THE THING SPIDER HEAD ALIEN MUTANT HORROR PROP PUPPET OOAK VINTAGE 26 YEAR OLD PULL FROM FILM PRODUCTION MOLD Start Price USD 9,999.99 Current Price USD 9,999.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 03, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 13, 2008 Location HORRORWOOD,LOS ANGELES,CA See more about 'THE THING SPIDER HEAD ALIEN MUTANT HORROR PROP PUPPET' Description    AHH MY FIENDISH FRIENDS,WELCOME ONCE AGAIN,TO GOTHICATROCITY!    YOU KNOW FRIENDS.AMIDST THE VAST SERRIED PLETHORA OF UNPAINTED PULLS AND MISCASTS,YOURS TRULY HAS PERSONALLY PLOWED THRU OVER THE YEARS,I HAVE OFTEN PONDERED.WHAT WOULD IT BE?THAT ULTIMATE RAW PULL.THE HOLY GRAIL OF UNUSED CASTINGS!    IT WOULD HAVE TO BE OOAK.SOMETHING EVERYBODY WANTS,BUT NOBODY HAS.FROM A MOLD LONG AGO DESTROYED.SOMETHING THAT MANY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DUPLICATE,BUT ALL HAVE FAILED.SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN HOLD IN YOUR HAND,AND WILL DISPLAY EASILY ON ANY SHELF.IT WOULD HAVE TO BE VINTAGE,OVER 20 YEARS OLD,FROM A SEMINAL HORROR OR SCI/FI FILM!    EVEN BEFORE I SAW THIS.WHICH WAS LONG BEFORE I FINALLY PRIED IT THRU AN ACT OF GOD!I SAID TO MYSELF "SOMETHING FROM THE THING","THE SPIDER HEAD".UNSURE IF GOD HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT,BUT MIRACLES DO INDEED HAPPEN!    OFERED HERE IS WHAT I HAVE IRREFUTABLY CONFIRMED THRU SEVERAL SOURCES WHO WERE THERE AND KNOW,TO BE THE ONLY SURVIVING CASTING FROM THE ORIGIONAL FILM USED SPIDER HEAD MOLD.ASIDE FROM ROB BOTTINS OF COURSE!THE MAGAZINE SHOWING HIM AND THIS IS ALSO INCLUDED.    THIS IS THE AUTHENTIC "MOLD CLEAN OUT PULL".CAST THEN,DURING PRODUCTION,IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED!IT REMAINS INCREDIBLY SUPPLE DUE TO THE GOOD QUALITY HEAVY LATEX AND PROPPER STORAGE OVER THE YEARS!    IN THOSE DAYS,ONLY FOAM LATEX WAS USED,PULLED FROM HYDROCAL MOLDS.[SILICONE DID NOT APPEAR UNTIL 1991'S DEATH BECOMES HER].AFTER SO MANY PULLS,BITS OF FOAM AND STAINS WOULD BUILD UP INSIDE,FORCING THIS HEAVY LATEX SKIN,POLYFOAM FILLED PULL TO BE TAKEN,TO CLEAN OUT THESE BITS AND STAINS.YOU CAN SEE THE HEAVY UNTRIMMED SEAM,AND BITS OF LATEX SATURATED FOAM HERE AND THERE.THE DIFFERENT COLORS ON THE PULL ARE STAINS REMOVED WITH THE PULL.THEY ARE DUE TO THE WAY THEY CAST THE FILM USED PULLS USING DIFFERENT COLORED FOAM.RED AND FLESH ALTERNATELY TO GET THE ALIEN SKIN AND DEPTH.    BASED ON THE UNIQUENESS,RARITY OF ANYTHING FROM THE THING,AND UNIVERSAL APPEAL,I HAVE SET A BUY NOW OR BEST OFFER FORMAT HERE.NOW,DO I TRULY EXPECT 10K FOR THIS?WHO KNOWS,BUT I AM OPEN TO OFFERS,SO MAKE EM!I WILL KNOW THE ONE I LIKE WHEN I SEE IT!    THIS IS THE REAL THING FRIENDS!TO SAVE INTEGRITY OF THE SCULPT I HAVE PURPOSELY ANGLED THE ONE PHOTO SO AS TO SHOW ENOUGH DETAILS TO MATCH UP,BUT NOT ANY MORE INFO THAN YOU SEE IN THE PUBLISHED PICS.THIS IS A FULL SCULPT WITH 360 DEGREE FEATURES THAT VERY FEW HAVE SEEN PERIOD.LET ALONE IN 30 YEARS!THE GLASSES HIDE THE UNIQUE EYE PLUGS.PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME FOR ANY FURTHER PHOTOS!    NOTE TO ROB BOTTIN SIR,PER EBAY POLICY,THIS IS A VALID PUBLIC OFFER,TO EVERYBODY ELSE.TO YOU,IT IS A PUBLIC REQUEST FOR A PRIVATE MEETING.    TO ANY OTHER DEALER,THIS IS THE FIND OF THE DECADE.TO ANY OTHER COLLECTOR,THIS IS A OOAK PIECE OF HORROR AND SCI/FI HISTORY.TO A RECASTOR,THIS IS A CAREER!TO ME,AS THE COLLECTOR OF MODERN HORROR,IT MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING COMPARED TO MEETING,AND POSSIBLY DOING BIZ WITH YOU.I CAN GET THOUSANDS HERE,BUT I OFFER TO,NOT GIVE,BUT RETURN IT TO YOU.    ALL I ASK IS THAT I DO IT IN PERSON,AND LET'S CONVERSE A BIT.I AM NOT AN ARTIST,A JOURNALIST,OR A FILM MAKER.I AM JUST A COLLECTOR,THAT HAS STEPPED UP IN RECENT YEARS TO REPRESENT THE MODERN HORROR COLLECTOR.WE ALL JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S UP,WHAT YOU'RE DOING,HOW YOU HAVE BEEN.COOL THING IS,YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEET EVERYBODY.JUST MEET ME,AND I WILL TELL THEM.    SIR,IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME NOW THAT I HAVE BOASTED THE SINGLE GREATEST ASSEMBLAGE OF FILM USED MODERN HORROR PROPS IN THE WORLD,AND NOBODY HAS YET TO COME FORWARD SHAKING THIER FIST,SAYING,"NO,I GOT ALL THIS".BUT,I LOOK AROUND AT ALL MY BAUBLES AND HORROR GRAILS,AND I ASK MYSELF "DUDE,HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY BOAST A COLLECTION REPRESENTING THE GREATEST F/X ARTISTS OF OUR DAY,AND YOU HAVE NOTHING FROM ROB BOTTIN"?    ALL THE LOCAL SHOP HEADS,AND MANY ARTISTS KNOW ME,HAVE DEALT WITH ME,AND HAVE TRUSTED MY WORD,BECAUSE MY INTEGRITY STANDS ALONE.IT IS THE FOUNDATION THAT GETS ME IN,WHERE SO MANY OTHERS FAIL.ASK AROUND,SHOOT ME A LINE,AND LET'S SIMPLY GET TOGETHER SIR.I LIVE CLOSE,AND POST MY EBAY REGISTERED ADRESS BELOW. HARBINGEROFHORROR@YAHOO.COM    MATERIALS = LATEX,FOAM    DON'T RUN AWAY SCREAMING YET FRIENDS!THIS IS JUST ONE COURSE OF A CACOPHONY OF CARNAGE AND CATASTROPHY CURRENTLY CATERED,SO GORE AHEAD AND HACK ON THRU!IF YOU DARE!    ALWAYS REMEMBER FRIENDS,THAT I AM THE SOURCE,WHILST ALL OTHERS ARE MERELY DEALERS!    USE THIS LINK TO "SUBSCRIBE" TO MY NEWSLETTER "THE GORE STORE TABLOID" FOR A SEVERED HEADS UP ON FUTURE LISTINGS!    DON'T FORGET FRIENDS,I BROKER AND COLLECT AS WELL! Place a Bid!