Lunch Lady Action Figure Transports You Back to Lunch Lady Land and School Lunches

I Could Not Resist Buying This. Can You?

I could almost smell the aroma of canned spinach wafting through the air. The macaroni and cheese looked strikingly yellow and the mystery casserole definitely looked....mysterious and full of the same unknown combination of ingredients that they contained in real school cafeterias. In case such things matter to you, there are only three lunch trays so you have to decide which three meals you are going to stick in them. I chose pizza, corn and spinach. I couldn't find the canned asparagus that we also got sometimes....but hey, I wasn't complaining.

Lunch Lady action figure: price and quality

This is a bargain at only $8.99 but watch out for the shipping. It can vary, depending on whether you buy this from Amazon directly or from another seller. Even so, I felt I'd gotten a bargain, if only for the nostalgia factor and the reminder that I wasn't eating school lunches any more, just viewing them in plastic and paper forms. However, you should be aware that the Lunch Lady's eyes do seem to follow one all over the room. Her stare is intense but covered by some large black eyeglasses, very retro.

Lunch Lady action figure: size and details

Since the whole set weights about 8 ounces, this isn't huge (thank goodness). Who'd want her to be life-sized, anyway? She is about 6 inches tall.

Lunch Lady action figure: suggested uses

I put her in a place of prominence in our kitchen, within sight of anyone eating at our kitchen counter or table. If anyone complains about breakfast, lunch or dinner, she serves as a reminder of how much worse things could be - and will be - during the school day. This doesn't always get people to eat what I cook but I believe it has helped. It certainly gives me moral support and I figure that is worth something. And...I'm actually a bit fond of her. There. I've admitted it.

Of course, you could also give this to any school cafeteria worker you know, one with a healthy ego and sense of humor. It'd be unique and personal. Just try to pick someone who doesn't look remotely like the figure in the package.