--- title: Breaking Bad: Toys R Us Pulls Walter White, Meth-Themed Toys description: Toys R Us said late Tuesday it had begun to immediately remove a quartet of dolls based on Breaking Bad in response to outraged parents canonical: https://time.com/3531273/toys-r-us-breaking-bad-toys/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-22T14:46:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:56:27.124Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Toys R Us Pulls 'Breaking Bad' Toys og:description: They're on an "indefinite sabbatical," the retailer said og:url: https://time.com/3531273/toys-r-us-breaking-bad-toys/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d1d9eb42e3b93f5/69868def3bc999056b1a34e7/bf86eaaf-769a-1fd5-91ba-f8b904f0563b_amc-breaking_bad-5_1825.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: bf86eaaf-769a-1fd5-91ba-f8b904f0563b_AMC-Breaking_Bad-5_1825 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Toys R Us Pulls 'Breaking Bad' Toys twitter:description: They're on an "indefinite sabbatical," the retailer said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d1d9eb42e3b93f5/69868def3bc999056b1a34e7/bf86eaaf-769a-1fd5-91ba-f8b904f0563b_amc-breaking_bad-5_1825.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Toys R Us Pulls _Breaking Bad_ Toys  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Oct 22, 2014 2:46 PM UTC  Frank Ockenfels—AMC  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Oct 22, 2014 2:46 PM UTC Toys R Us [said](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/057b2d54ad9b4fc4be1ffd0071918876/toys-r-us-pulls-breaking-bad-dolls) late Tuesday it had begun to immediately remove from its shelves a quartet of dolls based on AMC’s meth-themed _Breaking Bad_ in response to outraged parents. “Let’s just say, the action figures have taken an indefinite sabbatical,” Toys R Us said in a statement, according to the Associated Press. The move comes just days after a Florida mother launched a [campaign on Change.org](http://www.change.org/p/toys-r-us-remove-breaking-bad-dolls-from-their-shelves) to ban the toys, which are based on meth-dealing characters like Walter White. The collectibles were sold in limited quantities in the adult-action-figure area of the stores, but one mother, Susan Schrivjer, alleged that some had made their way over to the kids’ section. Though Schrivjer [said she enjoyed the show](http://time.com/money/3524670/toys-r-us-breaking-bad/), she pointed out that the toys came with detachable bags of meth and cash, and called them “a dangerous deviation from their family friendly values.” _Breaking Bad_ star Bryan Cranston, who plays White, will be disappointed by the news. On Monday he tweeted: > [](https://twitter.com/BryanCranston/status/524255816724275200) \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/057b2d54ad9b4fc4be1ffd0071918876/toys-r-us-pulls-breaking-bad-dolls)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3531273/toys-r-us-breaking-bad-toys/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3531273/toys-r-us-breaking-bad-toys/"},"headline":"Toys R Us Pulls Breaking Bad Toys","datePublished":"2014-10-22T14:46:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:56:27.124Z","description":"They're on an \"indefinite sabbatical,\" the retailer said","url":"https://time.com/3531273/toys-r-us-breaking-bad-toys/","keywords":["Television","breaking bad","toys r us"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d1d9eb42e3b93f5/69868def3bc999056b1a34e7/bf86eaaf-769a-1fd5-91ba-f8b904f0563b_amc-breaking_bad-5_1825.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d1d9eb42e3b93f5/69868def3bc999056b1a34e7/bf86eaaf-769a-1fd5-91ba-f8b904f0563b_amc-breaking_bad-5_1825.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bf86eaaf-769a-1fd5-91ba-f8b904f0563b_AMC-Breaking_Bad-5_1825","caption":"Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and Walter White (Bryan Cranston) - Breaking Bad _Season 5 - Photo Credit: Frank Ockenfels/AMC","creditText":"Frank Ockenfels—AMC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3531273/toys-r-us-breaking-bad-toys/","name":"Toys R Us Pulls Breaking Bad Toys"}}]}] ```