[OpenTrackRacer]

I found these the other day and just ordered four of them...

Lifesize Stuffed Dummy With Hands in Merchandise Displays & Accessories

I've seen other places selling the exact same thing for $150 or so. I think they'll be great for realistic looking bodies either sitting or laying down. Just add a mask and clothes.

 

[Homestead Haunt]

I ordered 4 of them from Morris Costumes to see how they are. I should have them here by Wednesday.

 

[OpenTrackRacer]

You know, I'm pretty dumb. I should have signed up as a dealer with Morris myself before ordering them from a retail site. Note to self... don't shop for props at 2:00am.

 

[Homestead Haunt]

Being a dealer isnt all its cracked up to be in a downed economy. If these are worth the money I will offer them up on Ebay as a preorder and at a cut price. If they are junk, I will pass that along as well. The thing about these that concerns me is the weight....they only weight, according to the info I get, about a pound and a half! But, polyfill and styrofoam are not that heavy. We'll see!

 

[Kenpilot]

I ordered 4 of them from Morris Costumes to see how they are. I should have them here by Wednesday.

Mind if I ask how much they were? Couldnt find them on their website. Thanks!

 

[MrNightmare]

I ordered 4 of them from Morris Costumes to see how they are. I should have them here by Wednesday.

I too ordered 1 from Morris to see how effective they are, mine should be in Monday. Seeing as how yours will get here sooner, let us know if they are worth it.

 

[Homestead Haunt]

I too ordered 1 from Morris to see how effective they are, mine should be in Monday. Seeing as how yours will get here sooner, let us know if they are worth it.

I got tagged for $10 shipping on each one but if they are of good quality they will be fine. I will post my opinion as soon as they arrive.

 

[Homestead Haunt]

Mind if I ask how much they were? Couldnt find them on their website. Thanks!

Sent you a PM!

 

[MrNightmare]

I got tagged for $10 shipping on each one but if they are of good quality they will be fine. I will post my opinion as soon as they arrive.

Yeah... Shipping costs suck! Mine to TX was $17.50... OUCH! Thanks Homestead Haunt, can't wait to hear what you have to say!

 

[Homestead Haunt]

I did notice that the shipping weight was about 5lbs so it might be a little better than I think.

 

[MrNightmare]

I hope so... If its as effective as I think, this will save me A LOT of time on making life-size props out of all my old masks and costumes. My fingers are crossed!

 

[Homestead Haunt]

My dummies arrived and to be honest they are about what I expected. I learned long ago that the picture is always better. The dummy does not have a styrofoam head as the description says. The head is a cloth ball that needs a little more stuffing. Also, to pose the dummy you really need to add a piece of 1/2 pvc up the back and into the head to serve as a spine. The nice thing is, there is a velcro openning in the back to make this easily done. I was pleased with the hands. Pretty lifelike if you ask me.

 

[MrNightmare]

My dummies arrived and to be honest they are about what I expected. I learned long ago that the picture is always better. The dummy does not have a styrofoam head as the description says. The head is a cloth ball that needs a little more stuffing. Also, to pose the dummy you really need to add a piece of 1/2 pvc up the back and into the head to serve as a spine. The nice thing is, there is a velcro openning in the back to make this easily done. I was pleased with the hands. Pretty lifelike if you ask me.

Thanks! Sounds like with a little more structure, they would be effective. I was planning on dressing mine up as a corpse in a casket, so I guess I dont have to worry too much about the armature. Is it solid enough to dress and look like a body?

 

[Homestead Haunt]

Yes, I'd say it is. The dummy is stuffed with what looks like memory foam scaps to me. There the size of a thinner 6' person. The nice thing is if you wanted to add more stuffing you can.

Thanks! Sounds like with a little more structure, they would be effective. I was planning on dressing mine up as a corpse in a casket, so I guess I dont have to worry too much about the armature. Is it solid enough to dress and look like a body?

 

[KING'S CRYPT]

Hey guys, just wanted to post this pic. They're wooden dummies that look fairly easy to make, at least for Homestead Haunt anyways.....what a craftsman Composite Effects made them for a film, but they don't sell them. Anyways, its just an idea:

[/IMG] Here's where I found the pic on Composite Effects site:Composite Effects - Hotlips The Zombie Foam Latex Appliance / Prosthetic (undead, corpse, lipless, skinned, teeth)

 

[Homestead Haunt]

Looks like a lot of work to me. I think I'd rather pay for these stuffed dummy's and do a few minor alterations to make them something special!

 

[KING'S CRYPT]

Looks like a lot of work to me. I think I'd rather pay for these stuffed dummy's and do a few minor alterations to make them something special!

Yeah, just an idea. Btw, I looked at some of your pics on flikr. How did you make your hangman body and and such?

 

[Homestead Haunt]

2 of those hangman bodies were dressed inflatable mannequins that I picked up online for about $7 each. They worked out pretty good. The only issue I had with them was 2-3 times a season I would have to climb on a ladder and add some air to them. One of the hangman was a foam body with a steel armature in it. There is a female hanging person in the pics somewhere that is actually a combination fiberglass / PVC body. The mask on the inflatable mannequins was from Death Studios and was called oddly enough "The Hanged Man".

 

[MrNightmare]

Homestead, I too looked at your flicker page, nice props! Wanted to ask you about your Maniac prop... I have 3 of them. One is made of Latex and the other 2 are made of PVC. When I talked to Distortions about that, they told me that there were very few made. I noticed that the one you had in the cage looked like it was PVC... Do you know if they are worth much? I heard they were and was thinking about putting it on ebay, but the paint is not in that great of shape.

 

[Homestead Haunt]

Homestead, I too looked at your flicker page, nice props! Wanted to ask you about your Maniac prop... I have 3 of them. One is made of Latex and the other 2 are made of PVC. When I talked to Distortions about that, they told me that there were very few made. I noticed that the one you had in the cage looked like it was PVC... Do you know if they are worth much? I heard they were and was thinking about putting it on ebay, but the paint is not in that great of shape.

The PVC one should be worth a little more but its hard to say if anyone would pay it with the latex one being out there. THe PVC Mainiac sold for about $300 when it was available. When the Latex version hit the market the price dropped but so did the detail in the prop. I have one of each and the PVC version has better detail but needs to be treated a little better.