Bush's wax head suffers 25K worth of damage in Las Vegas attack

[bunny planet]

You just can't make this stuff up.
Caption away.
www.huffingtonpost.com

[NOLADEM]

1. It is rare when a copy is worth more than the original

[Crankie Avalon]

2. Wow, and to think his entire REAL head doesn't even have $25,000 worth of ANYTHING in it. n/t

[Oleladylib]

3. Does anyone else think he looks better..Looks like Brokaw. n/t

[chaska]

6. that's what I thought too.

[Lisa]

14. other DUers noted that about the animatronic version of *

... at Disney World. It seems more youthful, and has a firmer jaw and less-beady eyes.

[Lisa]

18. pics of the Disney Bush

http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID504770.asp
http://www.laughingplace.com/News-PID504770-504771.asp

the original clay sculpture



the finished version (some subtle "improvements"to the jawline?) It actually looks more like one of my co-workers than Bush.

[Sapphocrat]

21. Not-so-subtly, to my eye...

...the finished version has a Kennedy haircut!

[Lisa]

24. can't blame them -- who'd want to buy a new wig for *?

They probably just recycled one they already had in stock. Those things are expensive! And a more realistic version of Bush would only make the younger visitors cry and give them nightmares.

[Richard Steele]

23. Odd. The sculpture looks like him, but the robot isn't even CLOSE.

I can't quite put my finger on just WHO that reminds me of,
but it certainly isn't Dubya.

[watercolors]

4. Looks more like Jebbie!

regardless, not a pretty sight!

[Lautremont]

5. Is this what they pull out for speeches, press conferences and so on?

[CoffeeCat]

7. Isn't one of him enough???

Is she ADDING ON that red mark? After all, Junior had facial bike injuries
more often than not--during the past six years.

[Lisa]

13. I believe that's a pic from when they had to adjust its face

... after the "pretzel assault" a few years back.

[NanceGreggs]

8. That's eerie ...

... a wax figure that is so like the original, it keeps injuring itself. How many times have they had to pull a wax pretzel out if its throat?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. Oh.

It's just a dummy in a wax museum.

I thought they meant W's real wax head.

[Straight Shooter]

10. No smirk? That wax replica isn't going to fool anybody.

It does have sort of that shell-shocked, deer-in-the-headlights expression, though.


Edit to add:

"Bush has needed repairs a number of times, mostly from having his nose pinched, Taylor added.

The back of Bush's head was damaged in the fall, "but he's been back on his feet for several days now," Taylor said.

His nose pinched? :D

[damntexdem]

11. Well where were the wax heads of Secret Service agents, ...

and why didn't they defend it? ;-)

[acmejack]

12. No one has gotten a good punch at it yet huh?

[bunny planet]

15. Dummy says 'These wax pretzels are making me thirsty.'

[devilgrrl]

16. What happened? Did it choke on a pretzel?

eom

[zbdent]

17. The funny thing is ...

the WAX dummy suffered more brain damage than Bush ever did ...

[happydreams]

19. Delivery to House of Horrors delayed.

[donco6]

20. What's with the expression on his face?

He looks like he just got "goosed."

[Sapphocrat]

22. The expression on his face...

...is very similar to the way he looked when he couldn't get out the door:

[Lisa]

25. wow! You're right, Sapphocrat ... good eye

Life does imitate art! (The Tussaud's mannequin was out there years before the infamous "no exit strategy" incident.)