I'd like to buy out the inventory and sell it on the net. SSAQUAH, WA--(Marketwire - 08/27/09) - Costco Wholesale Corporation ("Costco") (NASDAQ:COST - News) announced that in late July and early August of this year, it pulled from its shelves and discontinued a toy collection that some of its members found objectionable. The item is a doll set collection called "Cuddle with Me, Doll with Plush Monkey." In connection with this decision, Costco explained that the discontinued items were part of a set that included six distinct iterations. One collection depicted a plush panda, and the other a plush monkey. Each of those was offered in a choice of three ethnic doll representations, Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic. Related Quotes Symbol Price Change COST 51.31 +1.08 Chart for Costco Wholesale Corporation {"s" : "cost","k" : "c10,l10,p20,t10","o" : "","j" : ""} Shortly after the toys were offered for sale in Costco's locations on the East Coast, Costco received a complaint from a member in North Carolina, concerning the version of the doll showing an African American baby in conjunction with plush monkeys. Based upon that complaint, Costco immediately made the decision to pull from its shelves and discontinue all three of the versions of the collection that included the plush monkey. The discontinued items were carried only in the company's Northeast and Southeast operating regions of the United States, and through Costco's website. It was Costco's intention in deciding to carry these items to offer doll sets that reflected ethnic diversity. Obviously, it would not further that intent to purposely carry an item that demonstrated racial or ethnic insensitivity. Once the company received complaints about the combination of an African American doll in juxtaposition with the plush monkeys, the company apologized for any discomfort that the item had caused, and discontinued the item. The three versions of the item sold with the plush panda are still carried by the company, and can be viewed or purchased on www.costco.com.