Man these guys are quick.
story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031216/ts_alt_afp/iraq_saddam_us_toy Captured Saddam" action figure, just in time for the holidays
Tue Dec 16,10:38 AM ET
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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.
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"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.
For the European front, the company features a Tony Blair (news - web sites) "Talking British Ally" model; and Gerhard Schroeder in camouflage; and French President Jacque Chirac, whom it calls "le Worm" in a flouncy French maid's outfit. France and Germany opposed the US-led war in Iraq (news - web sites).