But they didn’t get the hair right

Rick Perry is tanking as a presidential campaign figure. He’ll probably also hit the skids as a political action-figure doll.

But that didn’t stop HeroBuilders.com, a Connecticut-based maker of custom action and political figures, from creating a Rick Perry doll that goes on sale this week on the company’s site.

“I don’t think it will do very well at all,” company president Emil Vicale said of the Perry doll, which is available in a “talking” version that includes audio of Perry’s infamous debate flub from November.

“This is what my experience has taught me: In the past, when there’s a figurine like this, his supporters will most likely not buy it because there’s a flub. And the detractors will buy it for the flub and give it to those who wouldn’t buy it.”

The new Perry doll is available in four options: dressed in jeans and T-shirt (in both nontalking, $39.95, and talking, $59.95, models) and “executive” dressed in a black suit (in both nontalking, $59.95, and talking, $69.95).

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30-Story Hotel Built In 15 Days In China

Constructing a skyscraper once took months if not years to build. But not anymore, and certainly not in China.

In this recently released time-lapse video, a 30-story hotel is built in just 15 days, or 360 hours.

Constructed in Dongting Lake in Hunan province, the hotel is 170,000 square feet and can withstand a 9.0 earthquake reports Treehugger.

According to the International Business Times, the prefabricated modules were put together in a factory and then placed on steel structures at the construction site.

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Awaiting comment about unions and regulations in three . . . two . . . one . . .

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Parents Petition for ‘Sesame Street’ To Feature Breastfeeding

There are some that believe Sesame Street has been neglecting a particular topic in terms of their educational programming: breastfeeding.

As of Jan. 10, nearly 3,000 people had signed an online petition titled “Bring breastfeeding back to Sesame Street.”

The group, which says it is sponsored by “breastfeeding mothers and their supporters everywhere,” aims to get 5,000 signatures. 

“Back in the 70’s and 80’s nursing was tastefully shown on the show but now they have replaced their nursing videos with bottles,” says the site.

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Here’s an old Sesame Street clip from 1977 about breast feeding.

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