“Doppelgänger” is a German word for a “double” of another human being. As in, your doppelgänger would be someone you happen to gawk at and say “gee, they look just like me!”

Welp, that’s what a German soccer star who plays for the much-ballyhooed professional footballing franchise, Manchester United, is saying through his lawyers about the following Nazi doll manufactured by a company in Hong Kong.

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Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, also the captain of his country’s national team and arguably one of the best soccer players in the entire world, wants the expensive (roughly $120) 12-inch figurine pulled from shelves. But the company responsible for churning them out — Dragon in Dream (DiD) says it’s all coincidence that the toy looks like the athlete, and that “many people in Germany are called Bastian”.

Oh, and a spokesman for the company — Patrick Chan — added this little gem of a quote, which is either incredibly ignorant or the product of terrible translation:

“The figure is based on a typical German. We believe that all Germans look like that.”

Goodness.

More from The Guardian:

The figure comes with a steel helmet, a woollen cap bearing a swastika, and a dagger. Experts were quick to point out that its attire is historically inaccurate. It weighs around 2kg.

It also comes equipped with outfit changes, including a white winter jacket and gloves, and other accessories such as two loaves of bread and a set of mess tins.

“Bastian” will reportedly soon be available to buy in Europe via a Dutch partner of DiD. The company describes the doll as “a member of a Wehrmacht supply unit, a so-called cookhouse wallah”.

The toy maker also makes a Stalin doll, as well as other dicey playthings. James Bond, too.