Wax Museum

MAB83

We're thinking of checking the wax museum out tomorrow, is it worth going?

magnumlady

Might be too late but we went and thought it was rubbish.

BraziliaNZ

i've heard it's embarassingly bad too

That_Guy

It's not too bad but it's not amazing either. I found it better than the National Gallery/Museum though but that's just me.

ronano

God that's a pity after reopening it in a nice location and with some fanfare you'd think it would be up to scratch.

WindSock

Ah it's worth heading along to see the names printed on copier paper

Degsy

Check out the Moving Crib if they still do it..its quite literally out of this world..amazing.

DigiGal

Are there tunnels?

Degsy

DigiGal wrote: »

Are there tunnels?

Millions of them....

DigiGal

Degsy wrote: »

Millions of them....

Huh?

Degsy

DigiGal wrote: »

Huh?

Tunnels where?

DigiGal

Degsy wrote: »

Tunnels where?

Like the ones in the old wax museum

MAB83

lol thanks guys, bit late alright, we went on Sunday and it's pretty rubbish alright. Kind of embarrassing really how bad it is, I felt sorry for the tourists there with us. They need to get way more figures in to make it decent. I know wax figures are really expensive but it's all or nothing, they should either do it really well or not well at all.

Wouldn't be in a hurry to recommend it anyway.

lightening

I never got the point of these. I must have the "like wax museum" part of my brain missing, I find them utterly pointless.

Degsy

DigiGal wrote: »

Like the ones in the old wax museum

Leading where?

magnumlady

There are tunnels in the childrens section.

I'm still looking at the photos I took on Saturday and laughing:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnumlady/sets/72157622770005242/

Some of the figures are so bad....and so old.

Degsy

magnumlady wrote: »

There are tunnels in the childrens section.

I'm still looking at the photos I took on Saturday and laughing:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnumlady/sets/72157622770005242/

Some of the figures are so bad....and so old.

Priceless

Degsy

magnumlady wrote: »

There are tunnels in the childrens section.

I'm still looking at the photos I took on Saturday and laughing:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnumlady/sets/72157622770005242/

Some of the figures are so bad....and so old.

Behold..Gerry Ryan in all his flyblown finery lol

magnumlady

I thought you'd like the Gerry Ryan one:D

lightening

Christ, they look like manikins with make up on to look like the people! Thanks for the laugh Magnum lady, I mean that...

Degsy

lightening wrote: »

Christ, they look like manikins with make up on to look like the people! Thanks for the laugh Magnum lady, I mean that...

The Peirce Brosnan one has the arm coming off or something haha

DigiGal

magnumlady wrote: »

There are tunnels in the childrens section.

I'm still looking at the photos I took on Saturday and laughing:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnumlady/sets/72157622770005242/

Some of the figures are so bad....and so old.

Cool, doubt I'll fit mind lol

BraziliaNZ

god it looks bad, not fair to inflict this on tourists really

Motorbreath

I went on Saturday evening.
As far as I could gather, their ideal market was Tourists and Children. I'm not entirely confident as to where I fit in...

Anyway to agree with the other comments it is woefully, embarrassingly bad. However, it almost became the kind of "so bad it's funny" sorta attraction. Perhaps it is good if you have absolutely nothing else to do and are up for a relatively cheap laugh.

Oh and extra brownie points for the godawful Hannibal Lecter voice overs :pac:

Masada

Holy Sh1t they look terrible., The most realistic one in those pics was Michelangelo the Turtle.,:D

How much do people pay for the missery of visiting this place?

I_am_Jebus

ah, Eamon Dunphy doesn't look too bad in fairness... looks kinda waxy in real life

MAB83

Masada wrote: »

Holy Sh1t they look terrible., The most realistic one in those pics was Michelangelo the Turtle.,:D

How much do people pay for the missery of visiting this place?

€10. They know they couldn't charge anymore than that. Even the Receptionist looked embarrassed when she took the money. Definitely so bad it's funny though, we spent the whole hour (doesn't take much longer than that) laughing.

magnumlady

I think we got around it in 20 minutes.....I'm still laughing, don't think I'll ever recover.

Degsy

magnumlady wrote: »

I think we got around it in 20 minutes.....I'm still laughing, don't think I'll ever recover.

Got any pics??

bet this thread will lead to a surge in people going to the wax museam to laugh at the exhibits.

Degsy

This is just an uncanny likeness

Masada

holy sh1t, 10 quid each!

for such an abysmal show they sure do charge through the nose huh.