# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/321 "2007-01-20T19:55:45Z")
Did it again-sorry, forgot to add someone. Johnny Carson ---
**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 21, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/322 "2007-01-21T04:25:59Z")
The Johnny Carson action figure comes with your choice of Trophy Wife action figures, an Ed McMahon action figure with Super Stinky Sidekick Flatulence Action ™, and a _Tonight Show_ studio playset. Wardrobe by Botany 500. Frederick Douglass. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/323 "2007-01-21T07:15:06Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Frederick Douglass. [/QUOTE] The [Douglass](http://www.geocities.com/genebrooks/frederick_douglass.jpg) action figures caused a bit of a scandal when it was learned they were actually leftover action figures of [Eddie](http://www.sparklestreet.com/images/barbershop2.jpg) from the BARBERSHOP playset put into an old fashioned outfit, while the caption “He’ll escape from the box and write into your heart!” was seen as endearing by some and offensive by others. Lucy the [Australopithecus Afarensis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecus_afarensis) ---
**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 21, 2007, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/324 "2007-01-21T08:31:34Z")
Lucy, part of the Quest for Fire Parade set, Lucy comes with amazing Bipedal Locomotion™ not available on earlier models, self groomable RealHair and SavannaSetting. Other hominids sold separately. Lao Tzu ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/325 "2007-01-21T14:19:11Z")
[QUOTE=outlierrn] Lao Tzu [/QUOTE] The Lao Tzu that comes as an action figure is not the eternal Lao Tzu… Loretta Lynn ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/326 "2007-01-21T19:12:25Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Loretta Lynn [/QUOTE] Comes with Doo, a husband action figure who can leave actual bruises on the LL action figure but who neither Barbie nor any of the BRATZ dolls are woman enough to take. Also comes with autobiographical film that for some reason one can never resist the urge to watch when it’s on the TV. King Mongkut of Siam The name might not be familiar but he’s been played on film by [Rex Harrison](http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007PALTS.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg), [Yul Brynner](http://www.fraenkischer-tag.de/image/teleschau/200625/5/200625_170129_9_006.jpg), [Chow Yun Fat](chow yun fat siam) and on-stage by [Lou Diamond Phillips](http://www.angelfire.com/or/akasteve/images/king.jpg) and Leonard Nimoy among others, but not exactly a [lookalike for any of them](http://www.thaistudents.com/kingandi/siam/mongkut1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/327 "2007-01-21T20:47:07Z")
King Mongkut of Siam waltzing action figure comes complete with dance partner, Anna Leonowens (not available in Thailand). Can of \* **Off!** \*[sub]TM[/sub] not included. Alexander Litvinenko ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/328 "2007-01-21T20:52:50Z")
[QUOTE=Surly Chick] Alexander Litvinenko [/QUOTE] Bzzt! I invoke the “no obscure characters” rule. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/329 "2007-01-21T20:56:54Z")
Sigh. People should read the papers more often. Florence Nightingale. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/330 "2007-01-21T21:39:53Z")
[QUOTE=Surly Chick] Alexander Litvinenko [/QUOTE] Comes complete with KGB assasin action figure, umberella dart gun and radioactive pellets. Not for use by children under 12. Florence Nightingale ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/331 "2007-01-21T22:07:33Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Florence Nightingale [/QUOTE] Nurses sick action figures for a few minutes then spends the rest of her very very very long action-figure life in bed. King Solomon ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/332 "2007-01-21T22:44:13Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Nurses sick action figures for a few minutes then spends the rest of her very very very long action-figure life in bed. King Solomon [/QUOTE] Wait! Where’s Flo’s lamp and the dead horse she found in the drains of the hospital in Scutari? I want my money back. Solomon action figure comes with a Pondering Chair, where you can make him sit and think about dilemmas, and a sword with a baby that can split in half. Concubines sold separately. Ayn Rand ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/333 "2007-01-21T23:14:25Z")
[QUOTE=Surly Chick] Sigh. People should read the papers more often. [/QUOTE] :smack: You’re right – sorry. ---
**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 22, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/334 "2007-01-22T14:19:32Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Ayn Rand [/QUOTE] Figure cancelled due to entirely correct community protests. John Paul Jones ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/335 "2007-01-22T14:20:42Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] John Paul Jones [/QUOTE] Comes with naval uniforms and bass guitar Jack Kerouac ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/336 "2007-01-22T14:22:55Z")
[QUOTE=Hugh Jass] Jack Kerouac [/QUOTE] Hard to find, since this action figure is usually On the Road. Timothy Leary. ---
**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 22, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/337 "2007-01-22T14:35:16Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Hard to find, since this action figure is usually On the Road. Timothy Leary. [/QUOTE] Hard to find, since Dr. Leary is usually off in the 8th Dimension, levitating. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/338 "2007-01-22T14:39:53Z")
BOOM! Garfield (no, not the cat) ---
**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 22, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/339 "2007-01-22T15:21:48Z")
The James A. Garfield action figure is part of the Undeservedly Obscure Presidents collection. Clad in a form-fitting frock coat, Garfield favors civil-service reform, is ambidextrous and can write simultaneously in Greek and Latin (as could the original!). Manufacturer recommendation: keep away from the Charles Guiteau action figure. Secret Service action figures not available. Charles Bronson. ---
**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 22, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/340 "2007-01-22T17:36:01Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Charles Bronson. [/QUOTE] The Charles Bronson doll puts the “action” in “action figure.” Comes with a variety of firearms and the knowledge of how to use them. Pull his string and he mumbles memorable lines from his films. New York City “Death Wish” and WWII prison camp “Great Escape” playsets sold separately. Julius Rosenberg [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069.md?page=18)