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unusual facts about Figurine


Figurine

Genre figurines of gallant scenes, beggars or figurines of saints are carved from pinewood in Val Gardena, South Tyrol (Italy), since the 17th century.


A Bronx Morning

The film was funded with the proceeds of a sale of a wooden figurine of Henry Ward Beecher, which Leyda had originally found in a junk shop, to a representative of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.

Asclepiades the Cynic

The Dea Caelestis ("Heavenly Goddess") figurine, which Asclepiades always carried with him, was the Roman name for Tanit, the patron goddess of Carthage.

Bass Reeves

Reeves figures prominently in an episode of How It's Made, in which a Bass Reeves limited edition collectors' figurine is shown in various stages of the production process.

Ertl Company

Ertl has also, on different occasions, acquired the licenses to produce die-cast vehicles and figurines as well as model kits for Looney Tunes, Garfield, Thomas the Tank Engine, Super Mario Bros. DC Comics, and Star Wars.

Goemon Ishikawa XIII

She eventually becomes his love interest in the movie and travels with him to get the dragon figurine, which Lupin found from what's left of the Titanic.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

In 2006 SOTA Toys produced a Killer Klown figurine as part of their Now Playing movie action figures line.

Musée de la Franc-Maçonnerie

Among the historically important items in its collection are Voltaire's masonic apron (1778), Lafayette's masonic sword, a first edition of James Anderson's Constitutions of the Free Masons (1723), satirical prints by William Hogarth (1697-1764), Meissen porcelain figurine (1740), etc.

Nosepass and Probopass

Nosepass appears as a rocky-but-animate figurine vaguely in the shape of an Easter Island statue and is found in Hoenn.

Phra Kaew

Emerald Buddha, the figurine to which the preceding temples' names refer

Pilar, Capiz

The figurine was said to be brought over to the Pacific by a Galleon trading ship from the port of Acapulco, Mexico which was destroyed by British warships during its route in Luzon and was washed off to the coast of Pilar.

Poppy goddess

The name poppy goddess was given to a large female figurine which is believed to represent a Minoan goddess, discovered in a sanctuary of the Post-palace period (LM III, 1400–1100 BC) at Gazi, Crete.

Return to House on Haunted Hill

Desmond forces Ariel to help him find an artifact allegedly located inside the old Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute, a figurine of the demon Baphomet.

Snake goddess

Snake Goddess, a type figurine in Minoan archaeology, assumed to represent a Minoan goddess

The Sleeping Lady

This figurine is held in the Museum of Archaeology, in Valletta, Malta.

Venus of Monruz

The "Venus of Engen" is a figurine bearing a remarkable resemblance to the Venus of Monruz.

Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat

Based on Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy Battle table-top figurine battle rules and set within the Warhammer Fantasy world, the storyline focuses on a mercenary general's quest to stop a Skaven plot.

Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum

A recent addition to the museum was a figurine of Dr. Wilfred Glendon, The Werewolf of London (portrayed by Henry Hull).

Xothic legend cycle

One night, a Deep One, disguised as a sailor, breaks into the institute to steal the figurine.


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