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Half of Bon Jovi turned into action figures

Sun Apr 8, 1:34 AM
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Jon Bon Jovi's female fans will soon be able to take the cuddly rocker to bed with them.


The frontman for New Jersey band Bon Jovi and guitarist Richie Sambora are the latest musicians to join McFarlane Toys' line of action figures, which will hit stores in August and sell for $10-$12.


The Tempe, Ariz.-based firm worked closely with the Bon Jovi principals to select the proper pose, accessories and facial expressions. However, Bon Jovi second bananas drummer Tico Torres and keyboardist David Bryan did not get downsized.


In the past, McFarlane Toys has issued action figures of such groups as Kiss, Metallica and Motley Crue -- with all the members of those bands' lineups getting dolled up.


Reuters/Billboard

I better not tell my ssister or my mom they are being made into dolls.. they love bon jovi and so do i!!

Heads Up Guys.

I think I see the next Bon Jovi on the horizon. Take a look at this guy. His name is Shayne Malone and is part of a band. They sound like Hinder, Bon Jovi, and U2. He has 2 videos out now 1 of an acoustic of one of his songs that he'll be releasing around August/September.

Here is a cover of "Always" that he did. It ain't the rall thing but IT IS GOOD!

At the the moment I am conversing with him giving him pointers ad helping him out. He has potential.

Also if you head to his website you can hear and download already recorded songs.

LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-X41zDIp4o&NR=1

You got part of it.

On Tues, they are going to mentor the contestants

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On Wednesday, they are going to perform.


It's 2 part. It was in my paper with Jon on the cover!!!!

Richie has checked himself into rehab. I found this online:


As Bon Jovi was getting unplugged, Richie Sambora may have become unhinged.

The shaggy-haired guitarist checked into a treatment facility Wednesday, a day after it was reported that he had trouble making it through the taping for an upcoming episode of MTV Unplugged.

"Richie Sambora has entered an undisclosed treatment facility in Los Angeles," a rep for Bon Jovi said in a statement to E! News. "He asks that you respect he and his family's privacy at this time."

In the midst of promoting its new country-rock hybrid Lost Highway, due out June 19, Bon Jovi was in the studio Tuesday shooting the concert special, which will premiere June 22 on MTV, with subsequent telecasts June 23 on VH1 and June 24 on CMT.

The stripped-down set was inspired in part by Jon Bon Jovi and Sambora's triumphant acoustic turn at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, in which the longtime pals performed "Wanted Dead or Alive" using just two guitars and their voices.

Well, even the finest of instruments need a little fine-tuning sometimes.

Someone privy to the scene on Tuesday told perezhilton.com that Sambora looked out of it the whole time and, as the New Jersey-rooted rockers were launching into "Wanted Dead or Alive," Sambora couldn't keep up and Jon Bon Jovi had to call for another take. And then another, just to make sure.

"They had a whole bunch of musicians onstage for most of the night to cover his mistakes on the guitar and would turn his mike off so he couldn't be off-key," the source told the blogger.

Whatever the case, Sambora has now opted to get some help.

There's no word yet on whether this will affect Bon Jovi's summer travel plans, which include a handful of European tour dates, starting June 24 in London. The band mates have already announced that an official world tour to back Lost Highway, their 10th studio album, will not kick off until 2008.

While Sambora has been busy as usual on the music front, the past year has not been an easy one for the 47-year-old father of one.

He parted ways with girlfriend Denise Richards a few months ago, and then his divorce from Heather Locklear became official in April. Also that month, he lost his father to lung cancer. Although she and Sambora were no longer a couple by then, Richards attended the funeral. She told People in February that her mother was also suffering from cancer and that she and her former beau had been helping each other cope.


I want to send all my thoughts out to Richie and his family. I hope all gets better for him.

Im still going to buy the album ;P