I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Game of Thrones. Like more than a few folks, I loved the show up until the last season. I won't spoil anything for those of you that haven't seen it and might want too, but I was just disappointed in how several of the characters storylines ended up. I did start collecting Threezero's figures representing the line a few years ago though. While not on par with say Hot Toys, there are a few of the characters I think they have done really well. Arya, from the early seasons, and Hound are two of them. I've recently started reading the books for the first time, and it has sparked my interest in the Threezero figures again, so I thought I would share some photos here on my blog. I have read complaints on some of the action figure discussion boards about The Hound's hair, but I like that they didn't use sculpted hair for him. I think it adds to his realism. As I said previously, I think he is one of their best likenesses (that I own) to date.
Another revamp of this old blog, my first blog, concentrating on my 1/6 scale collection of dolls, although other dolls may make a random appearance from time to time. I have several other blogs with different types of dolls linked in the sidebar.
Friday, May 7, 2021
Threezero Game of Thrones
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Victoire Musings
I'm a bit late to the East 59th party, after just deciding to take the leap to collect the line this year. The line is designed by Chris Stoeckel, a man whose designs I have admired for years. I first saw his designs on the Studio Commissary, ( a wonderful doll board mostly devoted to Gene Marshall and her friends) through fellow collectors lucky enough to own his work in 16" scale. When I became aware of Chris designing for Victoire Roux, through Integrity Toys, I had moved away from the 12" scale and was determined not to be sucked back into that vortex again. I admired the dolls from afar, through other collectors for years. This past year I found a couple of the East 59th dolls for sale for a price that was just too good to resist, and feeling the need for something different in my collection, I decided to take the plunge and place an order. The rest, as they say is history.....................I have jumped completely down the rabbit hole, and am totally enamored of the line. I have been scouring Ebay and dealer sites trying to play "catch up" on what I have missed out on since the East 59th line was introduced in 2017. This morning I was looking at my collection thus far, specifically my different Victoire's' and decided it might be a fun installment for the blog to look at her character, the different sculpts and screenings as she has been portrayed thus far. I'll start at the beginning, with the only doll I have from the original Victoire line, Pret a Partir, from 2014. I was lucky to acquire her from a friend. The original sculpt is a bit more stylized than Victoire's current incarnation. I think both versions are beautiful.
Saturday, May 1, 2021
@BarbieStyle Doll 1 Review
I received the first doll in the @BarbieStyle series, where collectors vote on the items to be included in the giftset. Admittedly, I was a bit late to this party and just found out about the dolls on this girls release date. Luckily, I got my order in in time for her to arrive this week. Her price point is $100, but I had $20 off on my account, so I got her for $80 plus shipping. There are a lot of things I really like about this doll, and a few I'm disappointed in. I thought I'd review her on the blog, for those of you that don't have her, or would be interested in her. I'll start with the packaging. The packaging is some of the best I've seen from Mattel. The box is a trifold faux "marble" with a magnetic clasp with the Barbie @BarbieStyle Logo. Very nice. If anyone is familiar with Integrity's E59th line, the way the box closes is very reminiscent of that line. I typically throw out all my Barbie packaging. This box I will keep.
When you open up the box the middle is a 3 part section housing the doll in the middle, and each of the 2 outfits on either side. I unboxed my Barbie before I shot a picture of her in the packaging, but the middle section where Barbie was housed is covered by an easily removable plastic insert with a pink "foggy" look bottom, for modesty I suppose, although she is wearing underwear, as shown below.