This shirt is totally wrong.

[LonnieFisher]

http://www.cafepress.com/mf/2386399/mego-ash-grey_tshirt?desired_product_type=38

[comicmike]

I always called them dolls.

[EMCE Hammer]

MegomanJess says Hello

[sprytel]

"With any luck, we could sell a DOZEN of them!"

[Mikey]

I think the term action figure in the general population became popular only in the mid 80's and beyond.

Before that it was dolls.

It's for this reason I usually can tell how old somebody is by how they refer to their playthings

To be honest, me and my buds used to refer to them as "men"

"did you bring over any men ?" .... "yes, I brought Big Jim"

[Werewolf]

It's for this reason I usually can tell how old somebody is by how they refer to their playthings

I don't know. I've seen plenty of 60s and 70s kids get really angry if you refer to Megos, Captain Action, Big Jim, Gi Joe, etc. as dolls.

[SKotK]

I think the term action figure in the general population became popular only in the mid 80's and beyond.

Before that it was dolls.

It's for this reason I usually can tell how old somebody is by how they refer to their playthings

To be honest, me and my buds used to refer to them as "men"

"did you bring over any men ?" .... "yes, I brought Big Jim"

To me, it seemed the cut-over point was right about early 1978, when the Star Wars action figures finally hit the shelves. Prior to that, even though the term "action figure" had been used to promote Mego/G.I. Joe/Big Jim/etc., most regular people still seemed to refer to them as "dolls". I distinctly remember hearing the words "G.I. Joe dolls" being used to describe the original 12" line. And of course, Mego figures were banned from my toy list by my parents because they were "dolls". But once the new Kenner Star Wars toys hit the shelves, the term "action figure" truly became a household word. Rarely do I remember hearing anyone but old people call the 3-3/4 Star Wars figures "dolls"...although the 12" line still kind of held that association, probably because some of them had cloth clothing and regular "doll" bodies underneath. Once the 12" line had died out, I don't think I heard the word "doll" applied to action figures again.

--SKot

[palitoy]

"Action Figure" was a creation of Hasbro so GI Joe was not marketed as a doll. You see cissies play with dolls.

GI Joe is by every definition a doll, it's just marketing lingo. Sleep tight.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I used to think any figure with a cloth outfit was a doll, and any all plastic figure was an action figure. This was before I learned about GI Joe's marketing team inventing the term.

I used to jokingly make a big deal about it, but I really could care less either way. They are toys.

Chris

[PNGwynne]

I love my dollies. I own a lilac dress-shirt, too. Get over it.

[PNGwynne]

Anecdote: I was getting my Holcomb WGT print matted at my local framery, and an elderly customer was admiring the print and asked if they were like Barbies. I smiled and said, "Yes, just shorter and more poseable."

[Marvelmania]

Doll or action figure I really could care less what anyone calls them and they really have no right to tell others what to call them. To each their own. Pretty stupid to get angry over such a thing but I've seen people do it time and time again.

[TrekStar]

I have a Barbie action figure and a G.I. Joe doll.

[LonnieFisher]

Anecdote: I was getting my Holcomb WGT print matted at my local framery, and an elderly customer was admiring the print and asked if they were like Barbies. I smiled and said, "Yes, just shorter and more poseable."

Awesome!!

[daz71]

we used to call them action men even though there was action man we called mego's action men too.