We are misunderstood. Wikipedia's entry on us is a measly 130 words. It begins like this: "Mold-A-Rama is a brand name for a type of vending machine that makes blow-molded plastic figurines." And the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) defines us this way: Mold-A-Rama beings are created when colorful polyethylene pellets are heated to over 200 degrees and injected into a mold. Air is then blown in, which forces plastic into every crevice of the mold, as well as hollowing out the figure. A coolant hardens the individual and then it is released from the mold. Hardened and released? Sounds like we're criminals! Even the Urban League—the Urban League!—refers to us (in their 2010 report on underserved populations) as " plastic injected souvenirs ". Hello?!! We are a great nation, one of Buddhas and butterflies, bats and bears. We are light bulbs and fairy castles. We are Kennedy busts, large