This is some really sorry, exploitative crap ......

[Stinky The Clown]

Who the fuck buys this shit?????

[Avalux]

1. Lots of people or they wouldn't sell it.

I guess years from now, might be valuable. :shrug:

I always thought the twin towers coin was in terribly poor taste.

[luvspeas]

2. his eyes look CRAZEEEE in that first one....

the iris' are poking out.

[Muttocracy]

3. I assume it's the same people who actually respond to spam emails

Those Twin Towers are disgusting.

[uppityperson]

6. Bad thought about that one

they pop up, so you can knock them down and put them back up. shit I am cynical tonight.

[Muttocracy]

9. does it come with mini model airplanes too? ugh. nt

[uppityperson]

10. That is it. ugh indeed

[Dorian Gray]

21. No kidding

it costs $9.95 PLUS shipping and handling for a 50 cent piece!

[Synicus Maximus]

37. If you are talking about the first one

$9.95 isn't bad if the shipping is not to high. A oz. of .999 silver is at $11.90 today.

[Texasgal]

4. You'd be surprised.

I'm not that all that bothered by it.

My grandma gave me her JFK stuff right before she died. I have a JFK inaugural paper weight and letter opener. :shrug: To me it's priceless.

[tulsakatz]

14. now the JFK stuff was different........

I don't recall the paper weight or the letter opener but we used to have a JFK silver dollar but that was made by the govt, not someone trying to make a buck off of someone else's fame.

[Texasgal]

17. I have no idea where she bought it

I cannot imagine it coming from the govt. :shrug: Maybe it was... I have no idea.

[tulsakatz]

30. I meant to say, the coins were from the govt.......

...I'm sure the other merchandise was not.

But still, I'm fond of anything having to do with JFK......

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

5. Very stupid people.

[tblue]

7. Maybe that's the one expanding sector of our economy.

But I agree, it's crap. Who would even want it?

[Vanje]

8. The artist could use a course in bird anatomy. nt

[tulsakatz]

11. good question!

I see that stuff on TV all the time!

There was something advertised a few days ago where they were selling a $2.00 bill with Obama's image on it in gold leaf. And they also had a coin that they would add which was worth about $1.00 They were charging something like $29.98 for both of them.

I sat there thinking.....so you basically pay $30.00 for something that's only worth $3.00!!

I don't know, I suppose there could be a market for that stuff since it was an historic election but I wouldn't buy it.

[shadowknows69]

12. My mother will

She's a collector's item junkie from way back.

[ColbertWatcher]

13. Some Obama merchandise is quite tasteful ...

[tulsakatz]

16. haha........that's funny!

[ColbertWatcher]

24. ...

... Dr Colbert featured them on his show last week!

Along with this:

[tulsakatz]

29. I saw part of it one night.........

...when he was crying so much he had (what looked like) mascara running down his face!!

[ColbertWatcher]

38. Like this?

[tulsakatz]

41. that's the one!!

[Occam Bandage]

15. The Twin Towers one is really funny. nt

[leftstreet]

18. LOL at the Twin Towers pop-up. Heck, why not some gold airplanes?

Bronze passport replicas?

Little platinum figurines jumping out of the windows.

This stuff is nuckin' futz.

:eyes:

[luvspeas]

19. how about this? On Amazon!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RIzx1mZRL._AA280_PIbundle-1,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg

[leeroysphitz]

22. WANT. n/t

[liberalmuse]

26. Oh. My. God.

:rofl:

[uppityperson]

32. Oh now that is amusing. Not a good likeness but, well, really tacky and funny

[uppityperson]

34. That is the "happy" pose, here is the "determined" pose (seriously)...

http://www.amazon.com/Chia-Handmade-Decorative-Planter-Determined/dp/B001PKU28E/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1232852719&sr=8-1

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A9%2BqVHRvL._AA280_PIbundle-1,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg

Then there is this, Philosophers Guild, magnet:
http://www.amazon.com/Philosophers-Guild-0654-Obamarama/dp/B001GK5OGI/ref=pd_sbs_hpc_34


Obama squeezable figure:
http://www.amazon.com/President-Obama-3am-Squeezable-Figure/dp/B001BYBGOI/ref=pd_sim_k_9


Obama nesting dolls:
http://www.amazon.com/Obama-Nesting-Doll-5pc-5/dp/B001IM40V4/ref=pd_sbs_misc_5


Alternatively: other nesting dolls (Obama, Clinton, Carter, Johnson & Kennedy.):
http://www.amazon.com/RUSSIAN-BARACK-OBAMA-NESTING-DOLL/dp/B001E3GDAI/ref=pd_sim_t_3


Lifesize Standup Obama:
http://www.amazon.com/PRE-ORDER-Life-size-PRESIDENT-Democrat-SHIPPING/dp/B001COSDF2/ref=pd_sbs_misc_36


Finally, just for fun, the "Blue Suit Sarah Palin". Yes, the page says Blue Suit. Is it blue? You betcha!:
http://www.amazon.com/GOVERNOR-SARAH-LIFESIZE-STANDUP-POSTER/dp/B001L3NRSC/ref=pd_sbs_misc_36

[Stinky The Clown]

35. Is that Palin doll inflatable?

Just askin' ..........

[uppityperson]

36. I think it is a cardboard cut out, sorry. In a "blue" red suit though!

[Cheap_Trick]

39. Wouldn't need to be inflated...

she's already full of hot air.

[malaise]

20. A friend sent me the Obama gold coin for

Christmas. He has seen my coin collection - I have hundreds of coins and some are quite valuable.

He does have more sense than to send me the Twin Towers. I don't know why anyone would want that one.

[lonestarnot]

23. I would buy some for my kid to give to his kids (the President not 9/11ers.)

[asdjrocky]

25. I hate seeing that stupid towers coin.

Every few months someone seems to post that here. I'm not sure if I'm the only one here at DU, but my much loved stepson lost his much loved aunt that day -top floor- and that coin is the one this that pisses me off more than anything else. I always try to ignore it, but I always end up clicking, and commenting. When it's on TV I change the channel, but it's hard not to say something when it's on DU.

Am I alone in not even wanting to see this as an example of bad taste? Isn't this a little bit like holding up shit to point out that sometimes things smell?

[Book Lover]

40. You are not alone - it is in the worst possible taste n/t

[madamesilverspurs]

27. Who buys this shit?

Exactly my thought every time I see the tabloids by the checkout stand at the grocery store. Same people who read the tabloids probably buy the other crap.

[chucktaylor]

28. I paid for my Obama plates with Obama coins.

[Jamastiene]

33. ...

:spray:

[Hav]

31. Always remember...

if it's not any kind of official money, often the only worth these type of coins have is what one would get for the material.
Too many people eventually had to realize that their collection is only worth a fraction of what they had to pay.

[Ocracoker16]

42. what a bunch of tacky junk