haha damn straight! no shame that i still get chills hearing that part, I used to hate vegeta growing up but he's really grown on me these past few years, the prideful bastard.RJ 17 said:
Six-Year-Old Upset By Lack of Female Friendly Avengers Toys
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This is one of the reasons I have to give the Star Wars toy makers props. They make an action figure for every single damned character, even if nobody gives a crap about them. Remember that one guy from that one scene that didn't have any lines but he popped up for like 2 seconds? Here, have an action figure of him!
Though to be honest, it is a little messed up that Black Widow didn't get a figure or anything. Granted, she's not one of the main four, but she still managed to kick tons of ass in the movie. She was about half as useless as I thought she was gonna be.
Unless they somehow weren't able to get the rights to Scarlett Johansson's likeness or something, but I'm pretty sure that's included in the movie contract somewhere.
Though to be honest, it is a little messed up that Black Widow didn't get a figure or anything. Granted, she's not one of the main four, but she still managed to kick tons of ass in the movie. She was about half as useless as I thought she was gonna be.
Unless they somehow weren't able to get the rights to Scarlett Johansson's likeness or something, but I'm pretty sure that's included in the movie contract somewhere.
She definitely has a valid point when it comes to the way toy execs treat female characters in properties they see as being 'for boys' (see also: Avatar The Last Airbender merchandise).
That said, I don't think that labeling everything now stereotyped feminine as 'bad' and presenting what is currently stereotyped 'masculine' as the better alternative is really very progressive. Some of you write like the last three decades of academic discourse on gender never happened. Shame on you.
Also, I kind of wish people would have written news stories about my opinion when I was a six year old boy who wanted to play with Barbies and princesses.
That said, I don't think that labeling everything now stereotyped feminine as 'bad' and presenting what is currently stereotyped 'masculine' as the better alternative is really very progressive. Some of you write like the last three decades of academic discourse on gender never happened. Shame on you.
Also, I kind of wish people would have written news stories about my opinion when I was a six year old boy who wanted to play with Barbies and princesses.
I avoided that section too...and it was supposed to be FOR me. Honestly it IS kinda sad. I used to collect power rangers, transformers and have them ride my little ponies. I was all inclusive baby.Saltyk said:
Some variance of colour wouldn't go amiss, and the idea that 'girls are attracted to pink or pastel' is only as ingrained as society believes that 'that's the way it is'.
Girls are attracted to all sorts of colours, it's just that pink has been delegated to girls and boys are made to feel as though they must avoid it (for some *cough* asinine reason)...
Waste of a good colour. And honestly I'm not it's biggest fan either but... still.
Except that's wrong and there is a Black Widow figure. She's just not on the logo at the top of the box.Mahorfeus said:
It's kind of sad how much they minimized her and Hawkeye in the movie, I've always been kind of fond of "badass normal" characters.
To be fair, I do get where you're coming from, but my comparison was really on a general level. Vegeta was a bad guy that turns good, just like Hawkeye. Granted, Hawkeye was a good guy before he became a bad guy that became a good guy again, still, that's what my comparison was based on.Kamille Bidan said:
Beyond that, Hawkeye was far more useful than Tien and/or Yamacha could ever hope to be.
(edited to fix a couple spelling errors)
I say put Ms. Marvel in the next Avengers movie. She's one of the more powerful women in the group if not the Marvel Universe. Although with Guardians of the Galaxy we are getting Gamora we are getting the most "dangerous" woman in the MU. Still I'd love to see Ms. Marvel more. =3
Hahaha.DVS BSTrD said:
But seriously, maybe they don't sell such toys because, actually, this girl is in the minority, and they wouldn't sell enough to make a profit?
*shrugs*
I don't know, if there was money to be made out of it, I'm sure they'd have released it.
Companies like to stereotype. But they like to make money more.
To be fair, when I call to mind the roster of Avengers from the movie I only picture Iron Man, Capt. America, Thor, and The Hulk; Black Widow and Hawkeye just feel like they're along for the ride. So yeah, I can see why Black Widow only shows up on her box.
I don't know though, I've never seen the boxes, maybe Hawkeye is getting face time on Iron Man's box and Black Widow isn't. If that's the case then it's only fair Hawkeye is stricken from the record too; they're both rather underdeveloped and boring characters.
I don't know though, I've never seen the boxes, maybe Hawkeye is getting face time on Iron Man's box and Black Widow isn't. If that's the case then it's only fair Hawkeye is stricken from the record too; they're both rather underdeveloped and boring characters.
It's ok, Black Widow is available as part of the only Avengers toy line worth caring about [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120309071507/legosuperheroes/images/0/0e/Black_widow_cgi.png]. And she came with a badass Quinjet [http://www.bigw.com.au/media/BIGW/Product/1000x1000/8275960_0_9999_lge_v1_m56577569850337991.jpg]!
I'd have preferred Ms. Marvel in the first place. I just don't find much interest in the old superspy characters. I didn't care about Nick Fury until they made him black. Ooh, maybe they could do the same with Black Wid- oh, yeah, maybe not.
I have to say, I agree with the premise, but... a while back, I was in the store when I saw this lanky, dorky-looking 11 year old girl holding a Captain America shield and mask that she'd successfully negotiated her mother to buy for her, and it sort of made me happy in some unexplainable way.
I have to say, I agree with the premise, but... a while back, I was in the store when I saw this lanky, dorky-looking 11 year old girl holding a Captain America shield and mask that she'd successfully negotiated her mother to buy for her, and it sort of made me happy in some unexplainable way.
Simple solution. Just make her rotate 360 degrees at the waist.DVS BSTrD said:
No wonder she's hard to find.CriticalMiss said:
Why do you think he hasn't turned back into Banner?
It's the public's fault for taking him and raising him up as some sort of supa feminist icon.Daria.Morgendorffer said:
Companies like to play conservative and are not always welcoming of new ideas. The fact that developers need to fight to just to get female focus group reps should indicate something's wrong here.Terramax said:
We just had a major automotive failure in this country in part because the automotive industry decided to hell with new ideas, let's push large, expensive gas guzzlers in a bad economy and amidst high gas prices!
And now they're pushing to pass laws restricting sales of electric cars (look at Tesla). I know the automotive industry isn't exactly the toy industry, but the whole "companies love money more than X" isn't always enough to break their mentality.
Actually, from the looks of things, it's quite frequently not enough.
This might be a good time for someone to remind the Howler Monkeys in charge at DC/WB that they own the rights to two of the most recognisable female superheroes on the planet before Marvel beat them (yet again) to the punch with characters like Ms. Marvel.
Yet no one complains that Hawkeye isnt in the box too, they are minor characters in comparision to the big 4/5 if you count the villain.
Man, it always bothered me that the female characters got shortpacked so often. Made them rare, thus collectable, thus frikking expensive.
Thunderblast from Transformers (Ya know, the femmebot that turned into a boat?)goes for 80 dollars these days!
But yeah, I didn't even have to watch the movie to know how minor she, and Hawkeye would be.
http://youtu.be/pb9l988kqL4
As much as I loathe it, if there's anything truely aimed at males, it's action figures, and they target's often too young to buy on sex appeal. or be caught dead playing with something that has boobs.
I grew up on a mixed bag. MLP, GI Joe, transformers, stuffed animals. I collect a little now and then.
Thunderblast from Transformers (Ya know, the femmebot that turned into a boat?)goes for 80 dollars these days!
But yeah, I didn't even have to watch the movie to know how minor she, and Hawkeye would be.
http://youtu.be/pb9l988kqL4
As much as I loathe it, if there's anything truely aimed at males, it's action figures, and they target's often too young to buy on sex appeal. or be caught dead playing with something that has boobs.
I grew up on a mixed bag. MLP, GI Joe, transformers, stuffed animals. I collect a little now and then.
Whilst I get the point, I don't think this is the best example. Electric cars have been restricted in the US exactly because of wanting to make more money out of petrol-fueled cars. I think if anything, this example proves how their lust for squeezing as much money as possible actually backfired on them, and confirms their narrow mindedness due to the want for financial gain.Zachary Amaranth said:
So, I wonder how much of this is her just regurgitating what she hears her parents are saying. I'm serious. If her parents came out and said this they would be just more people complaining on the internet, but because they get their 6 year old daughter to say it she gets headlines. Wonder if I could start a business out of this... But what should I call it? Damn, everything I come up with makes me sound like a pedo.
OT- They make a Black Widow action figure, but she is not in the box art. Deal with it.
OT- They make a Black Widow action figure, but she is not in the box art. Deal with it.
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