Toys are a particularly rich source of irony, but this list exceeded all expectations from the hilarious 'safe, harmless, giant atomic bomb' to the atomic reactor which requires a battery, but the atomic bomb dexterity game which requires kids to target Hiroshima and Nagasaki is just plain sick.
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