Happy Anniversary to the Librarian Action Figure!
It seems that the dinner party that spawned the idea for the librarian action figure happened on August 26, 2002.
This article has a terrific quote from Nancy Pearl, the librarian on whom the figure is modeled:
"’One new librarian came up to me and she said “I got nine action figures for graduation presents.” And I said “Oh good, now you can start a baseball team of librarian action figures …”‘"
Here are some great action figure photos I found via a post on eclectic librarian.
When my penpal and I were chatting about the doll, we both lamented that it doesn’t come with customizable accessories. You could buy one that comes with newspapers, microfilm, clipping files, and a computer for a news librarian. The law librarian version could come with stereotypical nice leather bound legal books. Funky librarians like me could get one with just a computer and no library. (My penpal thinks mine should also come with an anti-gravity beanie “so I can float around while the propeller spins.”) The librarian party girl could come with cigarettes and alcohol.
August 29th, 2005 at 2:08 am
I just received my deluxe librarian action figure yesterday and can’t wait to display her at my new home. Not slighting the other suggestions you mentioned, I would love a “Party Girl” librarian and, because I’m oh so biased, a news librarian action figure. That would be the greatest.
August 29th, 2005 at 3:48 pm
I just got the Deluxe version myself. People keep wanting to pay with the book truck and computer. Now if we could just get a male librarian action figure…say Giles.
November 3rd, 2007 at 1:22 am
Technically they do make a male librarian action figure. There is a Casanova one and among other things he was a librarian.