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Title: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: mystery-ak on August 13, 2018, 02:41:47 pm
Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
By Aris Folley - 08/13/18 10:37 AM EDT

(http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_small_article/public/8af4029d5ee23360c4ef76c9b5887b3c_original_2.jpg?itok=WecrMe57)

A company that created a successful Kickstarter campaign to make a Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figure says it is planning to ship the products in October.

Fctry, a product incubator based in Brooklyn, N.Y., initially hoped to raise $15,000 to create the “Notorious RBG” superhero but instead raised over $613,700 on its Kickstarter crowdfunding page.

Zoe Cronin, the company’s marketing coordinator, said it was "shocking" that the funding campaign reached the initial goal in less than an hour.

“The $15,000 is really the base level of what we need to begin production,” Cronin told AM New York. “We actually hit that in under an hour of starting the project, which was kind of shocking.”

more
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/401544-company-to-ship-ruth-bader-ginsburg-action-figures-in-october (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/401544-company-to-ship-ruth-bader-ginsburg-action-figures-in-october)
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: thackney on August 13, 2018, 02:47:03 pm
They are missing out on a marketing opportunity by not offering a second seated version, leaning slightly forward with the head horizontal, bobblehead.

(https://s.newsweek.com/sites/www.newsweek.com/files/styles/lg/public/2015/02/13/rbglilsleepy.jpg)
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: Polly Ticks on August 13, 2018, 02:49:17 pm
Oh my Lord.
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: Blizzardnh on August 13, 2018, 03:27:13 pm
They are missing out on a marketing opportunity by not offering a second seated version, leaning slightly forward with the head horizontal, bobblehead.

(https://s.newsweek.com/sites/www.newsweek.com/files/styles/lg/public/2015/02/13/rbglilsleepy.jpg)
One double a battery required for the snoring sound effects.
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: austingirl on August 13, 2018, 04:28:08 pm
Why is the "action" figure holding an American flag? Maybe a UN or EU flag would be more appropriate.
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: Sanguine on August 13, 2018, 04:54:18 pm
(http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_small_article/public/8af4029d5ee23360c4ef76c9b5887b3c_original_2.jpg?itok=WecrMe57)

She's leaning left.
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: libertybele on August 13, 2018, 05:21:20 pm
Darn it!  Too bad they didn't make on of her 'bench pressing' or doing 'planks' ... now that would be a seriously fun action figure to have! :rolling: :rolling:
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: godblessRonaldReagan on August 13, 2018, 05:25:11 pm
I receive a music catalog every couple of months. The latest one has a classical CD of works based on RBGs life and her legal writings. Good grief!!!   :silly: :silly: :silly:
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: ABX on August 13, 2018, 05:29:02 pm
I receive a music catalog every couple of months. The latest one has a classical CD of works based on RBGs life and her legal writings. Good grief!!!   :silly: :silly: :silly:

Good thing about most of her legal writings, public domain. Someone probably was trying to cheap out on content creation.
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: INVAR on August 13, 2018, 05:32:55 pm
She's leaning left.

Leaning????????

She's full-throated and we've upgraded the figure to be more lifelike and accurate:

(https://swordattheready.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/ginsbergactionfigure.jpg)
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: Sanguine on August 13, 2018, 05:38:14 pm
Leaning????????

She's full-throated and we've upgraded the figure to be more lifelike and accurate:

(https://swordattheready.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/ginsbergactionfigure.jpg)

Much better!
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: Wingnut on August 13, 2018, 06:35:55 pm
(http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_small_article/public/8af4029d5ee23360c4ef76c9b5887b3c_original_2.jpg?itok=WecrMe57)

She's leaning left.

Well, that is her right.
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: Machiavelli on August 13, 2018, 07:14:39 pm
Well, that is her right.

 ****drummer
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: txradioguy on August 13, 2018, 08:22:02 pm
I've never associated "action" and Justice Ginsburg together before...ever.
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 13, 2018, 09:27:52 pm
I've never associated "action" and Justice Ginsburg together before...ever.
Sounds as thrilling as watching this: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187513/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187513/)

GI Joe will look like The Flash in comparison.
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: Wingnut on August 13, 2018, 10:00:39 pm
I swear she could be part of the Weeping Angels. A race of predatory creatures who are quantum locked.  She will only move when no one is watching.  So don't blink or turn off the lights.
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 13, 2018, 10:04:29 pm
I swear she could be part of the Weeping Angels. A race of predatory creatures who are quantum locked.  She will only move when no one is watching.  So don't blink or turn off the lights.
Best Dr. Who episode EVER!
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: catfish1957 on August 13, 2018, 10:10:43 pm
If I had a bag of 'em they'd probably melt as well as those toy plastic soldiers I had in the early '60's.
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 13, 2018, 10:15:04 pm
If I had a bag of 'em they'd probably melt as well as those toy plastic soldiers I had in the early '60's.
Yeah. Wouldn't want to get caught using RBG 'action figures' for BB-gun targets nowadays....
Title: Re: Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
Post by: Silver Pines on August 14, 2018, 12:31:35 am
Company to ship Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figures in October
By Aris Folley - 08/13/18 10:37 AM EDT

(http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_small_article/public/8af4029d5ee23360c4ef76c9b5887b3c_original_2.jpg?itok=WecrMe57)

A company that created a successful Kickstarter campaign to make a Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figure says it is planning to ship the products in October.

Fctry, a product incubator based in Brooklyn, N.Y., initially hoped to raise $15,000 to create the “Notorious RBG” superhero but instead raised over $613,700 on its Kickstarter crowdfunding page.

Zoe Cronin, the company’s marketing coordinator, said it was "shocking" that the funding campaign reached the initial goal in less than an hour.

“The $15,000 is really the base level of what we need to begin production,” Cronin told AM New York. “We actually hit that in under an hour of starting the project, which was kind of shocking.”

more
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/401544-company-to-ship-ruth-bader-ginsburg-action-figures-in-october (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/401544-company-to-ship-ruth-bader-ginsburg-action-figures-in-october)

Lmao