BY Kerry Wills and Bill Hutchinson - NY DAILY NEWS WRITERS
A Queens mom says a Long Island Toys "R" Us store sold her a kid-friendly "Go, Diego, Go!" video that turned out to be an X-rated surprise.
Candice Connor's jaw dropped when she and her two young boys sat down to watch the cartoon about the animal-loving Nickelodeon character and saw a nude couple having sex.
Instead of getting "Nickelodeon All-Star Sports Day" featuring Diego, she got a graphic video titled "Bubble Butt Bonanza No. 17."
"I was disgusted," Connor, 31, told the Daily News last night. "As a parent, my job is to make sure my children are safe."
Connor said she bought two cartoon DVDs for her sons, Logan, 3, and Nigel, 11, on Friday at the Toys "R" Us in the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream. They watched the first one without incident.
On Saturday morning, Connor told Nigel to play the "Diego" DVD for his little brother.
"I saw a Caucasian lady and man and they were naked," said Nigel, a sixth-grader at the Susan B. Anthony School in Hollis. "I was surprised. I was very disgusted."
Connor showed The News her receipt for the $12.99 DVD and the plastic wrapping it was sealed in when she bought it.
As of last night, she had not contacted the Toys "R" Us store, saying she was waiting to hire a lawyer.
She said she called Nickelodeon, but got an unsatisfactory response.
"I want apologies all around," said Connor, who used to work at a different Toys "R" Us store. "It's not about the money."
She played The News the raunchy DVD, which had no label on it. The opening credits revealed it was made by Hush Hush Entertainment and warned it was for "adults only."
Contacted last night, a manager at the Valley Stream store said she's received no similar complaints. "I'm just very, very surprised," said the manager.
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