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How recognizable are your favorite stars when they’ve been enshrined in plastic? See if you can match these action figure faces to the celebrities they’re supposed to represent in Jason Plautz’s newest quiz.
That was fun! 100%
posted by Kim on 8-8-2007 at 7:39 am
I agree! 100%
posted by Kasee on 8-8-2007 at 8:22 am
100% whoo hoo!
posted by Ryan on 8-8-2007 at 8:38 am
Piece of cake! 100%
posted by Scott on 8-8-2007 at 8:42 am
I got a 100%, but never saw an Edgar Allen Poe likeness that more resembled Robert Goulet. Good thing he wasn’t on there, too.
posted by Sid Morrison on 8-8-2007 at 9:10 am
100%…too easy…
I thot EAPoe looked like Goulet too…
posted by donner on 8-8-2007 at 9:33 am
100%, even though there were a couple of names I’m not familiar with. Logic rules!
posted by Miss Cellania on 8-8-2007 at 9:33 am
I have to mention that you can have an action figure made in your likeness (or some one else’s in case you need one to use as a ritualistic pin cushion.)
Lots of companies do it. At the high end, it involves a 3D laser scanner and costs several thousand dollars. I have also seen lower-end models for under $100.
posted by n2y2 on 8-8-2007 at 9:40 am
100%! Yay!
The Steve Carell doll really creeps me out…
posted by natlynn on 8-8-2007 at 9:47 am
100%
I was certain that doll was Goulet before I looked at the list of celebrities.
Fun quiz.
posted by Bill T. on 8-8-2007 at 10:04 am
100%
Are we absolutely certain that’s Poe? I also could’ve sworn it was Robert Goulet.
posted by Anita on 8-8-2007 at 12:16 pm
Fantastic in Plastic
Score: 100% (12 out of 12)
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Amazing that so many people even recognize Robert Goulet? Is it because he’s messing with our stuff?
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posted by Brat on 8-8-2007 at 12:25 pm
Not a sweat dropped onto the floor: 100%
posted by WellieBear on 8-8-2007 at 1:27 pm
100% too. Great quiz and happy to know I’m not the only one who thought EAP looked like the Pride of Canada. Or, does EAP look like Will Ferrell playing Goulet? You decide.
posted by Dusty on 8-8-2007 at 2:02 pm
What do I win for correctly identifying Robert Goluet first? Kudos to Brat for the “messing with our stuff” reference — that got a loud laugh out of me. Apologies to non-US readers… it’s reference to a rather odd commercial that airs here.
posted by Sid Morrison on 8-8-2007 at 2:13 pm
100% fun fun fun
posted by Lindsey on 8-8-2007 at 2:29 pm
I promise, that’s Poe, not Goulet. You can see for yourselves at wickedcoolstuff.com. Just look for the L’il Edgar Allen Poe Mini Action Figure.
posted by InternJason on 8-8-2007 at 3:01 pm
I’m proud to say I recognized Edgar Allen Goulet by sight and had to use process of elimination to figure out the guy from “Lost.”
But does that make up for me also recognizing everyone else on the list??
posted by JHaydon on 8-8-2007 at 3:12 pm
100% - Yay!
Oh, yeah. Isn’t that commercial for some type of nut snack? Robert Goulet comes when everyone’s having their mid afternoon slump and destroys stuff. If you eat the snack then he stays away because you aren’t comatose. Funny comercial.
posted by Sally on 8-8-2007 at 3:14 pm
Goulet was in a spot for Emerald Nuts. It aired here in the States as well. Kudos to the company that made the Matthew Fox doll. Looks exactly like him.
posted by Jill on 8-8-2007 at 4:15 pm
whew — 100%. I’m gonna have to get one of those Edgar Allen Poe mini action figures. One of those things you never realized you can’t live without until you see it.
posted by Melissa on 8-8-2007 at 7:40 pm
I thought #2 was Hitler when I first saw the quiz LOL.
posted by Julie on 8-8-2007 at 10:49 pm
Oh yeh, I got 100 on the quiz YAY!
posted by Julie on 8-8-2007 at 10:52 pm
100% but was partly “process of elimination.”
The Poe(Goulet) doll also looks like the guy who sold my mom a Plymouth Volare.
posted by Tdave on 8-9-2007 at 1:04 am
Whee, 100%! There were some names I couldn’t put faces to, but it was a matter of luck and deduction :P And I thought Bill Clinton was Dan Quayle or something.
posted by Lisa on 8-10-2007 at 11:40 am