Action figures are epic. Now you can be epic, too. For a starting price of only $425, Herobuilders.com, an online customization company, will turn you into an action figure. Your 12-inch doppelganger has an 85 percent recognition rate—the rate that the figure’s face will resemble your own. For an additional fee, you can adorn your hero self with customizable clothes, jewelry, and that tattoo of your ex’s name you can’t afford to remove. The figure can even rattle off your favorite sayings with the 20-second voice clip option that can be programmed again and again.
To start your transformation, e-mail Herobuilders.com a front and profile snapshot of your face—as well as anything else you want personalized. The company draws up an estimate of the price and emails you a quote within the hour. Once the order is approved, you’ll be charged half the total price. Artists will shape a 1.5-inch version of your head and email you a picture to preview. If it’s to your liking, Herobuilders.com processes your order, charges the remaining half to your credit card, and your action figure is shipped faster than a speeding bullet (or within two weeks).
Your action figure will arrive via USPS dressed in urban camo pants (male) or a blue pants suit (female). If that style doesn’t suit your fancy, upgrade your duds. Choose from a wide range of attire—Superman, naughty schoolgirl, medical scrubs, etc.—or customize your own T-shirt for an extra $34.95. You can also accessorize your ensemble with anything from meat cleavers to beer bottles. One customer even substituted the action figure’s legs with prosthetic ones.
If personalized action figures aren’t your thing, Herobuilders.com also offers a variety of celebrity and political figures. You can get Joe Biden, Kate Gosselin, or the “Don’t Taze Me Bro” guy —as well as customizable bobble heads and Pez dispensers.
To get your own action figure, go to Herobuilders.com and select your features. With only a few simple steps you’ll be well on your way to having a personalized Mini Me.
Direct link to this page: http://orgs.l3.drake.edu/drake-mag/Bits-and-Pieces/Herobuilders.html
To start your transformation, e-mail Herobuilders.com a front and profile snapshot of your face—as well as anything else you want personalized. The company draws up an estimate of the price and emails you a quote within the hour. Once the order is approved, you’ll be charged half the total price. Artists will shape a 1.5-inch version of your head and email you a picture to preview. If it’s to your liking, Herobuilders.com processes your order, charges the remaining half to your credit card, and your action figure is shipped faster than a speeding bullet (or within two weeks).
Your action figure will arrive via USPS dressed in urban camo pants (male) or a blue pants suit (female). If that style doesn’t suit your fancy, upgrade your duds. Choose from a wide range of attire—Superman, naughty schoolgirl, medical scrubs, etc.—or customize your own T-shirt for an extra $34.95. You can also accessorize your ensemble with anything from meat cleavers to beer bottles. One customer even substituted the action figure’s legs with prosthetic ones.
If personalized action figures aren’t your thing, Herobuilders.com also offers a variety of celebrity and political figures. You can get Joe Biden, Kate Gosselin, or the “Don’t Taze Me Bro” guy —as well as customizable bobble heads and Pez dispensers.
To get your own action figure, go to Herobuilders.com and select your features. With only a few simple steps you’ll be well on your way to having a personalized Mini Me.
Direct link to this page: http://orgs.l3.drake.edu/drake-mag/Bits-and-Pieces/Herobuilders.html