h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3184709.stm

"A US toymaker's latest Elite Force action figure [President Bush] is attracting interest and derision in equal measure"

As noted in my journal last week
And pheloxi posted a cool link to p take GWB / ESSO site there as well.

Just like the real thing, nothing in the underpants except a trademark...

Why is anyone so upset about this?

For years now, at least in the US, they've made action figures based on TV shows, movies, comic books, rock groups, archetypal heros (police, firefighters), etc, etc.

It wouldn't surprise me if they released action figures of Tony Blair, Joe Lieberman, Jean Cretien, Sadaam Hussein, Jacques Chirac, you name it.

Walk into a large comic book store sometime and really look around. Would you then think of release of action figures like Bush so unusual?

I`d be very surprised if this is the first one. Would be good for some voodoo though.

This belongs on the irony thread.

A man who doged military service sends 250,000 to war and then for a publicity stunt dresses up in uniform to announce the end of war (and since more US soldiers have died than during war).

Then what happens? Someone makes a doll out of it and people buy it.

Once again my ears have heard the glorious strains of the Mellencamp John formerly known as a Cougar:


"...but ain't that America,
something to see.
Ain't that America,
land of the free.
Little pink houses
for you and for me."


And of course, there-in lies the Cougaresque irony. For there is so much more to it than pink houses and action figures. Sadly, so much more.

peace
jwf

Eagle - yes there's action figures for everything, but a 'President Bush' does stand aside in its tackiness. Especially as - he ain't a proper military man. But who lets the facts get in the way of a marketing ploy eh?


jwf - I'll be coming over to the States and seeing pink houses and action figures and so much more in a mere.. (counts calender).. 24 days!

I'm safely tucked away in the woods on the coast near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. So if you should happen to be flying over, head on up to the cockpit, pound on the door and demand of the nice pilots that they not flush the loos as they pass over. It'd make a nice change.

Hey, maybe they'd lend you a parachute.
If so, feel free to drop in.
And I'll show ya 'Big Pink'.

~jwf~

You just know that 10 years from now, these'll be going for $$$$$$ on eBay just because of their kitsch value

Just like h2g2 merchandise?

Best action figure I ever saw was a little plastic Jesus manufactured by some Bible studies group. Push a button on his back and his arms fly up in a dinky little blessing. Hmm - maybe they could sell Jesus and Bush as a twin-pack.

I'm one of those wascally wepublicans, but the action figure idea's still funny.

Another thing that's funny is that you people probably get angry at Rush Limbaugh's comments and paradies, but if the butt of the joke is Bush or FOX News or christianity, then it's OK. What's up with that?

I will laugh at anybody's paradies if they're funny, and not obscene.

Nerd42

The only place I've ever heard of "Rush Limbaugh" is on this site. Is it some kind of american ego thing to assume the world is watching everything that is going on domestcally within the US?

The Brits on this site have the same. If they are talking about something that has happened in England, they give no background information at all. Assuming that all us foreigners spend all day keeping up on everything that`s happening in England.

I am quite looking forward to the Tony Blair action figure.

"Conscience not included"

B

A Comical Ali figure would probably sell quite well.

I do regret never buying that little lcd-game where you had to fly an airplane into the WTC.

Ooh - I could see the advertising on a Comical Ali figure now:

"This is NOT a cheap piece of merchandising cr*p which spouts inane slogans. This luxury figurine is worth buying and showing to your grandchildren. It will positively not fall apart in three days and mysteriously invalidate its warranty."

B

Rush Limbaugh is just about the most popular radio talk show host in America. Very contraversial, constantly attacked for being an "extremist", big Bush-supporter, called the "Most Dangerous Man In America", and definately a large part, (probably more than most people think) of Hilary's "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy". I wish he'd quit smoking, that will probably cut his radio career short some day. His supporters are called "Ditto-heads" because whatever he says, they say "ditto" I am NOT a ditto-head, but I agree with him on most issues, and listen to his radio show whenever I can just for laughs. I'm not paying for a Rush 24/7 subscription, but if I got one for FREE, I'd probably use it every day, at http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/

I am also not a Bush-supporter. I'm WORSE - an Aschcroft supporter!

Nerd42