[Snowflakian]

No wires crossed, I'm just pointing it out before someone else reads it and starts feeling ashamed about their own habits. Joke or not, there's been too much BS in the world misread or mis-used as an excuse to hate on others for whatever reason. Even if it's meant as a joke, how does a new reader here know that?

And yes, I do feel the stigma of collecting toys is just in people's heads. It's the same as casting any kind of perception on others for whatever reason or difference they have. Calling ourselves geeks or comic book nerds is another matter entirely than as opposed to implying something could be thought of as 'bad.'

Everything else was opinion and rather moot to discussion. It's not like I'm using capslock cruise control.

I still don't get what your aversion to heart-throbs are though. Then again, I don't look at em like that. They just are whatever character they are portraying for that role. It doesn't really make sense to me at all why you'd fear or be concerned about buying characters you may like just because some people find the actor hot. Why does it matter? Why would it be weird?

And yes there is a difference between action figures and dolls. Now Old school GI Joe does blur the line, but there are different criteria to both as sub genres of toys. Just as much as say a stuffed doll, and a stuffed animal or a plushie. (Materials being the biggest seperating factor as well as articulation. Compare a ken doll to a mego figure and you'll see the differences in the elbows and knees. Old school gi joe on the other hand, afaik they were pretty much military ken dolls.)