Subscribe by EmailBe a hero with kung-fu grip!
July 20, 2007 by Geeks are Sexy | 4 commentsBy Rob Dunn
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
You can be the envy of the rest of the cube-farm at the office. Of course, your cube-mate might have a Dwight Schrute bobblehead, or perhaps the infamous red stapler from “Office Space”. But you can be king of them all.
How? By having a fully-posable 12″ action figure of YOU, complete with kung-fu grip.
That’s right, you can get a muscle-bound plastic rendition of you for $425 (base price) from herobuilders.com. If you have a few dollars to spare by auctioning off your D&D classic handbook and dice set, you can upgrade to the voice model, making the figure complete with your own slogan or war cry!
Also, a number of accessories are available; a laptop, machine gun, power-drill, hamburger (wha…?). There are a number of personal customizations you can make to the figure to make it as accurate as possible, right down to the clothing and even tattoos. With that said, you won’t find a ’slightly husky’ or ‘big-boned’ action figure for those of us who have a few extra pounds to shed. Could you really even call it an action figure if that were the case?
The likenesses pictured on the site seem pretty decent (Herobuilders claim 90% facial accuracy), but you won’t be able to post them on your eHarmony account any time soon, so some of us should probably head to the gym before we start distributing these things.
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That’s hilarious. There’s also a company that does personalized bobble heads, which might be a little more true to my own physique. lol
http://www.webobble.com/
I had 5 dolls made by this comany webobble.com, got to say much better then I ever thought possible. It is really amazing, I sent some photos and they showed me steps along the way which I had to approve – I think their was a head proof, a hair proof, a body proof and color. Also, a cartoon proof for 2 of the 5 because I had them design one from scratch. You can not imagine what a 140.00 doll can look like until you have one. Hell – I can not wait to give them during the holidays. I asked though, must order pretty soon or it is a mad rush…
Ooooh – I need one of those! Thanks for the link! And that is much better than $425 for an action figure!
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