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Oh, Look … You?ve Gone and Broken Your New Doll

Ah, capitalism. First, we had Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff making big money off his clients, and now here comes one ModelWorks, a toy manufacturer with an enterprising plan for how to profit off the failed financier in turn.

New York Daily News:

The $99, red-suited, pitchfork-wielding figure comes with a golden hammer.

You see, you’re not just buying Bernie, but also the fun of smashing him to smithereens.

The maker hopes its “Smash-Me Bernie” doll – available online at minimemodelworks.com – could become a “Tickle Me Elmo” for grownups who haven’t lost all their money in a Ponzi scheme.

“A lot of people have been asking about it,” Graeme Warring of ModelWorks said Sunday at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.

ModelWorks can even create a custom figure based on your own photograph through its My Mini-Me line.

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