Facebook file/March 10: Zuckerberg is drafted into the action figure army!
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has joined the ranks of the truly famous. He has received his own limited edition action figure (don't call it a doll).
Chinese company M.I.C. Gadget is selling the lifelike Zuckerberg figure for $70 on its website, with the following description:
Presenting the most friendly toy we have ever seen: the “Poking Inventor” action figure that is inspired from a man who makes the world more open and connected. The workmanship standard of this collection item is superb, and it is the next greatest action figure for tech nerds.
The company is interestingly calling the action figure the “Poking Inventor” and not “Mark Zuckerberg.” This, according to ZD Net, is because of what happened with a previous doll, the Steve Jobs action figure.
Released late last year, the Jobs figure wore his signature blue jeans, black sweater, and New Balance sneakers. Apple threatened M.I.C. Gadget with legal action if it didn’t stop selling the Jobs doll. It was swiftly removed from the company’s online store.
The Poking Inventor doll has Zuckerberg’s signature shaggy hair, blue jeans, Adidas flip-flops, and zip-up brown hooded sweatshirt. The 7-inch toy also comes with two buttons and three speech bubbles: you can set the action figure to hold either a Like or Poke button as well as fill in the speech bubble with amusing quotes such as “I invented poking!” to put beside his head with the included transparent stick.