Toymaker releases Michelle Obama doll to do battle in the shops with action figure of her husband
By Paul Thompson
Last updated at 6:46 PM on 13th October 2009First Lady Michelle Obama is known for her toned arms and fashion sense.
So it was inevitable that an 'action figure' doll showing off her trademark bare arms would hit the market.
A US toymaker has released a 6in doll that is expected to be a big seller at Christmas - and outsell those of her husband.
Go figure: The Michelle Obama doll comes in three different outfits, including the purple dress the First Lady wore on the day her husband Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination
Jason Feinberg of Jailbreak Toys, who release the doll next month, said he expects the Michelle figure to be popular with girls.
White House officials have refused to comment on the dolls which will sell for $12.99 - or about �8.22
The Michelle figure comes with three outfits - each tailored to show off her bare arms.
The first has the figure in the purple dress worn when the Obama's shared their famous fist bump during the campaign.
Another has her dressed in the red and black dress she wore on Election Night and the final figure has Michelle in the black-and-white floral dress she wore during an appearance on US TV chat show 'The View.'
On their website Jailbreak toys says the Michelle doll is a must have.
A version of the doll comes in the black and red dress Mrs Obama wore on election night
It says: 'If there's one person in America who has captured the public's imagination even more than Barack Obama, it's his wife Michelle.
'So following the runaway success of the Obama Action Figure we simply had to make Michelle because Barack and Michelle are a team in the best and truest sense of the word and you can't have one without the other.
Action man: Over 200,000 Barack Obama dolls have been sold since last year
'Just like in real life, the Michelle Obama Action Figure isn't simply be a female counterpart to Barack. She's her own lady with her own style and energy and, of course, her own fashion sense.
Feinberg said his target audience for the new doll is not children but adults 'who collected toys as a child, who haven't lost that kind of whimsical enthusiasm.'
The toymaker said he came up with the idea of the First Lady doll six months ago in response to the popularity of Mrs Obama.
He said: 'The entire political scene was a little rosier at the time But what was really apparent was the country, and really the world at large, were very enamoured of this lady.'
He said the Barack Obama action figure had sold over 200,000 since being launched in 2008.
Feinberg admitted President Obama's image was that of a super hero while his wife's was more 'classy'.
Earlier this year the White House objected to toy dolls based on the Obama's children, Sasha and Malia.
The makers of Beanie Babies launched two dolls called Marvellous Malia and Sweet Sasha soon after the January Inauguration.
But the White House condemned the release with a spokesman saying: 'We feel it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for marketing purposes.'
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This just proves how the White House is a laughing stock. Dolls being made after first wives. The Olympics with Oprah And the Nobel Prize for being a president? There are more deserving people , I am ashamed.
- w. dix, phila pa, 13/10/2009 18:57
What an amazing likeness! Wouldn't buy it, but good for a laugh.
- LM, Hamilton, Canada, 13/10/2009 18:56
Maybe she should have a nobel cringe prize.?
- Mickey, Newcastle uk, 13/10/2009 18:46
I'll place some of those dolls in my flowerbeds, her scary likeness is bound to scare away the cats that mess in my garden.
Awful woman, awful doll.
- jojo, Swansea, 13/10/2009 18:43
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And the Obama cult of personality goes on. Too bad these people hate capitalism so much, they might make some money off the Obama mush heads. Oh wait, apparently capitalism is okay for them. Just ask Michael Moore the waling garbage compactor.
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