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[ChiTownBuffalo]

Time for a Steve Jobs Action Figure!

By the company who made the Obama action figure.

 

[blockhead1700]

Now all I need is a Bill Gates figure and then make them fight to the death!!!

 

[narcosis219]

If you went through the trouble of posting the Obama figure, why not post the new one as well?

 

[Deified Data]

This is a fantastic thing.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

If you went through the trouble of posting the Obama figure, why not post the new one as well?

Oh very well.

 

[noah111]

I...... approve.

 

[freenudemacusers]

Now all I need is a Bill Gates figure and then make them fight to the death!!!

Fight?! I would make them perform, um, special poses with one another.

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

What toy companies think their action figure's clothes fit like

What the action figure's clothes actually fit like

 

[DemiMatt]

I still prefer Creepy Woody:

 

[Nakazato]

^^^
LOL

 

[Master Milk]

Obama doesn't look like Obama. The Jobs is good though.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

That thread title pisses me off for some reason. I know its irrational, but I would rather it just be about Steve Jobs then trying to attach it to a meme.

It looks like a 40 year old PR guy is trying to market to someone in college.

 

[samus i am]

It actually looks a lot like him.

 

[Broder Salsa]

Creepy Woody is still way creepier. Especially the one where someone put like 100 tits on him from hentai dolls.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I would have bought it for a gag gift, but it's a bit too pricey

 

[freenudemacusers]

I would have bought it for a gag gift, but it's a bit too pricey

and everyone knows you don't buy rev A!

plus this is creepier anyway:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/83289453/special-pillow-to-remind-steve-jobs

 

[strafer]

How is a pillow creepy?

 

[Zoramon089]

How is a pillow creepy?

Rest in peace

 

[goober]

Rest in peace

That's pretty creepy

 

[Aquavelvaman]

Is he doing a kickflip in the bottom left picture?

 

[freenudemacusers]

How is a pillow creepy?

it's about as creepy as a virtual girlfriend

 

[bananas]

Is he doing a kickflip in the bottom left picture?

He's telling the Woz story from MacWorld 2007 keynote.

 

[Kapura]

those obama poses are so fucking awesome. fuck jobs, I want more badass obama poses!

 

[ToxicAdam]

Does it come with 500 shirts and pants that all look the same?

 

[Kinyou]

Move over Creepy Woody!

 

[y2dvd]

The Steve Jobs doll is actually really well done.

 

[Reversed]

They will team up to do more pervert stuff.

 

[Dai101]

lol no

 

[Dyno]

It's a really good likeness of when he was still a bit healthy.

 

[Monocle]

No one can replace Creepy Woody.

The Jobs figure is pretty impressive, though. Looks just like him.

 

[jufonuk]

The Side view of that Jobs Doll does not look correct the Bridge of the Nose is not right, front on it's spot on.

 

[hateradio]

Woody will have his way with Jobs.

 

[Phenomic]

Rest in peace

Okay I feel like an idiot but I don't get this Rest in Peace with the pillow connection to Steve Jobs or why it's creepy I guess is what I mean.

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

Now all I need is a Bill Gates figure and then make them fight to the death!!!

Wouldn't that just be Gates shadow boxing?

 

[Volimar]

I love the bottom right pic of the Obama figure. Would make a great avatar except for ending up with poliGAF on my ass every time I posted.

 

[Zoramon089]

Okay I feel like an idiot but I don't get this Rest in Peace with the pillow connection to Steve Jobs or why it's creepy I guess is what I mean.

Because when people die it's common to hear/say "rest in peace" and it's a creepy thing to think about on your pillow as you're falling asleep

 

[kurtrussell]

So Apple are now threatening legal action to stop this doll being produced.

If you're a Jobsian fanboi jonesing for the recently announced Steve Jobs action figure, we have some bad news for you: Apple doesn't want you to have one.

So reports The Telegraph, which says that the Chinese action-figure maker In Icons has received a letter from Cupertino's lawyers threatening legal action should the 12-inch, impressively realistic plastic portrayal be offered for sale.

And from Slashdot:

Apple reportedly wrote 'In Icons', telling the Chinese manufacturer that any toy that resembles Apple's logo or products, or Job's name or appearance, is a 'criminal offense.' Attorneys believe a Steve Jobs action figure released after his death violates the 'right of publicity,' which is a state law that protects one's image, voice, photograph, identity or signature from being used commercially without consent. Furthermore, California's Celebrity Rights Act in 1985 protects a celebrity's personality rights up to 70 years after their death.

1) How do California state laws apply to any other state, let alone a country on the other side of the world?

2) Why are Apple doing all the legal hassling with this one and not Jobs' estate? Had Jobs licensed his image rights to Apple? If so, that is creepier than 1000 Woody dolls

3) Why are Apple making threats over "one's image, voice, photograph, identity or signature from being used commercially without consent" when they themselves produced a commercial featuring the likenesses of 17 iconic 20th century personalities. In order of appearance they were: Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Branson, John Lennon (with Yoko Ono), Buckminster Fuller, Thomas Edison, Muhammad Ali, Ted Turner, Maria Callas, Mahatma Gandhi, Amelia Earhart, Alfred Hitchcock, Martha Graham, Jim Henson (with Kermit the Frog), Frank Lloyd Wright and Pablo Picasso.

Apple obtained permission from the photographer to use a copyrighted image, not permission from Gandhi's family to use his likeness to sell a product that he most likely would have been opposed to.

More pictures:

 

[Mael]

At least Obama didn't sue....

false edit : beaten like one of woody's victim.
the doll actually looks good.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

At least Obama didn't sue....

false edit : beaten like one of woody's victim.
the doll actually looks good.

Politicians, especially the POTUS fall under a completely different set of rules as far as likeness.

The only way the action figure maker could have gotten in trouble with the Obama doll, is if it included a Seal of the POTUS.

 

[Chuckie]

Who the fuck would want a Steve Jobs doll?

Anyway, Creepy Woody isn't moving over at all. He is still king.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

Who the fuck would want a Steve Jobs doll?

Anyway, Creepy Woody isn't moving over at all. He is still king.

Man, now that sounds like a challenge.

The problem is, acquiring the doll.

Actually, I wouldn't be able to do the challenge. I dunno if I could do creepy, I would just end up into the obscene.

 

[kurtrussell]

So apparently, the doll is legal in most states

A UK newspaper caused a stir yesterday when it reported that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) had threatened legal action against a Chinese company that plans to sell an eerie replica of its late founder starting next month. The Daily Telegraph said Apple claims to own rights to Jobs’ likeness.

But there is a huge problem here—Apple’s legal claim is largely bogus. While people can indeed own rights to their likeness, those rights usually apply only to living people. Unlike other forms of intellectual property like patents or copyrights, image rights do not survive beyond the grave in most places.