The very first action figure line that I ever
bought and did not open at least some of the
figures was the original Ren and Stimpy. You
can imagine how thrilled I am with the new line
from Palisades, and I couldn't help but snag some
pre-production stuff. These first three photos
show a sad Ren painted test shot. This
figure was a tour sample that I won in a Palisades
drawing at one of the major shows. He came
with the pictured painted test shot accessories,
along with the chair on the far right of the third
picture.
The
chair on the far left in the photo above is the
production version (the far right is the test shot),
but the one in the center is a 105% gypsum model,
and you can tell in the photo that it's *slightly*
larger than either the test shot or the production
chair. The next item is also a 105
gypsum model - Stimpy's litterbox. Again, the
actual production version is on the left.
This
next one is my favorite Ren and Stimpy item - a 2 up
tour sample of the Stimpy figure. As you can
see in the photo, it's twice the size of the
production Stimpy, and made from resin. Very
cool!
When
I shot the next item, I didn't have the actual
production figure it was based on. I'll update
this photo at some point. The Mr. Horse on the
right is a very early test shot of the 'paranoid'
varition of Mr. Horse. That's why his jacket,
shirt and tie are a different color, and his eyes
are painted slightly differently than the regular
production Mr. Horse on the right. However,
the weird blue color for his mane was never used on
any production version, and he also has the cut
swivel neck joint which was left off the production
figures.
 
For the second series, they had
lots of new logs planned. Here are several
one of a kind resin prototypes of these - first up
is two shots of Log of Arabia; then my favorite,
Visible Log; Log of Tomorrow; Cheerleader Log; and
Baby Wet's Himself Log. The second piece
that comes with Visible Log would have been carved
out and cast in clear plastic, so you could see
his internal organs.
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