these darn action figures

[Harry Edwards]

Wal, Tele B,

Just heard Travis T. Hipp quoting a CIA source that Osama split Afghanistan
the first week of December.  So he'll be around.  Legs, maybe yes.

H






>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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