PopCult Magazine/Most Tasteless Figurines

"The objects that people choose to collect and the reasons why can usually be explained only through intense psychoanalysis. Yet there are companies in the business of guessing what 'collectibles' people will want to own, creating items that exist only to be kept in boxes or placed inside glass display cases. The most common collectible is the porcelain figurine, depicting impossibly cute humans or animals in suspended animation. Ironically, not many of these objects will increase in value, nor are they particularly beautiful or well crafted. But millions are spent on their manufacture and purchase in a never-ending cycle of consumption. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless."

Yeah, pretty crappy stuff, all right. Not unlike the junk you find at your average strip mall antique stores.


Little Stone Cold

Ad Description: "His hand-tailored, black faux-leather vest is a copy of 'Stone Cold's' vest, and atop his head is a baseball cap decorated with a skull and the words 'Stone Cold.' For the final touch, he proudly holds a replica of [Steve] Austin's personally designed Championship belt. Sculpted from head to toe of fine porcelain, Little Stone Cold captures his hero's blue-eyed stare to perfection."

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I cringe in horror away from the wrestler baby... touch me not, oh porcelain crap monster...
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