DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
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Clay Figures (http://www.clayguy.com/id8.html)
Cute stuff. Love the suit on Julia.
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So clever! Agree about Julia's suit - but Angelique is rather ugly instead of beautiful! Quentin, too!!!
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Love the suit on Julia.
The perfect Julia outfit - but Quentin looks like he just stepped out of a '60s Star Trek episode. :D
(Buffy fans should check out their clay figures. Love Vamp Willow!)
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Hey!!! I like my clay Quentin. :D
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LOL! I like the Julia one the best, she looks better there than on the TV. :P ;)
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Julia and Barnabas were good but Angelique looked way too homely. I think Quentin would have looked better dressed in a period costume. The outfit he is wearing does look like he is a crew member aboard the Enterprise. At least, he isn't wearing the expendable crew member red.
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Julia and Barnabas were good but Angelique looked way too homely.
Julia's face and gesture looked a lot like the Classic Horror Bride of Frankenstein--- must have used parts of the same molds. None of the female figures are too pretty, but some, like the two (!) Buffys and the pneumatic ;D Cassandra Mistress of the Dark, have better action or alluring poses.
Angelique should have been depicted in simplified versions of 1897 or 1840 dresses, casting a spell or some other threatening gesture. Well, you CAN get an unpainted version, and make her as psycho-delicious as you please, but there's nothing you can do with her demure hands, unless you paint in a voodoo doll or a sprig of nightshade!
I think Quentin would have looked better dressed in a period costume. The outfit he is wearing does look like he is a crew member aboard the Enterprise. At least, he isn't wearing the expendable crew member red.
Another impression I got was that he was a 1970's street-wise action hero in a freeze-frame shot--- all he needs is a wise-cracking sidekick. "Catch the next thrilling episode of Quentsky and Hunch !" 8)
Funny how they have a display staircase for the Night Stalker figurines, and no Grand staircase upon which one could perch his / her DS dust collectors. I suppose you COULD get the NS one, but it's SO plain. Save some $$$ and build your own....
L.
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Save some $$$ and build your own....
I noticed you could buy them unpainted and paint them yourself. That could be fun but it's not "my thang". At least Ang could be made to look a bit prettier. Could be a fun activity at an infomal DS gathering.
dom...still lovin that Julia figure!
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i like Julia best too angelique looks like an ugly spell was put on her
(maybe a jealous female) Q man does look like Spock [lol2]
jennifer
also they are a tad too pricey for me :-X
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Yeah, the Quentin one is probably my least favorite. The clothes don't look too good.
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:D Actually, i think they are all kinda cute. I think i would have recognized them even out of context. I agree Quentin should have a period costume, but I do see some resemblance. Hey, I saw a Dracula figure on a different website that don't look so much like Lugosi as it was a dead ringer (all puns intended) for Howard Dean. I thoght both the Julia and Angelique clay figures were nicely feminine.
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:D Actually, i think they are all kinda cute. I think i would have recognized them even out of context. I agree Quentin should have a period costume, but I do see some resemblance. <snip> I thoght both the Julia and Angelique clay figures were nicely feminine.
The Angelique figure, in her grey gown and wringing her hands, is clearly based on a specific old publicity photo of Lara Parker that has since appeared in one of those PomPress almanacs. The Quentin may well be a replica of a "groovy" pic from "16" or Tiger Beat or other teeny-bopper fan mag, of D. Selby in "civilian" clothes he actually owned.
Too bad in a way, considering the detail lavished on many of the other figurines, including Barnabas's fangs. A statuette of Ange in her filmy pale green vampire gown might have been a better costume choice. I've no doubt that Quentin in his "morning after the werewolf night" tattered blouse might have appealed to some of the ladies ! [b003]
L.
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The Quentin may well be a replica of a "groovy" pic from "16" or Tiger Beat or other teeny-bopper fan mag, of D. Selby in "civilian" clothes he actually owned.
No pic I've ever seen. ;)
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Just when I needed a break from cataloging a bunch of rotting, old books- Thanks!!
What fun! I love Barnabas' expression; he's really in touch with his inner vampire. I also agree that Angelique is way too homely, although they did capture something of Quentin.
In a strange way, I found these figurines inspiring as I make miniature dolls myself and have even created one of our favorite vampire, although am none too happy with him. Maybe I should give it another go one of these days!