SINGAPORE, April 24, 2014 (AFP) - Singaporean fans of Hello Kitty raged on the web Thursday after their frantic attempts to buy limited-edition toys from the McDonald's website failed when overwhelmed servers crashed, in the latest frenzy over the Japanese cat to hit the city-state.
The US fast-food giant was forced to suspend online sales of the plush toys just 80 minutes after their launch on Wednesday, resuming only hours later to the chagrin of die-hard collectors.
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