I watched the Smurfs in the 80's it was one of my favorites as a kid, and I had a smurf t-shirt and the little figurines. Of course till the society said they were demonized. I remember a few yrs ago when they made a comeback with the new version of the movie, my son got a smurf toy in his happy meal and my mom said 'remember what the society has said about them, you should throw it away'. I said 'yeah that's stupid'. And she replied 'that's apostate thinking!'
The society is doing the very same thing with the likes of Sparlock, just trying to put a modern spin on it with the dvds and stuff. Makes me so angry that they are making such a fuss over things like toys and putting fear into the kids' minds. And I do remember them specifically naming bands at assemblies, my brother had to throw away his Van Halen album.