Just when you thought you'd seen it all

[jinjre]

Along comes a Jane Austen Action Figure

I suppose you could have her sit in front of a piano, perhaps do some embroidery and beribbon bonnets?  For some reason, I don't see Regency era females as making terribly good "action" figures.

Comments

[kithial]

Indeed. Not to mention that putting the picture of the action figure on a white background make it rather hard to see what the lower part of her looks like! Bad idea, bd marketing.

~kit~

[themosh]

Someones gotta do GI Joes laundry, and Barbie has been all upity since she got (every single) job.

On a more serious note, there is a pretty decent size market for this kind of stuff in the toy community. The retailer the Jenn and I used to frequent had a whole section of historical action figures. I personally liked to have my Sigmond Freude kicking Pope Innocent III's ass.

http://www.accoutrements.com/actionfigures/index.html

[jinjre]

Heh, I don't know if Regency era "laundering" is going to be good enough for ol' Joe. He should do his research on that era and what was considered "clean" then - because, y'know, Knowing is half the battle!

And now I want historical action figures. Can I blame it all on you for making it easy for me? ;)

[jinjre]

Awww, man! They don't have Robert E Lee or Ulysses S Grant! That would have taken care of one person on my Christmas list if they'd had them!

[themosh]

http://www.darkfigures.com/groelecsacog.html
http://www.4-leaftoys.com/4_leaf_toys_005.htm

Both sites have all sorts of military and generic action figures... The second link has a section for mostly WWII stuff (New Hitler in *real* leather overcoat!)

I dont mind being your toy enabler :) Its a fun and addicting hobby. If only I had more space (and money)

[panamah]

Hey, I've got a Crazy Cat-woman action figure (thanks to you)! I think her action would be scooping out the litter box...