Homosexual Action Figures

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With Christmas coming up, the young 'un is desparately craving some Doctor Who figures and a sonic screwdriver: looking at what’s available, I found a 12" Captain Jack Harkness figure {stop sniggering at the back, there}. Now the good Captain clearly and rather flamboyantly bats for both teams in the show, which got me to wondering: are there any other openly {so fan speculation doesn’t count and nor does slashfic} gay or bisexual characters from movies or TV who have their own action figures? I can’t think of any off-hand, save maybe a Weyland Smithers.

PS He’s getting a radio-controlled Dalek, but don’t tell him.

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Dumbledore? Does it count as fan speculation if it’s done by the author?

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I’ve seen Willow (from Buffy) action figures.

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Does anyone know if there’s an action figure for Ultimate Colossus?

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I’m sure there are some Xena and/or Gabrielle figures still out there somewhere.

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Yes, but they’re thespians.

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Here are a few–although I’m not familiar with all the fandoms. No Xena or Gabrielle. (I suspect some areas of the site may not be safe for work–but this one seems OK.)

Google tells me of Tom of Finland action figures!

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How about the Oscar Wilde action figure:

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I’m not sure many toy manufacturers would create a figure showing homosexual action.

Or even sexual action, for that matter.

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What about the Kung-Fu Grip?

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I don’t think there’s any Ultimate figs out there at all…at least none that I’ve seen. FTR, Since it was revealed more than a year ago, and even that was simply making explicit what had been obvious, if only implicit, for several years before that, I don’t think it calls for a spoiler.

But if we’re getting into comics - on the DC side, DC Direct has a Batwoman figure - two, in fact, one of which (a Minimates version) comes packaged with her on-again-off-again girlfriend, Renee Montoya, the current Question… (Note the hair, despite the blocky Minimate form making gender hard to distinguish, that’s definitely Renee’s hair, not Vic’s. Not that Kate had any interaction with Vic to get packaged with him, anyway…)

There’s also at least one fig of Obsidian in the JLU toyline. But we have no way of knowing if JLU Obsidian is gay like the comic book version is.

Given the popularity of the Flash’s Rogues, I’m very surprised - and saddened - that, AFAICT, there’s no Piper fig.

And two iffy ones for classification:

There are HUGE numbers of Wonder Woman figures, and, although they’ve always been circumspect about it, she’s often treated as bisexual (or outright lesbian, but the number of times she’s had relationships, or at least sexual tension with men - Steve Trevor, Superman, Batman, or Tom Tresser, off the top of my head - speaks against that interpretation). It’s usually presented in an offhand, or joking way which provides deniability, but it’s definitely the authorial intent, for at least a few writers. Including her creators (‘Suffering Sappho’ is no accident).

The other that comes to mind immediately is Poison Ivy, who’s iffy in a different way - she’s explicitly known to have been sexually involved with women from time to time, but aside from the teasing surrounding her relationship with Harley Quinn, it’s really unclear whether she did this out of attraction, or to get close to them/manipulate them for whatever her schemes are. (And as to Harley, it’s definitely real caring, but it’s unclear if it’s a romantic/sexual thing, or more sisterly.)

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They should make an Ambiguously Gay Duo action figure set.

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Is this gay enough for you?
Or this?
Or how about a little of this?

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Do they make a Miz Garrison action figure? Because there simply aren’t enough transgender action figures out there…

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Interesting. The common denominator seems to be that almost all of these are gay or bi hot chicks {is there an Inara figure anywhere?}, but Captain Jack is almost alone in flying the flag for little plastic gay hot men.

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There was a Northstar figure, but I believe it was released before he came out.

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Not a fictional character, but Freddy Mercury comes in a whopping 18 inches.

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Oh, that was just a rumor…

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I’ve always assumed that Ken was a pre-op FTM transsexual.

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Well, they all do, if the displays at my gay friends’ homes are any indication.

as for the characters… not many role models to draw upon, I’m afraid. I don’t know if they have action figures out yet for Watchmen, but if so, the Silhouette action figure would count.