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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsZombie ex-girlfriend doll bleeds when you shoot it...really.
Being marketed to I hate to think who:
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/01/bra_clad_zombie_ex_girlfriend_target_bleeds_when_you_shoot_it/?source=newsletter
Target manufacturer ZMB Industries is selling a bra-clad zombie ex-girlfriend tactical mannequin target that bleeds when you shoot it. How do you know its a zombie and not just a bleeding woman wearing a half-torn shirt?
Because ZMB Industries says so, thats how.
The description for the target (which its manufacturers will predictably defend as all in good fun and in no way condoning violence against women):
Be warned, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned but a man scorned is nothing to mess with! A young gent from Louisiana, well call him Andre to protect his identity, was deeply committed to his one true love and her to him, or so he thought. While partying with her friends during one particular Mardi Gras, she took several suitors over the course of the festivities. Andre felt something odd indeed, so he paid a visit to his great aunt, Marie, who helped him see the truth. With a few eggs, candles lit and kiss upon his forehead, her voodoo curse was set in motion. Late each night while lying in bed, a smile would appear across his face, for a slight breeze would travel through a cracked window bringing with it, a faint whiff of decay and a unnatural cry of regret....more
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Zombie ex-girlfriend doll bleeds when you shoot it...really. (Original Post)
Skidmore
Apr 2013
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Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)1. What a half-assed attempt at making it look 'like a zombie'
Actually, now that I think of it, even a 'good' zombie costume already looks like a victim of domestic violence.
eg
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)2. Yup. I loathe
zombie movies anyway but this "target" doesn't say zombie but makes me concerned for ex-girlfriends of the immature jerks who would buy this thing.
sarisataka
(18,220 posts)3. Is there a marketing company somewhere...
Tasteless Ideas 'R' Us?
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)4. How else are we supposed to train for the Zombie Apocolypse?! nt
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)5. The paper targets are good enough I think
Huge variety of them out there