Papercraft Pope for all your papal puppetry needs

Has the head of the Catholic Church been meddling in your politics? Perhaps you'd like to be the one pulling his strings? Live out your God fantasies with your own Pope Benedict XVI puppet, courtesy of artist Rob Nance.

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Not bad, I like the impressive range of accessories. On the whole, however, I prefer the 3-dimensional version:

http://recortables.net/blog/?p=1 (The download link is the one marked "ZIP, 421kb")

(I built one of those for a Catholic relative, who found it cute - apparently did not pick up on the subtle anti-clerical bend.)

By Phillip IV (not verified) on 18 Apr 2009 #permalink