# What Action Figures Would You Buy if they were Marketed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266 "2004-10-20T19:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/21 "2004-10-21T02:08:55Z")
[Midseason Captain Kirk](http://www.leviathanstudios.com/figures/kirk/) ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/22 "2004-10-21T02:34:39Z")
> [@](#): > > What action figures would you buy if they were marketed? _My Dinner with Andre_ action figures - no hesitation. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/23 "2004-10-21T02:40:05Z")
> [@Nekosoft](#): > > Not for sale but: > [My homemade Lego Watchmen](http://applesaucebrainman.tripod.com/051503.html) > > [/shamelessplug] These remind me of the [Lego Bible](http://www.thebricktestament.com/). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/24 "2004-10-21T03:06:07Z")
For some reason the phrase “action figures” makes me think of an anatomically correct and anatomically functional Traci Lords doll, just for starters! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/25 "2004-10-21T03:32:35Z")
[This is a pretty good Betty Page action figure](http://www.tfaw.com/toys/profile.html?cart=4294779105149186&DB=all&SKU=12864) Depending of course on what kind of action you have in mind. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/26 "2004-10-21T03:36:08Z")
Action Figures, hmm–of course! WWE Divas vs. Joshi puroresu stars. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/27 "2004-10-21T04:02:50Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > [This is a pretty good Betty Page action figure](http://www.tfaw.com/toys/profile.html?cart=4294779105149186&DB=all&SKU=12864) > > Depending of course on what kind of action you have in mind. I’ve seen the three figures they released, preferring this Photo Studio Bettie: [http://www3.tfaw.com/toys/profile.html?cart=4294767308837216&SKU=10228](http://www3.tfaw.com/toys/profile.html?cart=4294767308837216&SKU=10228) I’m partial to the Irving Klaw-era fetish pin-ups, myself. But it’s just a little plastic statue, not much of an “action figure,” so I’ve never bothered to pick it up. Of course, I’m not a fan of the super-detailed, frozen-in-awkward-poses McFarlane house style of sculpting that has swept the toy industry at the expense of articulation and “play value.” ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/28 "2004-10-21T04:45:21Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > These remind me of the [Lego Bible](http://www.thebricktestament.com/). Or, of course, the lego [King Arthur](http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2405283) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/29 "2004-10-21T05:33:22Z")
> [@capacitor](#): > > Action Figures, hmm–of course! WWE Divas vs. Joshi puroresu stars. Ooh, Ayako Hamada. I’d like to have a doll of her. Of any size… Ahem. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/30 "2004-10-21T05:37:39Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > They did Desire without Dispair? That just ain’t right…you need both twins. Desire, despair, desire So many monsters Oh, but now I don’t find myself bouncing home Whistling buttonhole tunes to make me cry ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/31 "2004-10-21T05:48:48Z")
Oh, by the way, here are some pictures of my action figure collection: [http://www.geocities.com/bigbadvoodoolou/toys.html](http://www.geocities.com/bigbadvoodoolou/toys.html) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/32 "2004-10-21T05:56:15Z")
I’d want one of those Londo Mollari figures that were marketed for such a short time on Babylon 5. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/33 "2004-10-21T05:57:24Z")
To actually contribute something to the actual topic… I like the Adventure era LSH figs, but I’l like to see Post-boot figs. With lots of variants, too. 3 Live Wires: Circa Issue #0, Cybernetic arm, and ‘Jarth’ Brainiac 5 and 5.1. Vi and Emerald Vi At least 3 Kinetix (basic, tailed, Terrorform) 2 Sensors (snake and ‘naga’) Possibly a 12" line just to have jumbo forms of the Leviathans. Each of ERG-1/Wildfire’s suits Triad would be a 3-fig set, natch. Invisible Kid could use that paint that goes clear when it gets cold. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/34 "2004-10-21T08:30:50Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Oh, and plastic dioramas, with little studs for the holes on the bottoms of their feet. You want a pornographic foot-fetishist Hobbit diorama? I didn’t even know they HAD holes in the bottom of their feet - it certainly casts the Proudfoots in a whole new light. ---
**Author:** ![Waccoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Waccoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waccoe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/35 "2004-10-21T08:43:14Z")
The characters from the EF Benson novels…Mapp and Lucia and so on. Their fights were just awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/36 "2004-10-21T08:44:05Z")
The only three _Star Trek_ figures I have (not counting my Mego Kirk and Spock in their original packages, which is more of an investment thing) are of my favourite characters; Ro, Barclay and Saavik. The Saavik is the Kirstie Alley version from the second film, and I’d like a Robin Curtis one. I’m pretty sure they don’t exist, though. In lieu of that, I’d like a Tallera figure (a character played by Curtis in the two-part “Gambit” episode of _TNG_ and for whom a figure _does_ exist), as Barclay, Ro, Saavik and Tallera are all significant characters in my fanfics. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/37 "2004-10-21T15:28:20Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > _My Dinner with Andre_ action figures - no hesitation. Damn, you took my answer. Well, I’ll throw in the obligatory \*My Dinner with Andre \* playset. Though I wouldn’t mind getting some [Cheat Commandos](http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatcommando.html). ---
**Author:** ![spectrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@spectrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spectrum)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/38 "2004-10-21T16:33:31Z")
2004 Presidential Race Action Figures! Howard Dean with real screaming action! John Kerry with the Iraq War Balancing Act Playset! George W. Bush with real kneel-and-pray action! Dick Cheney with replaceable pace maker! And an anatomically correct John Edwards action figure! Live out the drama of the 2004 presidential race in the comfort of your own home. Karl Rove action figure with real spinning action available for Christmas 2004. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/39 "2004-10-21T16:44:45Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’d want one of those Londo Mollari figures that were marketed for such a short time on Babylon 5. Here’s a 6" version: [http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=348&item=5928967271&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=348&item=5928967271&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW) Looks like they didn’t do a 12" version, but maybe you can customize Vir: [http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=746&item=5928153576&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=746&item=5928153576&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW) I would love to buy figures from the original Highlander movie, and the series. Kurgan, Connor, Ramirez, and Duncan for the first set, then Amanda, Methos, Joe Dawson, Kastagir, etc… Preferably by the company that did the Crouching Tiger figures (Art Asylum, I think?) Also, I was very disappointed that McFarlane only did The Maxx himself and the Isz. I would love figures of the other characters: Mr. Gone, Julie, and Sarah, especially. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/40 "2004-10-21T18:45:31Z")
I want Song of Ice and Fire action figures! Daenerys Targaryen and her dragons vs. the slavers! The Red Viper vs. The Mountain! Jon Snow vs. his conscience! Rob Stark vs. Jaime Lannister! Arya Stark vs. fucking everybody! One of these days when I muster up enough ambition I might try to convert some Warhammer miniatures into some of the armies of Westeros. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266.md?page=3)