Comments on: A Powerful Little Helper?

By: Warren

Warren — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:37:32 +0000

I forget when I got it, probably yes, last year. It was a gift from a friend, who got it @ a local store that also had the other “action figures”, & I think also the bigger stuffed Einstein, as well as other exotic things. It went out of business not long after it opened.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:36:29 +0000

Warren, thanks! So where and when did you get the small chalk-holding one? Also during Einstien year?

-cvj

By: Warren

Warren — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:54:05 +0000

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By: Clifford

Clifford — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:24:43 +0000

Navneeth, Amara, thanks for the links. I had no idea of the existence of the bender universe previously. Of course, the science version would be called “Mind Benders”.

-cvj

By: Amara

Amara — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 13:06:29 +0000

I want a Van Gogh action figure …! Maybe one can customize one of these ‘Benders‘, for science, although it would be difficult to top a Space Monkey Bender.

By: Navneeth

Navneeth — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:37:41 +0000

Btw, I just remembered this…
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1431267,00.html

By: Navneeth

Navneeth — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:22:24 +0000

Don’t you think the hair is a little too long.

That’s the Rock-Star-Einstein, I suppose.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:54:58 +0000

Gosh….. thanks for the link… Always wanted a Betthoven Action figure actually….!! But the thing that really caught my eye with horror and disbelief was this:

Obsessive Compulsive Action Figure
This 5-1/4″ tall, hard vinyl Obsessive Compulsive Action Figure is worried about whether or not you washed your hands after you used the bathroom. Just in case, he’s sure you won’t mind if he wears his gloves and surgical mask when he shakes your hand. Or even better, maybe you could just bump elbows with him. Now, as soon as he finishes counting those ceiling tiles, he can get started on alphabetizing the canned foods. Mini surgical mask included. Packaged with a sanitary, hypo-allergenic towelette to clean off the figure before you touch it.

!!!

-cvj

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:45:34 +0000

Hi Clifford,

I happen to have one of these toys on my desk. It was bought for me in a clothes shop in Dean Street, Covent Garden. I think they also had other world famous figures for sale. But no scientists.

A quick internet search proves more useful than my memory, you can see a lot of the other action figures here from Freud to Edgar Allen Poe via Moses. Happy days.

Paul

P.S. Good luck with the new blog, and your many other projects!