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bink and I took a side trip to Sparta, Wisconsin, to visit the F.A.S.T. Corporation = Fiberglass Animals, Shapes & Trademarks.
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Walking through their field of fiberglass molds, we met most of the Giant Roadside Attractions we've ever seen.
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THIS IS SPARTA! But some figures look like casts from Pompeii.
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FAST also makes water park slides.
We chatted with Mike, the production manager, and he told us he wishes the war in the Middle East would stop, because he's expecting a ton of orders from his pre-war customers: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Afghanistan were all big spenders in Entertainment Parks...
Something must be done.
RELEASE THE KRAKEN!
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Bob! Holding a Big Boy!
ReplyDeleteYou remember!
ReplyDeleteFriendly post-apocalypse.
ReplyDeleteYes! Unless they melt in an atomic blast, these fiberglass structures will probably never decay...
ReplyDeleteSo kewl!
ReplyDeleteI want to plant something in the legs-one. Ferns, maybe.
I love all these images, and from your previous days too. I'd love to see a movie of these objects.
ReplyDeleteMakes me want take off and travel!
Alas, Dania,
ReplyDeleteI didn't have my video camera with me. : (