Action figure sexism?

[silversolitaire]

I was just looking through an action figure catalogue and took notice of the Spider-man figures on sale.

What caught my attention was the extreme oddity of the dolls. Like, there's a Peter doll which shows him practising his web-casting skills. He's standing in front of a cupboard full of typical teenanger crap and he has water-shooting action where he can try to knock down things. O.o;

A little less peculiar is the Norman doll which shows him standing next to the armchair, with the Green Goblin mask hanging down the side of it, talking to him. Ooohkay. A little more amusing is the Jameson doll which shows him sitting at his desk and by pressing a button you get furious desk-banging action (no, I'm not making this up!).

Now, after all this amusement I was rather... not amused to see the Mary Jo action doll variety. What would you expect her to be? Seriously, I wouldn't really have a better suggestion either since she mostly spends her time in the movie being rescued, and yet... her action doll shows her standing on a balcony. The balcony has collapsing-action -.-;. She doesn't even have her own action, dammit! Where's a scream-button that says "Spider-man HELP!!!!"? *pouts* Where's the fun in that?

Comments

[kmazzy.livejournal.com]

you should go check out yvesilena's journal. she makes dolls. well, she modifies them, and has been talking a lot about them lately.

plus she kicks ass and is highly cute and i think you'd like her.

[brigittasucks.livejournal.com]

You should see the X-Men action figures. Jean Grey has her jacket unzipped to her belly button. Or she did, until the product was recalled. So I'm thinking her mutant power was keeping her stuff from falling out of her costume?