Talk:Mannequin

If someone is more knowledgable about this than I, please post something about the history of mannequins! Thanks!

Pedophobia...?

I thought pedophobia was the fear of children...?

Yes, etymologically, it is. Kilo•T 13:56, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Is this a case of American English screwing things up (pedo- vs. paedo-)?Paul E Nolan 22:26, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism from port 216.167.223.145 once more

Are we dealing with this at all? I researched the port number and it seems they've been doing this all over the web. The time of entry 19:01 on the fourteenth Central US time from MN points to someone out of the school district pretty late at night. That is if its actually coming from there. Can we just prevent that location from editing again?Vinegartom 05:15, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

What?

"...group of mutilated mannequins is found at a suspect's house, causing the protagonist (and reader) to believe the suspect to be the shark..."

Mannequin as synonym for Model

I remember seeing "mannequin" used as a synonym for a fashion model in a novel set in the late edwardian or the twenties. I don't remember it as having a derogatory connotation. 70.71.69.221 10:49, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Prices for mannequins

Back in the early 1970s, my father rented out an entire floor of a building to a store that did nothing but manufacture and market life-sized mannequins. The typical buyer was a department store that needed mannequins to dress up in clothes that were for sale. Back then, a mannequin had a variety of prices, but the one price I can remember, was $500 US Dollars. The main article could be improved by talking about the various prices commanded by a mannequin. 216.99.201.156 (talk) 18:32, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

History?

Do they have a history even? 207.224.18.33 (talk) 07:06, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Lack of Information

I feel as if this article lacks technical information, such the type of materials the mannequins are made of, the manufacturing process, how much they weigh, whether they're hollow or filled, etc. Also, there is no information about the artist's mannequins - apart from the picture. A section on them would be helpful too, and a history of mannequins would also be great in addition to the etymology. This entire article, the way it currently is, seems to be about badmouthing mannequins about how they're perceived as "creepy" by society, and used in works of fiction as such. 220.253.185.76 (talk) 07:00, 20 September 2010 (UTC)