AUTHOR & FIGURE MAKER

AUTHOR

1. Greg Claassen built his very first ventriloquist figure (dummy) in the mid 1980’s. Over the last 20 plus years, Greg has spent countless hours honing his skills and is now one of a select few in the world who can replicate the “cadillac of dummies,” the McElroy figure.
   

The photos below don’t do justice to these amazing works of art. Loaded with mechanical movements, these figures operate like a well crafted time piece. Most of the figures pictured below are in the hands of collectors however two are still available for sale today. Email Greg for pricing information or . . . if you just want to talk about the McElroy brothers and their figures, he’d love to hear from you.

FIGURE MAKER

INTRODUCING “DUNCAN”

Duncan is Greg’s most recently completed McElroy replica. His mechanical movements include all-direction floating eyes, crossing eyes, upper lip sneer, stick-out tongue, raising eyebrows, wiggle ears, a winker and blinkers.

This fellow is one of a kind. Cast from an original unfinished McElroy head, Dudley bears strong resemblance to the legendary “Dudley,” owned by Dennis Alwood.

“JOHNNY”

This little fellow is replicated from what most McElroy enthusiasts call the Abbots’ “Super Deluxe” figure. He is loaded with mechanical movements. They include floating side-to-side eyes, crossing eyes, upper lip sneer, stick-out tongue, floating eyebrows, wiggle ears, a winker, blinkers, wiggle nose, light-up nose, and a flip-up fright wig. The various combinations of facial expressions little Johnny can accomplish is in the hundreds. Johnny was completed in 2007 and, like Duncan , comes with his very own McElroy replicated custom travel case.

GREG’S OTHER FIGURES

Greg has built five other McElroy type figures. All are in the hands of private collectors. At the immediate left is a variation of the McElroy “Ezry” figure. In the top corner is a mechanized Cecil 2 figure, followed on the bottom row by 3 “Super Deluxe” replicas with varying amounts of mechanization.

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