Ledger's Joker Action Figures Sell Out In Minutes

[Emma]

BATMAN fans have cleaned out New York toy stores' entire supply of HEATH
LEDGER's JOKER action figure, within minutes of them going on sale.

Devotees of the comic book series lined up early to clear shelves of the
$9.99 (#5) toy, which shows Ledger in his final completed role before his
premature death in January from an accidental drug overdose, aged just 29.

An employee of Times Square's Toys R Us store says, "There are none left in
the warehouse. You will be waiting a while if you want one."

Some fans are believed to be buying up stock, convinced the figure is a
collector's item - others are selling them on auction site eBay for up to $55
(#27.50) each.

Ledger will be seen as The Joker alongside Christian Bale's Batman in The
Dark Knight - which hits movie theaters worldwide from July (08). (IG/PYN/MT)

[toughturtles]

death monging collecters def would by out the stock

[locustdd]

Collectors .... rushing to buy them.

[ky2here]

Ouch. That is beyond tacky. Sad, actually.

[Taminar]

First of all, as crass as it is, the toy company should have anticipated this and ordered more Joker figures as soon as they heard the tragic news that Heath had died.

Secondly, I hate the people who buy up stuff just to sell it on eBay.

[ireallylovedanl]

I wanted to die when I first saw the commercial the other morning when I went to a showing of Indiana Jones. I didn't know how to react, to cry or laugh or whatever. I still feel like this is a big joke, and any moment he is going to pop out of nowhere.