Not to start your day on a down note…but a Steve Jobs action figure won’t be hitting the shelves any time soon.
Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Tandy Cheung of In Icons Productions has announced that the product is no more on the company website saying the item won’t be sold now or in the future. “Unfortunately we have received immense pressure from the lawyers of Apple and Steve Jobs’ family,” he notes.
Cheung originally claimed he wasn’t going to be pressured to take the action figure off the market. The legal issues are murky, with some experts claiming selling a likeness of Jobs is legal, and others claiming a sale could be blocked in some countries or jurisdictions.
The Jobs action figure was selling for US US$99, and there is quite a lot of other less realistic Jobs memorabilia on eBay.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.