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[luvcraft]

In 1960, the Takara toy company (which later went on to create Transformers, among other things) had one of their first big hits with Dakko-chan, a black vinyl "golliwog" doll with winking eyes that clipped onto a child's arm. The doll was first called "tree climbing winky", and then "[untranslatable racial slur referencing the all-black costumes

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[byname]

Heh. Wow.

[sispistol]

Amazing, thanks for writing this up!

[blueduende]

Wow, the way values change amaze me.

[ambrosimus]

In 1960 the Takara toy company (which later went on to create Transformers among other things) had o