hitTest issue

Ok here is the deal:

I made 3 objects and assigned a tween for each one, like so


var redTween:Tween = new Tween(newRed, "y", Strong.easeOut, 500, 10, GetRandomRange(10,18), true);
var greenTween:Tween = new Tween(newGreen, "y", Strong.easeOut, 500, 10, GetRandomRange(10,15), true);
var badTween:Tween = new Tween(newBad, "y", Strong.easeOut, 500, 10, GetRandomRange(10,17), true);

and then after assigning the x value to 100 for all 3 objects i added this code


if (newBad.hitTestObject(newRed)) {
		removeChild(newRed);
} else if (newBad.hitTestObject(newGreen)) {
		removeChild(newGreen);
}

and for some reason it is not removing the objects if they hit eachother.

any help is appreciated:beam: