This is not William Shakespeare's head

Posted by Rob Beschizza, December 12, 2008 4:52 AM | permalink

This is a bust of William Shakespeare which tilts back to reveal a remote control switch. See if you can remember where it came from—and hence why the makers believe they can get $315 a copy—before visiting the link!

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#1 posted by Frank_in_Virginia , December 12, 2008 5:07 AM

Doesn't Batman use a switch within a bust to get to the Bat Cave?

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#2 posted by scaught , December 12, 2008 5:31 AM

^winner, winner, chicken dinner

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#3 posted by Alys

, December 12, 2008 5:43 AM

@ Frank - the original Batman TV show (Adam West, et al) did use a bust that looked pretty much identical to this one. That was my first thought upon seeing it.

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#4 posted by donopolis , December 12, 2008 5:46 AM

And that is why they believe they should get so much money for it....Limited edition collector series with foil covers...

D-

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#5 posted by machinelf , December 12, 2008 6:24 AM

Pretty cool, but I'd rather have the one from Mars Attacks.

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#6 posted by lionelbrits , December 12, 2008 6:30 AM

I obviously fail for thinking it had anything to do with the Simpsons.

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#7 posted by webmonkees , December 12, 2008 6:34 AM

The trick, I think, would be to buy two standard busts. Starting about $45 for a resin.. so $90. remove one head from the neck up, scupt in resin filler ($20) and fabricate the base for the switch ($10). Add a hinge.. ($5)
repeat the process for the head, Paint ($10) to suitable finish.

I suggest two heads but a careful sculpter might be able to make it out of one.

Violent, but penny-pinching at a savings of one half the cost..

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#8 posted by dragonfrog , December 12, 2008 7:43 AM

That's some kind of ugly bust of Shakespeare. I'd rather have a bust of Eartha Kitt as Catwoman...

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#9 posted by bshock , December 12, 2008 8:05 AM

Oh man, why did you show me this? Now I have to buy one, dammit!

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#10 posted by Anonymous , December 12, 2008 9:05 AM

To the batcave!

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#11 posted by samedi , December 12, 2008 10:52 AM

This is not new. They've been selling this for years. I know this because I have one sitting on my bookshelf. It is 10 different kinds of awesome. I keep meaning to wire it to the garage door opener, but haven't got around to it... yet. Looks much better than the picture, sometimes Will sports a cowboy hat.

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#12 posted by Mycroft , December 12, 2008 11:23 AM

Oh man, this would be SO good for the entrance to my secret superhero cav. . .er I mean. . .the lights. . .the lights in my bedroom. Yeahhh, that's the ticket.

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#13 posted by Daemon , December 12, 2008 11:26 AM

60's batman. Do we get a prize?
Actually, I still make refernces to that show.

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#14 posted by Dean

, December 12, 2008 11:27 AM

I thought it was from Get Smart...

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#15 posted by Anonymous , December 12, 2008 11:32 AM

I'd love one, but I'd have to build a hidden door behind the bookcases in my house to use it. And have visitors over to discover it or not.

Because its only cool if a secret switch itself reveals another secret.

Maybe it could hide the toilet paper roll puzzle in that other article, that you need to use the Bat Computer to solve.

To the batroom Robin.

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#16 posted by technogeek , December 12, 2008 11:37 AM

Definitely Batman. Of course what should happen when you twist the switch is that your grandfather clock moves aside (swings? slides?) to reveal a bat-pole.

Darn it, my house just doesn't have a good place to install a secret passage. Yet.

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#17 posted by Shane

, December 12, 2008 11:40 AM

Pretty cool, but what would be truly cool is if they resolved the legal haggling over the rights to the show and put it out on DVD. Its never been available on DVD (or video before that).

/emo sad face

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#18 posted by Anonymous , December 12, 2008 1:25 PM

Yeah, this is definitely from Batman. Cool junk, love to have one.

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#19 posted by Frank_in_Virginia , December 12, 2008 3:14 PM

I feel so lame for having remembered this from my "just starting to smoke weed" daze. BAM! POW!

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#20 posted by Frank_in_Virginia , December 12, 2008 3:15 PM

@8 I'd rather have Eartha Kitt's Bust!

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#21 posted by Fred Rated , December 13, 2008 11:16 AM