Posted by admin | Posted in Action figures | Posted on 09-10-2004
Tags: art, blog, figures, science, toys
Figures Rare
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Star Wars 100th 12″ Figure POTJ Luke Skywalker HTF RARE $29.99 |
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World of Warcraft Shandris Feathermoon Figure Rare $9.99 |
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LEGO SPIDERMAN mini figure SCARCE RARE!!!! $8.99 |
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LOT OF 11 DIFFERENT GORMITI FIGURES GIOCHI SERIES RARE! $11.00 |
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MCFARLANE NBA MANU GINOBILI 6 INCH FIGURE -MINT—RARE! $60.88 |
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s~2 pcs MY LITTLE PONY figures with two brush 4”rare $0.79 |
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Pete Rose 1988 STARTING LINEUP SLU Reds Figure RARE New $6.99 |
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WWE Lot OF 1 Wrestling Figures JEFF HARDY BOYZ TNA RARE $14.50 |
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WWE Lot OF 1 Wrestling Figures JEFF HARDY BOYZ TNA RARE $8.00 |
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Carnival MINT Smurf Schtroumpf lot RARE action figure $0.99 |
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CUSTOM HALO FIGURE RARE WHITE MASTER CHIEF with weapons $14.99 |
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CUSTOM HALO FIGURE BLACK & WHITE MASTER CHIEF RARE! $14.99 |
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Disney CRUELLA DE VIL Crystal AP Rare Art Round Figure $18.50 |
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Schoolboy Smurf Schtroumpf lot RARE action figure $1.04 |
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NEW WINNIE THE POOH FIGURE POOH’S RARE COLLECTIBLE WOW $7.99 |
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Devils Rejects Captain Spaulding Action Figure MIB Rare $20.00 |
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RARE ASTRO BOY 9″ TALL Action FIGURE $12.99 |
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MOVIE MANIACS RARE EVIL DEAD EVIL ASH FIGURE LOOSE $5.99 |
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WWE Lot OF 1 Wrestling Figures KANE WITH MASK RARE $10.00 |
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DC Universe Infinite Crisis Alex Luthor Figure 33 Rare $8.99 |
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Dave Parker 1988 STARTING LINEUP SLU Figure RARE New $4.98 |
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Old vintage wind up toy antique figure RARE original $55.00 |
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U.B. FUNKEYS SPEED RACER SNAKE OILER RARE FIGURE MIP $9.99 |
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MOTU He-Man 1980’s Vintage KING RANDOR Figure 100% RARE $71.00 |
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2 NFL McFARLANE RARE CHASE FIGURES BART STARR / JACOBS $14.99 |
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Jack Clark 1988 STARTING LINEUP SLU Figure RARE New $4.98 |
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Gary Gaetti 1988 STARTING LINEUP SLU Figure RARE New $3.98 |
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8 Burger King SpongeBob Figure toys Rare Set $7.89 |
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s 8 PCS DORA THE EXPLORER COLLECTION FIGURES RARE $0.99 |
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RARE Vintage Batman Pewter Figure 1989 $10.99 |
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Halo~ Halo Poster~ Rare Poster!!~ Approx 24 x 36 $12.00 … |
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Captain America~ Original Marvel Poster ~ Printed in 1989 ~ Captain America Poster~ Rare Poster!!~ Approx 28 X 22 $14.99 … |
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Albert Einstein Poster ~ Do Not Worry About Your Difficulties in Mathematics… ~ Classic Rare Poster Print ~ Approx 24 X 36 Inches $12.99 “Do Not Worry About Your Difficulties in Mathematics; I Can Assure Your That Mine Are Still Greater”… |
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Scissors Cut Arrow (2 CD + DVD) [RARE] ****** LIMITED TO 500 COPIES PRODUCED ****** Two discs of versions of material collected and produced on site at Clifford’s Tower in York, England during October 2002, plus a RandomPlay(r) DVD featuring large fragments of that which occurred there on the night of Friday the 18th of that month. |
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Scenes From a Galton’s Walk [RARE] 1 Synapscape What Are You Doing To Whitenoise, Baby? (5:34) 2 Synapscape Got Up (3:55) 3 Synapscape Scrambling Daylight (3:44) 4 Synapscape Karambolage (4:30) 5 Synapscape Racer X (3:58) 6 Synapscape Tragic Figures (5:23) 7 Synapscape Situation Eight (4:39) 8 Asche Babylon (Chaos) (5:03) 9 Asche vs. This Morn’ Omina Petunia (6:28) 10 Asche Made My Day (V3) (4:56) 11 KiEw Kil… |
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Linkin Park Underground 9 Fan Club (Box Set with Demos CD, T-Shirt, Patch, Letter, and Guitar Pick) The limited edition Linkin Park Underground 9 package includes exclusive Linkin Park demos CD featuring the unreleased track “Across The Line”, official fan club t-shirt (size L), fan club patch, a letter from Linkin Park, and a LPU9 guitar pick! Membership benefits include access to download the Dead By Sunrise “Morning After” live acoustic track, opportunities to pre-sale tickets and greet passe… |
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Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2-Disc DVD with ‘Owlman’ Bonus Figure) $44.99 Boxed set version includes limited edition Owlman figure! In a parallel universe, the lone survivor of Earth’s Justice League – Lex Luthor – travels through other-world dimensions to join forces with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash and J’onn J’onzz in a desperate attempt to save his world and its people. But the villainous Crime Syndicate controlled by Ultraman, Owlman and… |
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Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (Special Edition Blu-ray with ‘Owlman’ Bonus Figure) $47.89 Boxed set version includes limited edition Owlman figure! In a parallel universe, the lone survivor of Earth’s Justice League – Lex Luthor – travels through other-world dimensions to join forces with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash and J’onn J’onzz in a desperate attempt to save his world and its people. But the villainous Crime Syndicate controlled by Ultraman, Owlman and… |
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Planet Hulk (2-Disc Special Edition with Mini-Poster) $49.99 Special edition includes Planet Hulk mini-poster! The two-disc edition comes with incredible extras including Digital Copy, Hulk featurettes, motion comics and music videos. A whole new world of hurt! He was a monster, impossible to control, too dangerous to ignore. So Earth’s mightiest heroes exiled him into outer space. But now The Incredible Hulk crash lands on the distant planet Sakaar, ruled … |
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Watchmen~ Watchmen Button~ Rare Button!!~ Approx 1.25 $4.99 … |
Head on Collision Between Two Cultures When Rare Secret Art Was Released Recently
Receiving an invitation to the opening of art exhibitions at the prestigious Annandale Art Gallery, a converted Masonic hall, is a common occurrence for Bethany.
The stately building in Trafalgar Street, was opened in the 1860’s as a Methodist Church. In the 1920’s it was converted to a Masonic Lodge. Now an upmarket art gallery in a trendy inner city suburb of Sydney, Australia.
The owners of the Gallery have earned their enviable reputation in the art world, through specialist showings of the very best in Australian and overseas modern art.
The invitation, on the 22nd July, appeared to be exceptional from the start. It spoke of secret rare art. Never before had the sacred art been seen outside of the tiny remote tropical island, South Pacific archipelago, Vanuatu.
Dressed in full custom regalia, a group of nine Ni-Vanuatu artists would perform a sacred ceremonial dance from the island of Ambrym, at the opening.
Bethany eagerly arranged with two friends to attend the opening, which sounded rather mysterious and lots of fun. Afterwards they would enjoy dinner at one of the fine restaurants of Darling Harbour. The problem of working their way through the Sydney traffic and finding parking for the Mercedes-Benz was averted with the firm decision to take a taxi, or be dropped off by one of the husbands
“Arriving a little later than we expected because of the Sydney traffic, we were greeted by the lovely sounds of a string band playing island music as we approached the doorway to the Gallery,” Bethany told me. “It sounded as if the South Seas had come to town. Made one think of swaying palms and blue green tropical oceans. It was inviting to think of taking that South Pacific cruise my husband and I have been promising ourselves,” she mused.
As they joined the other guests sipping French champagne, Bethany and her two friends buzzed with excitement as they admired the rare artifacts. These included beautifully carved wooden figures and masks, plus a four metre drum (upright tam-tam). One of the world’s largest free standing musical instruments in the world.
“We understood this art to be very ancient and rare, yet it could easily be mistaken for pieces of modern artwork”, said David Baker the Gallery’s curator. “There is only one similar piece of work to this in a British Museum.”
A barely clad figure appeared. Stepping up to the gong he began a steady methodical beat, on the lip of the wooden gong’s face. The carved face stylized to represent an ancestor. The long slit up the front of the drum giving the ancestor a voice once more.
Four dancers came next, dressed in what looked like a head-to-toe tent made of dried leaves, with brightly painted masks, topped with chicken feathers, covering their faces. In a slow rhythmical, yet dreamlike shuffle, they began making their way to the center of the room. Their voices filled the gallery in a monotonal chant.
Another five men, dressed in the full regalia of their secret society, moved in the centre of the first four dancers. Stomping their feet and clapping their hands, they lifted their voices in the chant.
Unaware of the sensation they were causing, the five mature Ambrym men, were dressed with only a wide bark belt slung low over their hips. A Namba penis sheath, barely covering the essential part of manhood, they concentrated on their sacred dance. A bright red hibiscus flower adorned one ear.
Unaware of the sensation they were causing, the gleaming and well formed buttocks of the dancers jiggled up and down in time to the beat of the drum, the matrons of Sydney stared in utter shock.
“When the dancers first entered the room it was rather awkward to know where to put one’s eyes. I haven’t seen that much bare bottom since my four children were tiny,” laughed Bethany.
It is one thing to imagine these men dancing in the soft lighting of a tropical island forest, bare feet pounding out the ceremonial rhythm on a dirt floor, but to think of them as having just come from a modern hotel room, braving the Sydney traffic and Australian winter, was a mind bending thought.
“We were told these men are taboo and no women are permitted to touch them even today,” laughed Bethany. “In fact, if any female saw them performing the dance they had to be killed. A good thing that doesn’t apply now.”
Life moves at a different pace in the tropical islands of Vanuatu, voted the Happiest Country on Earth in 2006. A beautiful nation of over 153 distinct languages and cultures with few modern communication devices spanning the remote distances.
Education is an oral tradition and many villagers still live as their ancestors have done for generations. Tradition and culture is handed down from father to son through dance, song, sand drawings and carvings. Many of the younger generation have lost the ability to understand the mystic language of the carved gongs.
The chiefs are starting to recognize the educational needs of their people. They decided to share the secrets of their society and release some of their sacred rare art, to ensure its survival, setting the art world on its ear. Their aim is to inspire their young people and make them more aware of their ancient culture.
Few people are aware that the tiny neighbor of Australia still has such wonderful secrets tucked away in the ‘Must See’ Travel Adventure destination of the south Pacific.
Education needs beyond the main islands goes to the bottom of the list of priorities for a government who in 2007 admitted that they do not have the resources to meet the educational needs of the nation.
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