What in the world is this?

[wondergirl9847]

The MSN group that posted this isn't working, but here is a wierd picture. Where is Mick and WTH is this? LOL Clay, perhaps?

[ThePenguin]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

The MSN group that posted this isn't working, but here is a wierd picture. Where is Mick and WTH is this? LOL Clay, perhaps?

Those were wood statues carved by Robert Karr back in the day; he was friends w/ the band and did many carvings of them.

-Lis

[wondergirl9847]

Thanks so much!! I couldn't figure out what they were made of. I want them. I love that there's a penguin looking up at John.

[Sahara]

I have no idea but it sure is cute! The penguin is adorable!

Here is the link for his web site...It looks like his passion is old airplanes now..Scroll down to bottom of page though and there is a picture of John McVie(lol) looks like he is feeling no pain. and also there is picture of Cheap Trick carvings he did also..I wrote to him to see if there were any more pictures he could share with us of Fm..http://www.karrart.com/karrart/index.htm

[ThePenguin]

Originally Posted by MoonChilde

Here is the link for his web site...It looks like his passion is old airplanes now..Scroll down to bottom of page though and there is a picture of John McVie(lol) looks like he is feeling no pain. and also there is picture of Cheap Trick carvings he did also..I wrote to him to see if there were any more pictures he could share with us of Fm..http://www.karrart.com/karrart/index.htm

Robert had told me that he and John looked a little 'overpartied' in that photo LOL.

-Lis

Originally Posted by ThePenguin

Robert had told me that he and John looked a little 'overpartied' in that photo LOL.

-Lis

Must of been some party!! ahhh those were the days..LOL

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

The MSN group that posted this isn't working, but here is a wierd picture. Where is Mick and WTH is this? LOL Clay, perhaps?

Thanks for writing. It's always nice to be reminded of those days!
Wierd- even when doing all that Mac work so long ago I was still into airplanes.......
The story on all this is that I had always liked Mac in its various versions going back to the Peter Green days. For that matter, pre-Mac when Green ( and John) were with John Mayall. Somehow, John seemed to epitomise every Brit rocker who was still slogging away ( this was before Rumours....the explosion hadn't happened yet.)
Anyway, I built the John model, complete with the infamous little penquin, sent it to John c/o WB records, and somehow he got it. That started the whole thing. Before it was over, I ended up making one complete set of the band for every member! Plus various of their friends and associates....Bob Welch, John Courage, supergirl-the late Judy Wong and I can't remember who all. There were also alternate one-off versions of Mick standing up playing the talking drum and one of John wearing cut off jeans and a Dodger baseball cap. I'm not sure how many figures I did all together. Sadly I don't have many pics of the work around. Most of what I have are ancient low quailty snap shots, and among these not all pieces are covered.
I don't know where that photo on the Mac forum came from! But- yes- there would be a matching Mick somewhere, complete with full and accurate drum kit( including gong....)
Again- thanks for writing and thanks for the mind-kick!
Robert

Its to bad he doesn;t have more pictures ,I would of loved to see them all..




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[DavidMn]

Those things are pretty cool. I've never seen them before.

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

The MSN group that posted this isn't working, but here is a wierd picture. Where is Mick and WTH is this? LOL Clay, perhaps?

a complete set on eBay in the not so distant past (Including Mick) that were formerly owned by Stevie...Would have been cool to own, But the $300 price tag was out of my spending range.

From what I remember about the description on eBay was that these figurines were made for each of the band members...Still a cool collectible to get yer grubby hands on.