Published: 1/17/2012

Company drops plans for Steve Jobs doll

BLADE NEWS SERVICES

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Responding to pressure from Steve Jobs’ family and from Apple Inc. lawyers, In Icons has dropped plans to sell a lifelike Steve Jobs doll.

Mr. Jobs died Oct. 5 of complications from pancreatic cancer.

The company had planned to offer the foot-tall figure dressed in Mr. Jobs’ signature black mock turtleneck, rimless glasses, and jeans. But it posted a statement on its Web site saying it had received “immense pressure” to drop the plan and made the decision out of its “heartfelt sensitivity to the feelings of the Jobs family.”

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