28. Great Show, Poor Merchandise
Like many shows and films of the era, CHiPs characters were featured as toys. However, the company charged with creating the toys, Mego Toy Company, used molds originally intended for other lines. Moreover, they used a type of plastic that reacted terribly with the toys' packaging. The toys were deemed potentially toxic and removed from store shelves.
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