Roadside Romeo Out!

[furtech]

I've been waiting for a while for this film to be released in the US. I don't think the previous foreign Disney film (Mexican?) was ever released. Roadside Romeo looked like a lot of fun from the "casting call" preview they had out. Thanks to brerandalopex, I found out that it's out on US DVD!

I found the film on Amazon and I've already ordered it (film night, Tracy? Roz?).

Brer mentioned that there was a cute extra on the disk, showing a music video with the costumed characters they made for it. They're neat costumes-- I'm almost sure they were made by Custom Characters here in Glendale.

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[furtech.livejournal.com]

The short fur on the arms/legs (mostly Laila) is likely National Fiber Technologies 4-way stretch fur: wonderful stuff, trims down beautifully. Works beautifully-- it's just very expensive. It's all custom-made: for a short-run fur, it's actually cheap (as compared to what a mill would charge for a minimum run of several hundred yards).

Vacuum-formed heads like theirs requires a decent sculptor, several molds/casts and a huge vacuum-forming machine (at least a 2'X2' machine, more likely a 4'X4'). But it's great for making multiple copies of something (like a theme park would need).