Cool 'District 9' Prawn Maquette Auctioned on eBay

Longtime Big Picture reader Chris Wulff sure did enjoy District 9, so much so that he was miffed that there was no merchandising tie-in for action figures and the like. True, Sony didn't know what it had on its hands, and I wonder now if we might see a video game down the line on this one. Wouldn't surprise me. But Chris wasn't the only one who noticed there weren't any toys to be had for District 9. eBay user littlethingsintn built his own "Custom District 9 Prawn Mecha Battle Suit" maquette, which means you probably shouldn't play with it too rough. It's enterprising for sure (although maybe not entirely legal to sell it). The creator says, "This piece is 9" tall and in scale with 3.3/4 or 1/18th scale figures as you can see from the photo (GI Joe is not included). This model is, I feel, one of my best and I poured a lot of heart and soul into it." Take a look at a few more shots of the Prawn: The bidding is already up over $500 with only a couple days left in the auction. Have at it, collectors.

Comments

[Orinn]

wow this finished at $840, and now there are 3 others not as well done but over $100 each for auction.