# New Action Figure To Be Released! There is hope for all geeks. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372 "2003-07-14T13:57:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/1 "2003-07-14T13:57:25Z")
[Librarian Action Figure](http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s899618.htm) > [@](#): > > Toy company launches librarian action figure > An American toymaker has produced an action doll with a difference - it is a librarian. > > The Seattle-based company Accoutrements says it wanted to focus on people with under-appreciated occupations. > > The company’s owner Mark Pahlow says the librarian doll comes holding a new release novel and can tell people to be quiet. > > “It has what we call in the trade the kung-fu ‘shoosh’ arm,” he said. > > “You push a button on the back and the arm goes up to the chin with a raised finger as though she was saying ‘shoosh’.” I wonder if this action figure will be busty and wear hip boots. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/2 "2003-07-14T14:02:17Z")
Librarians, like nurses, are darn sexy in my book and often rate a 10. Must be that whole DoMe Decimal System thing. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/3 "2003-07-14T14:03:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > I wonder if this action figure will be busty and wear hip boots. mmmmm Librarians… 😃 I’m holding out for a Web Developer doll. If only to find out what “Realistic Action” i’m meant to possess in real life. ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/4 "2003-07-14T14:26:21Z")
I don’t know what it is about being a librarian that would make prospective dates say “oh, a librarian,” and smile like they’d just hit the jackpot–but it made for some fun times! 🙂 For anyone who wants a peek at the action figure, I found a picture here: [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/135224851\_librarian10.html](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/135224851_librarian10.html) I have to say I never wear my skirts that long, heels that low, or necklines that high. But I do have the glasses. Oh and, **Shirley** , I’m busty and like to wear hip boots 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/5 "2003-07-14T14:36:26Z")
Sadly, it looks a bit like me in a skirt. ---
**Author:** ![utkik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e8c25b/32.png) [@utkik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/utkik)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/6 "2003-07-14T14:38:07Z")
as a male librarian, I’m hoping my action figure will be in a tweed jacket with special durable leather elbow patches, leather sandles and bright socks. :: pauses and examines wardrobe :: and I wonder why I have problems with the chicks. Still, as a solace, "people become librarians because they know too much. Their knowledge extends beyond mere categories. They cannot be confined to disciplines. Librarians are all-knowing and all-seeing. They bring order to chaos. They bring wisdom and culture to the masses. They preserve every aspect of human knowledge. Librarians rule. And they will kick the crap out of anyone who says otherwise. " [http://www.libraryavengers.org](http://www.libraryavengers.org) so watch out, for we are The Scourge of the Ignorant!! Gosh, I’m all worked up now. Time for a cup of Earl Gray and a chocolate biscuit… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/7 "2003-07-14T14:40:56Z")
\ So **lauramarlane** , how _you_ doin’? 😉 [sub]Yeah, that’s it. _Book_lover.[/sub] 😃 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/8 "2003-07-14T14:41:59Z")
**utkik** , I don’t know what’s happened to library avengers, but I haven’t been able to get to it for several months. And may I just say: :smack: The story about the librarian action figure came across the the Maine libraries e-mail list last week, and of course I didn’t even think to post it here. I am such a bad Doper. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/9 "2003-07-14T14:44:57Z")
Oh, and I forgot to ask - does your screen name have anything to do with UTenn Knoxville or am I making assumptions? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/10 "2003-07-14T14:46:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Sadly, it looks a bit like me in a skirt. \*\* Ya know, you’re right. :eek: 😛 😉 Robin ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/11 "2003-07-14T14:46:48Z")
Hey there, **Sunspace** , can I interest you in something on a low bookshelf? _looks over her glasses and tucks pencil into hair bun_ Of course, part of me is screaming “will these stereotypes never die?!” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/12 "2003-07-14T14:47:03Z")
Interesting action figures? Three initials: [F. D. R.](http://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_122702.htm) (Sure, they’re releasing all of the six major world leaders of WWII, but Hitler is so old hat. Nobody gives a hoot about FDR anymore. Look at that wheelchair!) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/13 "2003-07-14T14:48:37Z")
So, **lauramarlane** , how… \ Damn you, Sunspace! ---
**Author:** ![utkik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e8c25b/32.png) [@utkik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/utkik)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/14 "2003-07-14T15:14:49Z")
**Lsura** the library avengers changed from .com to .org. I only found it again today by accident. FYI, nah the name has nothing to with Knoxville, I’m in Kildare, Ireland, begorrah! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/15 "2003-07-14T15:28:33Z")
Ah, thanks, **utkik**. BTW, the correct librarian avengers link is: [http://www.librarianavengers.org](http://www.librarianavengers.org) (I had to go hunt to figure out why I kept not connecting to the site). I still really want one of the t-shirts, but I think it has to wait until I finish grad school. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zimmdogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@zimmdogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimmdogg)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/16 "2003-07-14T15:57:50Z")
This is the same company that makes “Nunzilla” - my husband has one. It is a nun that walks and breathes sparks…scary… ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/17 "2003-07-14T16:08:16Z")
ignoring the dress sense there is an uncanny resemblance to **Francesca** ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/18 "2003-07-14T16:10:35Z")
Ah, so, Archie McPhee strikes again. They already make a coffee bar waitress action figure, a slacker action figure, a Sigmund Freud action figure, and a Jesus action figure… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/19 "2003-07-14T16:14:37Z")
> [@](#): > > The sensuously-well-read **lauramarlane** purred: > Hey there, **Sunspace** , can I interest you in something on a low bookshelf? Do you have anything on… figure drawing? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372/20 "2003-07-14T16:19:42Z")
What every kids wants for their birthday - Library Man! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-action-figure-to-be-released-there-is-hope-for-all-geeks/188372.md?page=2)