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Wook · 27-08-2003 2:43pm #1

Bush doll has waiting list

The George Bush action man: Ready for anything
A US toymaker's latest Elite Force action figure is attracting interest and derision in equal measure.
An ardent virtual queue of patriots is stretching around the cyberspace block, waiting to get their hands on their very own pint-sized model of Elite Force Aviator: George W Bush.

The action figure is a 1:6 scale replica of the commander-in-chief's appearance during his visit to the USS Abraham Lincoln on 1 May to announce the end of the war in Iraq.

Manufacturer Blue Box Toys says the $39.99 (£25.45) figure is "a fitting addition to the collection of those interested in US military memorabilia," but enthusiasts will have to wait until 31 October because of high advance orders.

According to manufacturers, the fully-poseable figure features:

a realistic head sculpt
fully detailed cloth flight suit
helmet with oxygen mask
survival vest
g-pants
parachute harness
Mocked

But not everyone has welcomed the doll.

Mark Morford, a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, last week wrote: "There he is, all faux manly and squinty and artificially buffed up, his gull-wing ears toned down and the thin-lipped brow-furrowed monkey confusion so common to his scrunched little face apparently erased by expert doll craftsmen and/or a drunken 50-cents-an-hour sweatshop employee somewhere in China."

President Bush's appearance in full US pilot regalia was justified because he partly flew the S-3B Viking aircraft that took him to the aircraft carrier.

But the flight and visit were denounced by some commentators as a political stunt.

Mr Bush never saw combat during the Vietnam war, because he remained in the US as a pilot with the national guard.

In December 2002 a President Bush doll celebrating his best-loved gaffes sold out in a week.

The foot-tall figures featured clips, including: "We're working hard to put food on your family," and "I will not hold this nation hostile".

Picture of doll : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3184709.stm

Agent Smith · 27-08-2003 3:44pm

great.... now even more reason to hate him

Tyrrial · 27-08-2003 4:04pm

my god i hate that guy!!!

damnyanks · 27-08-2003 4:14pm

Cindy... Ken... Barby and Georgie

Now theres a porno!

"Presidents like us just wanna do it"

ella minnow pea · 27-08-2003 4:28pm

i tink they misunderestimated how unlike him it looks

Sarky · 27-08-2003 5:42pm

The previous posts ring true. Especially the porno one.

I reckon at least half the supposed demand is from people who hate the guy and can't wait to nail the doll on the front door by the head. Or take compromising photos of the doll in the company of those farmyard animal toys they had in the attic for the last 20 years...

Pity it looks very little like him, the jokes would have had so much potential...

Beruthiel · 27-08-2003 8:32pm

sweet jebus
will it never end?

Lukin Black · 27-08-2003 8:38pm

In other news, it has reported that Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda network has been recruiting Voodoo Witch Doctors. Intelligence Agencies have no idea as yet to the reason's behind the recruitment.

At home, the Steel Industry has taken a boost with the news of more large contracts from yet another Middle East pin factory..

Manach · 27-08-2003 8:43pm

Of course the business-minded people of boards have already spotted a niche in the Irish market,
Bertie in his shorts & baseball cap doll
Enda in his cloak of invisibliity inactive figure
Pat Rabbite on his high horse, goes on & on & on...............

Lukin Black · 27-08-2003 9:01pm

.... and a model of the spire to go with them. 'Functionally' sharp of course..

nadir · 27-08-2003 9:16pm

they should bring out a whole range, like with Arnie , Colin Powel, condoleezza rice .etc.
Would be pretty cool.

sceptre · 27-08-2003 11:44pm

Does it come with a free automatic ballot box stuffer?

Mutz · 28-08-2003 12:23am

was he in the airforce? How the hell did he get in?

I can just imagine him behind the controls of an F16 -

Bush: " weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer - ratatatatatatat - voooooooooooooooooooooooom................ keerrrbooooom!!!! - Die Die Die" .......

Flight Instructor: " Ok George, enough playing with the big nasty fighter jet - only big boys get to fly these jets"

And so on........

Havelock · 28-08-2003 10:58am

Does anyone remember those crash test dummy toys from when we where kids (early 80's)? They came apart in car crashs, and exploded, wonder if they'll make an assassinable Bush family and cabinate??? One can only hope. Preferably with an intellictual Secret Service agent as the trigger man. Its a dream I have,I get such a warm fuzzy feeling everytime I dream it.

[Dream]
Bush: "Blah blah, reform the layout of out interial introstructure so it better meats with international demand supplies and requirements, so that other countries will follow our example in leading the way in this important issue etc etc"

Secret Service Agent: [Thinks] *Jeez, here he goes again. First Afganistan, then Iraq, whats next? Europe? America? Just one bullet, bamb. Its sort of like Damian in the Omen. Hum...at least they'd name a high school after me* [Decides] *Goes for his gun*

Bam-bam, two to the back of the head. But Bush is so stupid he keeps talking, bam-bam, two more centre of the back, Bush slumps forward, but keeps talking. Bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-click,click,click. Clip emptied in to Bushs head. A cheer goes up from the crowd as the other agents trun their weapons on Condoleezza Rice and Rumfield.
[/Dream]

Hey you know what, by F.B.I definition I'm now a terrorist.

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