Friday, October 30, 2009

Jesus Action Figures... Is this OK?

We're never too shy on our blog to shamelessly plug our action figures and music memorabilia over at our store at Rock-n-Roll-Action-Figures.com, but this post has nothing to do with the action figures we sell.

Yesterday, I was cruising around on the web and came across an action figure company that I didn't recognize. Their entire selection of action figures includes different Jesus action figures. There's a Jesus figure of Jesus surfing, riding a bull, on a Harley etc. I took a long look at the website because I actually thought the action figures themselves were pretty well done. I have seen lots of horribly produced Jesus action figures before that were pretty poorly made, but these weren't too bad. In fact, they were kinda cool... then I started thinking about them a little more. Is this horrible to make some cash selling action figures of Jesus Christ? Hmmmm... I'm just not too sure on this one. I wouldn't feel bad if I was selling a fine art sculpture of Jesus but since they're action figures it seems a little wierd. The company producing the Jesus action figures appears to be manufacturing the figures for people who are believers, but there is also a pop culture appeal to these action figures. What do you think? You can check them out at the manufacturer's website here.