Action Figures facts
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A Brazilian grandmother who prays to a figurine of St. Anthony for years, only to discover it was an action figure of the elf Lord Elrond from the "Lord of the Rings" films.
how action figures are made?
Snake Eyes, one of the 16 original G.I. Joe action figures, was designed to save Hasbro money. As a ninja, the character was completely molded from black plastic, even given a mask to prevent detailing a face. The figure wasn't even painted, but became one of the most popular G.I. Joe figures.
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Princess Diana was the first prominent public figure in the UK to be pictured holding the hand of a person with AIDS in his hospital bed, an action which helped to change perceptions on AIDS victims.
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Hooters offered employees the chance to win a Toyota. When the winning waitress was given a "toy Yoda" action figure as a prank she sued and won enough to "pick out whatever type of Toyota she wants."
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In 1977, the first gay action figure was released and the packaging looked like a closet
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Due to a law in USA, importing toys resembling humans are taxed higher than those that don't. Marvel successfully argued in court that because their X-men action figures are mutants they should be exempt from such higher tax.
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George Lucas gave Mel Brooks his blessing to make Spaceballs on the condition that no action figures be made, as they could be confused with actual Star Wars toys.
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When Mel Brooks developed Spaceballs, he wanted his parody as close to the original as possible. Brooks's deal with George Lucas on the parody was no Spaceballs action figures be made. According to Brooks, "Lucas said, 'Your action figures are going to look like mine.' I said OK."
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The phrase "pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" was originally meant to describe an absurdly impossible action. The phrase is an adynation, a figure of speech in the form of hyperbole taken to such extreme lengths as to insinuate a complete impossibility.
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It was Hasbro, an American multinational toy company that coined the term "Action Figure", to market their G.I. Joe toys to boys who would not play with "dolls"
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Lemmy from Motorhead had an action figure made of him. He asked if they were going to put a penis on it. They said no. He replied "Well, then it's not going to get much action then, is it?"
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Marvel actually argued that the X-Men mutants are NOT human, in order to lower taxes of action figures
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The reason why action figures in the 60's were 11 inches and the same action figures in the 70's shrank to 4 inches was because of the oil shortage.
Mattel used patchouli oil to produce the smell of the He-Man action figure Stinkor - source
Mattel released an action figure of Stinkor, an anthropomorphic skunk supervillain of the He-Man universe, in 1985. Patchouli Oil was added to the molds to recreate the character's unpleasant superpower. Toy collectors report the action figures continuing to reek after 30 years. - source
In 1985 Mattel coated the He-Man action figure "Stinkor" in Patchouli oil. Which was one of 3 scented action figures ever released by the company. - source
Mr. T dressed up as Santa to hand out presents at the White House in 1983. Nancy Reagan even sat on his lap as he presented her with a Mr. T action figure.
How to make action figures?
"dolls" (which are representations of people) once faced a higher import duty in the U.S. than "action figures" (representations of non-humans). In 2003, Marvel successfully argued that its X-Men toys should be taxed as action figures since the characters are mutants, not humans.
The Barbie Liberation Organization swapped the "talking" chips between Barbie Dolls and G.I. Joe ~dolls~ action figures and released them back into the market
A Buzz Lightyear action figure was sent to space aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 2008
After a 10 year dispute, the United States Court of International Trade declared all MARVEL super heroes to be non-human (including X-Men, the Hulk, Spider-Man, and Iron Man). The decision resulted in action figures being classified as 'toys' and not 'dolls', reducing the import tax by 6%.