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DS clay figures
« on: February 08, 2004, 08:16:05 AM »
Clay Figures

Cute stuff. Love the suit on Julia.

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Re:DS clay figures
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2004, 08:45:28 AM »
So clever!  Agree about Julia's suit - but Angelique is rather ugly instead of beautiful!  Quentin, too!!!
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Re:DS clay figures
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2004, 09:40:35 AM »
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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Re:DS clay figures
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2004, 11:26:06 AM »
Hey!!!  I like my clay Quentin.  :D

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« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2004, 01:19:33 PM »
LOL!  I like the Julia one the best, she looks better there than on the TV.   :P ;)

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Re:DS clay figures
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2004, 04:38:27 PM »
     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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Re:DS clay figures
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2004, 08:26:09 PM »
     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!

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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....

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Re:DS clay figures
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2004, 09:58:05 PM »
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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Re:DS clay figures
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2004, 02:43:06 PM »
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]

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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2004, 06:03:52 PM »
Yeah, the Quentin one is probably my least favorite.  The clothes don't look too good.

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« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2004, 09:38:44 PM »
 :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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« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2004, 03:12:56 AM »
: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]

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Re:DS clay figures
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2004, 12:00:28 PM »
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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Re:DS clay figures
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2004, 10:00:11 PM »
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!
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