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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.

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