A photo of Takara’s Action Hero Pro Ryukendo in basic form.
Action figures are thus named because of the joints which allow them to be placed in various poses. With enough articulation points, however, you can also convey emotion through body language.
(Some figures go even further with swappable heads that display specific emotions.)
The Action Hero Pro figure has a whopping 40 points of articulation including some which are seemingly there to enable very specific poses. I doubt the orz pose seen above was one of the poses the designers planned for the figure but it can pull it off as well as many others.
