{"id":7662,"date":"2003-09-06T12:01:30","date_gmt":"2003-09-06T17:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2003\/09\/06\/the-librarian-action-figure\/"},"modified":"2003-09-06T12:01:30","modified_gmt":"2003-09-06T17:01:30","slug":"the-librarian-action-figure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2003\/09\/the-librarian-action-figure\/","title":{"rendered":"The Librarian Action Figure"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SEATTLE — A new action figure of a frumpy-looking librarian who moves her index finger to her lips with “amazing push-button shushing action!” is prompting librarians around the world to raise their voices in protest. <\/p>\n

“The shushing thing just put me right over the edge,” said Diane DuBois, library director of Caribou Public Library in Caribou, Maine. “We’re so not like that anymore. It’s so stereotypical I could scream.” <\/p>\n

The 5-inch Librarian Action Figure, which shows a bespectacled woman in a cardigan, long plain skirt and sensible shoes, goes on sale in October for $8.95. <\/p>\n

It is produced by Seattle kitsch retailer Archie McPhee and Co., whose lineup of action figures includes Sigmund Freud, Nico the espresso stand barista, and the McPhee action figure that started it all, Jesus Christ.
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They also have this:<\/p>\n

Introduce this Pope Innocent III Action Figure to your other figures and watch the spiritual sparks fly! Armed with his formidable power of excommunication and an intimidating scroll inscribed with Latin text, this 6″ tall, hard plastic model of the 176th Pope will soon have all your other action figures lining up for confession. Read the back of the illustrated blistercard and you’ll find that Pope Innocent III was a good guy in all respects. He was a patron of the arts, cared about orphans, built a hospital and reunified the Papal States! Comes with removable fancy Pope hat. <\/p>\n

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