# The historical action figure game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069 "2007-01-07T18:46:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/221 "2007-01-16T01:19:36Z")
Kill Richard III. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/222 "2007-01-16T01:21:32Z")
Consider it done. Chairman Mao. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/223 "2007-01-16T01:28:04Z")
**Off Topic** : [QUOTE=Tracy Lord] Sorry! I figured that the biggest role in Shakespeare would be at least peripherally known to most Dopers. [/QUOTE] Using what criterion does Margaret of Anjou qualify for this accolade? My apologies for interrupting the proceedings. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/224 "2007-01-16T01:57:37Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] **Off Topic** : Using what criterion does Margaret of Anjou qualify for this accolade? [/QUOTE] By law the actress playing Margaret must be at least 582 lbs., hence making her the biggest Shakespearean role. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/225 "2007-01-16T02:46:22Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The John Lennon action figure comes with an assortment of guitars, outfits ranging from collarless grey suit to India caftan to “I Love New York” T-shirt. Other three Beatles action figures sold separately. Playsets include Liverpool flat, Hamburg bar, “Ed Sullivan Show” set, Shea Stadium, roof of Apple Corps studios, and Dakota condo. Yoko Ono action figure discontinued due to intense public hostility.. [/QUOTE] Huh. I’d have expected the Lennon figure to come with no accessories. (No religion, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/226 "2007-01-16T04:09:35Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] …query–do the people have to be dead?.. Nope. Living or dead, either is fine. And not obscure. Ian Paisley and Margaret of Anjou … I mean, really, couldn’t you have suggested Marilyn Monroe, Coco Chanel or Emperor Hirohito? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/227 "2007-01-16T04:29:57Z")
Or Chairman Mao, fer chrissakes… ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/228 "2007-01-16T04:59:54Z")
Chaiman Mao: comes with little red book, and wardrobe of identical unisex tunics. Push his button and he takes a great leap forward Charles Darwin ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/229 "2007-01-16T07:14:32Z")
[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore] Who?? Oh, puleeze! As the inventor of this game, I am declaring a new rule: DO NOT NAME OBSCURE PERSONS. D. Francisco de whatsis is declared a defunct entry; the new Historical Action Figure is: Cleopatra [/QUOTE] It’s not an obscure person, you just know him by his alias. St. Francis Xavier ring a bell? Half of the people named were complete unknowns to me; many have got descriptions with a remark about googling for it. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/230 "2007-01-16T07:23:54Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] **Off Topic** : Using what criterion does Margaret of Anjou qualify for this accolade? My apologies for interrupting the proceedings. [/QUOTE] (Sorry for continuing the hijack, but! Fighting ignorance – or just satisfying curiousity – even when off-topic!) She has more lines than any other character in the canon (going by lines of verse/prose, so a 17-line speech counts as 17, rather than 1). Not sure if she’s got the most in a one-speech-one-line comparison, as once she gets going she tends to get _going_, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it were true as well. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/231 "2007-01-16T07:35:38Z")
Strange. I have Hamlet at No. 1 with 1,569 lines followed by Richard III with 1,161. The only other characters with more than 1,000 lines seem to be Iago and Henry V. Of the female characters I have Rosalind on top followed by Cleopatra and Imogen (Cymbeline). I can’t find any reference to the loquacity of Margaret of Anjou. Charles Darwin. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/232 "2007-01-16T07:59:00Z")
Well, this is considering that she has four plays (the three _Henry VI_s plus _Richard III_) through which to yak it up – where are you getting your figures? If they’re just by play, rather than by character, that’s probably where the discrepancy is – I think (although I’m not certain) that Falstaff is one of the other top characters for the same reason, that he’s got the two _Henry IV_s and _Merry Wives_ and is not exactly taciturn in any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/233 "2007-01-16T08:16:49Z")
Yes, that’s the difference. My figures are by play and not by character. Thanks. 🙂 Charles Darwin. ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/234 "2007-01-16T11:21:01Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] Yes, that’s the difference. My figures are by play and not by character. Thanks. 🙂 Charles Darwin. [/QUOTE] The Charles Darwin action figure comes with a complete miniature print of the Origin of species, and with a double barrel action gun to shoo away zombie ID’ers and creationists. Action figurine set of finches and the action playset with the “beagle” sold separeately. Horatio Nelson ---
**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:** [January 16, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/235 "2007-01-16T12:48:28Z")
Horatio Nelson comes complete with full military dress attire, Fanny Nesbit (his wife) and Emma Hamilton (mistress) and a action play set of the Battle of Trafalgar. Adolf Hitler ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/236 "2007-01-16T18:09:04Z")
Defective model. Guarantee states it lasts for a thousand years but claim reportedly untrue. Shoots itself if stressed. Alfred Hitchcock. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/237 "2007-01-16T18:59:20Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] Alfred Hitchcock. [/QUOTE] Look for its brief appearances in all your other playsets! Companion icy blonde doll sold separately. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/238 "2007-01-16T19:39:42Z")
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald come floating in their own Bathtub Full o’ Gin ™. Purchaser must present ID when purchasing these action figures; not for sale to minors. King George III. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/239 "2007-01-16T19:53:21Z")
> [@](#): > > King George III Increasingly disassociated with the American Colonies playset and, indeed, with reality in general. Pull his string and he pees blue! Joseph Heller. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/240 "2007-01-16T20:03:24Z")
The Joseph Heller action figure comes with unruly hair, a denim shirt, a fountain pen and a sheaf of paper. If you want it, you can’t buy it! But if you don’t want it, you can. Funny how that works… Barack Obama. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069.md?page=13)