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Bob Moog Commemorative Vinyl Figure
By bohus
This vinyl figure came out a year or two ago, well before the world lost Dr. Moog. The ghostly palor strikes me as a weird choice, but PressPop did a great job on the sculpt. Lots of nice extra details too, like removable glasses, cloth jacket, and of course a tiny Moog keyboard for the good Doctor to jam on forever. The box is a definite keeper too.
I think that these are pretty universally out of stock, but a new run is supposedly coming to this country in the future. The figure costs about $30, so don't let some Ebay dealer take you to the cleaners on this!
As whimsical as this figure is, I think that it's a warm tribute to the man. Everything that I've read about Dr. Moog paints him as a fiercely intelligent yet humble man. In the future I have no doubt that someone will erect a marble statue, or a ten foot high relief somewhere. On the other hand, I think that there's a good chance that he might have preferred to have been immortalized in an affordable and fun little figure.
