OH NO YOKO! Plastic Lennon Doll!

TreeFiddy · Dec 18, 2005

lol it would make it much less "sell out-ish". action figures are like the ultimate sign of going all corporate on us

Spastic_Monkey · Dec 18, 2005

winter skye dream said:

now let me tell you guys wat.............if that was a insence holder it would b so much more cooler.......like u would put the end of the insence in his mouth....i would buy it then
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I don't know why, but that made me laugh my ass off.

Evil Icecube · Dec 20, 2005

I never understood lennons love for yoko but i've always respected it. This time she has just gone to fuckin far! She is only in it for the money! and I dont think that that was her husbands mesage

soulrebel51 · Dec 20, 2005

i think she went too far when she allowed those shoes to be produced. this isnt really anything compared to that

TheLizardQueen · Dec 20, 2005

Why is everyone bitching about some stupid doll? May i remind you that one of the reasons that the Beatles became popular to begin with was because they had their faces plastered on everything- toys, dolls, tshirts, lunchboxes, etc- in the 60's, so it's not like it's anything new. And it's not like this is some Hot Topic fad toy or whatever, it's for those who actually listened to John Lennon/The Beatles, or those who collect Beatles memorabillia. There probably wont be many age 4-14 people interested in it anyway.

White Scorpion · Dec 22, 2005

I think you're right, Lizard Queen. It is, after all, Christmas. I don't particularly like what Yoko did, but I don't really know her, apart from the image that the media paint of her (and we all know how reliable that is), so I shouldn't really criticize her. Anyway, if I said something that she, or her family, find offensive, I hope she forgives me and I'll send some good karma to her.

wiggy · Dec 22, 2005

Damn thats fucked up!!! im sorry but i reakky think he would have proberly thrown up at the thought of his own dolls!!!!

naa thats just wrong

MichaelByrd1967 · Dec 22, 2005

I wonder if she and Lennon would've divorced if Lennon never died, cause it seems that she is ruining John Lennon, and taking away his crediblity. Just what a divorcee would've done.
Here's an SAT analogy for ya:
John Lennon, imagine no possesions; Yoko Ono, buy the John Lennon doll.

skip · Dec 22, 2005

MichaelByrd1967 said:

I wonder if she and Lennon would've divorced if Lennon never died, cause it seems that she is ruining John Lennon, and taking away his crediblity. Just what a divorcee would've done.
Here's an SAT analogy for ya:
John Lennon, imagine no possesions; Yoko Ono, buy the John Lennon doll.
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Yes, there is a great deal of hypocrisy in Ono's actions, relative to John. He might've loved her, he might've let her interfere in the Beatles and later his solo career, but that is not relevant to this.

I've seen women manipulate and control the lives of men for their own ends, and Yoko is almost a textbook case.

She never lets others profit from Lennon (unless she gets a huge cut), even if it's for a good cause (although I did hear about one exception).

Then of all things to do, to allow a John Lennon doll that talks. Yes there was a lot of marketing when the Beatles first came out. That was because they were under contract to a recording company, and they didn't have control over the marketing of their group. That's why they formed Apple Records.

I don't recall John doing a lot of marketing of his image after he left the Beatles. In fact I think the opposite is true. Although he did publish at least one book of his own poetry & drawings, that's not the same a children's toys.

If you want to know more about how fucked up Yoko is, just ask Paul...

And as far as Yoko's talent goes, people will buy anything. Yoko always tried to advance her own career, using his popularity to advance her own, usually at the expense of John's.

Need I remind you of the awful songs they did together where her voice completely ruined the tunes. John should've never let her near a recording studio. If that had happened the Beatles could've stayed together much longer and John might even be alive today (with a different wife).

madcrappie · Dec 22, 2005

I totally agree....... there is a huge difference from the mid 60s marketing of the beatles, compared to this talking lennon doll of 2005. the beatles had NO control over merchandise, they didnt even own their songs, mind you..... and now there is some old, talentless, annoying, hag out to extort more money out of mindless beatle freaks, or people who know beatle freaks for xmas presents...... she makes me sick...... the guy is dead for chrissakes........ the same can be said about jimi hendix's family as well.......

White Scorpion · Dec 22, 2005

Why don't they make a Yoko doll, so people can stick pins in it? It's bound to fetch some bucks.

TheLizardQueen · Dec 23, 2005

think of it this way: would you rather have her put out a lennon doll, which could possibly bring temporary joy to thousands of people, or have her release an another album that will bring lasting frustration and disgust to millions of people in order to make money?

skip · Dec 23, 2005

White Scorpion said:

Why don't they make a Yoko doll, so people can stick pins in it? It's bound to fetch some bucks.
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I'D BUY THAT!!!

BTW, the original site claiming to sell the doll, now claims they are not authorized to sell it, and have removed the page from their server.

Here's another story about it on Yahoo:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051216/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_lennon_1

soulrebel51 · Dec 23, 2005

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20051216/i/ra3789485148.jpg?x=139&y=450&sig=2c0uVM.RGmGFEn9l13cj.Q--
who on earth would buy that?

(i dont know why the image isnt working, but click on it, its hilarious)

Skip said:

BTW, the original site claiming to sell the doll, now claims they are not authorized to sell it, and have removed the page from their server.
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i wonder why that is...

MichaelByrd1967 · Dec 24, 2005

Looks like John Lennon is about to start rappin'.

scents&subtlesou · Dec 26, 2005

if the doll's profits were going to antiwar efforts, than it would be awesome...

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