Action figure sexism?
Feb. 13th, 2003 12:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silversolitaireI 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?
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?
