Has anyone here had a custom action figure made for themselves? I've thought about getting one for a long time, so I was curious if anyone here has had one done. I'm not going to have one made that's based on me, and I haven't come up with a character I think is cool enough to make into an action figure, but maybe one of these days. Designing the packaging for the action figure would be just as much fun as having the figure itself made, I think.
One of our Axiom team had a bobble-head of himself presented to him as a gift from his baseball team. It's the funniest thing ever and really accurate! I guess that's not the same as an action figure though. I did see a show on TV about the process of making a custom action figure of yourself - looks really involved! Do they only make them in California?
Sure, you can make your own bobblehead. A quick Google search turned up
this site.
One of the funniest bobbleheads on TV is the
Dwight Schrute one on The Office.
I had no idea you could have custom action figures made, just think of the possibilities. What a great time to be an adolesent boy.
What does it cost?
I think the axiom team all need to have one made of them. Every speaker comes with a random figure, collect them all!
I can see it now- on the action figure section of the forum " Will trade an Alan and a Noreen for an Ian".
LOL, Bren, you are right on as usual. I seem to remember Peter posting a non-functional video link to some Axiom wedding night shenanigans. I keep waiting for someone to buy that domain and post something interesting there.
Oh yeah,
here's the post in question ...
I haven't done a lot of research, and none of what I did do was recent. I found a couple of places online, but since it was an eventual thing, I didn't get into the details.
I seem to remember it was a couple hundred dollars, and the outcome seemed decent. I'd probably pay more to have something that looks as professional as possible, since I'd probably only do it once.
So I'm engaged to a girl I haven't met, who I only talk to online and on the phone, since that's what cool people do now, and I finally have a good reason to get custom action figures made.
Our wedding is tentatively scheduled for November 11th, 2009. I'll be wearing a dress Gi, and her wedding dress is going to have pockets so she can have her hands in her pockets and look cool during the ceremony. Also, sunglasses might be in the mix, if we actually get married in a hole (her aunt's suggestion). With sunglasses and the low light level in a hole, that's double darkness, where ninjas thrive. We're hoping to have some of those in attendance.
Invitations will prompt people to bring yoga balls. They won't know it, but that will be their seating.
At the end, we're going to super duper high-ten (an airborne double high-five) instead of kiss, and hopefully the clap will be loud enough to wake up any dozers.
Oh, as to the action figures, we were thinking it would be great to save money on a wedding cake by simply having cupcakes, but with huge bride and groom on top. What kinds of weapons should bride and groom action figures have, though?
Let the well-wishing commence... tentatively, in 2009.
Medic8r... CV needs a little talk with you... he's buying you a new pool.
Bren R.
Come on, isn't ANY guy who's thinking of getting married crazy?
Oh oh oh, and you know how at some wedding receptions they have disposable cameras the tables so guests can take pictures for the bride and groom? At our reception, we'll supply paper and crayons/colored pencils so they have to draw what's going on.
Annnnnnd... we may exchange vows through megaphones.
You almost had me up until that point.
Hmm, I was actually still serious.
I would stick with the disposable cameras. You never can tell what kind of pictures you'll end up with after the drinks start flowing!
Oh, it's going to be a dry affair. People have to deal with us sober.
How about a compromise? A Mini Cooper S convertible filled with water!
Does Thursday at 1:00 work for you?
Good! I didn't want a lot of people, anyway!
Okay, so I decided what accessories the custom bride and groom action figures should have. I'm thinking the bride will be wielding a wicked-looking prenuptial agreement, and the groom will have a removable soul. The groom's core will be hollow, with the soul stuffed in through the breast pocket, so the edge of the soul will come out a little as the handkerchief. So it's like a little white bedsheet that comes out, to look like a ghost. This is what the bride pulls out with her free hand.
Not that Cari will go for this, but I like the idea!