Many times you hear folks (builders) say that their figure has a head lock. What is a head lock? Of all the figures that I have in the Ventriloquist Central Collection I have only one figure that has a true head lock and that figure is my very early Shaw figure.
Click here to see head lock on very early Shaw figure
Let me explain the head lock on the Shaw. On the bottom of the head stick is a screw, Located on the bottom board of the body is a metal clip that opens on one side, you place the head of the screw into a slot and then close the clip. This is an actual head lock. The head can not be removed unless you reopen the clip.
When the figures went from attaching through the bottom board like Mack and early Marshall figures, and went to ball and socket a new way to secure had to be used. Frank Marshall secured the head stick by stapling a cloth covered rubber band to the bottom of the head stick and then tied it to an eye hook on the bottom board.
