Tickle-Me-Madoff?

Not quite. A "Smash-Me Bernie" doll offered at this week's Toy Fair comes complete with a hammer so you can take out your frustrations.

By: WKRG Staff | WKRG
Published: February 17, 2009

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NEW YORK (AP) - Mad at disgraced investor Bernard Madoff?
There's a toy just for you.
One of the vendors at this week's Toy Fair is offering the
"Smash-Me Bernie," a $99.95 Madoff lookalike doll that wears a
devil-red suit and carries a pitchfork. It comes with its own
hammer - so you can pulverize it.
Phoenix, Ariz.-based ModelWorks is behind the caricature Mini-Me
figures, which can be customized to look like celebrities or
whomever a buyer chooses.
Madoff was arrested in December after investigators said he
confessed to his sons that he had swindled investors of $50 billion
in a Ponzi scheme.
The toy fair is open only to the industry and runs through
tomorrow.