Great collection. I love the Hartz,I'm a big fan of Conrad's work, and this one's a classic. Which one's your favorite?

Thank you. Ditto on Conrad's figures, I love mine. I had another one but sold him because I just could not get him to work for me, a character that is, but I still had a hard time parting with him.

Favorite? That's tough.
Like I said, I love the Hartz.
Scotty, he has a special place for me because he was the first in this "collection", (not my first pro figure, but that's another story), and the first of them I got to perform with.
My little Rudy there, again, very special because he was the first vent figure I created.
But Hannibal would have to stand out as number 1 because he is what I call my "dream figure". I had his character, his voice, everything, fully developed first, then I had someone make a figure to fit that character, and for icing on the cake, he was made for me by someone who was a very good friend (who unfortunately is no longer with us, so that adds a little more "specialness to the figure, something to hold on to from my friend).

So while I have no plans to part with any of them, if for some reason I had to, those four would not even be considered, I will have them until my time is up.
That's the closest I can come to picking a favorite.

[quote]On 2011-01-24 04:53, blueshawk1 wrote:


I think the photo on the loveseat is better than a couch; using a couch would spread out the figures and widen the shot; the faces and body would be smaller; also widening the shot makes more of the background visible, taking away from the focus.

I think the photo is very nice as is.

IMHO

Thank you, and I think you're right, the couch would have had them too spread out, and I did know I wanted a tight grouping so that the picture would be filled with just them as much as possible.
It's working great as a wallpaper on my computer.

Steve,
boy are you quick. I was going to ask the same thing about listing the figure makers and was going to test myself to see how many I got correct. I did get 7 of the 10 correct before I saw the answer.

Here's some of my family;

WOW Donald. that's a great collection.

Yay! Someone else posted their family pics!

They are a great looking group Donald!
Who made the one in the first pic, the one in the back with the denim vest on? From what I can see of the hands, they look Hartz-ish.

You got it Dave, it's from the Hartz-man. The group is the first pix, are Hartz work.

I love the Hartz guy with the check shirt! and the Selberg old coot!

OK Donald,

Now its your turn to put up all the makers with their respective figures/puppets. If it is easier to do, you can just reload a pic and then give it a Left to Right, Top to Bottom call out.

Steve
http://www.thedummyshoppe.com

Here's their makers;

Wow Woody,

If you could have all that money at one time, you could buy an island in the south pacific and lay on the beach all day drinking your favorite (soft drinks) with little umbrellas all day long. This is impressive. My next question is: Did you remember to have them all appraised and have a rider on your homeowners policy? It would be a disaster if something happened without one.

Steve
http://www.thedummyshoppe.com

Your quite welcome, you made a VERY NICE photo

Who is next? I like these group photos. Keep em coming.

Steve
http://www.thedummyshoppe.com

I've taken my picture. Just have to label it, and will post. But Donald, your family is a hard act to follow!

B

Hard act to follow, just try keeping them inline.
:)

Sorry too many to post here. For mine you have to go to the web site!! LOL
Dan
http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

That's what I'm hoping will happen, what I was hoping when I started this thread, that they'll keep coming.

Hahaa, yes, I guess it would take more than one or two pics to get yours all in.