I see we now have enough folks committed to make this figure a reality. Excellent!
I wish this sculpt was a little less esoteric so we could get more people on board.... but this way it will be more exclusive! You folks will have a figure no one else will have.
I have a display idea if any of you are interested. The contact I personally had with Stan had to do with the first 2 Jurassic Park movies. I sculpted the original Kenner action figures (funny story to go with that, I'll tell that later) for the first film, the Lindberg model kits for the first film, and the Revel T-Rex model kit for JP 2: The Lost World. Stan and I talked on the phone a couple of times, mostly regarding the models kits. I had to have access to images of the dinos during production, so Stan sent us the necessary images from his studio. Anyway, here's my idea for an interesting way to display your Stan Winston figure....
You can find copies of my T-Rex model Kit on eBay occasionally for about $20.00. Why not acquire one of those, assemble and finish it and display it along side the Stan Winston figure?
Think about it! Here is Stan standing next to one of his iconic creations, the JP T-Rex, both sculpted by the same fellow who actually talked to Stan about the T-Rex model which Stan provided the reference for... Does that make sense?
Here's my model kit, freshly assembled and waiting for me to go back and fill the seams and paint. Note that I modified the tongue so it's in the middle of the mouth as he roars:
And here is PhillipMarlowe's (at
HobbyTalk forum) build. Looks pretty good once you putty up those joints!