Steve Nash isn't the only pale-faced former MVP to be immortalized in the NBA's collectible bobblepop lack-tion figure series. Dirk Nowitzki has also received the glorious "bobble and lollipop" treatment. Or should I say "Dirk Nowitzki"?


I already know what you're thinking, and the answer is: Yes! The Dirk doll also transforms into a savory yet unmistakably phallic lollipop that emerges seductively from Herr Nowitzki's man region. My funny bone was once again tickled by the fact that the doll's shorts have to come off to reveal the hidden candy inside. A case of art imitating life...or life imitating art?


Much like the Nash doll, Dirk's doppleganger doesn't really look all that much like The Flying Dutchman. I mean, look at it. The designers obviously didn't know how to handle Dirk's Teen Wolf-like facial hair, so they just drew on a goatee and added a stripe on either side of his mouth. That combined with what I've been told is a neanderthal-like protruding brow make the doll look less like Dirk and more like a Geico caveman. Think I'm wrong? You be the judge.

Labels: bobbleheads, cavemen, Dirk Nowitzki, merchandise, Steve Nash