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N.J.'s 'tanorexic' mom Patricia Krentcil inspires HeroBuilders action figure

Wednesday, 09 May 2012 12:17
tanorexicdoll050912_optBY ANGELA DAIDONE
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The New Jersey tanning mom who made headlines recently will be forever immortalized by a company that makes action figures.

According to Yahoo.com, Patricia Krentcil, of Nutley, is the inspiration behind the “Tanorexic” mom doll available from HeroBuilders.com, the Connecticut custom doll retailer that also created the Anthony Weiner doll and Barack Obama action figure. The overly tan mom doll retails for $29.95.

Krentcil pleaded not guilty to child endangerment charges last week after she was arrested late last month for allegedly taking her 6-year-old daughter to a tanning salon.

"I tan, she doesn't tan," the 44-year-old Krentcil said in reports. "I'm in the booth, she's in the room. That's all there is to it."

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New Jersey state law prohibits children under the age of 14 from using tanning booths. Children between the ages of 14 and 17 must be accompanied by an adult.

Police were called to the child’s school by officials, who say Krentcil's daughter had what appeared to be a sunburn on her legs. The child told classmates she "went tanning with Mommy."

Krentcil maintains that the child was out on a hot day and got sunburned outdoors.

HeroBuilders, which bills itself as the “Last American Toy Company,” is behind political action figures including the Dick Cheney doll which dons a white t-shirt that reads “You don’t know Dick,” and the Mitt Romney doll holding an Etch a Sketch toy ($49.95); and pop culture dolls, including the talking Mayhem action figure (from the Allstate Insurance TV ads, $79.95).

HeroBuilders also creates custom bobble-head figures and personalized candy dispensers in your likeness.

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