Well, SOMEONE has to post this link :0) : http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2762279/Freddie-Starr-wont-eat-Go-Go-Hamster.html
FREDDIE Starr sensationally REFUSED to eat a hamster yesterday - as The Sun put a Go Go version in a sarnie for him.
We served up Mr Squiggles on a plate for the funnyman...
...Yesterday the furious US toy firm behind this year's Christmas top-seller threatened to SUE the GoodGuide organisation over its "flawed" tests.
UK distributor Character Group said: "The testing protocols used by GoodGuide were not compliant with EU or US standards."
It added: "Accordingly, the GoodGuide testing process was flawed, the results meaningless and the safety concerns expressed on the basis of these results entirely groundless."
The company's executive chairman Richard King said: "The disruption to the retail toy trade by the publication of unfounded claims and views at this important time of year is not fair to the UK toy trade. We go to great lengths to sell and promote only safe toys."
The firm said independent tests overnight in Hong Kong confirmed the £10 toys "fully comply" with Europe's "extremely stringent safety and quality standards"...
...Go Go Hamsters, manufactured in China and known abroad as Zhu Zhu pets, forage on their own and coo when stroked. They are aimed at three to tens.
A whopping 700,000 were tipped to be sold here amid a Christmas scramble that has already stripped shelves.
Parents frantically trying to bag their kids one caused the Toys R Us website to crash.
On eBay sets of all four - Mr Squiggles, Chunk, Num Num and Pipsqueak - plus accessories had been fetching up to £500...
Here's CCT's official comment: http://fool.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200912071447387060D.html
[no mention of Freddie Starr :0)]
So, is all publicity good publicity? I wonder if CCT can hold a few back for eBay sales?
