[ArsGratiaArtis]

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Originally Posted by ArsGratiaArtis

Why is that your choice of zinger though? Why are you using doll as a pejorative? Happy Meal Toy implies a cheap product, one packed-in with something else and not worthy of sale itself. Why is doll negative to you? Do you feel it emasculates collectors of other scales?

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Originally Posted by Psycho Pirate

Yes.

The question then is why one feels the need to attempt to degrade other collectors. I don't agree with the Happy Meal comparison, but it's a criticism of the product. If the "doll" appellation is is meant to be emasculating to the collectors of other scales, it's crossing the line from criticism of a product to attacking other people. Why you feel emasculation is a good way to degrade others is problematic itself when you're using normative Western perceptions of masculinity as a metric, since toy collecting in any form is generally seen as an unmasculine activity. This is ignoring the fact that many of these other collectors aren't even men, so emasculation becomes a bit of a moot point. Why the need to attack other collectors at all, even with a flawed and passive aggressive method?