Category Archives: Ventriloquist Figure Building

A Wonderful Frank Marshall Figure

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Webmaster

It is so nice when I am contacted by folks wanting to have their Marshall figures join the Willinger collection.and this was the case with Robert Echols. Robert is an antique dealer in CA and he deals in Old Darby … Continue reading →

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Build Your Own Ventriloquist Figure

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Webmaster

Last year, Steve Hurst, my webmaster, created an instructional video set entitled, “The ULTIMATE Guide To Building Your Own Ventriloquist Figure, Volume 1”. The other day, Steve forwarded me one of the emails that he received and I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Random Notes on Ventriloquism

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Webmaster

              Some of the threads that are talked about all the time on the different vent lists are choosing a suitable figure, right kind of movements in the figure, breakage of string that control … Continue reading →

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Ventriloquist Figure Video Collecting Series – A Brian Hamilton McElroy Style Figure

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Webmaster

Here’s a look at another ventriloquist figure made by Brian Hamilton. This is a “McElroy” style figure. [flashvideo filename=http://ventriloquistcentral.com/dan-collecting-brian-hamilton-mcelroy-style-014/dan-collecting-brian-hamilton-mcelroy-style-014.flv /]   Click here to see some of Brian Hamilton’s ventriloquist figures Dan www.ventriloquistcentral.com *************************************************** Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast … Continue reading →

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Oh Skinny Dugan We Love You

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Webmaster

When it comes to ventriloquism and its promotion there was none better than Fred Maher. He was a for real marketing genius. Back in the early days you could look in any periodical from Boy’s Life to Look to Popular … Continue reading →

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