Emkid learned that Blockbusters in Taiwan sell Betelnut Beauty figurines. According to Wikipedia, Betelnut beauties are "scantily-clad young women selling betel nut on roadside kiosks in Taiwan. A uniquely Taiwanese phenomenon, they are named after the legendary beauty Xi Shi from the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient China."
P. Kerim Friedman has more to add on the topic at his blog, Keywords.
Link (Previous coverage of betelnut girls on Boing Boing here, here, and here)
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