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Title: Captain Kirk waxwork unveiled
Post by: genty on November 05, 2009, 10:28:24 AM
I just noticed this while browsing the net, it was put up less than 2 hours ago so I don't know if anyones seen it. A waxwork of Kirk in movie uniform was unveiled at Madame Tussaurds by William Shatner, don't know when it was done though. There is a video on the page which shows it being unveiled.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20091105/video/vhd-madame-tussauds-unveil-star-trek-leg-686f718.html
Title: Re: Captain Kirk waxwork unveiled
Post by: JimmyB76 on November 05, 2009, 11:32:38 AM
human wax figures are disturbing...
Title: Re: Captain Kirk waxwork unveiled
Post by: Dalek on November 05, 2009, 11:34:38 AM
Indeed they are...and are they always made deliberately taller than the actual person?
Title: Re: Captain Kirk waxwork unveiled
Post by: Erk on November 05, 2009, 01:12:02 PM
Indeed they are...and are they always made deliberately taller than the actual person?

not sure really, i know that William Shatner has shrunk in height.. which comes with age.  But maybe they try immortalize these people and make them look "larger than life"
Title: Re: Captain Kirk waxwork unveiled
Post by: martyr on November 05, 2009, 01:58:28 PM
kirk is wearing thick soled shoes
Title: Re: Captain Kirk waxwork unveiled
Post by: undedavenger on November 06, 2009, 09:41:53 AM
That is AWESOME. I love wax figures. For a sec when I saw the thread title, I figured automatically that they made a Chris Pine version. Good to see somebody appreciating the REAL Captain Kirk.
Title: Re: Captain Kirk waxwork unveiled
Post by: Shadowknight1 on November 09, 2009, 10:28:22 PM
Ehh...all I could think when I saw the pics of this was "There's no room anywhere in the galaxy that can hold the egos of William Shatner and James T. Kirk for any amount of time."
Title: Re: Captain Kirk waxwork unveiled
Post by: Phaser on November 15, 2009, 09:38:16 PM
Wow.  That is an impressible wax figure!  I've never seen shots of a wax figure that look that life-like.  I found it very cool that they had Mr. Shatner unveil it (though perhaps that's the usual custom).
Title: Re: Captain Kirk waxwork unveiled
Post by: candle_86 on November 21, 2009, 07:17:50 PM
Awesome though why did they mention TMP thats quite clearly the Wrath of Khan. Reason is Kirks hair and the Bridge and uniform arnt worn and damaged like TSFS, and in STV kirk had grey hair. So this is TWOK