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<text id=90TT3499>
<title>
Dec. 31, 1990: Business Notes:Toys
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Dec. 31, 1990 The Best Of '90
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 39
Business Notes
TOYS
Steve's No Role Model
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<body>
<p> Steve the Tramp is described as a "reeking piece of filth"
and a "public enemy" who will "use and abuse any young helpless
prey he comes across." Most amazing of all, Steve the Tramp is
also a child's toy. The 5-in. figurine, manufactured by
California-based Playmates Toys, depicts a ragged street
character from Disney's hit movie Dick Tracy. But the Rev.
Christopher Rose, an Episcopal priest in Hartford who works with
his city's homeless, thought Steve the Tramp's grotesque
villainy was a cruel attack on his unfortunate clients.
Particularly incensed by the lurid resume that adorned Steve the
Tramp's packaging, Rose launched a campaign to stamp out the
tramp. He got his point across to Disney and Playmates, which
have decided to drop the terrifying toy. But the move comes too
late to recall the product from retailers' shelves before
Christmas.
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