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MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: kelda_shelton on June 02, 2006, 03:51:21 am ---why do we need action figures when we have the cutesy lego figures that hug each other.. !?
can't remember the link but love those little lego men and their little picture board story!!
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Your wish is my command....
http://destinationdaniel.smugmug.com/gallery/1213678/1/56772264
Leslie
Jeff Wrangler:
If the folks who brought us Billy and his friend (or friends--I forget how many there were, but I distinctly remember a hot Hispanic one at our local GLBT bookstore) have any marketing sense at all, they'll bring us Ennis and Jack--or at least two cowboys who look suspiciously like Ennis and Jack. ;)
Those Lego things are cute, but I want a really good statuette/figurine/whatever of "The Dozy Embrace," and I WANT IT NOW! :D
Meryl:
Those Lego things are cute, but I want a really good statuette/figurine/whatever of "The Dozy Embrace," and I WANT IT NOW!
Me, too! 8)
David, I've seen a Billy doll, and yes, he is hung! In a pinch, he could fill in for Our Boys, but he's really too pumped up for that slim, rangy cowboy look. Maybe Heath or Jake will do an action flick that spawns action figures that we can adapt. Til then, I guess I'll stick with beans. ;)
I guess it's the cultural stigma that's kept toy manufacturers from producing these figures (who wants the Christian fundamentalists boycotting them and making a big fuss--they've got their hands full just with Harry Potter), but it could also be that Brokeback is basically a romance/drama, and I can't think of any figures made from movies like that (except maybe "Gone with the Wind" or something). So it may be up to a small company to come out with some figures and art work aimed at a niche market. To those who feel BBM is besmirched by such things, I say "cover your eyes!" Affection takes many forms. ;)
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: meryl on June 02, 2006, 12:48:54 pm ---So it may be up to a small company to come out with some figures and art work aimed at a niche market. To those who feel BBM is besmirched by such things, I say "cover your eyes!" Affection takes many forms. ;)
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That's more or less what I had in mind, Meryl. I regularly get catalogues with reproductions of famous statues and other works of art--the Toscano catalogue is the only one I can think of at the moment. I guess some people might consider those reproductions cheesy. I don't. They seem well done, and they aren't inexpensive, either. Anyway, that's the sort of thing I had in mind for a statue of "The Dozy Embrace." I don't think a well-done piece of art, with figures that actually look like Heath and Jake, would in any way "besmirch" BBM, but to each his own. And there must be a niche market for something like that. This is at least the third time I've participated in a discussion on this subject!
Meryl:
I don't think a well-done piece of art, with figures that actually look like Heath and Jake, would in any way "besmirch" BBM, but to each his own.
I agree, Jeff. Lord of the Rings fans were blessed with a huge array of figures to choose from, varying from horrible to good. Here's one that I thought was well done, though. If the "Dozy Embrace" was of a similar quality, it would be nice to have:
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=9305&type=&category=lotr3
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