Soon enough, Jcats all over the world will be lying next to their very own Union J member. The certified official avid fan would probably be sleeping with the entire band itself.
No, the X Factor alums won't be renting themselves out. Rather, it's simply because Josh Cuthbert, Jaymi Hensley, JJ Hamblett, and George Shelley have been turned into dolls.
The singing quartet launched their 12-inch, molded plastic "mini mes" Tuesday at the 2014 London Toy Fair, the Daily Mail reported.
They even posed as living dolls by getting into huge, life-sized boxes and striking different poses while inside, in a bid to emphasize the similarities between the biological and the factory-produced versions of the boyband. True enough, according to The Telegraph, the collectable replicas were said to "have been praised for their impressive likeness to the real thing."
"The band members' faces were laser scanned to increase accuracy, and they selected the outfits to be worn by the dolls," the UK-based news agency further revealed.
However, the Daily Mail noted, "eagle-eyed fans" may spot an inaccuracy in the new Union J dolls. JJ Hensley's mini me, for instance, does not have his collection of tattoos on its arm. Perhaps that's to keep their plastic versions wholesome?
The band is just one of a number of artists who have been "immortalized" as dolls in the past, including JLS and One Direction. However, they may be among the few who have been turned into collector's items despite not having a top 5 single yet.
The Union J dolls retail at $28 (£16.99) and are available at Amazon, Argos, and other major toy dealers.
JJ recently talked about the band releasing a second album later this year. In a piece he guest wrote for the Daily Star newspaper, he said that the members will be writing songs for the album and collaborate with new producers.
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