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Crikey! Bindi Gets Her Own Doll

Crocodile Hunter's daughter continuing in dad's footsteps

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 5, 2008 10:27 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Bindi Irwin isn't yet 10, but she's got her own TV show, an Emmy, and now, a doll in her image. An Ohio company is making 10-inch replicas of the young Australian star, the daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Bindi inherited her dad's love of nature, and the doll says things like, "Crikey! Let's go help wildlife."

Part of the proceeds will go to environmental efforts, helping offset what some critics see as opportunism. Others are happy to see a Barbie alternative entering the market. "I feel a heck of a lot more comfortable with a doll like that selling to the youth of today," one retailer said. "I think it's great that they have gone and thought outside the sexist point of view of most massive merchandise." The Bindi doll comes with binoculars and a motorcycle.

In this Sept. 20, 2006, file photo, Bindi Irwin, daughter of Steve Irwin, reads aloud her speech for her father at a memorial service in Beerwah, Australia.
In this Sept. 20, 2006, file photo, Bindi Irwin, daughter of Steve Irwin, reads aloud her speech for her father at a memorial service in Beerwah, Australia.   (AP Photo/Steve Holland, file)
Bindi Irwin's doll is expected to be out in September.
Bindi Irwin's doll is expected to be out in September.   (Associated Press)
Steve Irwin is seen at his Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia, in this 1999 file photo with his wife, Terri.
Steve Irwin is seen at his "Australia Zoo" in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia, in this 1999 file photo with his wife, Terri.   (AP Photo/Russell McPhedran, File)
In this photo released by Discovery Kids, Bindi Erwin, the 8-year-old daughter of the late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin, poses with three elephants on the set of her new show Bindi: The Jungle Girl, at Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Australia.
In this photo released by Discovery Kids, Bindi Erwin, the 8-year-old daughter of the late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin, poses with three elephants on the set of her new show "Bindi: The Jungle Girl,"...   (AP Photo/Discovery Kids)
Television personality Bindi Irwin attends G'Day USA: Australia Week 2008 at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 in New York.
Television personality Bindi Irwin attends G'Day USA: Australia Week 2008 at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
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