Ventriloquist Central Blog

Well folks the Vent Haven ConVENTion is almost upon us. In the past I would run a pre sale for the ConVENTion but have not done it for a while, however, we will this year.

Any vent figure being sold by me, Dan Willinger, on the Ventriloquist Central Marketplace, I am going to take a 20% Reduction in Price. This will only remain until the start of the ConVENTion (July 18th).

So if there was a figure I have listed on Ventriloquist Central Marketplace that you have been toying with purchasing now is your chance. Remember this only applies to the figures I have listed. Contact me at: dan@ventriloquistcentral.com

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The English style mouth was made popular by Len Insull. Most all the pro vents from England used this type figure. I also believe that the mouth movements with the English figure are just as visible as the slot jaw. A perfectly working Insull lower lip opens wide enough to show that the mouth is open and in conjunction with the upper lip I feel that the look is about as real as you can get for a dummy showing those great white teeth.

Craig Lovik back in the early 1980’s coined the phrase “Living Mouth” which is the English mouth but he was not the first American builder to do this style. If you go to my dummy collection and look up Pinxy figures there is a wonderful example of an American figure with English style mouth.
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