Ryan McFarland

Quite a long time ago Amy and I came up with the plan to make a wreath out of action figures. The original vision was to have them melted together with arms coming out of torsos and a general chaotic pattern. After many trips to the Salvation Army we realized that there was no way we were going to get enough action figures in any short period of time. I shopped around on eBay and ended up with a pile of mixed action figures. Judy Forgey donated a metal wreath ring to start from and last year Amy sat down with some metal wire and tied a bunch of the action figures together. That worked out pretty well but some of the lower figures sagged and started to swing from their bonds. With my need to stay fairly still for long periods of time in an effort to let my leg muscle heal i decided to reconstruct the wreath. I tried shoe goo but it was far too messy and took hours to dry. Superglue was nearly invisible and dried in less than a half hour.

There are an assortment of figures in this piece. G.I. Joe, X-Men, Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles, Predator, Alien, some very generic figures, and quite a few that i don’t know.

I think doing a Barbie one would be pretty neat. I have started collecting rubber snakes, bugs, and the like to do an animal wreath. I was considering putting little lights into the wreath so i can have it lit during the holidays… we’ll see. I have about a dozen extra figures but they are all from the Ninja Turtle series. I had considered cutting off their limbs with my Dremel Tool and then glueing arms and legs erupting from other characters. So many ideas…

One last thing - i think this project cost about $60 including the wire, superglue, figurines, and shipping.