Activists in the US are angered over the release of a set of action figures based on Quentin Tarantino's latest film, Django Unchained. The figures, modeled on characters Butch, Candie, Broomhilda, Stephen, Schultz and Django, are available on Amazon and were produced in consultation with the studio behind the film, the Weinstein Company. Civil rights groups are complaining that the toys "trivialize the horrors of slavery and what African Americans experienced." And while they're being marketed as collectibles meant for adult Tarantino fans (the $495 price tag for a set of 10 figures is definitely an adult-sized sum), the dolls' detractors fear that they'll appeal to children, too.

This isn't the first time the film has come up against controversy. Director Spike Lee publicly denounced it, tweeting that "American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It Was A Holocaust. My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. I Will Honor Them." And though Django Unchained has been popular among African-American audiences, even those fans of the film are objecting to the action figures. A spokesperson for one civil rights group called the toys "a slap in the face of our ancestors." And he enjoyed Tarantino's film so much that he saw it a second time.

The National Action Network is organizing boycott of the action figures. "Selling this doll is highly offensive to our ancestors and the African-American community," said the group's president. "We don't want other individuals to utilize them for their entertainment, to make a mockery of slavery." But a boycott will probably have little effect beyond a symbolic one: the individual figures—packaged with "authentic weapons and accessories" (whips? chains?)— are already sold out on Amazon. The high-priced set, however, is still available if you've got some extra money lying around that you were just going to burn anyway. Failing that, you could always hold out for a Zero Dark Thirty doll (authentic waterboard and cling wrap included).