In an age where you're nobody without your own action figure (and, in fact, any old nobody can be made into a toy), it takes something really special in the world of vinyl action dolls to capture the attention. Which is what makes the Wim Delvoye action figure so fantastic.
Retailing at a mere €355, the 12inch poseable doll is not only "anatomically correct" (pull his trousers down for more evidence), but also boasts scale models of the Belgian artist's two most famous works. There's a miniature (although sadly not working) version of his Cloaca project, the laboratory in which he recreated the human digestive system, synthesising surprisingly realistic faeces out of plates of food. There's also a plastic tattooed pig for you to play with.
The full kit is currently on sale at fashionable store Colette in Paris and the Kunstzolder website. It certainly makes a unique addition to the limited edition collectables market; and as action figures go, it's more desirable than a Jek Porkins.
If anyone feels €355 is a bit steep: let's face it, you can hardly complain: this is, after all, a man who will sell you his own shit.
