Meme: Designing the new action figure

I know the Nancy Pearl Library Action Figure is meant to be tongue in cheek.  I have three in my office–representing both the deluxe and basic variety.

I absolutely admire Nancy and her work, but after years of watching visitors try her amazing push-button shushing action, the joke’s worn thin.

I know that the folks at Gale hosted their own library superhero contest, but I thought, perhaps,  we should beat them to the new prototype, a prototype that might be school library specific.

So how about this National Library Week, we create a gallery of TL superhero avatars and consider their image and their superpowers?

In keeping with my fierceness campaign, I’ll get the ball rolling with an image I created last month for a workshop.

What would your version look like?

Create it.  Share it on Flickr with the hashtag #tlactionfigures.  Share in your comments and I will gather them all together in a beautiful and powerful gallery.

Here’s a pathfinder of avatar options that might get you started.

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