In February 2004, officials for Stevenson Entertainment Group LLC – a toy company based in Schaumburg, Illinois – attended an industry trade show in New York, where plans for a miniature Donald Trump figure were conceived.
Btesh had reached out to Marty after reading that Michael Jackson was buying and collecting puppets from Krofft Brothers Saturday morning shows.
[1][4] During a business trip in Los Angeles in April 2004, Trump visited a studio hired by Stevenson so his entire head could be scanned, to aid the doll's sculptors.
[2] Stevenson Entertainment Group planned to ship at least 100,000 dolls to U.S. toy chains and distributors in August 2004, with an expected nationwide release the following month.
[7] On September 29, 2004, Trump appeared at a marketing event held at a Toys "R" Us store in New York City's Times Square to promote the doll.
"[5] St. Paul Pioneer Press wrote, "Looking much younger and trimmer than Trump, the extremely flexible plastic 'likeness' of the rich businessman and TV personality resembles George W. Bush more than the face of 'The Apprentice.
[15][16][17] In September 2016, Brooklyn-based toy company FCTRY launched pre-sales for a Trump doll which depicted him with a raised middle finger.
[18][19][20] In November 2016, anonymous Syrian artist Saint Hoax created images depicting the fictional Trumpette fashion doll, "inspired by all the sexist things Donald Trump has said."
[21] Sally Noedel, an artist in Bainbridge Island, Washington, began making and selling seven-inch-tall Trump voodoo dolls in December 2015.