Michelle Obama miffed with Sasha and Malias Beanie dolls
January 24th, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI ( 1 comment )Chicago, Jan 24 (ANI): It seems that US First Lady Michelle Obama is not too happy with her daughters Sasha and Malias Beanie dolls.
Michelle has accused the company Ty, Inc. for exploiting her daughters.
“We believe it is inappropriate to use young, private citizens for marketing purposes,”” the Chicago-Sun Times quoted Katie McCormick Lelyveld, the first lady’’s press spokeswomen as saying in an e-mail.
The company that makes Beanie Babies, is marketing plush dolls named “Sweet Sasha” and “Marvelous Malia.”
An unnamed company official was quoted as saying that “we certainly hope that [the Obama girls] like them.”
However, Tania Lundeen, the company spokeswoman had claimed that the names were chosen because they sound beautiful and not because they are the names of the children of the first family.
“There’’s nothing on the dolls that refers to the Obama girls,” she said.
“It would not be fair to say they are exact replications of these girls. They are not, she added.
The dolls sell for 10 dollars and the company said retailers received a limited supply earlier this month. (ANI)
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January 25th, 2009 at 3:21 am
Historically, lots of dolls have been based on real people. Bottom line is, lighten up Michelle. These girls are adored by the Nation and dolls can be good role models for children, who are after all innocents. They don’t hold their beloved doll and say, “hey, this is exploitation!” Besides, we are a capitalist nation, free to make money as we wish…I’m sure there will be lots of memorabilia that pays homage to this unique first family while making a buck.