So not only has Mattel released the world's most awkward figurine, depicting Heath Ledger's Joker in the forthcoming Batman sequel, The Dark Knight, but the creepy action figures are actually selling. Really, really well. Reports the Post: "Toy peddlers are laughing all the way to the bank with Heath Ledger's Joker doll selling out at New York stores. Droves of people lined up early at the Toys 'R' Us store in Times Square... 'There are none left in the warehouse, either.'" The $10 dolls are being re-sold on eBay. Get one for $55 with a Batman figurine! Put it in your morbid Heath Ledger apartment! [Post] (Joker image via Post)
Heath Ledger Dolls Selling Like Mad
6:59 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Ryan Tate
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Stay classy Mattel. Does it contain lead, ya know, for added fun?
That's the Joker? I though it was an updated Heath Ledger doll- a modern 'massage appointment Ken,' if you will.
@BalknChain: how's that for classy.
ur up early this am.
that is a scary looking toy, and not in a good way
my kid's preschool has banned power rangers from the classroom because the boys were fighting over the dolls, er, action figures
i think you could use this to make the kidz go to bed
brush your teeth or dead heath ledger joker doll will get you
So the ironic hipsters are slumming at Toys 'R' Us? They should really be selling it for $20 at Urban Outfitters.
@BalknChain: I already got mine and I also bought a E.M.T. Barbie with defibrillator and dream ambulance! She'll arrive and futilely attempt to revive Joker Heath doll. Later, Babs will be share her adventure while relaxing on Malibu beach with LPN Skipper.
@scroll_lock: be SHARING..proofread much?
I think if they exhumed Heath Ledger's reposing corpse and fashioned an exact replica of his worm-eaten flesh in doll form, it might be slightly less blibben creepy than whatever the fuck that absolute freak of nature above purports to be. I'm never sleeping again. It's worse than the strangling clown doll from the first Poltergeist film. I think it's the anti-christ come round to steal our souls.
@Unfun: OHHH, OHHHHH!!! The clown doll was the scariest thing, ever. I've always had the willies about inanimate objects, especially dolls, coming to life. I made the mistake of seeing the first "Chucky" movie ages ago. AAAAHH!!
@scroll_lock: and they'll call ashley twin barbie over for some more drugs
@Unfun: i think especially the hair
@if_i_only_had_a_heart: which she carries in her hugely oversized handbag! Personal security people sold separately.
@scroll_lock: Tell me about your childhood ;)
@Word salad: 'Twas twisted, does it show?!
no truth to that rumor that Hillary Clinton did Ledger's reshoots regarless of the photograhic evidence...
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Umm, why does that doll look like Philip Seymour Hoffman or the bad kid from the movie "The Incredibles"?
This will look spectacular next to my Natalie Wood and Jonathan Brandis action figures. Now I just have to wait for Lou Diamond Phillips to kick the bucket/get a posthumous action figure and my collection will be complete.
@scroll_lock: Twisted is the new brilliant! You're entertaining, so all is good! ;)
@Word salad: Aww, thanks! You're too kind!
@FitnessMadeSimple: Did I ever show you my Mama Cass or Joaquin Phoenix action figures? She's got a teeny ham sandwich and he has the world's smallest syringe.
@scroll_lock: You pulled the heads and legs off of dolls didn't you?
@scroll_lock: I really need to up the joe. That would be River Phoenix. But you knew that- work with me.
If any adult takes a child under 10 to see this film, they're going to need therapy for a while. Just sayin'.
@BalknChain: Yes, I had a little amputee dollhouse. The rolled down the stairs. Actually, it was just that we couldn't AFFORD dolls with all their limbs, okay??? Thanks for reminding me that my friends had Malibu Barbie while I had Wheelchair-Bound-Non-Ambulatory Midge.
for@scroll_lock:
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@scroll_lock: No you didn't! OMFG I am jealous. I hope you haven't taken them out of the packaging.
@FitnessMadeSimple: Nope, they're still factory sealed. I have a Dana Plato figure on backorder.
@UnstableMabel: HA!! Yikes! Actually, this is what my best doll looked like after I let BalknChain play with it. My Mom says she can't come over anymore.
@Goober_Pea: That's hilarious!
@UnstableMabel: Is that some Chip Kidd/Geoff Spear action?
Hey Mabel, the kiddies will be clamoring for this at Christmas:

@scroll_lock: ok, Sid, that is your real name isn't it?
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@BalknChain: I can't open this video! Will have to do at home, so you have to tell me who Sid is. By the way, please don't call me by my real name- Boris.
"Meds and Mary-Kate Olsen not included..."
@Juancho: I had to google that, no, but here is the complete link so credit can go where it's due [www.jpgmag.com]
@scroll_lock: ha! an example of my teenage makeup attempts (my poor mother). That is a seriously nasty doll.
@scroll_lock: That is just wrong. I'm no longer in love with you.
@if_i_only_had_a_heart: Seriously. Did they HAVE to include the extra creepy shaggy receding hairline?
@scroll_lock: That's still wrong. No.
@UnstableMabel: I've guaranteed myself a sleepless night with a butter knife under my pillow tonight. (And I know how to use it)
@Unfun: No! Say it ain't so! Don't drive me to take the Heath doll's pills!
@scroll_lock: My Jim Morrison action figure puked sweet and sour pork chunks into my etagere.
@UnstableMabel: Ok, that's it. Alien girl doll with the vacant eyes. I'm officially nuts now.
@nightwatchman_flamekeeper: I feel you- my Grace Kelly action figure totalled my car.
@scroll_lock: Well, I am off to bed now, myself (GMT+8 here). Might just leave a little light on.
@scroll_lock: You must make it up to me somehow. That image is burned into my flaming retinas.
@UnstableMabel: ??????????????? [shaking]
@scroll_lock: Sid is the evil toy destroying kid from Toy Story, Boris
@Juancho: Please be specific as there is a chronological AND mental age to take into account. ;)
@Unfun: I shall offer up the following to cleanse your palate:
UnstableMabel: Where the heck are you?
@BalknChain: The one who reminds me of you. Got it.
@scroll_lock: what.ev-er....
Can you even sleep without a nightlight yet? Was the Slinkyotomy successful?
@BalknChain: It was successful but they closed the incision with Silly Putty, is that normal?
(and uh, let's leave my Hello Kitty nightlight out of this)
@scroll_lock: Two, two, two Pixar references in one!
@Goober_Pea: I like to double 'em up. The fun pak!
@scroll_lock: Yes, but they call it Butt Putty, nothing silly about it. YOU took my Hello Kitty nightlight!? Dammit, do you have my Mr Potato Head pillow case?
pfft, toys are lame.
now super high grade Gundam model kits that take two to three weeks to complete? that's for winners.
@scroll_lock: another classic experiment, right up there with crayons on the space heater: barbie in the microwave
@scroll_lock: and the old original twilight zone episode of the doll who talks to the people ... and she is not a nice doll
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My name is Talky Tina and I'm beginning to hate you
@if_i_only_had_a_heart: .. i love you; that's what the doll says
ok
@BalknChain: The had to get Butt Putty in a huge drum from Costco to seal up yours, didn't they? No, I don't have your pillowcase or your Donny Osmond sheets either. No, you can't check my bed.