Steve Jobs Action Figure Injustice
Steve Jobs action figure prototype is nerdalicious.
After immense pressure from Apple and the Steve Jobs’ family, www.inicons.com will be refunding deposits and shelving the February delivery of the Steve Jobs action figure. This is sad news for the niche group of adult action figure collectors who were willing to spend the $99 for a chance to perch Action Figure Steve on his stool next to their Star Wars screen saver.
iPad not included. Nose picking hands included.
Perhaps the Jobs family had concerns that their beloved family member would be the subject of degrading internet vignettes like so many other action figures. Who would be able to resist changing Action Figure Steve’s hands to the index finger pointing accessory and taking a picture of him picking Action Figure Spock’s nose or tauntingly poking Action Figure Chuck Norris in the solar plexus? Still, I feel that there is nerd injustice here. Why shouldn’t an action figure who is famous for the actions of his mind instead of the actions of his body be denied the chance to lay with the sultry Barbie in her pink townhouse or skinny dip in her backyard pool? Is this the message we want to send to the young and brilliant minds of socially awkward nerds?
Sex Tape Barbie wanted to meet Steve Jobs.
Barbie is 11.5 inches tall. The Steve Jobs action figure was 12 inches tall. These two were meant to be together. Barbie has been looking for a man who reads in bed, picks her nose, takes off his glasses and can prop himself on his straightened arms for an all nighter.
- Action Figure Woody looks ready to saddle up.
But who can blame the Jobs family for trying to shield their beloved father, husband or son from the degradation that can fall upon action figures on this insensitive and anonymous medium? Once a respectable human being has been condensed into a plastic, poseable, pop culture figurine he becomes an object of ridicule. Look what happened to Tom Hanks. Anyway, I still find it sad that there are no smart guy action figures. The smart guys deserve action figures more than the douchebags or the overpaid sports figures.
I agree about far too little attention being paid to developing one’s mind, and honoring genius is all but unheard of. But in the case of Steve Jobs half the world is walking around with a piece of his mind every day. Unfortunately most of those are kids too young to care what a marvel that iPhone they hold in their hands truly is, and once again the importance is diminished. People like Steve Jobs are certainly worth honoring because they “shook off” what our educational system teaches and kept asking what if. I think that ground breakers whether in technology, business’ science, or the arts should be honored but is an action figure the best way?
Action figures speak to the nerd population. Are they the best way to honor genius? Nope.
You’re right I watch The Big Bang Theory I should know this. And I won’t launch into some 2 page rant about or educational and value systems in the US. But I think if more people wore t-shirts with pictures of Einstein rather than Jay Cutler on them the world would be far better off.
I couldn’t agree more.