kit" and "figure modelers" sculpt, build, paint, buy, sell and trade...mind your own business and don't worry about what my ADULT friends and I might collect..if you're so worried about children and need a cause I suggest helping clear Cambodia and other war zones of land mines..prohibit their production and use..or donate some money for prosthetic limbs for children who need them who have been traumatized and robbed of their childhood and don't play with "toys" of any kind...

Monday 22 June

By glennblackwell

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This is the western world. Not the east.
Right-wing society would rather kids have fully dressed action figures with attention to weapons.
Protestant sexual repression, while being desensitized to violence.

Sunday 21 June

By Brian

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As I flip through these images the top of page is Megan Fox biting her thumb. All I can think of is where' my Makayla action figure.

Sunday 21 June

By Esmi

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This is really stupid. Waste of time. These arnt even toys these are action figures if you are gonna write an article do some research cause these things are really expensive no parent would even buy these! You CANT get them at toys r us they arnt even for the kids age group. Get your facts straight.

Sunday 21 June

By Andrea

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Uhm, these toys are designed for adults. They're collectibles.

Sunday 21 June

By olive

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Alot of you are right. This is stupid!! Those collectibles are clearly aimed towards adults and NO ONE should be telling another adult what they should and should not collect. Any one who does try to is just trying to shove their morals down somone else's throat.

Sunday 21 June

By Hank

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The writer seems to be concerned about others morals by pandering to other alarmist mental midgets citing what will happen to "generations of kids". Before bashing these items you obviously didn't do YOUR research and were uninformed on any of them. I find it more offensive that a person can write any articles by not doing proper research and misrepresenting not just these but any merchandise. It simply shows your own hang ups by going off half cocked on things your really know nothing about and exposes your ignorance to your intended reader. Oh, you were probably expecting the folks who respond to lay into you too, since it obviously looks like an intentional bait for creating controversy (however small). Too obvious, have fun with it, enjoy the attempt, practice more, you may write something worth the time to look at with whatever added talent you may possibly develop one day. Cheers. =)

Sunday 21 June

By Jes

Neutral

wow! guess they better keep pumping the hormones into the cows, and to think they say barbie is damaging to a girls self esteem...

Monday 22 June

By Steven

Neutral

This article is another example of political correctness run amok. These "toys" are really collectibles meant to be displayed on a shelf, much like a model ship in a bottle. If these were marketed toward children, I would understand the outrage. But these are adult items and the only ones who would be offended are feminists and religious prudes.