# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/101 "2007-01-10T15:49:29Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Adm. Grace Hopper. [/QUOTE] One of the first virtual action figures, it is nevertheless based closely on the [Barbie Hair Style & Primp Set](http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/ba/barbie-primp-and-polish-styling-head.jpg). You have to use code to give [Admiral Hopper](http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h96000/h96920k.jpg) a long overdue makeover and style. From “More Than Just a Pretty Face Toys”. **Squeaky Fromme** ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/102 "2007-01-10T16:51:33Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] One of the first virtual action figures, it is nevertheless based closely on the [Barbie Hair Style & Primp Set](http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/ba/barbie-primp-and-polish-styling-head.jpg). You have to use code to give [Admiral Hopper](http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h96000/h96920k.jpg) a long overdue makeover and style. From “More Than Just a Pretty Face Toys”. **Squeaky Fromme** [/QUOTE] Discontinued due to the death of Gerald Ford. Jared “The Subway Guy” ---
**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 10, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/103 "2007-01-10T17:57:20Z")
Jared is available in either S, L or XXXXXXL. Sandwiches not included. Ernest Hemingway. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/104 "2007-01-10T18:03:43Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Ernest Hemingway. [/QUOTE] Comes with nada. Howard Hughes. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/105 "2007-01-10T18:12:53Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Comes with nada. Howard Hughes. [/QUOTE] Howard Hughes comes complete with sink, soap and amazing hand-washing action! Kleenex not included, but there is a coupon redeemable for Lysol spray… (Jimmy Carter doll upthread should come with fierce and dangerous rabbit..) Cary Nation ---
**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 10, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/106 "2007-01-10T18:29:18Z")
Comes with hatchet, Temperance tracts and a badass attitude. Cary Grant. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/107 "2007-01-10T19:00:13Z")
Cary Grant action figure comes with infectious grin, Brooks Brothers suit, and blotter of Orange Sunshine. Also available: Cornfield and crop duster playset Randolph Scott Beachhouse playset Benjamin Disraeli ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/108 "2007-01-10T19:45:08Z")
[QUOTE=Rodd Hill] Benjamin Disraeli [/QUOTE] Half of a Rock-em-Sock-em Victorian PM Robots set with William Gladstone (sold separately). **LBJ** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/109 "2007-01-10T19:49:19Z")
With beagle-lifting action; Him and Her sold separately. Captain Cook. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/110 "2007-01-10T20:09:35Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] With beagle-lifting action; Him and Her sold separately. Captain Cook. [/QUOTE] Includes sextant and compass. HMS Resolution and Age of Exploration action figures sold separately. Arthur Schopenhauer ---
**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 10, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/111 "2007-01-10T20:46:22Z")
Won’t associate with any of your female action figures unless they’re young, cute and obedient. His **Waxy Philosophical Grip** will bitch-slap your Hegel figure. Edward Teller ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/112 "2007-01-10T20:51:11Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Edward Teller [/QUOTE] Wears spectator shoes and never talks while performaning dangerous magic tricks … oh, _Edward_ Teller. Never mind. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/113 "2007-01-10T21:08:38Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Wears spectator shoes and never talks while performaning dangerous magic tricks … oh, _Edward_ Teller. Never mind. 😉 [/QUOTE] Hey! Where’s your historical character? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/114 "2007-01-10T21:16:46Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Hey! Where’s your historical character? [/QUOTE] Edward Teller is still in play. Have at him. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/115 "2007-01-10T21:19:15Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Edward Teller is still in play. Have at him. [/QUOTE] The only action figure that is both lighter than air and that glows in the dark. Dr. Timothy Leary ---
**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 10, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/116 "2007-01-10T21:39:21Z")
The Dr. Timothy Leary action figure will tune in, turn on and drop out, all while exuding a blissful haze. Not to be paired with the Ronald Reagan action figure. Ronald Reagan. ---
**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 10, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/117 "2007-01-10T22:08:29Z")
Teflon coated but no legs due to misunderstanding with antagonistic surgeon. Buy two and get one Margaret Thatcher model free. Double bed & viagra optional. Warren Gameliel Harding. (If unknown please refer to Wikipedia or the author’s email address.) ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/118 "2007-01-10T22:29:29Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] Teflon coated but no legs due to misunderstanding with antagonistic surgeon. Buy two and get one Margaret Thatcher model free. Double bed & viagra optional. Warren Gameliel Harding. (If unknown please refer to Wikipedia or the author’s email address.) [/QUOTE] He’d be a moderately capable president while having extramarital affairs, then die in office. Ah, the good old days. Artemisia Gentilleschi. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/119 "2007-01-11T00:07:13Z")
[QUOTE=photopat] He’d be a moderately capable president while having extramarital affairs, then die in office. [/QUOTE] You misspelled “mediocre” and “corrupt.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069/120 "2007-01-11T12:02:15Z")
[QUOTE=photopat] Artemisia Gentilleschi. [/QUOTE] ([who sounds like a fascinating woman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_Gentileschi)) Comes with a complete set of mini-figures of Biblical heroines. Will Rogers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-historical-action-figure-game/387069.md?page=7)