these darn action figures II

[telebob x]

Thank you Roger... A dress-wearing Hoover and Lyndon on-the-Pot... I like 
these more and more.

Ken Lay is not a big enough name yet to get into the Pantheon...but boy do 
JEH and LBJ fill the bill!

Telebs


>From: Roger Baker <rcbaker@eden.infohwy.com>
>To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: Re: these darn action figures
>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:33:02 -0600
>
>Well, I tend to think of Ken lay with every pocket pocket stuffed with
>cash dancing with a cane and straw hat in a corus line with his arm
>linked with GWB like in the Jazz singer or music man or somthing.
>
>Why not have LBJ conduct one of his notorious interviews while sitting
>on the shitter (to save time because his time is far more important than
>anyone else's because he IS THE POTUS . One of his interviewers once
>quoted him; "why do you come and ask me the leader of the western world
>a chickenshit question like that?". For uncouth texas LBJ is the
>timeless symbol in hearts and minds worldwide, not unlike the hairy 
>ranger.)
>
>It would be a crime in itself not to have Hoover wear a dress.
>
>
>
>
>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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