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orangerful ([personal profile] orangerful) wrote2017-06-14 11:39 am

Awkward moment when all the POC characters are left out of a toy line

I know this wasn't intentional. I know it was not done with malice, I'm sure it was all about market research and which characters they thought would sell the most...

BUT

Check out the Parks & Recreation Funko Pop line up

Notice anyone missing? Like Tom...Ann...Donna...

I mean, I know they only do sets of a few people at once (I'm STILL waiting for the rest of the Buffy and Firefly characters!) but to opt to do a Bert Macklin and Little Sebastian POP rather than another main characters feels weird, even more so since they were persons of color and all the Pops are white people (and a horse...a tiny tiny horse...)



I'm not accusing them of doing this on purpose...but wow. And when I think of how many shows actually *get* their second set of figures to fill out the entire cast...I worry that we will never see a little Tom Haverford with Funko POP swagger.
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[personal profile] yourlibrarian 2017-06-15 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Your comment made me wonder if you'd seen this tweet? https://twitter.com/EvanMatyas/status/871736061420072961
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[personal profile] rhoda_rants 2017-06-16 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
YES and I boosted it! It's so true and so rad. Love it!