Wednesday, August 20, 2008

How Do You Contact Michael Lau?

I sent an email to him a long time ago, but both his website and email link seem to have disappeared. I wanted to write to him again because I love his new Kubrick-film-inspired figure set, and had suggestions for additional sets. Wouldn't you like to see these characters refracted through the Lau filter?:

* A set based on characters from The Shining - of course, the first trio to spring to mind would be Jack (with axe, naturally), Wendy (with baseball bat), and little Danny. But there's other characters that would make great, creepy figures, too - the hallway twins, Dick Hallorann (with a slot in his back for the axe), the Weird Bear Suit Guy, or Lloyd the bartender.

* A
Dr. Strangelove set with all three Peter Sellers characters - President Merkin Muffley, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, and the good doctor in his wheelchair. "Buck" Turgidson would make a great chase figure, too.

* A
Lolita set with a sweaty Prof. Humbert Humbert, Lolita, and Clare Quilty. Each set comes packed with a different color of lollipop!

You could also make figures of Kubrick himself, Colonel Dax from Paths of Glory, and - last but not least - Spartacus.

I'm writing all this down in case sending it out into the ether gives it a better chance of coming true. Maybe John K. will make the Spartacus figure if Michael Lau doesn't!

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Friday, February 29, 2008

The Candidate We Truly Need

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