# 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:** 14
**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 17, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/261 "2007-01-17T15:03:43Z")
Emperor Hirohito submersible action figure comes with a swimsuit, fins and magnifying glasses for cnidarian studies. Different species of jellyfish sold separately. Jaques Costau ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/262 "2007-01-17T15:10:18Z")
[QUOTE=Kotick] Jaques Costau [/QUOTE] Bzzt! done already. Try again. ---
**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 17, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/263 "2007-01-17T15:15:51Z")
Oops. Jacques Mayol ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/264 "2007-01-17T15:34:18Z")
Man, I know Jacques is a common French name, is it a requirement for being a diver? Our Mayol figure, part of our Heroes of the Sea series, wears a wetsuit and no air bottles. He comes with your choice of Clown or Flipper. Mikhail Baryshnikov ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/265 "2007-01-17T15:34:42Z")
[QUOTE=Kotick] Oops. Jacques Mayol [/QUOTE] bzzzt! Obscurity rule. 😛 ---
**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 17, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/266 "2007-01-17T15:56:38Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] bzzzt! Obscurity rule. 😛 [/QUOTE] Oh man! That was two strikes. I better pull myself together. ---
**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 17, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/267 "2007-01-17T16:18:31Z")
Mikhail Baryshnikov comes in a tutu. Includes a pump-up device for the neather region. Tenzing Norgay ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/268 "2007-01-17T16:37:43Z")
[QUOTE=Kotick] Tenzing Norgay [/QUOTE] Sherpa Norgay comes with full climbing gear and a set of real metal pitons\*. Everest play set and Sir Edmund Hillary action figure sold separately. - Pitons not intended for use in real mountain climbing expeditions and will not hold more than 25lbs of weight. Benjamin Disraeli ---
**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 17, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/269 "2007-01-17T16:50:42Z")
As was already mentioned, the Benjamin Disraeli action figure comes with the William Gladstone action figure as a “Rock 'em, Sock 'em” duo. But I will add: Red-Faced Anti-Semitic MP and Queen Victoria action figures sold separately. House of Commons playset now sold out (heh). Tony Blair. ---
**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 17, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/270 "2007-01-17T16:57:38Z")
Benjamin Disraeli comes complete with a top hat. Queen Victoria Action figure sold seperately. Annie Edson Taylor ---
**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 17, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/271 "2007-01-17T18:02:14Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Tony Blair. [/QUOTE] Who? > [@](#): > > Annie Edson Taylor. Comes over a barrel on Viagara Falls. Dan Quayle. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/272 "2007-01-17T18:04:20Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] Dan Quayle. [/QUOTE] Push his button and his foot springs into his mouth. Carry A. Nation ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/273 "2007-01-17T18:13:00Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Carry A. Nation [/QUOTE] With a hatchet in one hand and a clutch of WCTU tracts in the other. Henry Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/274 "2007-01-17T18:17:59Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Henry Ford. [/QUOTE] Optional clothes (sold separately) for the Henry figure are available in any color, as long as they’re black. Pull the string and he says, “History is bunk.” Clarence Darrow ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/275 "2007-01-17T18:26:04Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Optional clothes (sold separately) for the Henry figure are available in any color, as long as they’re black. Pull the string and he says, “History is bunk.” Clarence Darrow [/QUOTE] Comes with spring-loaded Darwin Defender™ Rocket Launcher. And speaking of rockets–John Whiteside Parsons ---
**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 17, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/276 "2007-01-17T19:20:25Z")
John Whiteside Parsons? Bzzt. Fails obscurity test. Tony Blair. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/277 "2007-01-17T21:41:42Z")
Tony Blair doll will automatically follow and mimic the George Bush Action figure. Some versions of Blair doll are sold non-anatomically correct. Ishi, last of his tribe. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/278 "2007-01-18T03:07:51Z")
[QUOTE=Tristan] Ishi, last of his tribe. [/QUOTE] Complete with the Anthropological Fieldwork Kit – no other tribespeople available. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/279 "2007-01-18T03:09:24Z")
Oops – sorry – forgot to add one. Rudolf Valentino. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/280 "2007-01-18T03:36:22Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Rudolf Valentino. [/QUOTE] Considered very historically inaccurate because it comes with removable appendix, divorce paper and a wife figure that gives great career advice, all of which were lacking in the original. (Some say the black veiled action figure on the cover is Barbie, others that it’s Ken, nobody knows.) Charles Dickens [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069.md?page=15)