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| | Wired 7.06: Gross National Product |
 | | Skull Suckers and the Monster Mouth are part of a new confectionery juggernaut, one composed of slime, blinking lights, fake blood, electronic drumbeats, DC motors, edible soap bubbles, integrated circuits, arachnids and insects, Victorian-style toy contraptions, and let's-pretend-it's-toxic-waste gunk. |
 | | Mega Warheads are so vile that even De Yager admits they're "awful stuff," but he gets between 200 and 300 letters a week from kids who beg to differ. |
 | | Before becoming a Warheads warlord, De Yager - a former high school foreign-language teacher - had already established himself as a Gummy Bear magnate, amassing a fortune importing the chewable ursines after discovering them in Europe in 1979. |
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