Sorry.
Forgot about this.
And being attached to a previously concluded topic made it easier to become lost.

The yeshiva.co article seems to be dealing largely with idolatrous images, be they the idols themselves or icons of the idols while the ohr.edu article seems to be dealing with dolls and toys.

While your question starts out very broad, what is a graven image, your more defining follow-up question is about art figurines and fictional characters.
So go with the ohr.edu article.

The last liberals the world ever saw were the Egyptians who sat Joseph's brothers down and fed them meat even though they despised meat eaters. Genuine liberals tolerate the opinions of others.

Today's faux liberals do not tolerate any other opinion and if one exists it has to be squashed.