[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

You do understand the thin line between action figure and doll is solely because of fragile male ego not being able to handle that they are playing with dolls? That is literally why they created the term "Action figure" even though they are all offshoots of dolls. Because marketers in the 60s knew that males weren't secure enough to acknowledge they are playing with dolls. That's literally the birth of the term "action figure."

Bild Lili gave inspiration to Barbie, then from Barbie came Ken, then 3 years later came GI Joe. From that came all the similar items from companies trying to jump into this new market, including Mego in the 70s, and from there came all the size variations on the concept. All various scales of dolls. The only difference is that they decided to call it an action figure because "boys" wouldn't buy "dolls" even though they are.

So the term "Action figure" was created by a marketer to tell boys to play with & buy dolls.

Exactly. I'm man enough to admit that I buy "toys," not "adult collectibles," and I read "comic books," not "graphic novels." I don't need no fancy-nancy names to legitimize my hobby within a grown-up context.