Thursday, July 7, 2011

Dirty Harry - Suitcase Edition

Dirty Harry - Suitcase Edition

Harry Callahan and his five films landed on my desk. I had to do something for them.
Clint Eastwood deserved something to be worth. Not the stuff they sell on a cardboard edition all around.
I need to say that I feel this case unfinished, where is missing some "gifts"...
In a briefcase 28 x 31 cms, I stayed away from these paper boxes. It seems to remember the James Bond and Matrix attaché cases.

The collage is inserted at the top, with an image from the official edition of the series. A little blurry, but it was the best we got ...


When you open the case, it is divided into small areas for different objects: The DVD, a booklet, a gun, handcuffs and ID badge.

At the top, a kind of wallpaper to give a warm welcome.

The identification card of Inspector Harry Callahan. Here we can see perfectly the biggest absence of the Edition: The badge No. 2211 San Francisco should be included, along with the Inspector ID.
An inspector never leaves home without his pair of handcuffs...

Yes, I know that this is not a Smith & Wesson model 29 ... For now, I have a cheap replica imitating those for kids.


The booklet created from scratch (paginated, printed and joined here at home) with cover art from Olly Moss (the great artist) and inside it contains other information about the five films: Synopsis, credits, trivia, notes production, etc. All the information was taken from Wikipedia.

Under the booklet, are the five DVD's in the Amaray slim box .

It may seem flashy, but I feel there is missing "something."
I've been thinking about joining it some police files as I did for the Police Academy Box, but this time focused on the criminals captured by Callahan. I also thought of creating a small album of pictures, format 10x15 cm black and white, but the pictures of the booklet already illustrate this aspect.
It really  misses the badge... I can find it on ebay for sale, I even could buy it tomorrow.
But it's a bit pricey for a so small bit of iron. I'll wait until the Chinese make it cheaper, ehehe. Worth waiting for...
And also maybe get some bullets to make it all nice!

3 comments:

Ricardo Lopes Moura said...

gostei especialmente do pormenor do cartão de identificação, ainda que a foto seja tirada de muito longe para parecer uma foto "de passe".

o revólver é que me desiludiu, nem por sombras passa por um .44 Magnum, parece mais um .38. falta-lhe o comprimento do cano e a imponência.

Ricardo Lopes Moura said...

espera, só quando cheguei ao elm street é que percebi... isto não foi comprado por ti, mas feito por ti...

é hora de dar o braço a torcer, para um one man job, está excelente.

julguei que estivesse a ver coisas feitas por departamentos de marketing cheios de dinheiro, my bad :)

brain-mixer said...

Pois Ricardo, all by myself :D
É verdade que a arma não é igual, mas era a mais parecida que tinha cá em casa :P

Paralelamente com os posters que faço, vou fazendo de vez em quando estas "edições mega-limitadas".
Para breve está previsto sair mais uma...

Cumprimentos :D