Ladies and Gents...Schlitzie!

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Believe it or not, Long before Sideshow toys were kicking out awesome 12" and 1/4 scale figures of characters you and I love, they were putting out model kits like this one I had built and painted last year.

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For those that are not familier with Schlitzie

Schlitzie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Todd Browning's "Freaks" is Waay up there among my all time favs.

Anyway this was a fun kit to build. I wish Sideshow still kicked out model kits like this.

Dave

[cjefferys]

That's pretty cool, I had no idea that Sideshow did a kit like that.

FREAKS is a fantastic, one of a kind film. Too bad that it practically ruined Todd Browning's career. It was just too much for the sensibilities of the general public at the time (of course, a film like that would never be made these days either) and MGM didn't know what hit them. One of my favourites too.

[Bizarro Amy]

Wow, that is great. Are those hard to get now?

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They are far and few between but not impossible to find. I saw one at the FX show for $50

[4NDR01D]

That's awesome. I'm a huge fan of Freaks as well.
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"I donna wanna be a pinhead no more...."