Toying Around With The Osbournes

Toying Around With The Osbournes

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – Barbie may want to buy a pair of earplugs because the expletive-spouting Osbourne clan is heading to a nearby toy shelf. Talking, pint-sized dolls in the likeness of Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack are already in the works at a New York-based novelty company, Fun 4 All. A spokesman says manufacturers are just waiting for the Osbournes to record some of their signature sayings – and, just like MTV, the toy makers plan to bleep out all bad words. The line of Osbournes toys should hit stores by late summer and will also include keychains and bendable dolls. As for the dilemma of how to create accurate Jack and Kelly dolls when the kids’ hairstyles are constantly changing, Fun 4 All marketing vice president Joseph Diresta says the Osbournes will make the final decision on which hairdo is used.

Thu 05-23-02