We're guessing Rep. Anthony Weiner isn't thrilled that online toy company Hero Builders has introduced a line of "anatomically correct" dolls inspired by the congressman's sexting scandal, or that the toy has already made a guest appearance on The View and crashed the company's website. This is reasonable, but at least this isn't Hero Builders' first time turning a newsmaker into an action hero form. It's kind of their specialty, although as these photos we pulled from the company's web cache show, the results do tend to vary.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann

U.S. treasury secretary Timothy Geithner

Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig

White House party crasher Michaele Salahi

Richard Heene, father of Balloon Boy

Former New York gubernatorial candidate Jimmy McMillan, of "The Rent Is Too Damn High!" fame

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Ray Gustini