THE '93 Toy Fair opened with great razzmatazz yesterday. Secretary for Economic Services Anson Chan performed the opening, and was handed a doll as a thank-you.
''Uh-oh,'' said the Jebsen executive sitting next to us. ''I hope it's not one of the dolls you mentioned in your column this morning.'' We waited agog to see if the doll would evacuate its alimentary canal on to Mrs Chan's nice neat suit.
Happily it turned out to be a low-realism doll which merely played a microchip tune.
Inside the fair, we were pleased to find that not all dolls emit gas when you press their tummies.
A troll from Deep Source Ltd of Hongkong forecasts the future. You make a wish and press its tummy. Light-bulbs in its eyes flash green and red. The instructions say that if the green light remains on ''your wish may come true''.
Not exactly sticking its neck out, is it? Presumably, even if his eyes stay red, your wish may come true anyway.