They don't bring it up directly in the movie but it's notable that in Toy Story Woody is a "doll" and Buzz is an "action figure" Woody's body is soft fabric and Buzz's is hard plastic
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It's the same basic idea but a doll is meant to be held and carried as a companion and an action figure is meant to be posed for "imaginative play" with other action figures It's annoying
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I’ve always said GI Joe is Barbie in fatigues & comic books are animated soaps
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Slight push back, we, or at least people where I was from, were using the term "action figure" in the '80s. That being said, it's the same as a doll.
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Yeah -- not sure what order these are in, but it says they're from 1982 to 1987, and they use the phrase "action figures" at about the 3 minute mark.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oA9B5jzqzM …
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It comes from the original GI Joe line, but took a while to catch on. The original GI Joe was basically the same sales model as Barbie -- a cheap doll, with most of the profit coming from additional costumes and accessories.
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I don't know, that seems incorrect to me. I don't think any kids my age ca. 1984-1990s called their Transformers and He-Man action figures dolls. My She-Ra toys were action figures to me, and my Barbies and Rainbow Brite and such were dolls.
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Yeah I guess the transition was underway in the 80s already
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The star wars and he man dolld of the early 80s which we hit for me kid were called action figures.
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I think it was a gradual market takeover, starting with GI Joe generalising their original "action soldier/pilot/etc" term in the 60s But established at least by 1977 when the Star Wars dolls were advertised exclusively as "action figures"pic.twitter.com/uuTTO9vCvG
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