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Jailbreak Toys Barack Obama Action Figure

lab price:: $14.95
item #:: ob-619

the lab review

I'm going to restrain myself from writing my longest review ever for this toy. I will simply transcribe the conversation that Ak Boogs and I had when it came in. These were my first reactions, I am not claiming any accuracy for my belligerent statements. Real talk.

Me: "I don't know... His features are a little too Curious George (The skin tone is accurate, but strangely the product shots that Snack looked up online were mad suspect in the skin-lightening department. Had a brother looking like Nat King Cole on television in the 50s and shit). I'm not feeling the fact that his campaign probably isn't seeing any of this money, either (it's since been confirmed that $1 goes to his campaign for every figure sold online). Why does he have the ill Arsenio finger? I bet these toy-making motherfuckers are a bunch of white boys trying to cash in on one of the most amazing moments in the history of the United States."
Ak: "I bet you're still going to buy one, aren't you?"
Me: "Two. One for my desk and one for the crib."

And on some serious stuff: This country's wealth and power is founded on the stolen labor of enslaved African men and women. This moment in time is probably the closest thing we will experience to a revolution in our lifetimes. I'm not delusional or naive. Barack is real, Michelle is real, the need for change is real. Let's go!

reviewed by Tkat 08/07/2008