these darn action figures

[Jim Baldauf]

Roger said:
>It would be a crime in itself not to have Hoover wear a dress.<

Right you are, Roger! Ya see, Lyndon on the crapper etc., while tempting,
would not have broad appeal like Junior with Pretzel or Osama, but a Hoover
doll, or a Hoover/Tolson Domestic Partner Couples Doll(with drag wardrobe,
a'la Barbie) is too good to pass up. Call the mold maker and let's go! I'm
in!
jb

----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Baker <rcbaker@eden.infohwy.com>
To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: these darn action figures


> 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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