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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 11:27 AM
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'Captured Saddam' Action Figure, Just in Time for the Holidays
Edited on Tue Dec-16-03 11:28 AM by leftchick
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=10&u=/afp/20031216/ts_afp/iraq_saddam_us_toy_offbeat_031216160752

<snip>NEW YORK (AFP) - It didn't take long, and just in time for the holidays, the "Captured Saddam," action figure, presumably fresh out of an imaginary spider-hole, has been rushed to store shelves.

"We got him," advertises Herobuilders.com. "We are thrilled at the fact that we can respond to new world circumstances within 24 hours.

"We still mold and hand paint each and every action figure right here in the Good Old USA," adds the company which specializes in political playthings, and also is proud to feature Uday Hussein and macabre DOA (dead on arrival) Uday dolls.

Also in the company's line-up are an artificially muscled George W. Bush, talking and non-talking versions; an Osama Bin Laden (news - web sites), and an earlier "Butcher of Baghdad" model of Saddam, clad in an S and M outfit, sold separately, black beret and sunglasses



....... :wow:...I'm speechless
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 11:29 AM
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1. Saddam should sue over wrongful and illegal use of intelletual property
Namely his face.

If actors can do it, so can he...

"Good Old USA". Uh-huh. I'll agree that it's the USA and it's old... :D
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 11:51 AM
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8. A record company sued musician John Fogarty for plagiarizing himself
They lost.
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 07:52 PM
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16. Barely. n/t
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w13rd0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 11:31 AM
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2. herobuilders?
and they've dolls of Ossama and Saddam? and an artificially musced Bush...and this isn't a joke site? ok, whatever...
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 11:34 AM
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4. I noticed that ...
Saddam is JACKED!
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jonoboy Donating Member (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 11:33 AM
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3. and so am I !! it's getting more insane by the minute
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BenFranklinUSA Donating Member (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 11:35 AM
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5. How Many Of Us Have The W Doll? :) n/t
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Shadder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 07:50 PM
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15. I had one
Drilled a hole in it's ass, stuck a firecracker in it and blew the sumbitch sky high.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 08:14 PM
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17. lol...
how fitting....
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Thor_MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-03 11:37 PM
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23. Did the doubledip doll say "Math is hard!!!"?
.
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kanrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 11:45 AM
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6. Looks like Saddam was doing a lot of push-ups in that "spider-hole"
n/t
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 11:50 AM
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7. I bought their Iraqi Information Minister action figure
It took them several months to deliver, but it was worth it. Baghdad Bob has an honored place in my neighborhood bar next to his good buddy R. Lee Ermey.

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callous taoboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 12:27 PM
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9. Fine. I'll
have a blast making my new Saddam toy and my Rummy toy doing unspeakable things to each other.
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fisher99 Donating Member (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 12:37 PM
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10. My, My
you yanks certainly know how to give a new definition to "sad".

Each to their own.

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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 07:45 PM
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14. Hi fisher99
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 12:42 PM
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11. Earlier model was 'Clad in an S & M outfit...'
We are a sick, sick culture.

This reminds of a spam I got today that seems to have discovered a new, even lower, bottom to the barrel.

Here it is:

The Private Videos of
UDAY HUSSEIN


The Girls!
The Parties!
The Beatings!

America's Hottest Selling Video!!!!!!!


I'll grant you that it's probably NOT America's Hottest Selling Video, but you know, with proper marketing exposure, I have no doubt that it could be.

Citizens of Imperial Roman got nothing on us, that's for sure!
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 12:44 PM
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12. No words ...
except :puke:
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 01:56 PM
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13. A company owned by cockroaches
wouldn't do what these people are doing.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 11:06 PM
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18. Imagine that! I wonder how long they had them in storage?
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osaMABUSh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 11:18 PM
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19. Check out eBay. My favorite "Saddam Captured" beer can!!!
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&ht=1&query=Captured+Saddam

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2211255033&category=36074


eBay gives us nice barometer of where America's mind is at. Many sellers, not a lot of a bidders - that is a healthy sign - I guess.
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mbperrin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 11:37 PM
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20. Gosh, what's next? A JFK "moment of impact" doll?
How about a Reagan "I forgot to duck" doll?

Damn, they were right when they said no one ever went broke UNDERestimating the taste of the American public!!!
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PartyPooper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-03 12:00 AM
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21. I wonder what below-wholesale price Wal-Mart is charging?
Hmmm. :think:

It gives me an idea for another doll...the pResident as a
has-been, lying, coward, thief, murderer, and incompetent
nincompoop.
Do ya' think we could sell a few of these "dolls" to some
Democrats and Greens?
Would any stores even stock this doll? I could sure use the
money.
And, I promise that I would send some of the profits to the
Democratic Nominee!

:smoke:
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Undemcided Donating Member (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-03 08:14 PM
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22. He looks a bit buffed.
Did he have a bowflex with him when he was caught? :shrug:
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