Celebrity Wax Figures: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

By Piper Weiss, Shine Staff                                    This week, when Kate and Will were immortalized in wax, the world glimpsed the impressive advances in sculpting technology. The four sets of royal replicas, costing around $1.6 million, were practically indistinguishable from the real thing. Clearly, Madam Tussaud's pros have found their way out of the 'uncanny valley'--the term used to describe life-like replicas just slightly 'off' enough to make children cry. Not all who came before wax Will and Kate were so lucky...