Action Figure

Manufactured Doll

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Action Figure

Entry/Object ID

2025.29.1a-b

Description

An action figure of Senator Bernie Sanders. The action figure (a) shows Sanders wearing glasses, a black suit, blue dress shirt, and a polka-dotted dark blue tie. He stands with arms at his sides and his mouth is open mid-sentence. The arms are articulated at the shoulder and the elbow and he has a bobblehead. The figure rests in clear plastic packaging (b) set within a cardboard box (c). The box has a beige and blue ground. Printed on the front of the box are the words, "A Join-The-Action Figure" in navy script at the top and, "BERNIE" in capital letters below the clear plastic viewing window. The sides of the box are printed in white lettering, "2016" on the left and "Feel the Bern" on the right. The back of the box reads, "Brooklyn Born / VERMONT RAISED / BERNIE / SANDERS / Join the Action / FIGURE BASED ON / ORIGINAL ARTWORK / BY MIKE LEAVITT / FCTRY" in a variety of dark and light blue script and block lettering. The bottom of the box is printed with information about the manufacturer. a is the figure b is the box

Context

Action figures produced during Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.29

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Figure, Action

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Figure, Toy

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Made/Created

Manufacturer

FCTRY

Date made

2016

Place

City

Brooklyn

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall dimensions of box containing action figure

Height

9-1/4 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Depth

2 in

Material

Plastic, Cardboard

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sanders, Bernard (b. 1941)