Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/08/28/the-education-of-louis-the-l.html
Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Louis of Earth must think fast to keep secret the ways of the Star Wars
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Use the force, Louis!
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Delightfully bittersweet.
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âThese are not the action figures youâre looking for.â
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I recall having IG-88 commandeered by a bully on the bus, when I was in first grade. I wish Iâd had Louisâ quick-thinking skills then!
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Some evil parents would tease their boys by calling them âStar Wars dolliesâ.
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Well, finally a TDB I could really relate toâŚ
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Before the Star Wars era, âaction figuresâ were really doll sized, though. I had a Six Million Dollar Man and some Star Trek figures in the mid 1970s â they were like a foot tall. As I recall, there were also some Star Wars figures that were made in that scale, but they werenât as successful as the smaller ones.
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Finally one that is just fun, not dripping of anger with the current US regime.
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The original GI Joe dolls were full size as well, and were dressed like dolls in actual cloth. The concept of the all plastic mini-figures was something of a revolution in toy design and didnât happen until later.
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What, no love for the 6" Major Matt Mason line?
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Mark Hamill had this same dilemma, I think.
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Hey - my cousins had that Argo and the collie! I never knewâŚ
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I had the whole set when I was a kid. I still have the pontoon boat that detaches from the convertible float plane.
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Poor snow-flake.
I donât say it doesnât deserve it, just that those comics havenât been very fun, just depressing.
Thatâs fair! My favorite by far are the fun-pak comics, but I donât really get tired of the âsmash Trump in the faceâ onesâŚ
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I also like the fun-pak ones. I absolutely cannot get enough âActually itâs Frankensteinâs monsterâ jokes.
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Micronauts, roll out!
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