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Posted: Mar 28 2007 10:33 am

So one of my bosses went to the pizza place across the street from work the other day, and while he was eating lunch there was a show on called "Billionaire Toys" or something. Despite all my searching i can't find the show name or the company name, but this episode (which did not require you to even be a millionaire) was about some dude getting an action figure made of him. It costs $8,000 because they bring the 3D imaging truck thing to your house to get the photos of you, then have 8 sculptors working on the thing for 2-3 weeks, but apparently the results were fantastic. The toy was very high quality, looked like the person, and they received both one toy sealed in a box (with apparently very high quality packaging) as well as another one to play with.

So basically, the fund drive is now open. If you all pool together $16,000, then sydlexia.com will have action figures. (I'm not sure if I'm joking or not yet Cool

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Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

Or you can always get an action figure customizer to create them a lot cheaper.

Posted: Mar 28 2007 11:35 am

Thanks, smartass. Razz

I guess these ones looked REALLY good though, like they belonged in an actual toy line and stuff. Afterall, if I'm showing my kids or grandkids my action figure and telling lies about how I saved the world, the figure's gotta be really convincing.

Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

Hey, I'm just giving you the budget option. Wink

Or, a third idea might be to make Syd Lexia and Jeebus dolls -- the kind with the pull string. And they could have, y'know, your classic catchphrases.

Posted: Mar 28 2007 12:02 pm

That made me think of Steve's Martin outburst scene in the hotel in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. The point where he's comparing John Candy to a Chatty Cathy doll. It always cracks me up.

Action figures would be awesome. It'd be cool to have a bunch of action figures of people on here to use in little video sketches. Damn, I haven't done an action figure sketch since an English project on Romeo & Juliet. I wish I had action figures.

Posted: Mar 28 2007 12:03 pm

DarkMaze wrote:

Hey, I'm just giving you the budget option. Wink

Or, a third idea might be to make Syd Lexia and Jeebus dolls -- the kind with the pull string. And they could have, y'know, your classic catchphrases.

Dude, you just opened up a world of hurt for those two guys.

It's time to give us your best Syd Lexia and Dr. Jeebus catchphrases! I'd start, but I don't want the thread to devolve into feces jokes and pedophilia just yet.

Posted: Mar 28 2007 12:45 pm

Dr. Jeebus with kung-fu grip, child molester beard, and over 100 action phrases such as "Jeebus is YOUR homeboy" and "I swear to God the article's coming!"

Posted: Mar 28 2007 01:15 pm

Dr. Jeebus wrote:

Dr. Jeebus with kung-fu grip, child molester beard, and over 100 action phrases such as "Jeebus is YOUR homeboy" and "I swear to God the article's coming!"

Awesome! I'm definetly getting one! Very Happy

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

I remember about ten years ago Conan O'Brien went to a GI Joe factory and got his own personalized action figure. That figure then went on to be used by Seth Green in a webfilm that would become the prototype for the show Robot Chicken. So, theoretically, if you two do this, you can start doing stop-motion animation with them. Idea

Posted: Mar 28 2007 02:30 pm

I would totally buy these. Seriously.

Posted: Mar 28 2007 07:41 pm

Me too. And the Press Start ones, also.

Posted: Mar 29 2007 12:37 am

$8,000, eh?

...Sorry, no. I gotta save up my $3,365,449 so I can be Batman.

Posted: Mar 29 2007 12:56 am

DarkMaze wrote:

Or you can always get an action figure customizer to create them a lot cheaper.

Those are awesome.

Posted: Mar 29 2007 12:59 am

Tebor wrote:

$8,000, eh?

...Sorry, no. I gotta save up my $3,365,449 so I can be Batman.

#1 phrase of the day.

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if you look around more with customs, you can find some that look factory perfect. It's what inspired me to start doing it myself. I plan on making THI action figures eventually actually. I don't have a camera to show off my work, but here are some custom figures that other people made.

Posted: Apr 18 2007 06:02 pm

What's the difference between "Action figure" and "doll", exactly? What's so action packed about it? It just looks like a bunch of sissy girl bullshit to me.

Posted: Apr 18 2007 06:07 pm

Were "KKK Man" and "The Black Supremacist" custom jobs?