It took a little work but I was able to track down a guy who had a set in Houston. He was a lawyer and someone that he did work for gave him these in partial payment. He had them for a few years in his house and then had to put them in storage for space reasons. When I found him he only wanted $500 for the pair but then once I set up shipping to Oklahoma City he decided that he just wanted to give them to me for FREE! So I only ended up paying $195 to have them shipped. I was pretty pumped.
I had no idea that these existed outside of the ones at Pixar Studios, which are exactly the same minus the stands, but I came across someone who had them on the internet and learned that the company Idea Planet made these for Toys R Us stores when the films were first released and they had contests at each store that had a set where you could enter for a chance to win them. Once I learned that I just started google searching until I came across a now defunct movie prop forum where they were being discussed a few years back and luckily one of the guys who posted was the guy in Houston and he put his e-mail address up for anyone that was interested. So I just emailed him to see if he still had them and he still did.
If anyone else is interested in trying to get a pair of these guys just be willing to spend a lot on shipping. I actually came across another guy who has a pair in New York. He was also asking $500 for the pair but shipping would have been a lot more from New York to Oklahoma, plus he was taking a long time replying to my emails. If anyone is interested in contacting him I can give you his email but I don’t know anything about this guy so just be forewarned. Definitely get him to send you pictures before you start talking $$$.
I have a set myself. I have been keeping Mikey in my den as he is small enough to fit on display, but Sulley has stayed in my basement. These are HUGE, Sulley is so large with the tail that you really need a large space to display him.
We have taken them each year for display at out local elementary school each Halloween. They have a large party and we allow the kids to get their picture with them. We have a hat along with a clip board they pose with. On average, we have about 250 pictures taken each year with them. You can get an idea of just how large these are with my daughter pictured below:
Mikey is in my den which has a very distinctive Pixar theme to it.
That is really cool. I have been so busy moving into my house and getting ready for my first baby that I haven’t been on the boards. Tripoli, do you have any suggestions for caring for them? I would like to possibly remove them from the bases at some point but I don’t have any idea how to do that. Also, your Sully looks like he stands really well. Mine seems to lean forward a bit. Are you doing anything special to keep him balanced? Have you ever taken them apart?
The base for my Sulley was too damaged to use. I have set him up without it. When doing the Halloween pics, I use a white board to ti[p him back a bit, you can see it in the picture posted above.
Little kids want to always punch Mikey in the eye for some reason. Many of the Toys R Us sets were broken because of this. When we take them out, we are careful to not let the kids touch the eye. It is somewhat fragile and can break with a decent hit or pressure placed to it.
Amazing, I wish I could have those in my room, if they’d fit. Can you still get them anywhere. Just in case any of you want to see, here’s some more photos supposedly taken at a Science Centre in Singapore.
The sign says “20 years of animation”. That’s the name of an exhibet that’s been traveling around for some years around the globe. But when I saw the exhibition in Oakland, those statues weren’t there.
Anyone who has these have any tips on how to remove them from the bases? I need to repaint them and would also like to customize Sully so he can be taken apart easier.
I guess that doesn’t surprise me.
