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Day That New Jack’s Action Figure Was Displayed In A US Congressional Session

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On what day was New Jack‘s ECW action figure shown on C-SPAN during a US Congressional session on the topic of the Federal Trade Commission and marketing violence to children?

Answer:

September 13, 2000. The first ECW video game (Hardcore Revolution) and New Jack’s action figure were mentioned starting at the 2-hour, eight-minute, 35-second mark of this video:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?159189-1/marketing-violence-children-day-1

Credit for the action figure photo to Wrestling Figure Database (link to their website on the Action Figures page)

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OSFTM Co-Founder Who Helped Secure ECW Action Figure License

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According to Toybook.com, who was the co-founder of Original San Francisco Toymakers that helped secure the licensing deal for ECW’s action figures?

Answer:

Robby Kanoff. This snippet is from the full article (link included):

Following his departure from Galoob, Kanoff — dubbed “Jewish Lightning” for his wrestling-inspired sales tactics — was one of the founders of The Original San Francisco Toymakers and re-acquired the license to produce WCW action figures followed by a deal with Extreme Championship Wrestling for a line of ECW toys.

https://toybook.com/robby-kanoff-obituary/

Additional resource: https://www.blogofdoom.com/2020/12/12/the-toys-that-made-us-professional-wrestling/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKTUwYvFcPk

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