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Joe and decides that вЂ¦ Well, we want in on the вЂњdolls for boysвЂќ market вЂ¦ So they come up with the вЂњBest of the WestвЂќ line. Marx вЂњBest in the WestвЂќ Cowboy DollsДЄnd Hasbro & MattelвЂ™s direct competition, Marx, sees what going on with G.I. And itвЂ™s a huge hit right out of the box. Which is a poseable doll for boys) in 1964. Joe, вЂњAmericaвЂ™s movable fighting manвЂќ (because вЂ“ again вЂ“ you canвЂ™t call this toy what it actually is. credit: The Toys that made usДЄnyway, Hasbro introduces G.I.

So this is why the phrase вЂњaction figureвЂќ came from. Just so you know: The executives on the marketing side of Hasbro knew that that nomenclature вЂ“ вЂњdolls for boysвЂќ вЂ“ wasnвЂ™t going to fly. Which is a military-themed doll for boys.

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Which was to license a concept that Stanley Winston had been developing. Which is what prompted Hasbro to do something bold in 1964. They too wanted in on this mass-produced plastic toy market. Which then made MattelвЂ™s competitors stand up and take notice. Mattel made money hand over fist from sales of these two products. DollвЂ™s For Boys вЂ“ MattelвЂ™s Space Action Figure This story actually starts over 60 years ago when Mattel sent two dolls out into the world, Barbie & Chatty Cathy. Now how we got to the вЂњMen in SpaceвЂќ toy line is kind of convoluted. But вЂ“ rather вЂ“ as a riff on a space-themed toy line that Mattel produced in the mid-1960s called вЂњMen in SpaceвЂќ which was then built around a character called Major Matt Mason. Which honestly wasnвЂ™t supposed to be a spoof on Captain Kirk from вЂњStar TrekвЂќ or Gil GeradвЂ™s Buck Rogers from the TV show. Of course, because IвЂ™m a nerd and an animation history buff, I canвЂ™t help but think about how Buzz Lightyear вЂ“ the character from the вЂњToy StoryвЂќ films, rather than the really-for-real space ranger that Chris Evans voices in вЂњLightyearвЂќ вЂ“ really started out.

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As far as theyвЂ™re concerned, the movie that spawned the Buzz Lightyear action figure line was the greatest film theyвЂ™ve ever seen. Which is why Andy & his friends at that party react the way they do.

Which is supposed to be this huge Summer blockbuster. You see, AndyвЂ™s seen the movie that this action figure was based on. But Rather an explanation of why Andy is so excited at his birthday party in the first вЂњToy StoryвЂќ movie when he gets that Buzz Lightyear toy. Angus MacLaneвЂ™s вЂњ LightyearвЂќ is supposed to be вЂ¦ Well, not exactly an origin story for Buzz Lightyear, the action figure that we know from all of the вЂњToy StoryвЂќ films.

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