# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1555
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31084 "2014-11-11T20:16:23Z")
Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) 3. Chelsea Charms 4. Philip Marlowe ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31085 "2014-11-11T20:29:33Z")
Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) 3. Chelsea Charms 4. Philip Marlowe 5. Ignatius J. Reilly ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31086 "2014-11-11T20:51:00Z")
[Bear out, sniper rifle in](https://www.etsy.com/listing/176046506/fred-rogers-doll-art-character-miniature?ref=sr_gallery_2&ga_search_query=mr+rogers+doll&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31087 "2014-11-11T21:13:10Z")
Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) 3. Chelsea Charms 4. Philip Marlowe 5. Ignatius J. Reilly 6. Prof. Pepperwinkle (from _The Adventures of Superman_) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31088 "2014-11-11T21:49:38Z")
Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) 3. Chelsea Charms 4. Philip Marlowe 5. Ignatius J. Reilly 6. Prof. Pepperwinkle (from The Adventures of Superman) 7. Carl Spackler (Caddyshack) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31089 "2014-11-11T21:54:18Z")
Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) 3. Chelsea Charms 4. Philip Marlowe 5. Ignatius J. Reilly 6. Prof. Pepperwinkle (from The Adventures of Superman) 7. Carl Spackler (Caddyshack) 8. Enik the Sleestak Okay, he’s not technically a person, but I’ll still count him. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31090 "2014-11-12T00:00:44Z")
Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) 3. Chelsea Charms 4. Philip Marlowe 5. Ignatius J. Reilly 6. Prof. Pepperwinkle (from The Adventures of Superman) 7. Carl Spackler (Caddyshack) 8. Enik the Sleestak Okay, he’s not technically a person, but I’ll still count him. Sampiro, that’s hurtful. Enik wasn’t a human, but he still was a person! A person’s a person, no matter how Sleestak-y. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31091 "2014-11-12T00:30:24Z")
Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) 3. Chelsea Charms 4. Philip Marlowe 5. Ignatius J. Reilly 6. Prof. Pepperwinkle (from The Adventures of Superman) 7. Carl Spackler (Caddyshack) 8. Enik the Sleestak 9. Helen Mirren ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31092 "2014-11-12T04:13:47Z")
Can the action figure be life-sized? It can’t be life-sized? Hnnh. Okay. No Hollywood babes then. I couldn’t decide between a dozen or more of the central characters of the first few _Wild Cards_ books by George RR Martin et al, so I’m just going with: Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) 3. Chelsea Charms 4. Philip Marlowe 5. Ignatius J. Reilly 6. Prof. Pepperwinkle (from The Adventures of Superman) 7. Carl Spackler (Caddyshack) 8. Enik the Sleestak 9. Helen Mirren 10. [Dr. Tachyon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Tachyon) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31093 "2014-11-12T04:22:24Z")
Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) 3. Chelsea Charms 4. Philip Marlowe 5. Ignatius J. Reilly 6. Prof. Pepperwinkle (from The Adventures of Superman) 7. Carl Spackler (Caddyshack) 8. Enik the Sleestak 9. Helen Mirren 10. Dr. Tachyon 11. Nathan Fillion, with Mal Reynolds, Caleb, and Castle costumes ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31094 "2014-11-12T05:25:35Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > 1. Nathan Fillion, with Mal Reynolds, Caleb, and Castle costumes No love for [Captain Hammer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3eBvZvUXk)? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31095 "2014-11-12T07:42:29Z")
Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) 3. Chelsea Charms 4. Philip Marlowe 5. Ignatius J. Reilly 6. Prof. Pepperwinkle (from The Adventures of Superman) 7. Carl Spackler (Caddyshack) 8. Enik the Sleestak 9. Helen Mirren 10. Dr. Tachyon 11. Nathan Fillion, with Mal Reynolds, Caleb, and Castle costumes 12. Jeff Van Vonderen ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31096 "2014-11-12T14:39:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No love for [Captain Hammer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3eBvZvUXk)? How could I have forgotten! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31097 "2014-11-12T14:46:40Z")
Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) 3. Chelsea Charms 4. Philip Marlowe 5. Ignatius J. Reilly 6. Prof. Pepperwinkle (from The Adventures of Superman) 7. Carl Spackler (Caddyshack) 8. Enik the Sleestak 9. Helen Mirren 10. Dr. Tachyon 11. Nathan Fillion, with Mal Reynolds, Caleb, and Castle costumes 12. Jeff Van Vonderen 13. Abigail & Brittany Hensel Next: Cover songs which are arguably better than the original. 1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31098 "2014-11-12T15:15:46Z")
Next: Cover songs which are arguably better than the original. 1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac) 2. “I Only Have Eyes for You”, The Flamingoes (1959), Original Dick Powell (1934). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31099 "2014-11-12T15:27:57Z")
Next: Cover songs which are arguably better than the original. 1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac) 2. “I Only Have Eyes for You”, The Flamingoes (1959), Original Dick Powell (1934) 3. “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”, Urge Overkill, original by Neil Diamond ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31100 "2014-11-12T15:32:57Z")
Cover songs which are arguably better than the original. 1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac) 2. “I Only Have Eyes for You”, The Flamingoes (1959), Original Dick Powell (1934). 3. “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”, Urge Overkill, original by Neil Diamond 4. [“Hey Joe”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpkDdLZGg30), The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ ([original](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWv03Wgz0PQ) by The Leaves) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31101 "2014-11-12T15:44:32Z")
Cover songs which are arguably better than the original. 1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac) 2. “I Only Have Eyes for You”, The Flamingoes (1959), Original Dick Powell (1934). 3. “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”, Urge Overkill, original by Neil Diamond 4. “Hey Joe”, The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ (original by The Leaves) 5. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash (original by Nine Inch Nails) (No “arguably” about it, either–even Trent Reznor admits Cash’s version was better) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31102 "2014-11-12T16:08:04Z")
Cover songs which are arguably better than the original. 1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac) 2. “I Only Have Eyes for You”, The Flamingoes (1959), Original Dick Powell (1934). 3. “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”, Urge Overkill, original by Neil Diamond 4. “Hey Joe”, The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ (original by The Leaves) 5. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash (original by Nine Inch Nails) 6. “Misty” by Ray Stevens, original by Johnny Mathis. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31103 "2014-11-12T16:41:43Z")
Cover songs which are arguably better than the original. 1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac) 2. “I Only Have Eyes for You”, The Flamingoes (1959), Original Dick Powell (1934). 3. “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”, Urge Overkill, original by Neil Diamond 4. “Hey Joe”, The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ (original by The Leaves) 5. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash (original by Nine Inch Nails) 6. “Misty” by Ray Stevens, original by Johnny Mathis. 7. Rod Stewart’s “(I Know) I’m Losing You”, originally done by the Temptations [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1554) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1556)