HeroBuilders.com, in Oxford, is selling a doll in the likeness of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner. Standard dolls, shown, are being sold for $39.95. For $10 more, there is an anatomically correct "adults-only" version. (Associated Press)By Cara Baruzzi
Register Business Editor
OXFORD — While former U.S. Rep. Anthony’s Weiner’s scandalous “sexting” has had a slew of negative consequences for him, it has meant big business for a local company that started making an action figure in his likeness.
There has been a “mad rush” of interest in the latest offering from HeroBuilders.com, a company at 198 Goodhill Road known for controversial figures it makes and sells online, President Emil Vicale said Monday.
So many people visited the website last week — either to just take a look at the Weiner doll or to buy it — that the site crashed, he said.
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