Green slime ina (Christmas
toy called. the “Ork Egg” can
damage’. furniture, clothes
and hair, while another \oy
-called “Baby Grows Up”
looks like a deformed child,
a consumer group reports.
' Those toys and a dozen
others belong to the
Christmas trash box rather

Americans for Democratic
Action said: recently.

“My Dog has Fleas” was
‘labeled the. year's ‘dumbest

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fleas ‘on the dog and away
from the child.

But ithe group. recom-
mended cight toys as good
buys this year:

“Skedoodle,” -used for
drawing patterns and pic-
tures. the “Atomic Arcade,”
a* table-top pinball game:
“Electronic Baseball 2", a
hand-held game: “Speak and
Fell”, which has a 236-word
spelling vocabulary: the
Fisher-Price “Kitchen Set":
“Woodsey’s”, a group) of
fuzzy dolls in a log: house;
“Giant Pre-School Loc Blocs
1O-piece set", and the doll
“Baby Litde Love”.

The group, which has
been surveying = Chrisimas
season toys for cight: yeurs,
reviews heavily promoted
items for safety, durability,
play value and how they
compare to the way they
were advertised.

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Maitel’s $2 “Ork Ege”, a
spinoff: from the TV show
“Mork and’ Mindy”. was
named™* ‘potentially the most
destructive” toy. The group
said when a child pulls apart
a white plastic egg shell, he
finds a fetus-like object
surrounded by green slime.

The problem is the slime —

can damage “your floors,

your furniture -your—hair“—

and you can only remove it
by following special cleanup
instructions that come with
the package.

The - worst toy"
designation went to Mattel’s
“Baby Grows: Up", ‘a doll
that inflates when a bottle is
syucezed in its mouth. In-
stead of fooking like-.a litte
girl when inflated, the group
said, the toy’ looks like a
child) with = ar-
tificial limbs.

Other “trash box" toys
included:

“Space Creatures Full
Head Mask", which uses

flammable cement;
“Suckerman”. a plastic doll
with suction cups that do not
stick to most surfaces;
“Raceway Pit Stop 812",
which has (oo muny pul-
together paris; “Zodiac”, a
$40) toy computer for
charting

Goat", which cats an endless
supply of plastic garbage;
“Zap-Zap Racetrack”,
which has cars that can jump
of the track and hit a child in
the face.

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