Revisiting the Jane Austen Action Figure
It has come to our attention that some of our readers were unaware of the existence of the Jane Austen Action Figure, available at Archie McPhee and other online retailers. She is packaged with a miniature writing desk, quill pen and plastic faux copy of Pride and Prejudice. The company offers a line of “action figures” for various classic authors, historical figures (we want the Ben Franklin figure) and composers. They are meant to be tongue in cheek but not disrespectful. We love our Jane Action Figure here at AustenBlog World Headquarters (except we think her gown might be a trifle low-cut). She holds court on the shelves of the Jane Austen Memorial Library and Reading Room, just in front of our Oxford Illustrated Edition of the novels.
May 13th, 2006 at 7:29 am
I haven’t taken my JAAF out of the box, but my sister has, and she reports that Jane’s arms and legs move and her torso swivels at the bottom of her charming green spencer, just below the bust line.
You can also acquire a Jane Austen finger puppet (in pink) with a magnet in the back of her head; my daughter torments me by playing a game called “tossing Jane” that involves flicking Jane at the refrigerator to see if she sticks or not.
May 13th, 2006 at 9:20 pm
I first saw this cute Jane figure on e-Bay when I was searching for JA things. I really like this action figure but even funnier was the finger puppet!
May 13th, 2006 at 10:16 pm
Totally love my JA action figure! My “Jane” is still in the box, too.
May 13th, 2006 at 11:57 pm
I had to take mine out of the box. I like to play with my toys.
May 14th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
I received my Jane Austen action figure for Mother’s Day from my granddaughter. What a doll!
May 18th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Visits to Archie McPhee are an occasional treat at our house, so we have a few of their toys around.
My Jane spends most of her time alongside a wind-up, sparking Godzilla, but now that spring is here I’ve noticed her in the company of a certain Sam, the Cubes delivery guy. Could he, with his wider knowledge of the outside world and snug tan uniform, be the mysterious inspiration for some new masterpiece?
I sense a stop-motion parody of Becoming Jane in the works …
May 18th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Miss Austen, what can Brown do for you? *waggles eyebrows suggestively*