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The inspiration for the first action figures came from toy makers trying to recreate the success of the Barbie doll. Barbie was capable of limited movement and manufacturers believed if they could make figures that had more joints, dolls could be posed in many more ways to act out a nearly unlimited number of scenarios. For inspiration,…

In their textbook,Modern Principles of Economics, Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok ask what happens when Walmart buys toys from a Chinese supplier. I decided to test this once by going to my local Walmart and buying an action figure of All Elite Wrestling’s Brody King, which is part of the Jazwares “Unrivaled” collection and a…