Daughter of 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin gets doll

CLEVELAND - Bindi Irwin, Emmy-winnng daughter of late "Crocodile Hunter," is getting her own 25-centimetre doll, dressed in khakis and sporting binoculars, a camera and other outback gear, as well as a cockatoo, wombat and python. The replica of the child star is part of a toy line being developed by Wild Republic, a division of K&M International, based in Twinsburg, Ohio. The company began marketing a Steve Irwin doll several months after the Australian T-V show host's September 2006 death from a poisonous stingray barb piercing his chest. The rubber dolls based on his daughter are set for U-S retailers this September. Bindi Irwin's career began with appearances on her father's shows and later expanded to live music performances and child-fitness D-V-Ds. Bindi the Jungle Girl, a child-friendly version of her father's show,... [read full story]