http://www.iae.nl/users/maes/cave/pix/fans/Elena77.JPG
Nick Cave and Nick Cave doll from this fabulous web page.
― Did you drop some flug in my cup? (Abbbottt), Friday, 30 March 2012 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
I love the first one, but a bit pricey at $115. The mid-80s Freddie is even more. <img src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41IlJTuDxSL._SY355_.jpg><img src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zR%2Bq9EIcL._SL500_AA300_.jpg>
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 31 March 2012 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
I love the first one, but a bit pricey at $115. The mid-80s Freddie is even more.http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41IlJTuDxSL._SY355_.jpg;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zR+q9EIcL._SL500_AA300_.jpg;
Too many of these aren't articulated. Not action figures, IMO.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 31 March 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
Flavor Flav, obviously. Ghostface, Eazy-E and Kool Keith as Black Elvis, too.
I'd be shocked if Bootsy Collins didn't already have an action figure/doll out there somewhere.
And yeah, Prince really did wear those chaps.
― do dat do dat do do dat dat dat (thewufs), Saturday, 31 March 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
ZZ Top - the whole band - would be another good one.
― do dat do dat do do dat dat dat (thewufs), Saturday, 31 March 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
Gary NumanRoy Wood circa Wizzard
― neutral sequence for flute (blank), Sunday, 1 April 2012 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
Jerry Garcia - pot smoke could come out of his head when you pushed in his belly
― Darin, Sunday, 1 April 2012 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
Buckingham/Nicks era Fleetwood Mac (patch of "tall grass" included; Record Plant replica sold separately)
Buzz Osborne & Tina Turner 2-pack (with interchangeable hairpiece)
― collardio gelatinous, Sunday, 1 April 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
i would definitely buy the led zeppelin 4-pack
― caulk the wagon and float it, Sunday, 1 April 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
Would you want a Captain Beefheart circa 1969 or Captain Beefheart circa 1981/82?
I used to have one of those Lemmy figures on my desk at Metal Edge, but I didn't take it with me when I left.
― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, 1 April 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
tiny tim
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Sunday, 1 April 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
throbbing gristle in 20 jazz funk greats costume, with range rover and decorative nude
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Sunday, 1 April 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
Gary Numan
Yes, with WWII fighter plane as accessory.
anyone got a photo or link for the Kraftwerk ones?
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Sunday, 1 April 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
i claimed that they existed. i may have been mistaken. can only find this one-off art project:
http://cdn.synthtopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/kraftwerk-action-figures.jpg
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Sunday, 1 April 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
Anybody say Diamanda Galas yet?
Or Wesley Willis?
― Nate Carson, Monday, 2 April 2012 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
Looking at the Bobbleheads site, there are categories for movies, television, politics, cartoons, religion, military, but none for music/rock stars. Lame!
Some of the suggestions above are entertaining, but would never, ever happen as they're far too obscure for most toy companies to mass market, as most people wouldn't recognize them. I suppose someone could start a boutique shop that puts out limited editions that would cost hundreds of dollars, but, meh.
― Fastnbulbous.
I took it as which icons would make cool-looking action figures/dolls not which icons would make the best-selling figures. I'm assuming people don't know any of them. If you want to change the question to best-selling figures then (and assuming they haven't been done yet):
BeyonceColdplayLady GagaRadioheadKaty PerrySnoop DoggRihannaBlack Eyed PeasBrandon FlowersEminemThe BeatlesMusePink FloydQueen Led Zeppelin
― Moka, Monday, 2 April 2012 06:37 (twelve years ago) link
yes, thought about Diamanda Galas!but her figure should have some functional sound module for distinctional reasons (Maila Nurmi/Vampira, Morticia Jones and so on)
calling.....Chris & Cosey (twice the price, a lot of LED blinking hardware as stage set)
― meisenfek, Monday, 2 April 2012 07:01 (twelve years ago) link
It would be great if you could pull a string in Diamanda's back and she'd start chanting in multi-octave Latin.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 2 April 2012 09:25 (twelve years ago) link
Yma Sumac
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 09:47 (twelve years ago) link
I watched the Lemmy documentary last night, and he had a kick-ass figure of himself, still in the box amidst all his clutter. It looked cooler than the all silver/gold/black versions posted above. Must be long gone to the land of collector scum now.
This one looks to me like King Diamond, if he was barrel-chested like the abomidable snowman in Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41mc3wKb3KL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
Do Frankie Goes To Hollywood count as "rock icons"?
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
Nah. And I even kind of like that one album, sorta. But no. Not even a crappy one.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 6 April 2012 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.cherrybombed.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/52_161390.jpg
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 7 May 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
Phil Spector would be scary
― Lee593 (Lee626), Monday, 7 May 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41T92HG8D3L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Something like this?
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 7 May 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
King Diamond would be rad, but Glenn Danzig, despite getting knocked out by that dude from Northside Kings(which actually makes this better) is the hands down winner here...
― SeanWayne, Monday, 7 May 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
yuck no. might as well just buy a skeletor and call it a day.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
the irony is way better than have it be a ligit superhero... Everytime he says his catch phrase, "fuck you, Mothefucker" POW!!...he gets knocked out!!
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 06:24 (twelve years ago) link
this came first to my mind as an answer to the thread question:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hLwAOD9GM_g/TI5wBEP4e5I/AAAAAAAAAFY/rlZ_3Gj4xBk/s1600/1903_1_large.jpg
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 07:38 (twelve years ago) link
These are actual Barbies by Mattel!
http://www.thehipstermom.com/wp-content/uploads/joan-jett-doll.jpghttp://www.thehipstermom.com/wp-content/uploads/cyndi-lauper-doll.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513A+frXk+L._AA300_.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21utECTb34L._SL500_AA300_.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411d1OqgioL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 12:29 (eleven years ago) link
I Want A Wino Doll
KnuckleBonz announced its production of their own Lemmy doll to come out this Fall, as well as Ronny James Dio. Most of Knucklebonz’s Rock Iconz series are priced at $115 or higher, which is a lot, but what I like about them is that they’ve done statues of slightly less mainstream musicians like Zakk Wylde, Dimebag Darrell, George Lynch and Keith Emerson. Email at i✧✧✧@knuckleb✧✧✧.c✧✧ and tell 'em you want a Wino doll!
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 04:07 (eleven years ago) link
Also your prayers have been answered (or some toy manufacturer was lurking this thread): Gwar action figures!
http://www.highergroundmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gwar_promo.jpg
― Moka, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 04:41 (eleven years ago) link
I own a Mike Watt bobble head that I keep on my nightstand. I find it centers me.
― kaleb, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 04:47 (eleven years ago) link
Immortal.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 12:20 (eleven years ago) link
less mainstream musicians like Zakk Wylde, Dimebag Darrell,
Yeah, less mainstream musicians who have their own branded guitar strings.
http://www.jimdunlop.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/zwstrings.jpg
― how's life, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 12:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://images.guitarcenter.com/products/optionLarge/DRStrings/DV016_Jpg_Large_105268.jpg
― how's life, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 12:45 (eleven years ago) link
Janelle MonaeAndrew WKLightning BoltOutkastPaul Simonon (with bass accessory)Kim GordonRick Rubin
― zchyrs, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
Andrew WK and Outkast OTM.
Y'know, so many of the action figures I had as a kid were just weird things from forgotten toy lines that my mom found at yard sales and which found roles in my collection as, like ''evil looking guy'' or ''dragon thing with cape'' or whatever. I hope someday some kid out there somewhere can have the experience of using Andrew WK as a generic street-goon in a beat-em-up scenario, or maybe some sort of wizard.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
Andrew Wizard King
― zchyrs, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
I was sure I'd seen an AWK one before, so I started googling and found this:
http://aggronautix.com/products.cfm?categoryid=1&categoryname=Throbblehead
AWK!Keith Morris!Mike Watt!Tesco Vee!Multiple different GG Allins!
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Thursday, 22 August 2013 09:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://mikeshouts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Daft-Punk-Action-Figures.jpg
― henry s, Thursday, 22 August 2013 10:57 (eleven years ago) link
Yo La Tengo dolls for sale:
http://store.matadorrecords.com/yo-la-tengo-tree-soft-vinyl-dolls-dvd-set/
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 08:31 (ten years ago) link
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/11/17362323_8fa8e5ea7e.jpg
Is this really not on here yet? Is it one of the broken links?
― Many guys will try to get your attention by giving a manly stare (bends), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 08:35 (ten years ago) link
Someone should make a Momus doll where you pull a string attached to it's back and it says random Momus ilx posts.
― Many guys will try to get your attention by giving a manly stare (bends), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 08:39 (ten years ago) link
http://www.toxicteddies.com/ramones3a.jpg
We have these on our mantelpiece
― Mark G, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 09:34 (ten years ago) link
LOL @ momus
― fresh (crüt), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 13:24 (ten years ago) link