In a January ruling on the federal Tariff Code, the U.S. Court of International Trade declared the Marvel Comics X-Men characters to be "nonhuman creatures," thus enraging the characters' fans, who know perfectly well that the X-Men are humans. (Mutant humans, anyway.)

However, it was a Marvel Comics affiliate that called them nonhuman to begin with; the company was importing X-Men figurines, and at the time that the dispute with U.S. Customs arose, imports of "human" re-creations (called "dolls") were taxed at 12 percent while imports of nonhuman re-creations (called "toys") were taxed at 6.8 percent. [Wall Street Journal, 1-20-03]

The things we do to save money...:cross-eye

where does that put michael jackson dolls?

Erm.... I always thought Mutants are humans who are changed when they reach puberty into something else. And that something else is not human. Its a new creation, or species if you will, that has some human traits but not human all the same.

That this was even viewed in a court of law, and that there is even a law differentiating types of dolls just shows how insane society has become. The next thing will be to call reality shows documentaries to justify federal grants to reduce costs of production.