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Offline thundley4

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Beanie Babies Maker Sells Sasha, Malia Dolls
« on: January 22, 2009, 09:46:27 AM »
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CHICAGO (AP) - The company that made Beanie Babies a top toy craze is hoping for another winner with dolls named "Sweet Sasha" and "Marvelous Malia."
Now where have we heard those names before?

Ty Inc. has released the 12-inch plush dolls as part of the company's "TyGirlz Collection," introduced in 2007. The Sasha doll has pigtails and wears a white and pink dress with hearts. The Malia doll has a side ponytail and a long-sleeve shirt with capri pants.

The Oak Brook-based company chose the dolls' names because "they are beautiful names," not because of any resemblance to President Obama's daughters, said spokeswoman Tania Lundeen.(Yeah, Right)

"There's nothing on the dolls that refers to the Obama girls," Lundeen said. "It would not be fair to say they are exact replications of these girls. They are not."

Public figures have a legal right to control their how their images are used, but Lundeen would not comment on legal issues or if the company's lawyers have become involved with the dolls.

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Re: Beanie Babies Maker Sells Sasha, Malia Dolls
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 11:23:46 AM »
Oh, FFS.  :whatever:
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Re: Beanie Babies Maker Sells Sasha, Malia Dolls
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2009, 12:09:22 PM »
Free enterprise capitalism,either you love it or you don't.
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Re: Beanie Babies Maker Sells Sasha, Malia Dolls
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2009, 12:34:36 PM »
Quote from: Zeus on January 22, 2009, 12:09:22 PM
Free enterprise capitalism,either you love it or you don't.

Not quite that simple, Zeus.

I have no problem with people making money. But I do have a problem with people trying to make money from the image of real kids. These kids have nothing to do with anything surrounding their mother and father. It's best just to leave them out of everything political, mercantile, and grown-up stuff.

Let kids be kids.
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Re: Beanie Babies Maker Sells Sasha, Malia Dolls
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2009, 12:36:54 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on January 22, 2009, 12:34:36 PM
Not quite that simple, Zeus.

I have no problem with people making money. But I do have a problem with people trying to make money from the image of real kids. These kids have nothing to do with anything surrounding their mother and father. It's best just to leave them out of everything political, mercantile, and grown-up stuff.

Let kids be kids.

You don't believe that the names were chosen purely by chance?  :evillaugh:
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Re: Beanie Babies Maker Sells Sasha, Malia Dolls
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2009, 02:08:36 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 22, 2009, 12:36:54 PM
You don't believe that the names were chosen purely by chance?  :evillaugh:

Nothing is left to chance when it involves the president.  :p
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Re: Beanie Babies Maker Sells Sasha, Malia Dolls
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2009, 03:01:23 PM »

that's sorta creepy.  I wish they would leave the little girls alone.
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Re: Beanie Babies Maker Sells Sasha, Malia Dolls
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2009, 03:06:08 PM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on January 22, 2009, 03:01:23 PM
that's sorta creepy.  I wish they would leave the little girls alone.

The media and the Obama's will keep them front and center, until they do something wrong, then.......under the bus they go.  :-)
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Re: Beanie Babies Maker Sells Sasha, Malia Dolls
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2009, 04:10:47 PM »
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Re: Beanie Babies Maker Sells Sasha, Malia Dolls
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2009, 04:12:54 PM »
Quote from: asdf2231 on January 22, 2009, 04:10:47 PM
You stole my post. :(

Sorry!

You could try something like this:

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