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The original G.I. Joe toyline was conceived in 1963 by designer Stanley Weston and was meant to serve as a more "masculine" counterpart to the female dolls designed for girls. Indeed, the word "doll" was used by marketers to describe babies or dress-up miniature women, not soldiers or men of action. Hasbro came up with the term "action figure" to refer to its G.I. Joes, and the term stuck. For several generations, children's toys were heavily gendered along those lines, with "girl" toys encouraging motherhood, domesticity, and fashion, while "boy" toys encouraged combat and violence.

By 1982, the G.I. Joe brand had become moribund and was in need of a sprucing up. A new line of toys was launched under the new name G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. These figures were only 3.75 inches high (the older ones were 12 inches) and were composed of 11 cartoony characters. They were American soldiers ... kind of.

John Aniston's net worth was around $5 million, with a long career on Days of Our Lives as Victor Kiriakis. Aniston, born on July 24, 1933, making him a Leo. He passed away at the age of 89. Aniston was best friends with Telly Savalas, who was Jennifer Aniston's godfather, showcasing their long and loving relationship.

John Aniston was a legendary soap opera star who amassed quite a significant net worth before he passed away. Rachel Green on Friends goes from riches to rags and a lot of comedy comes from her wealthy father and mother no longer paying for her lifestyle. Fortunately, the real-life relationship between Jennifer Aniston and her father, John Aniston, was much more loving. In fact, Jennifer presented her father his Daytime Emmys Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022, via People, an acknowledgment of his career on the long-running TV show, Days of Our Lives.

Aniston's portrayal of Victor Kiriakis...

Two of the newest Transformers: Legacy toys aren’t even Transformers. These two Armorizers hail from the Infernac Universe, which is completely new for Transformers. Their world, designs and premise homage numerous ‘80s franchises, including Rock Lords.

Transformers was one of many major franchises in the 1980s, but it wasn't the only one. Beyond other properties involving giant robots, the '80s in general, were filled with lines that jumped from toy aisles to the silver screen. Strangely enough, some new Transformers figures are being used to pay homage to these forgotten diamonds in the rough.

The Transformers: Legacy: United toyline is introducing two original characters to the world of the robots in disguise. They're not Autobots or Decepticons, however, and hail from a heretofore unknown universe. Most importantly, they homage both an obscure part of the franchise's history and two other properties that have no real connection to the series.

The Simpsons has a large cast of characters, but most are voiced by a small group of actors. Two notable roles were recast, however, after the original voice actor was deemed difficult to work with.

While The Simpsons has a huge cast of characters, two of the show’s most notable supporting stars were originally played by another actor. The Simpsons has a character list in the thousands, but one might never guess this by glancing at the show’s cast list. While The Simpsons has hundreds and hundreds of name characters who have appeared throughout the show’s 34 seasons, almost all of them are played by the same handful of committed voice actors. This frequently leads to situations where two characters voiced by the same actor have conversations with each other which means that The Simpsons can introduce innumerable characters despite its limited cast.

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The Los Angeles Comic Book And Science Fiction Convention presents Classic Movie Poster Artist Robert Tanenbaum, Jean Hale (In Like Flint), Sharyn Wynters (The Female Bunch), and Donna Loren (Bikini Beach) at the August 20, 2017 Show.

Robert Tanenbaum is a Movie Poster Artist with an over 50 year career illustrating every film genre such as Science Fiction, Horror, Comedy, War, Drama and Martial Arts. Robert has illustrated such Classic Movie Posters as A Christmas Story, Battle For The Planet Of The Apes, Cujo, Five Fingers Of Death, Black Christmas, Super Fly, The Color Of Money, My Bodyguard, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, The Iron Cross, The Eagle Has Landed, Ransom, Cleopatra Jones And The Casino Of Gold, Hot Potato, Mel Brooks High Anxiety and Silent Night, Evil Night. Robert’s art is featured on the first announcement that Jaws was being made into a Movie.