After over a year of time dedicated pretty much solely to research, teaching, service, and parenting, I thought it would be fitting to make another semi-annual batch of blog posts. It has not escaped pretty much anyone’s notice that...
After over a year of time dedicated pretty much solely to research, teaching, service, and parenting, I thought it would be fitting to make another semi-annual batch of blog posts.
It has not escaped pretty much anyone’s notice that many things have happened in the past year. Yet, or maybe because of this, my husband’s action figure collecting continues to seemingly center on 80s nostalgia. While the Netflix miniseries The Toys that Made Us and my daughter’s increasing love of He-Man, Skeletor, Battlecat, and everything MOTU has inescapably made me more knowledgeable, I will continue along the vein of half-truths in wondering about the action figures my husband collects. (But seriously, I can now recite the main Skeletor henchmen, like Evilyne, Beastman, Merman, and Trap Jaw.)
The first action figure I noticed is a tribute piece for Rowdy Roddy Piper and a block of the “Library of Babel of Action Figures” seemingly devoted to the 80s.
Here Roddy Piper is surrounded by Andre the Giant, another Roddy Piper, Superman, and drunk E.T. In the background I imagine Optimus Prime offers a comforting form. (I have been told MANY times what make and model this Optimus Prime is, but I cannot remember.) Beyond being able to identify these characters and real-life folks, I’m not exactly sure the significance of this block.
Also, to the best of my knowledge my husband has no action figures for Roddy Piper in They Live, complete with sunglasses and chewing gum, and none of the figures of the creatures hiding as people. I think this definitely represents a missed opportunity Neca, Four Horsemen, or whatever.
