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AI action figure starter packs

Meme & format · 2024 · Niche

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Visibrain reported over 4.1 million reactions as boxed AI portraits spread to brands.

⭕ AI & Design (Marco)

@AIandDesign · Mar 27, 2025

The man, the action figure. @BigBrother_Jane, founder of @ImagineAILive. Get yours today!

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Post · @AIandDesign on X

Visibrain France

@visibrainFR · Apr 11, 2025

Déferlante "Starter Pack" sur les réseaux sociaux : 31 476 messages publiés sur X en 3 jours Plus de data sur cette trend ? Contactez-nous !

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Royal Mail

@RoyalMail · Apr 9, 2025

We had to get in on the toy action figure trend! 🚀🪀🧸 We love it! What do you think? 👇 htt

An image of a toy in a blister pack, featuring a postman with mail bag and high visibility jacket, shorts and a letter as accessories
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Post · @RoyalMail on X

JBTV Community

@JBTVCommunity · Mar 29, 2025

Joe & Ish action figures (via Reddit user stealthryder1).

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Post · @JBTVCommunity on X

Christopher Fryant

@cfryant · Mar 30, 2025

I made Severance characters into action figures (w/lore accurate accessories)! Images created with Sora/OpenAI, this video created with @LumaLabsAI Here's a 🧵with all the main characters and some of the side characters. 👇 h

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Post · @cfryant on X
An image of a toy in a blister pack, featuring a postman with mail bag and high visibility jacket, shorts and a letter as accessories
@RoyalMail on X
M·A·C Cosmetics on Instagram: "We all know that one M·A·C girl 💄💄. Which Lipstick shade do you come with?"
M·A·C Cosmetics on Instagram
Grab Malaysia on Instagram: "Tak perlu tunggu jadi superhero! Akak Grab dah buktikan wanita pun boleh, setiap hari tanpa gagal. Dengan helmet, beg Grab, dan senyuman ikhlas, dia bawakan lebih dari…
Grab Malaysia on Instagram
La tendance #StarterPack qui séduit les marques
Visibrain
AI-generated action figures were all over social media. Then, artists took over with hand-drawn versions.
NBC News
Joe & Ish action figures (via Reddit user stealthryder1).
@JBTVCommunity on X
NYX Professional Makeup on Instagram: "✨ festival baddie starter pack ✨ portable charger & emotional support lip gloss sold separately."
NYX Professional Makeup on Instagram
AI Action Figures | Know Your Meme
Know Your Meme
Domino’s Malaysia serves up AI-powered superhero mums for Mother’s Day
Marketing-Interactive

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How it works
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Numbers

Instagram starter-pack posts; Visibrain via Le Figaro
3.1K
As of Apr 14, 2025 · Instagram · Le Figaro
Seed to peak proxy
15 months
Jan 7 ’24 to Apr 10 ’25
Platforms
7
Started on Open web
Origin
Organic
Culture (no sector)

Mechanics

  • Remixable templatePrimary
  • Shareable output
  • Brand pile-on
  • Platform jump
  • Controversy

How it spread

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A 2024 tutorial showed AI-generated boxed self-portraits. ChatGPT versions spread in spring 2025, reaching brands. Artists answered with #StarterPackNoAI; Domino's later used the format for Mother's Day.

Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak.

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Timeline (15)

  1. January 2024

    Thirsty Explorers Club seed · Jan 7 ’24

    Thirsty Explorers Club published a Microsoft Image Creator tutorial for making boxed toy versions of yourself.[1]

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  2. March 2025

    @AIandDesign platform jump · Mar 27 ’25

    @AIandDesign promoted Imagine AI Live with a boxed action figure of its founder.[2][3]

    AI Action Figures | Know Your Meme

  3. April 2025

    Hindustan Times press · Apr 7 ’25

    Hindustan Times published a guide to making photo-based action figures in ChatGPT.[4]

  1. backlash · Apr 7 ’25

  2. platform jump · Apr 8 ’25

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Origin
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Sector
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Region
Global
Instagram starter-pack posts; Visibrain via Le Figaro
3.1K
As of Apr 14, 2025 · Instagram · Le Figaro
Evidence
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