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[*] posted on 12-11-2007 at 11:34 AM
Just in time for holiday — cuddly critter corpses


Look into any child's toy box and you'll usually find at least one stuffed animal that has seen better days — a teddy bear with an eye missing or an arm nearly torn off. Now a British company wants to give you that look right out of the box with its line of "roadkill" plush toys.

The first to be launched is Twitch the Raccoon which comes with its own body bag, reports U.K newspaper Metro.

Twitch also has an identity tag revealing it was "run over over by a milk [delivery truck] last Thursday."

A zipper on each side of the toy allows the owner to remove Twitch's internal organs and stuff them back in again. A truck-tire print runs across its back.

The product's creators, Compost Communications, call themselves "toy terrorists."

"We squash and burn and bludgeon and maim," the company was quoted as saying on its Web site. "But we're also toy fanatics like you. We love toys."

Toy creator Adam Arber, 33, said: "I got the idea from looking at my mother-in-law's dog which is quite ugly and I thought it would make a great toy. A friend of mine had taken some pictures of road kill and the two things gelled into one idea."

He said he thought the toys, which cost $50, would appeal to people with a sense of humor and "probably not anyone easily upset".

Twitch is set to go on sale starting in December at London's Play Lounge toy store and online at roadkilltoys.com. Coming soon are other characters including Grind the rabbit, Splodge the hedgehog and Pop the weasel.

What, no baby deer called Slambi?

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[*] posted on 12-11-2007 at 10:22 PM


what good is roadkill if ya can't scrape it up and cook it?
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[*] posted on 12-11-2007 at 10:25 PM


After I posted this I rememberd a toy from about 8-10 years ago. This 'Road Kill' toy is a total rip off of 'Meanie Babies' which were a parody of 'Beanie Babies' obviously.



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[*] posted on 12-11-2007 at 10:30 PM


I've seen kids carrying stuffed things that looked like roadkill cause it was so wrecked
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