i'd love to see figures of julia,vicki,liz etc...but i wonder if figures of the female characters will read more like "dolls" than "action figures" and be likely to turn off male toy collectors?
Speaking as someone who's talked to different male collectors (unfortunately there are more men in this hobby than women), I don't think it will turn them off. People who collect Sideshow's 12 inch figures for an example - many collect a specific line and will generally get all the figures in the line, or figures of the main characters. For Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy was the first figure they made (they've also made a few other versions of her), and they've made other female characters on the show. A lot of Star Wars fans are looking forward to Leia being released, etc..... If the females are main characters, most collectors want to see them released. A couple of people I talked to about the DS figures mentioned wanting Angelique & Josette to go with Barnabas.
PennyDreadful - I just looked at the nose and noticed that. It does look weird. My 'weird' moment with these is my Quentin's sculpt. I saw a picture of someone else's out of the box and the eyes seemed different than mine, which is unusual because 9/10 times there aren't any variations.
Jennifer - Online action figure stores, and ebay would probably be your best bets.