Michelle Obama Not Happy About New Sasha and Malia Dolls
Michelle Obama is
not happy
about Ty's new dolls named Sasha and Malia after the new First Tweens.
"We feel it is inappropriate to use young, private citizens for marketing purposes," Mrs. Obama's press secretary, Katie McCormick Lelyveld, said in a statement.
The TyGirlz Collection also includes dolls named Jammin' Jenna, Happy Hillary, Precious Paris and Bubbly Britney. Ty spokeswoman Tania Lundeen told The Chicago Sun-Times that the dolls were inspired by Sasha and Malia Obama. Then later, she told the AP that the dolls are not inspired by the First Tweens, but instead that the names were chosen because they are "pretty." Ty is being pretty obnoxious about this. Sasha and Malia are children and did not choose to become celebrities.
And speaking of obnoxious, the state of Illinois demanded that Ty stop selling the Jammin' Jenna doll because her shoes are filled with toxic lead. Ty stopped selling the dolls in Illinois, but is selling them across the U.S. The Illinois Attorney General is pursuing several toy companies for having excess lead in their toys. Ty claims its toys meet federal guidelines.
