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- BUSINESS, Page 39Business NotesTOYSSteve's No Role Model
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- Steve the Tramp is described as a "reeking piece of filth"
- and a "public enemy" who will "use and abuse any young helpless
- prey he comes across." Most amazing of all, Steve the Tramp is
- also a child's toy. The 5-in. figurine, manufactured by
- California-based Playmates Toys, depicts a ragged street
- character from Disney's hit movie Dick Tracy. But the Rev.
- Christopher Rose, an Episcopal priest in Hartford who works with
- his city's homeless, thought Steve the Tramp's grotesque
- villainy was a cruel attack on his unfortunate clients.
- Particularly incensed by the lurid resume that adorned Steve the
- Tramp's packaging, Rose launched a campaign to stamp out the
- tramp. He got his point across to Disney and Playmates, which
- have decided to drop the terrifying toy. But the move comes too
- late to recall the product from retailers' shelves before
- Christmas.
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