Justified's Raylan Givens, Timothy Olyphant, immortalized in 1:6th scale!

March 5, 2018

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Gentle reader,

Justified, was an American television series on the FX network and starred Timothy Olyphant. You can read more here: Justified (TV series) - Wikipedia But please come back! 

Prior to my finding the series on Amazon Prime, our only experience with him or his work was his voicing an aged Clint Eastwood in the hysterical animated film, Rango. We were sure that Mr. Eastwood had done the voicing himself, and were surprised someone else had.

OK, so, he looks a little jaundiced in this photo. I've been trying out a new LED ring light and despite it being "white" LEDs, they have a green cast in photos.

Here is an autographed photo of him in his epic role as Deputy United States Marshal Raylan Givens. This 1/6th scale, 12" tall figure was created by a recently deceased man that specialized in making extremely realistic and accurate figures. He actually had a museum filled with them. His son has been passing on his many custom creations on eBay. In his own words, here is how this one came about:

"The figure was culled together by my father who died last year. It was part of his MASSIVE 12" custom figure collection that I'm currently selling on eBay. In fact, it was one of the figures he really enjoyed putting together the most. He obsessed over many of the details. I think the reason was that he really enjoyed meeting and getting to know Timothy Olyphant on the set of Deadwood. My sister in law was the script supervisor on the entire run of that show. So when Mr. Olyphant became the star of Justified, my dad started watching that show as well. He also made figures from Deadwood as well. Glad to know that his figure is going to a good home."

My wife and I got completely hooked on Justified. The characters are believable, the acting superb, the drama gripping and the interplay of the characters and their past believable. Plus, there is eye candy in the actors for men and women. Just saying.

I was looking for something special for my wife for her birthday and I decided to see what might be available. To my surprise and utter delight was this figure. I bid high, no one else was going to get this guy. I won and it arrived on her birthday as did the autographed picture.

This photo of it really shows how incredible the face is and how perfectly he captured the actor's appearance right down to the thin van dyke beard that Raylan sported.

Note the holster is exactly like the one he wore. Some more photos of the figure in various poses:

Every article of clothing from his Stetson to his cowboy boots are exactly replicated in 1:6th scale.

Raylan carried a Glock 17 and so does the character. The Marshal badge is accurate as well.

Note, the holster even has a tiny snap exactly as the real one. The only thing they cannot shrink is fabric stitches. But look at the incredibly tiny knitting of his tan shirt.

Here is the stand the holds him up, it wasn't needed for the photos. If one thinks of how small our feet are compared to our trunk, the feet have a lot to do to keep us upright.

Nancy, of course had no idea what I was up to and absolutely thrilled with what I found for her. She was incredulous at the details and lifelike appearance. She's a gun enthusiast and has many pistols. First one she bought was a Glock 17. 

As a result of what the seller on eBay told me (above) we watched the first episode of Deadwood. We are not sure if we can get into it. It first came out in 2004, so Mr. Olyphant was quite a bit younger then. 

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing this superb creation and sincerely invite you to watch Justified on Amazon. The series is also available on DVDs.

Thanks for looking,

Scott

March 5, 2018