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

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

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