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Michelle Obama Action Figures: White House Has No Comment
Chicago Tribune ^
| October 14, 2009
| Katherine Skiba
Posted on 10/14/2009 7:29:32 AM PDT by lbryce
Coming soon: a 6-inch plastic doll of Michelle Obama for $12.99, being billed as an "action figure."
Sculptor Jason Feinberg of Brooklyn, N.Y., who's behind the dolls, admits the term "action figure" is used loosely. The first lady, after all, is featured in nothing more lethal than her trademark sleeveless dresses (and enviable biceps).
Buyers may choose from among the purple dress she had on when the Obamas shared their campaign "fist bump," the red-and-black number from election night in Grant Park, or the black-and-white floral frock she favored for her appearance on "The View."
Feinberg, founder and president of Jailbreak Toys, said he designed the dolls, which are made in China. He studied sculpture at Connecticut's Wesleyan University.
Michelle Obama's office had no comment on the action figure, which is scheduled to go on sale Nov. 20.
Public figures, especially those in politics, have fewer rights than average people when it comes to protecting use of their name or likeness, says Chicago attorney Marc Cooperman of Banner & Witcoff, an intellectual property firm. Courts generally hold they may be caricatured or criticized, he said. "The First Amendment is almost always going to win. That's the beauty of the American system."
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TOPICS: Extended News; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: auntesther; dolls; flotusmichelle; michelleobama; notproudofusa; shameless1stlady
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The doll is neither physically proportionate nor anatomically correct.
Just kidding,just kidding!!(about either the former or the latter.) You all might as well just put your own jokes in.
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:29:33 AM PDT
by
lbryce
To: lbryce
OK, I’ll drop all pretense -
her ass isn’t big enough.
2
posted on
10/14/2009 7:30:13 AM PDT
by
MrB
(Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
To: MrB
Ya think?
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:31:25 AM PDT
by
lbryce
(Obama Notwithstanding, America's Best Days Are Yet To Be .)
To: lbryce
It doesn’t resemble her. Where’s the angry expression?
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:31:58 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: lbryce
action or inaction figure?
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:33:25 AM PDT
by
teacherwoes
("It is vain to expect a well-balanced government without a well-balanced society" -Gideon Welles)
To: lbryce
Looks nothing like her. Needs smaller boobs, bigger ass, more anger...
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:33:41 AM PDT
by
skikvt
(Green is the new red.)
To: lbryce
Don’t they offer a burned American flag to come with her??
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:33:42 AM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: lbryce; Roscoe Karns
FReeper Roscoe Karns is way ahead of you:
I LOVE the $450 sneakers!
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:34:10 AM PDT
by
Neverforget01
(Never, ever, ever, ever, ever....)
To: MrB
This was a waste of time for the sculptor. He should have just bought a Patrick Ewing action figure and put a dress and boob belt on it!
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:34:13 AM PDT
by
Batman11
(Obama will dispatch skittle $hitting unicorns around the world to bring peace and prosperity to all!)
To: lbryce
Let’ see. The Black Widow dress, the ugly purple dress with pearls and the busy black and white dress. All the dolls with waaaaaay too small a waist. This embarrassment of a FL has NO fashion sense. I hope these are a bust.
To: MrB
her ass isn’t big enough
And her legs are WAY too close together.
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:35:04 AM PDT
by
ZX12R
To: teacherwoes
Action as in Affirmative.
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:35:35 AM PDT
by
lbryce
(Obama Notwithstanding, America's Best Days Are Yet To Be .)
To: lbryce
Great!
The Michelle Obama [affirmative] action figure!
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:36:26 AM PDT
by
MrB
(Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
To: Neverforget01
Now that’s the Aunt Esther we all love!
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:38:01 AM PDT
by
gigster
To: lbryce
Where are the bowed legs and pigeon toes? ;-)
To: lbryce
To: Neverforget01
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That just gave me the laugh of the day!
To: skikvt
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:41:06 AM PDT
by
freebird5850
(O-Bomba is not the Messia. Jesus was a carpenter and could build a cabinet!)
To: over3Owithabrain
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:41:33 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: lbryce
"Feinberg studied sculpture at Connecticut Wesleyan University......"
Michelangelo has little to worry about.
Leni
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posted on
10/14/2009 7:41:52 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Somewhere in Kenya, a Village is Missing Its Idiot!)
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