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The store Toys R Us has stopped selling a drug-dealer doll because an online campaign. The store was selling action figures the popular American TV series 'Breaking Bad'. One the figures came bags full drug money and blue crystal drugs. A mother, Susan Myers, started an online petition to get Toys R Us to stop selling the toys. More than 3,000 people signed the petition and the store took the dolls of its online store. Ms Myers wrote Change.org: "Toys R Us is well known the world….However their decision to sell a Breaking Bad doll, complete a detachable sack of cash and a bag of [drugs], alongside children's toys is a dangerous [move away] their family-friendly values."

Ms Myers explained that although Breaking Bad was a popular show adults, dolls the show did not belong a toy store shelf Barbie dolls and Disney characters. She said: "Parents and grandparents around the world shop Toys R Us, online and in stores, with their children. They should not be forced to explain why a certain toy comes a bag of highly dangerous and illegal drugs, or why someone who sells those drugs deserves to be made an action figure." A Toys R Us spokesperson said: "The product packaging clearly notes that the items are intended ages 15 and . The toys [were] located the adult action figure area our stores."

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