anarchist action figures
A few weeks ago, I bought “playmobil 5878″ from a toy store in Ann Arbor. I thought it was really cool that you could buy a social protest action figure at a regular toy store. Later, I found that toy web sites call this “police and bandit.” Maybe. But look at the following photos from the Toronto Star, which covered recent G20 protests. A specter haunts the European toy business, the specter of anarchism!
Written by fabiorojas
July 29, 2010 at 12:09 am
Posted in fabio, fun, social movements, the man
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Propaganda knows no limits nowadays.
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drnell
July 29, 2010 at 2:21 am
What’s up with the Dr Who backing board?
I also love the way the Anarchist’s clothes appear to be drenched in blood. Anyway, must be off to change my blood-stained clothes after a hard day of Propoganda Of The Deed, so I don’t spill kerosene on them when I make my molotov cocktails…
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Anne Archist
July 29, 2010 at 2:39 pm
(Webster Dictionary)Bandit: an outlaw who lives by plunder; especially : a member of a band of marauders.
(Webster Dictionary)Plunder: to make extensive use of as if by plundering : use or use up wrongfully
Sooo….
I found that toy web sites call this “police and bandit.” Maybe
Bandit Seems to fit quite appropriately.
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J.J.
July 29, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Wow that is a little strange with the Dr Who box. Although, I guess they’ll just pretend it has nothing to do with that and they just decided to put an old call box there.
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capodimonte figurine
July 31, 2010 at 2:37 am
That anarchist is by far the best playmobil figure I have seen … I am going to place an online order right now for my kids.
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Steve Morgan
August 4, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Also in sale in France : http://uneheuredepeine.blogspot.com/2010/08/le-gendarme-et-lemeutier.html
But they call it “l’émeutier” (the Rioter), not the “Anarchist”.
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Baptiste C.
August 6, 2010 at 6:11 am
hell yea bandits hell yea! raid and plunder like barbarians!
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Sillybilly
December 28, 2011 at 6:39 pm