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Wallace & Grommet RIP

A true shame. Have to give props to Nick Park. Hard for people to keep perspective in times like this.
I wonder what caused the fire...
 
iGav said:
Who gives a stuff about Wallace and Gromit.

Poor Morph... :eek: :(
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Poor Morph my arse! Apparently it was him who burnt the place down.
It seems he's been consumed by jealousy over Wallace’s success(Gromit’s been OK but Wallace has been all ego since the wrong trousers and pissing all the other models off round Ardman’s studios). He’s been drinking heavily and dropped of with a lit cigarette in his little box last night.

Sad really, those close to him tried to get him to talk about his feelings but of course he couldn’t. :(
 
crap freakboy said:
bet you it Mr.Bennet or Tony Hart that put Chaz up to it.
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Either that, or the Creature Comforts turned the thermostat up. heheh
 
iGav said:
Either that, or the Creature Comforts turned the thermostat up. heheh
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"...the beauty of burning plasticine is it's so turn on and off-abl......oh bugger"
***retreats into shell***
 
That is so heart breaking... all those hours spent on classic figurines. All those thousands and thousands of sets of clay eye balls-- gone. Er, anyway. That is really sad though. *sniff* Shaun the sheep is no more. And poor poor Grommit. :(
 
Wouldn't the fire - like a kiln - bake them into eternal solidity? Like soldiers guarding Shi Huangdi's tomb, are they not now immortal, no longer wilting under the slightest touch? Is this not the spiritual goal of any lump of clay?

I say we accept their passing from the world of the amorphous solid to that of rigid solidity (no, not intentionally sounding like a Viagra ad here).
 
Plasticine, unlike clay.....

jsw said:
Wouldn't the fire - like a kiln - bake them into eternal solidity? Like soldiers guarding Shi Huangdi's tomb, are they not now immortal, no longer wilting under the slightest touch? Is this not the spiritual goal of any lump of clay?

I say we accept their passing from the world of the amorphous solid to that of rigid solidity (no, not intentionally sounding like a Viagra ad here).
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liquifies when heated, where the moisture is removed from clay and it becomes hard.
 
I guess im wondering why something like that wasnt kept in a fire (proof or resistant) safe at night, just in case of something like a fire.
 
jdechko said:
I guess im wondering why something like that wasnt kept in a fire (proof or resistant) safe at night, just in case of something like a fire.
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I once had the pleasure of been taken around the Henson's Creature Workshop in Camden, and they seemed quite lapse about the safety and security of their 'creatures' too. :eek:
 
So, how long before a puddle of charred melted plasticine turns up on eBay?

I think Morph (or at least one of him) might be safe though since there was a report in last week's Metro about someone who had bought him at auction for £1400... and taken delivery
 
Cracking toast, Gromit... :eek:

It's a real shame – although according to the BBC at least, the premises that went up in smoke was a warehouse containing the company archives and memorabilia – the studios themselves are located in another part of Bristol, so at least future production is unaffected.
 
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