First Lady Michelle Obama is none too happy about toy maker Ty using the names and likenesses of her two daughters, Sasha and Malia, to create two new dolls.  She went as far to say that Ty was “inappropriate.”

Ty, the toy company that rose to fame in the 90’s from their extremely popular Beanie Babies, has named two of their new ethnic dolls ‘Sweet Sasha’ and ‘Marvelous Malia’ according to CNN.

The first lady’s office said Friday Ty was out of line. “We feel it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for marketing purposes,” said a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama in a statement.

A Ty representative told CNN the company generally avoids naming dolls for “any particular living individual,” because doing so might interfere with how kids use their imaginations to play with them. But they wouldn’t reveal the source of their inspiration for the new figures, telling CNN that information relating to the development of the company’s merchandise — including how it comes up with products, product names, and trademarks – is proprietary.

Welcome to national fame and popularity. I have a feeling the girls probably like the dolls. I know I would have been super-pumped to have had a My Little Pony G.I. Joe named after me as a kid.  I disagree with Michelle on her statement that the two girls are private citizens.

For better or worse, when your husband becomes President, the entire family becomes national figures and celebrities in their own right.  I believe it is even more true when you have your daughters do interviews with you on TV and you bring them on the stage at conventions and campaign rallies for curb appeal.  Michelle should save her energy.  She is going to have a lot larger battles to fight in protecting her daughters, than the issue of dolls sharing her girl’s names.