Watchmen button - real measures?

[unomas]

anybody knows what is the real measure of this prop and where it could be bought?. I really want one of those :rolleyes

 

[YenChih Lin]

my replica from ebay is 1,2 inches - I remembered, that the Watchmen thread mentioned this size. I hope I am right - if not correct me, Watchmen experts...

 

[themanwoaname]

you want 2 1/4" thats what mine is. i bought the bloody one for some zombie events, and i searched around for one that wasnt bloody to wear any other time.

a comedian costume that isnt in a robe, with a bloody button is dumb. i was badgered by a leprechaun man at a convention that was telling me my year of research(numerous movie stills and views) and 10 years of reading that book religiously and meticulously was wrong.

 

[unomas]

you are right, a bloody one in a comedian costume is dumb, but, if buy a bloody one is difficult to find, find the smiley without blood is almost impossible. Any ideas?

 

[themanwoaname]

i found both on ebay.

 

[unomas]

ebay there I go

 

[Organic Mechanic]

I can make these, and have 'em up for purchase in minutes.

No Juice:
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Bean Juice:

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Only thing is that they can only come as a "5 Pack" of each design.

Should I do it? And what would be a fair price?

 

[Organic Mechanic]

OK, I went ahead and put 'em up anyway.

http://www.therpf.com/f13/comedians-button-watchmen-97753/#post1395345

 

[ruze789]

2 1/4" is too big for these.
I believe we were coming up with 1 1/4" or 1 1/2" but I think the posts were all made in a Junkyard thread that's long gone.

I've got a few from FJ's run of them from around the movie release, I can double check the size when I get home.

 

[Organic Mechanic]

Let me know. My options with this company are pretty limited. 1" or 2 1/4". If they are gonna be way off in size, I can't see anyone wanting them. In which case, I'll take 'em down.

 

[themanwoaname]

i have 2 1/4" trust me, i did everything i could to make sure that was the right size.

 

[Organic Mechanic]

Sweet.

 

[MooCriket]

I think mine is 2 1/4" as well. I gotta say, I looooove the ones I bought a while back from Funky Jedi I got alot of smiles when I wore it to the premiere.

 

[ruze789]

The Funky Jedi pins were 1 1/4", this was the size that quite a few of us came up with and what he decided to go with for his run.

Pictured here are the FJ pins at 1 1/4", the bottle cap in there is 2 1/4", and the CD was the first thing I could think of for scale comparison.

2 1/4" pins are what I always see at conventions and they always look very oversized compared to these.

 

[Organic Mechanic]

Well, I certainly can't disagree, I've never put any research into the item.

But looking at this pic, 1 1/4" seems a tad small.

 

[themanwoaname]

Well, I certainly can't disagree, I've never put any research into the item.

But looking at this pic, 1 1/4" seems a tad small.

lol, because 1 1/4" is small.

when i did my own comedian costume, ahem, the one above, i spent days getting pristine shots of this costume, and measuring the dc direct figure, and scaling them to make it. the button is 2 1/4", its a standard sized button.

how else would i know that?

when i first started looking for this costume, i bought a 1 1/4" blood smiley button, and it was too small. i got a 2 1/4" and it was perfect.

1 1/4" is wrong. absolutely positively wrong. its too small.

 

[Organic Mechanic]

My OCD got the better of me, so I went back and redid these. I completely redrew the face, used a more accurate yellow, redid the blood, and made a Graphic novel version.

Yeah, they're still 2 1/4".

(Oh yeah, dropped the price while I was at it too.)

 

[augofett]

there are pictures of the original button in an exhibit next to the original zippo and they are about the same size across, so I made mine 1.5" and seems alright to me.

 

[Funky]

unomas, please answer this question: you ended your sentance in your original post, " I really want one of those :rolleyes"
What were you trying to say by adding the rolling eyes emoticon? What do you think it means?

 

[n0x23]