Custom Action Figures That Look Like You
The perfect gift to cause chaos with your kids – who’s going to win in a fight “Action Dad” or “GI Joe”?
I feel like the target market for this is Steve Carell’s character in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”: Later this year, you’ll be able to get action figures of your favorite superheroes . . . customized so they look like YOU.
Hasbro partnered with a 3-D printing company to make it happen, and they’ll start selling them this fall. So it sounds like they’re trying to get them out for Christmas.
They’re calling it their “Selfie Series,” and each one costs $60. You just send them a selfie, and they put your face on the action figure of your choice.
They’re doing it with a bunch of different movie and TV franchises. The ones they’ve announced so far are “Star Wars”, “Ghostbusters”, “G.I. Joe”, “Power Rangers”, and Marvel characters like Spider-Man and Black Widow.
They’re not doing pre-orders yet, but you can sign up to be notified at HasbroPulse.com.
Oh there’s so much to this – click here to check out the story from our friends at Designboom
Now my personal favorite action figure growing up was of course “Big Jim Sports Camper”…oh you laugh? It was a thing in the early 70’s…and it’s magical.
