these darn action figures

[Harry Edwards]

I'm with Ewie here.  And I think we need an anthropomorphic pretzel for the
doll.  Maybe Gilbert or Jack can come up with something.  Hey, free
intellectual property, guys!

Harry






>Attn.:  Chief SCUBA diver - Ghetto Thinktank
>
>If you're looking for new product ideas involving Osama you might consider
>coming out with Osama's Pretzels - pretzels have been in the news lately.
>They could be made in several different flavors - very plain, cordite
>flavor, anthrax flavor and maybe even jet fuel flavor (of course you would
>have to use artificial flavors).  I think they could be a big hit with the
>kids, particularly around Halloween.  Maybe you could get the NYC fire dept.
>to endorse them as being fire-proof or something.
>Bill "Ewie" Irwin
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: telebob x <telebob@hotmail.com>
>To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 5:35 AM
>Subject: these darn action figures
>
>
>> OK  help me out here...  I am looking into these action figures...I have
>> found a modeller who can sculpt the prototypes and make the molds...but
>> before we go any further...we really need to examine what is worthy of an
>> investment...can we sell these puppies? This sculptor ain't cheap.
>>
>> Now I read the other day that the Osama Bin Laden urinal cakes were (ahem)
>> stacking up in the warehouse.  So maybe the bloom is off the rose on the
>> Osama cakes, but does the "Osama market" still have legs is the question.
>> Would an Osama action figure sell worldwide...kinda like the Fidel/Che tee
>> shirt thing from the 70's that endures today.
>>
>> I was envisioning also a Saddam Hussein a/f in that famous pose of his
>> firing pistol in the air with his cute little black beret on.  Of course I
>> wanted to make his belly a bit saggier and perhaps have his shirtail out.
>>
>> Do you think a Ken Lay and Geo Bush duo doll with Ken passing $ to George
>> has a chance or is the market too esoteric?
>>
>> Some of the other a/f figures and mini-dioramas I have been thinking about
>> include:
>>
>> The Monica and Bill dolls.  Bill has his pants down and M's face is hidden
>> in his nether parts.  Bill is on the phone, and M has Bill's scotch drink
>> resting on the top of her head.
>>
>> The JFK and Marilyn dolls.  In flagrante delicto with JFK watching TV
>while
>> Marilyn performs.
>>
>> The JFK motorcade with Jackie trying to take her fast exit off the trunk
>of
>> the limo. Roses scattered, her little pink dress stained...
>>
>> Nixon with his hand on the red button of the small Wollensak tape
>recorder.
>>
>> Would a Mickey Mouse crucified on a Dollar sign be too obvious or
>> didactic? (I am thinking yes, but gosh Goofy, I think it would sell.)
>>
>> ++++++++++++
>>
>> So this is the direction my idle thoughts are drifting this AM...
>> Is this a pony we can ride?  Will this dog hunt? Is the world/America
>ready
>> for Ghettoware products?  From the Ghetto Thinktank Research Group, the
>ALL
>> NEW
>>
>> Hall of Shame Action Figures!
>>
>> I was also thinking of the Great Villains series.  You know.
>>
>> Rasputin
>> Pontius Pilate
>> Stalin
>> Lenin
>> Mao
>> John Wilkes Booth
>> Jeffrey Dahmer
>> J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson
>>
>> etc...
>>
>> Ideas anyone?
>>
>> telebob
>>
>>
>>
>>
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