The Nimbus 2000 is no more

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Mattel has bowed to pressure and withdrawn the Harry Potter vibrating broomstick from sale. Parents had expressed alarm that their children were putting it to inappropriate use.

SFGate.comreproduces a selection of Amazon customer reviews now pulled from the site.

See Page 4 of today's Metro (etc.) for the story.

Has Geoff got one?

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 15:33 (twenty-three years ago)

i looked at this thread because Nimbus 2000 were the names on our computers at school. i didn't realise there was a link to that satan-worshipping motherfucker.

― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 15:37 (twenty-three years ago)

I wanted to start this thread! I had a search on Ananova this morning for a story to link to after I read about it in Metro this morning. Absolutely hilarious.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 15:43 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought this was a retro-geekery thread too. Research Machines should sue. (The computers were rubbish, or at least the ones at our school were, but hooray for their tucows mirror and for being from Abingdon. I think.)

― Rebecca (reb), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

It only occurred to me (yes I am slow) as I hit Submit that it must have been called that in the books too, in which case it is a FUNNY and a geeky Latin-knowing one at that, i.e. just the kind of thing I normally like. But I still hate Harry Potter for no reason other than kneejerk rockism so BAH.

― Rebecca (reb), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 16:23 (twenty-three years ago)

am I cynical in assuming that mattel knew exactly what it was doing when it made this toy?

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 17:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Its like Tickle Me Elmo all over again.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 17:15 (twenty-three years ago)

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