Boy Story action dolls (Kickstarter)

[Werewolf]

"Action figure" is a marketing term coined by Hasbro in 1964 to sell their GI JOE dolls to boys. Captain Action, 12 inch GI JOE, Mego 8 and 12 inch, etc. are all dolls. GI JOE was directly inspired by Barbie's business model of selling a basic doll with additional outfits to purchase to dress the doll in.

[gummi]

Super creepy!

[HardyGirl]

Boys DO play with dolls! Or maybe you forgot My Buddy in the 80s? The stuffed Knickerbocker superheroes in the 70s? Williams Doll from Free To Be, You and Me?

There's nothing not manly about boys liking dolls. And if a female like me can like action figures, a boy can play w/ dolls. And in case you weren't paying attention, these action dolls are the best of BOTH worlds!

Bring back a larger scale GiJoe and make these boys grow up a little more manly . Remember boys don't play with dolls they play with action figures.

[PeterRR]

Boys DO play with dolls! Or maybe you forgot My Buddy in the 80s? The stuffed Knickerbocker superheroes in the 70s? Williams Doll from Free To Be, You and Me?

There's nothing not manly about boys liking dolls. And if a female like me can like action figures, a boy can play w/ dolls. And in case you weren't paying attention, these action dolls are the best of BOTH worlds!

There are different rules for males and females. Straight males are not going to dance with each other at a party or night club or hold Hands .And most straight men who collect mego, gijoe or Hot Toys are not going to use "I collect dolls"

[sprytel]

I collect dolls.

[Werewolf]

There's different rules for collecting toys? What are these rules, who enforces them and why am I always the last to know!? I dread to think about all the rules my parents must have broke just with birthdays and Christmas.

[palitoy]

There are different rules for males and females. Straight males are not going to dance with each other at a party or night club or hold Hands .And most straight men who collect mego, gijoe or Hot Toys are not going to use "I collect dolls"

Being comfortable in your sexuality is way manlier than your silly grade school bravado.

I collect dolls and i'm straight, heck the inside of my head would make Russ Meyer blush. I've got two black belts, despise clothes shopping and am a total slob. Just purchased a new GI Joe doll after I finished laying some stone today.

Sad that people still think something like this matters at all.

[PNGwynne]

The least of our worries in this country is the masculinization of children based on what toys they prefer. IMO.

[PeterRR]

Being comfortable in your sexuality is way manlier than your silly grade school bravado.

I collect dolls and i'm straight, heck the inside of my head would make Russ Meyer blush. I've got two black belts, despise clothes shopping and am a total slob. Just purchased a new GI Joe doll after I finished laying some stone today.

Sad that people still think something like this matters at all.

Gi Joe is not a doll it's a action figure. Hot Toys does not list there stuff as dolls they list as action figure.

[PNGwynne]

Of course they don't, for exactly the attitude you display here. "Action figure" is a spin term coined to validate customer bias. We all get the marketing angle. And speaking of marketing, obviously this is a niche item, why do you think it's a kickstarter.

Most little boys aren't asking for Joes of any sort now, either, they're busy with superheroes and video games.

The bigger issue is why you insist on the distinction at all and your belittlement of boys who may not play as you choose to see fit. You brought up the subject. Obviously girls can play with GI Joe or trucks, and boys with "dolls" or dishes, and it would not be the end of heterosexual civilization.

Edit: And BTW, what child buys $300 Hot Toys, or even is likely to receive one as a gift?

[palitoy]

Gi Joe is not a doll it's a action figure. Hot Toys does not list there stuff as dolls they list as action figure.

GI Joe was created when Stan Weston noticed boys playing with Ken dolls.

They worried kids would have trouble with the word "doll" so action figure was coined. It's always been semantics and you're clinging to them 53 years later.

Enjoy your imaginary fence, fellow doll collector.

[Werewolf]

Gi Joe is not a doll it's a action figure.

GI JOE is a doll and so is Captain Action. GI JOE was designed to have removable clothes, like Barbie, so children could purchase and dress them up in many of the additional outfits that were available. The classic 12 inch GI JOE is, basically, a military fashion doll.

[Werewolf]

Anyone else remember Toybiz trying to get around paying the doll tax?

By law, dolls are human figures and were taxed higher than toys, which were considered non human figures. So, any toy, that represented a human, like GI JOE or Barbie, had to pay the much higher doll tariff. Toybiz argued and won that the XMEN weren't human so they shouldn't have to pay the higher doll tariff. The law has since been changed and dolls and toys are taxed the same.

So, again, action figure is just a marketing term for doll.

[HardyGirl]

Preach it, Brian!

Being comfortable in your sexuality is way manlier than your silly grade school bravado.

I collect dolls and i'm straight, heck the inside of my head would make Russ Meyer blush. I've got two black belts, despise clothes shopping and am a total slob. Just purchased a new GI Joe doll after I finished laying some stone today.

Sad that people still think something like this matters at all.

[HardyGirl]

And BTW Peter, thanks for turning a thread about a fantstic Kickstarter campaign into an arguement about manliness and sexuality. Most people have moved on from arguing semantics over the terms "doll" and "action figures". It's ashame you haven't. And repeating your point over and over isn't going to make you anymore right. You're entitled to your beliiefs and opinions, but don't come on here and take over this thread w/ your caveman attitudes in 2016 and think we're gonna be OK w/ that. And just so you know, there are no "rules" about toy collecting. People can collect and play with whatever toys they want. Or is the word freedom just not in your vocabulary?

There are different rules for males and females. Straight males are not going to dance with each other at a party or night club or hold Hands .And most straight men who collect mego, gijoe or Hot Toys are not going to use "I collect dolls"