Happy workers (play with themselves)

From Fast Company blog, news of an exciting new development (cough) in toy action superheros. Meet Geek-man, Boss-man and Money-Man! Much hilarity (of a vaguely sado-masochistic kind) to be had here: hoping to see some weird internet toy action with these. I particularly enjoyed the specific toy instructions for Boss Man:

"BossMan’s left hand has been specially engineered so it’s cigar compatible. Just squeeze the cigar gently in-between his thumb and index finger. When the cigar is in place, you can shake BossMan around vigorously and the cigar will remain snugly in his grasp..."

"While some bosses are two-faced, BossMan, being the super manager that he is, comes with 3 faces: serious boss, happy boss and angry boss. He can also lose face and become faceless, but it’s not his most attractive look. To remove a face: place your thumb under the chin and index finger on the top of BossMan’s head. Pull the chin outward and upward, and his face will come off. It’s kind of like that John Woo movie, but without all the special effects."

Stop press: and there's more! Boing Boing reports on 'The Cubes', "a corporate drudgery playset for grown-ups":

Bob, Joe, Ted, and Ann spend eight hours a day, five days a week, at tiny desks in tiny cubicles in a giant room packed with countless similar cubicles in a giant building filled with countless similar rooms.

Each set has one 2-3/4" posable plastic figure and all the necessary plastic parts to build a classic corporate cube: four walls, desk, chair, file cabinet, in/out box, phone, and computer. Comes with a sticker sheet of decor for your cube, complete with graphs, charts, screens for the computer and pithy office posters.

Also includes a job title sticker sheet so you can create a convoluted and meaningless position for your employee.

What would they say at Serious Play?