Poseable Paper Pope
A “Cheap Ass Toy” by Rob Nance
We have lately been extremely busy manipulating opinions – which is partly how the shadowy figures behind “Upper Italy” make their living – and our site’s faithful readers have begun to, ah, grumble.
So, rather than work at this, we are today going to feature something clever done by someone else – that still however has a kind of distant relation to what Upper Italy is supposed to be about. The technical term for this is “cheating,” but it may serve to keep readers off our backs until we really have time to get back to doing things with our own little fingers.
The “Poseable Paper Pope” is by a talented illustrator named Rob Nance. You can – and should – reach his site by clicking on the link in the caption under the illustration above. You might want to take a look at his equally poseable David Hasselhoff toy, featuring an innovative “removable chest hair carpet.”
If you actually wish to assemble the Poseable Pope, a large-scale PDF of the working design is available (here). This features all necessary pieces and “accoutrements” to assemble your own fully operational Benedict XVI and even includes a selection of “blasphemy balloons” so that he can be made to say improper things.
That, dear readers, is about it for now. A presto – “soon.”