Dolls vs. Action Figures

[edonian]

It is whatever you want them to be. I wouldn't get offended at all if someone called my ~collection~ dolls, although I myself call them action figures. I don't know, I think of Barbie or American Girl dolls when I think of "dawlz". In my opinion, these are highly detailed figures. Yeah, fine, you can change their clothes and whatnot but are you on the floor, crouched over with these figures in your hands playing "house" or whatever corny scenario? Nope. You pose them (might even take little "photo shoots" of them) but mostly keep them standing on your shelf or detolf, etc looking all cool and awesome. This is why I don't consider them dolls. Yeah.

 

[Shawpaw]

No no no no
Nope

Dolls have Real clothes and real hair.

Real action figures have clothes made of plastic and plastic hair.

Get it amigo?

So mixed media is considered feminine? I just want to make sure all things are considered and operationalized

 

[crows]

I had bunch of JOE's, they have accessories and removable clothes just like Barbie dolls. Same thing, different demographic.
I guess you can call them action dolls.

I think action doll is the best description
That describes it the best

Captain America is an action doll

I like that

 

[crows]

So mixed media is considered feminine? I just want to make sure all things are considered and operationalized

Not feminine. Just that the real difference is just the Rea hair and the clothes
If you have to put clothes on a figure that's a doll

 

[Shawpaw]

Ok I guess im understanding it. So this is an action figure


This is a doll

 

[crows]

The cape is only an accessory. Not an outfit

I'm talking about like little pants. Lil socks. Lil underwear lol, a lil shirt

 

[cmiller99]

I frankly don't care if someone calls my collection 'dolls', that's just what they think. I suppose that they technically are dolls. I think of them as action figures though.

 

[GasparZizou]

They're all dolls, seriously, no irony, no mockery, the stigma only exists in our self conscious minds, we all play with dolls here.

"Action figure" was a term Hasbro literally made up so little boys wouldn't feel insecure by playing with dolls, this is fact.

Full plastic action figure = Doll

Clothed and rooted hair action figure = Doll

Those and other names are helpful to separate them, in the market I guess, but just like different genres of music are all still music, different kinds of dolls are still dolls

Careful with the word "all". Mr. Green play with cricket, tonker truck, rubic cube, primitive electronic device, G.I. Joe, etc. But no dolls. But one might call G.I. Joe dolls even though it clearly stated action figures on the package.

Hasbro got you m8, they're dolls

I frankly don't care if someone calls my collection 'dolls', that's just what they think. I suppose that they technically are dolls. I think of them as action figures though.

Precisely, I know they're dolls, but I call them action figures, it's just a more specific term for dolls.

But from now on I'll call them friends like Solidus suggested

 

[Shawpaw]

They're all dolls, seriously, no irony, no mockery, the stigma only exists in our self conscious minds, we all play with dolls here.

"Action figure" was a term Hasbro literally made up so little boys wouldn't feel insecure by playing with dolls, this is fact.

Full plastic action figure = Doll

Clothed and rooted hair action figure = Doll

Those and other names are helpful to separate them, in the market I guess, but just like different genres of music are all still music, different kinds of dolls are still dolls



Hasbro got you m8, they're dolls


Precisely, I know they're dolls

I'm in the same boat. I don't care what people call my collection.


the existence of this thread sesms as though some may struggle with the term "doll" or "dollies." I guess I just get annoyed when some posters here try to stir up trouble with people try to use the terms to annoy people. I think most of us really don't care one way or the other lol

 

[Mr. Green]

It is whatever you want them to be. I wouldn't get offended at all if someone called my ~collection~ dolls, although I myself call them action figures. I don't know, I think of Barbie or American Girl dolls when I think of "dawlz". In my opinion, these are highly detailed figures. Yeah, fine, you can change their clothes and whatnot but are you on the floor, crouched over with these figures in your hands playing "house" or whatever corny scenario? Nope. You pose them (might even take little "photo shoots" of them) but mostly keep them standing on your shelf or detolf, etc looking all cool and awesome. This is why I don't consider them dolls. Yeah.

Right on.

 

[GasparZizou]

Posing = playing house though

 

[Lejuan]

1/6 figures of underage girls are creepy...

I see a figure of a child actor/character from one of the best fantasy series of all time.

 

[crows]

But from now on I'll call them friends like Solidus suggested

"hey whats up bro, did i tell you about this new friend i bought?"

perfect

 

[GasparZizou]

"hey whats up bro, did i tell you about this new friend i bought?"

perfect

While talking to Captain America

 

[crows]

While talking to Captain America

girl: how many friends do you have?
collector: I have about 100, but I am getting 3 more in the mail today
girl:........

 

[GasparZizou]

girl: how many friends do you have?
collector: I have about 100, but I am getting 3 more in the mail today
girl:........

Collector: yeah, they come from Japan and they're tiny, really articulated.

 

[edonian]

Posing = playing house though

How on earth can you compare posing to "playing house"? That doesn't even make any sense.

Unless you're being sarcastic. It's difficult to pick up these things online.

 

[GasparZizou]

It's the same, "oh let me put the hand like this, maybe if I tilt the head forward a little... Nice, wait, I don't like the way the cape is draping".

You're playing with your toys. I do it, everybody here does it, what's the bid deal?

Imagine this:

-X: Where's Freakino?
-Y: He's in his room, playing with his dolls.
-Freakino yells: I told you! I'm posing them, not playing with them, geez.... And they're called Action Figures!

How does that sound? Doesn't that just sound like bitter denial?

 

[cmiller99]

I see a figure of a child actor/character from one of the best fantasy series of all time.

And a damn good one.

 

[fosing]

Careful with the word "all". Mr. Green play with cricket, tonker truck, rubic cube, primitive electronic device, G.I. Joe, etc. But no dolls. But one might call G.I. Joe dolls even though it clearly stated action figures on the package.

action figure, sure.