One of the toys in Toy Story 2 isn't playing well with others in the Latino community

Overt ethnic stereotypes are supposed to be a thing of the past for Disney. Unfortunately for both Activision and "The House that Mickey built", a character unique to the N64 game Toy Story 2, based on the popular movie from Pixar, is causing an uproar among members of Southern California's Latino community - because you have to shoot at and destroy a stereotypical Mexican character to advance.

One of the boss characters in the game, comes dressed in simple peasant clothes and a bandolier strap to complete the familiar "revolutionary" look. The potentially disturbing image of Buzz Lightyear, the main character in the game, training his crosshairs on this boss character and firing lasers at him was enough to mobilise some parents and other concerned adults to protest outside Activision's headquarters.

Activision says it will begin producing copies of the game for all videogame systems without the offensive boss character. Calls to the company were not returned, so there's no official word on how soon the replacement copies will be available, how the offensive boss character's deletion will be handled in the game or the reason for including a character in the game that wasn't in the film.

A spokesperson for Disney said: "We regret that a portion of the game was offensive. Unfortunately, there was a mistake made in its creation. We plan to change the character."


Courtesy of IGN.com