Anya & Stella vs. Action Figures

Anya and Stella demonstrate what girls run into when they try to buy action figures at the store.

Notes: Gamora is available as part of one of the two-packs of mini-figures. She is also available as part of the Marvel Legends series. Target was out of both of those and has been for weeks.

The only female action figure we were able to find in the entire aisle was Wonder Woman, and she was only available as part of a seven-hero set that cost $50. So in order to get one Wonder Woman, the girls would have to buy six heroes they didn’t want and pay $50 for the privilege. That was a non-starter.

I’m enough of a nerd that I know where to go to get female super hero figures, but they are generally designed for the adult male collector market. They are often inappropriately attired and always more expensive than the lines that are developed to be played with by children.

This is our first ever video. We hope to make more and we promise that as our skills improve, they will get better.

Stella is She-Ra

There was an extended stretch of time when we did not have cable TV. We had about 12 or so local channels and one of them showed children’s programming all day (and night.) It was always a random assortment of old cartoons that I don’t think people watched when they were on originally. Things like Sky Dancers, Mighty Machines and She-Ra.

Stella became obsessed with both He-Man and She-Ra. She watched them all the time. At 4 years old, she would recite the opening of the show. It was the cutest thing. I eventually got her to do it in front of a camera. Notice how she does Spirit’s nay too.

I think it’s just a matter of time before she asks to be the Princess of Power for Halloween.