Stolen Eddie torso incident during the World Slavery Tour... wtf??

[Dick Brucinson]

Yet I believed to know pretty much everything about Maiden since I became maidenized around 1985/86 already, however, I suppose I was wrong.

Today I read in some Facebook Maiden fan group the following story that I never heard of, and I am wondering if some of you folks out there know a bit more about:

During the World Slavery Tour the original torso of the big mummy Eddie allegedly was stolen. It got replaced by a new torso that was built by the road crew. They used towels to build it up and various other stuff.

A few people confirmed this story to be true (and I tend to believe them). I don't know where exactly this happened and I have no idea about any further circumstances.



IF this is true, it's a really interesting story. And in case it's true we should be able to spot two different Eddie torsos by comparing different live pictures made in 1984/85 as it is impossible to recreate the torso 1:1 identically.

Any further details anybody??

 

[Diesel 11]

Wasn't this mentioned in the LAD doc?

 

[Dick Brucinson]

Wasn't this mentioned in the LAD doc?

Seems that I missed that part out somehow...

 

[Aggelos]

so you mean someone, somewhere, has a giant mummy eddie in his living room????
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

 

[PhantomOfTheOpera]

so you mean someone, somewhere, has a giant mummy eddie in his living room????
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

That's one crown jewel in someone's collection

 

[GhostofCain]

Wasn't this mentioned in the LAD doc?

It was.

 

[Cosmiceddie]

How the hell is it possible to steal that huge mummy?

 

[Luisma]

That story is a fabrication. The torso had specific dimensions that were assembled to the rest of the parts and that was moved with a crane, so there's no way it could be replicated as simple as someone grabbing towels and some wires.

 

[GhostofCain]

That story is a fabrication. The torso had specific dimensions that were assembled to the rest of the parts and that was moved with a crane, so there's no way it could be replicated as simple as someone grabbing towels and some wires.


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Are you saying that Maiden have been telling porkies???

 

[Luisma]

Are you saying that Maiden have been telling porkies???

Me? Nooooo! I'm not capable

 

[AncientMariner_Essex]

Wouldn’t be surprised if Rasmus has this as part of his collection

That dude never ceases to amaze me a) how on earth he gets all this stuff in his collection and b) where on earth he gets the money from.

 

[Luisma]

Wouldn’t be surprised if Rasmus has this as part of his collection

That dude never ceases to amaze me a) how on earth he gets all this stuff in his collection and b) where on earth he gets the money from.

He doesn't have any of this. This early Maiden stuff are "lost" in Italy. He has some of his stuff from auction houses, hunts ebay like crazy and get most of his money from working for the military!