Post by punctuator on Dec 19, 2010 2:54:24 GMT -5
A few days back, when Mr. Rippner stopped by the "Me" thread, I implied, obliquely, that we might be seeing less of him in the future.
[glow=red,2,300]Well, the future is here![/glow]
Say hello to my latest preposterous why-it's-never-smart-to-give-a-manic-depressive-Leo-a-credit-card-in-the-dead-of-winter eBay indulgence...
SCARECROW!
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Okay: wait. Hold on. A word of explanation. We've all-- well, those-all of us who are action-figure nerds-- seen Scarecrow action figures. As in...
... "SCARY" SCARECROW:
Some of us may even have seen some sort of "BUSINESS CASUAL" SCARECROW:
But I can pretty much guaran-effing-tee that no one has seen DOCTOR JONATHAN CRANE, ACTION FIGURE!
As in:
... hmm.
That's not very action-y, though, is it...?
LIGHTS, PLEASE!
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Ah, that's better.
But-- Look out, Dr. Crane!-- You've got company...!
Just sharpened up my one-inch Ka-Bar.1 That's a knife, Crane.
It might be dark in here, Mr. Rippner, but my prescription's up-to-date. I can see it's a knife. And a whole one inch long, too. Color me terrified.
Do I detect a note of sarcasm there, Doctor...?
Not at all, Mr. Rippner. Would you like to see my mask...?
That's a burlap sack.
It's scarier up close. Come closer. Closer....
Hypnotic suggestion isn't your strong suit, is it?
Not especially, no. Stalemate?
Stalemate. Umm... Can we phone upstairs for coffee or something...?
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1 One-inch Ka-Bar sold separately.
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(Which is almost sorta-kinda like a preview *** SPOILER *** scene for Red Eye: Nemesis. Coming soon to atheater fic board near you!)
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Anyway... how this came about. The eBay thing. This guy out in California did two custom resin head-sculpts for this figure. He, like many of us toy-geeks, was tired of seeing Scarecrow figures with no removable mask, and when Hot Toys announced that the Scarecrow figure in their premium, Japan-exclusive, highly pricey Batman Begins Demon Batman versus Scarecrow set would not have a removable mask, he decided to make his own unmaskable Scarecrow. The bonus, bonus, bonus was that he made an extra Crane head... sans glasses. Which meant, roughly speaking, for our purposes, he made RIPPNER, too! He noted in the description of the figure on eBay that these are, to his knowledge, the only available head-sculpts of Cillian Murphy. Me, I've done my share of looking; I tend to agree.
And, no, they're not perfect-perfect (then again, what is...?), but I think he did a heck of a job on 'em...!
[glow=red,2,300]Well, the future is here![/glow]
Say hello to my latest preposterous why-it's-never-smart-to-give-a-manic-depressive-Leo-a-credit-card-in-the-dead-of-winter eBay indulgence...
SCARECROW!
****
****
****
Okay: wait. Hold on. A word of explanation. We've all-- well, those-all of us who are action-figure nerds-- seen Scarecrow action figures. As in...
... "SCARY" SCARECROW:
Some of us may even have seen some sort of "BUSINESS CASUAL" SCARECROW:
But I can pretty much guaran-effing-tee that no one has seen DOCTOR JONATHAN CRANE, ACTION FIGURE!
As in:
... hmm.
That's not very action-y, though, is it...?
LIGHTS, PLEASE!
*
*
*
*
Ah, that's better.
But-- Look out, Dr. Crane!-- You've got company...!
Just sharpened up my one-inch Ka-Bar.1 That's a knife, Crane.
It might be dark in here, Mr. Rippner, but my prescription's up-to-date. I can see it's a knife. And a whole one inch long, too. Color me terrified.
Do I detect a note of sarcasm there, Doctor...?
Not at all, Mr. Rippner. Would you like to see my mask...?
That's a burlap sack.
It's scarier up close. Come closer. Closer....
Hypnotic suggestion isn't your strong suit, is it?
Not especially, no. Stalemate?
Stalemate. Umm... Can we phone upstairs for coffee or something...?
*****
1 One-inch Ka-Bar sold separately.
*****
*****
*****
(Which is almost sorta-kinda like a preview *** SPOILER *** scene for Red Eye: Nemesis. Coming soon to a
*****
*****
*****
Anyway... how this came about. The eBay thing. This guy out in California did two custom resin head-sculpts for this figure. He, like many of us toy-geeks, was tired of seeing Scarecrow figures with no removable mask, and when Hot Toys announced that the Scarecrow figure in their premium, Japan-exclusive, highly pricey Batman Begins Demon Batman versus Scarecrow set would not have a removable mask, he decided to make his own unmaskable Scarecrow. The bonus, bonus, bonus was that he made an extra Crane head... sans glasses. Which meant, roughly speaking, for our purposes, he made RIPPNER, too! He noted in the description of the figure on eBay that these are, to his knowledge, the only available head-sculpts of Cillian Murphy. Me, I've done my share of looking; I tend to agree.
And, no, they're not perfect-perfect (then again, what is...?), but I think he did a heck of a job on 'em...!
