Comments for Too Hot to Handle? Computer geeks, Middle East hierarchies & public demand combust. at http://dollsmagazine.com , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://dollsmagazine.com Thu, 23 May 2013 23:33:07 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://dollsmagazine.com/articles/in-the-spotlight/579-too-hot-to-handle-computer-geeks-middle-east-hierarchies-a-public-demand-combust.html#comment-4494 Some folks find a doll in their image flattering. Others would not. So i find it unsurprising that the doll, no matter how amazingly accurately it portrayed him, was quashed. It looks marvelous, and kudos to its creator. Publishing it without approaching the family first though, was a major breach of manners, well meant though it was. (and the pose of him reaching between his legs is probably A reason to not have a doll made to look like a family member. We've all seen Trailer Trash Barbie and worse done inn the name of Artistic License and freedom of speech. - frankie Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:11:15 +0100 http://dollsmagazine.com/articles/in-the-spotlight/579-too-hot-to-handle-computer-geeks-middle-east-hierarchies-a-public-demand-combust.html#comment-4493 Hi, Robin: As a very public figure, Jobs's expectations of privacy are not the same as yours or mine. If the doll maker wanted, he could have made the doll under the heading of "Cyber Visionary" or "Computer Guru." If he didn't use Jobs's name (or do such a great job sculpting), he could have manufactured this. His flaw was in being too talented in making the likeness (which was extraordinary) and naming it "Steve Jobs." My gut feeling is that the Jobs family cannibalized efforts of others--and stepped on lots of patent laws along the way--so they should not have objected to a complimentary, reverential doll. Jobs and his cohorts bent the rules when they were building the empire. Sometimes, you have to let other people have their freedom to be rebels as well. - Stephanie Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:48 +0100 http://dollsmagazine.com/articles/in-the-spotlight/579-too-hot-to-handle-computer-geeks-middle-east-hierarchies-a-public-demand-combust.html#comment-4492 Here's the flaw in your argument. The Steve Jobs admirer should have known that the right to the likeness of Steve Jobs couldn't simply be taken without permission of Jobs or his family. This was his likeness and well meaning as the doll creator might be they had no right to use the likeness of Jobs or any other human being, without getting permission. Jobs family has every right to prevent him from being reduced to plastic and ball joints. And to attempt to compare the technology revolution Jobs created to someone ripping off his physical likeness makes little sense. There's no rebellion in creating a doll without permission of the man's family and since Jobs is no longer here to approve of being reduced to a desk sized toy, I think his family's wishes deserve respect and not scorn. - Robin Ruinsky Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:20:28 +0100 http://dollsmagazine.com/articles/in-the-spotlight/579-too-hot-to-handle-computer-geeks-middle-east-hierarchies-a-public-demand-combust.html#comment-4491 I heard on the news this morning the Iranian government has now placed The Simpsons in the forbidden category with Barbie. yet Super heroes remain OK because they represent goodness over evil, or something like that - I was only on my first cup of coffee when I heard it. - Gabrielle Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:34:47 +0100 http://dollsmagazine.com/articles/in-the-spotlight/579-too-hot-to-handle-computer-geeks-middle-east-hierarchies-a-public-demand-combust.html#comment-4490 The Sara and Dara dolls look very sweet. They look like Barbie's younger sister and brother dolls. Will Mattel make a version of them? They do dolls of different countries. Will they do Iran?;) - Cherie Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:03:42 +0100 http://dollsmagazine.com/articles/in-the-spotlight/579-too-hot-to-handle-computer-geeks-middle-east-hierarchies-a-public-demand-combust.html#comment-4489 The Steve Jobs doll could definitely be sitting on my desk along with all my other Apple stuff. How much fun would that have been to combine my love of dolls with my love of Apple's products? - Terri Gold Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:24:46 +0100 http://dollsmagazine.com/articles/in-the-spotlight/579-too-hot-to-handle-computer-geeks-middle-east-hierarchies-a-public-demand-combust.html#comment-4488 I watched the Super Bowl and saw no ads like the famous Apple ones. Very bad showing this year. People are rewarded for thinking out of the box, but they are also punished for that. Apple always made its own rules. They want to make their own doll too. - Lindsey Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:16:14 +0100