# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/61 "2004-10-23T03:09:51Z")
No question about it- a **Conan O’Brien** doll. The one he made at the GI Joe action figure place (I could also use one of them ‘Dudez A-Plenti’ tees) ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/62 "2004-10-23T03:10:59Z")
Also of intrest- Vintage 70’s porno actress Barbie, back when she was so addled from coke parties she didn’t know which way was up. Could come with mirror for snorting lines, and realistic 1970’s pubic hair (and when is Barbie gonna get some NIPPLES?! 😕 ) ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/63 "2004-10-23T03:43:23Z")
My first thoughts were **Eve** and **Polycarp** action figures, and a mighty **Lynn Bodoni** with special admin powers! **KellyM** reminded me of _Little Britian_ and frankly I’s like nearly entire set of characters, especially Andy and Mic. ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/64 "2004-10-23T04:47:36Z")
> [@shy guy](#): > > PoTC figures are coming soon from NECA. No sound chips (although NECA has a thing for releasing impressive 18" figures with sound chips in them), but very good likenesses. There’ll be two versions of 18" talking Jack out for Christmas: A “serious” one that says stuff like “To the Black Pearl!” and “I’m Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?” and a “fun” one that says things in the “Why is the rum gone?” vein. Each will have a different facial sculpt. The first 7" line of _Pirates_ figures will be Jack, Barbossa, Will and a Random Skeleton Pirate, and they’ll be out in January. The second series of 7" figures (with a tentative release of Q4 '05, I think) was just announced; that’ll be Elizabeth, Skeleton Jack and Skeleton Barbossa. The sculptors I talked to at Comic-Con this year said the Barbossa figures are utterly bad ass, and they wished they could have made an 18" talker out of him, too. Maybe next Christmas. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/65 "2004-10-23T05:46:20Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Another toy company started a Saturday Night Live action figure line, but it didn’t sell well (probably due to horrible character choices) and never continued. How about a Bill Brasky figure? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/66 "2004-10-23T07:49:29Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > Samantha, Darren & Endora & the rest of the “Bewitched” gang You mean sort of like [this](http://store.yahoo.com/wickedcoolstuff/bemimast.html)? What I’d like is 2000AD figures, especially the Dark Judges vs Dredd, Anderson, and Hershey. Plus Rogure Trooper, Strontium Dog, and Robo Hunter. As it turns out, [some of these are available](http://www.mailorderexpress.com/reaction/reactionfigures.html) as figures, which I have just ordered. But there should be loads more. Halo Jones, for example. Or Ace Trucking Co. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/67 "2004-10-23T09:08:38Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > What I saw were the size of D&D lead minitures. I’ll look out for them again noe I know. [Here.](http://www.clarecraft.co.uk/dw2.htm) Be warned that they’re sculptures rather than action figures. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/68 "2004-10-23T10:48:01Z")
An Anne Sexton doll, complete with many bottles of pills. What? I’ve heard there’s a Divine doll out there somewhere. I’d sell my mother for it. Another vote for a good Betty Page doll. A good Elizabeth Taylor doll [complete with all 7 husbands!] Dolls of all The Ramones. I’ve got the Joey one, and it’s really quite cool. Another vote for the NBC collection, though I think I’ll be getting those. A Wicked Witch to go with the Twisted Land of Oz set. I’ve got McFarlane’s Oz set and his two Ozzy dolls. I’m going to get the Countess Bathory doll as soon as I can, because she’s that [cool](http://www.spawn.com/toys/horror/monsters3/elizabeth/images/monsters3_elizabeth_photo_01_dl.jpg). Rasputin looks rather swell, too. McFarlane is releasing a Twisted Fairy Tales set next year. I think some things are going to have to be sold on eBay. Yes. Yes, I do. Maybe the dogs. Or the in-laws. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/69 "2004-10-23T14:15:11Z")
> [@chatelaine](#): > > A good Elizabeth Taylor doll [complete with all 7 husbands!] Throw in two Richard Burton dolls, since she married him twice. An older version and a younger version. Oh, and sold seperately are Liz’s “Wacky Friends” collection, including Liza Minelli and Michael Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/70 "2004-10-23T14:22:00Z")
> [@Agrippina](#): > > Throw in two Richard Burton dolls, since she married him twice. An older version and a younger version. > > Oh, and sold seperately are Liz’s “Wacky Friends” collection, including Liza Minelli and Michael Jackson. That’s why I said 7 husbands instead of 8… 8 marriages, 7 men. Though I like your idea of a younger/older set of Burton dolls better than mine. “Wacky Friends”… bahahaha. Gotta catch 'em all! ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/71 "2004-10-23T15:53:28Z")
Gotcha. I wasn’t sure how many times she’s been married or to how many different men. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/72 "2004-10-23T15:57:52Z")
Teach kids the lessons of the Soviet Union with their own set of **Animal Farm** action figures/figurines! Comes with the farmers as well, and a little Animal Farm set. Press a button on the sheep and they bleat out “Four legs good, two legs bad!” Napoleon says, “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” And there’s even a Mollie doll which talks about the pretty ribbons in her hair. On second thought, I probably wouldn’t buy these as I would be too horrified. 😃 ---
**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 23, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266/73 "2004-10-23T21:24:11Z")
How about a Molly Bloom doll from Finnegan’s Wake? Pull the string and she says, “Yes.” And that’s all she says, “Yes.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-figures-would-you-buy-if-they-were-marketed/270266.md?page=3)