these darn action figures

[Wayne Johnson]

I thought the grabbing the crotch gesture, together with the little moan was
kinda cute.

B.

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Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:44 AM
To: telebob x
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Subject: Re: these darn action figures

i think you've got something there, but i'd stay away from disney, as they
don't fool around about copyright indignities.  maybe you could sell the
idea
to them though.

and realistically, don't action figures have to move?  putting them in just
one pose defeats the fun.  i liked the tarzan they had to recall because
when
he did his yell, and his arm moved in sync, it looked kinda private and
vulgar.  now that was cool.

d

telebob x wrote:

> 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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