Jake Sully Wheelchair Action Figure [Avatar Epic Fail]
February 19th, 2010
I’ll apologize in advance to any of our readers who find themselves confined to a wheelchair, or who are physically-challenged in any way. But whoever at Mattel thought that this pint-sized Jake Sully in a wheelchair should be called an “action figure” clearly had their head firmly up their arse.
The least they could have done was include a tiny oxygen mask for Jake so he could go outside on Pandora. But it looks like Sully definitely has to remain confined to his earthly quarters. The only “action” wheelchair Jake Sully (I really want to say “Jake Soooo-Lee”) will see is inside of his Avatar control bed (also not included.)
If you really want one of these stupid things on your desk, you can grab one over at Entertainment Earth for about $13 bucks. Personally, I’m saving my money for an investment in an unobtanium mine.
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Hmmmm is this really a FAIL? In my mind, it shows all the folks, young and old, that MAY be confined to a wheelchair, that you CAN BE A PERSON OF ACTION, regardless of your condition!
The only FAIL here is your failure to grasp the obvious.
It figures some twit would look to the negative, instead of the actual picture… way to go. Being disabled for 25 yrs. I was really impressed by the scenes in this movie…
Finally a wheelchair action figure. It is not a fail.
Agreed! It’s definitely an action figure of an action hero.
I wish Sully was played by an actual person with a disability, but even so, it was great to have a wheelchair-using hero and I will definitely buy the action figure!
Why couldn’t say a dude at oh like WheelchairBodyBuilder be used for the part of this? A real disabled actor. These parts are so few and far between.
What if it was reversed, and the disabled community ruled Hollywood, and hardly ever used able bodied people for able parts? Jake never once walked, was shown walking or doing ANYTHING requiring the use of his legs when not driving his Avatar.
This “ACTION” figure is in fact just that, an ACTION figure.
OMG, so when I saw this in the store the other day and started laughing so hard that i started crying. Like I am the first person to say its not ok to make fun of ppl that have disabilities, but damn….an ACTION FIGURE???? haha real wheel ACTION HUH? HAHA I cant wait to see a youtube video about this….wait maybe i will make one!!!!
Im in a wheelchair and have more action in my life then you noobs. I skydive most weekends solo, and get back in my chair after i land. So stick that in ya pipe and smoke it you able bodied loosers! oh, and why don’t you use your AWESOME legs to walk off a cliff.
I think that it is great that a feature film such as Avatar was able to star a man in a wheel chair. This toy could be a great inspiration for many unfortunate youths. You can find a complete list of all Avatar toys from Mattell and others at all Avatar Toys
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