10-27-2004, 03:52 PM
Quote:...line of "World of Warcraft" action figures...
It seems like the term "action figures" is being used too losely these days. Toy figures many years ago used to have no joints that allowed their body parts to move. Eventually figures began to be produced with limited movement in their arms and legs at the shoulders and hips, but still there was little movement. These toys are called "figures" because they were basically posed characters that would just stand there like models.
Not too many years ago producers started to create toys with multiple joints (wrists, elbows, knees, etc) and added ball and socket joints into the mix resulting in toys with great degrees of movement that could be posed in many different ways. To reflect the new style of toys, these were marketed as "action figures" because of their movement. Thus, the term "action figure" applies only to figures like those new spiderman toys where you can nearly move even each finger. These WoW series of figures, as beatiful as they do look, look like stationary models and are not worthy of the action figure title.