“Balloon boy” dad Richard Heene has been turned into an action figure.

The under-fire amateur scientist has been immortalised in plastic by Hero Builders as a movable figurine – complete with “I’m with Stupid” T-shirt.

US viewers were transfixed by the sight of a silver balloon floating through the sky in Colorado. It was feared that Heene’s six-year-old son Falcon was inside the balloon. He was later found safe at home, after apparently hiding in the roof-space above the family garage.

The Heenes now face criminal charges after police said the episode was a hoax designed to land the family their own reality television show.

Source: Splash News