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I'm Obscene, Baby!

The new Austin Powers movie is making a big splash at the box office. And if you haven't noticed, it has also brought forth a host of product tie-ins, including a fresh-mouthed doll that's causing a bit of a stir.

An Atlanta mother complained to police after her 11-year-old son purchased the racy doll last week at a local Toys R Us, reports CBS News Correspondent Julie Chen.

Tamatha Brannon wants retailers to stop selling the doll, which repeats some of the movie super-spy's trademark lines including: "Do I make you horny, baby? Do I?"

The underwear-clad dolls with gorilla-like chest hair don't speak unless they're removed from the packaging, but the quotation is written on the box. Brannon was incensed when her son began pestering her about what "horny" meant after reading it on the box.

"I can't believe this toy is approved for ages 10 and up," she said Tuesday. "It's perverted."

McFarlane Toys, which manufactures the doll, also makes a fully clothed doll with "softer" quotes from the PG-13 rated film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

The company said the adult version of the doll is only available at record stores and novelty shops that cater to an older audience.

"Given that we ship millions of toys all over the world, it's certainly possible one case ended up to the left or to the right of where it should have been," president and CEO Todd McFarlane said.

Officials at Toys R Us headquarters in Paramus, N.J., on Tuesday asked stores to pull any of the more risqué dolls from the shelves.

Toys R Us spokeswoman Rebecca Caruso said the retailer had bought the "softer" version of the dolls.

By E.N. Smith

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