{"id":39828,"date":"2016-03-04T08:15:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T16:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=39828"},"modified":"2016-03-04T08:15:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T16:15:28","slug":"action-figure-work-day-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/action-figure-work-day-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Annual Action Figure Work Day Celebrates Being Who You Are"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AFWD<\/a><\/p>\n

Today is the third annual Action Figure Work Day (AFWD),<\/strong> where people are encouraged to bring their favorite action figure or collectible to work.<\/p>\n

It’s a fun day, where people are able to share what they’re passionate about and bring some personality to their work environment.<\/p>\n

What’s really incredible about the day, however, is how it’s taken off. When I first interviewed<\/a> founder Randy Ham last year, he revealed to me the origin of the day. It was a simple matter of him taking a figure of Raven from DC Comics to work, and sharing pictures of the figure on social media. The day took off like wildfire.<\/p>\n

But could it have become as popular if it had been done years earlier? Probably not, because context, and timing, is important.<\/p>\n

Being a geek, and enjoying things like superheroes, has become popular and mainstream in the past six or seven years. Suddenly superheroes dominate Hollywood and Star Wars<\/em> gets its own land at Disney parks.<\/p>\n

AFWD’s far-reaching joy is a testament to the changing culture that we’ve been experiencing recently, and it’s certainly a sight to behold.<\/p>\n

It’s a wonderful feeling when it’s encouraged to share part of who you are, and that cultural things that may have been mocked in the past, are now being celebrated.<\/p>\n

So this Action Figure Work Day, bring your favorite collectible to work and get passionate about these wonderful franchises!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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