Doll news!

[cleolinda]

HEY YOU GUYS IT'S AN INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT TONNER--

"What is it now?"

"Are there pictures?"

How do you guys always know when I'm looking at dolls?

"Look, you don't scream like that unless it's relevant to our interests. You want to keep this stuff undercover, you gotta be a little more slick than that."

(Now Purple Arwen's over on The Shelf yelling, "HEY WHAT IS IT? DO I NEED TO COME OVER THERE?")

"NEWS UPDATE ON EDWARD DOLLEN, YOU GOTTA SEE THIS!"

"IS IT THE TALL ONE THIS TIME?"

LOOK, EVERYBODY GET OVER HERE AND LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH ALL AT ONCE. Wait, where's Fugagorn and White Arwen?

"You don't want to know."

Augh, I had to ask.

*reading*

*still reading*

"Can you make the print a little bigger?"

It's already at 110%!

"MY EYES ARE REALLY SMALL, OKAY?"

LOOK, I'LL READ IT OUT LOUD.

When we do a portrait of an actor, we first get every bit of reference we can—and that’s not always easy. The studio usually supplies us what they can, but those pictures are not always the best to sculpt by, so we go on the internet and find any pictures we can.

"So basically, Edward's going to look like a stoner hobo."

"I'm all right with that."

"He could have three arms and you'd be all right with that."

...

"Dude, are you imagining that now? Don't stand next to me."

Of course the first characters out will be Bella and Edward. I’d like to do all of them, depending on how well they do, but probably James and Victoria will be next.

NOOOOO I WANT AN ALICE DOLLEN!

"Victoria has good hair, though."

"Will she be wearing the pelt of whatever that is?"

"If she has that 'Kiss Me, I'm Irish' shirt on, I'm just gonna laugh at her all day long."

"What about James? He's a guy, at least. And we do need more of those--"

"Please, that sad-ass ponytail? It was a dealbreaker for me then and it's a dealbreaker for me now."

"You look at that picture and all you see is his ponytail?"

However, I’d love to figure out a way to do Edward as he looks with the sun on his skin—that would be a challenge!

"YOU HAVE TO GET THAT."

"DON'T YOU DARE."

ONE AT A TIME, Y'ALL!

"I'M NOT SHARING THAT SHELF WITH A DISCO BALL."

"I think I would be okay with sparkling. Kind of reminds me of home, really."

Well, I'd say you lost the vote, Anna, except it's not like I can afford to buy dolls willy-nilly as it is. And wouldn't y'all rather have someone with a sword or something?

"Well..."

"I'M SAYING."

The clothing can be pretty easy—and in this case they were. Accessories can be challenging, but in this case there was nothing out of the ordinary.

"I like how he keeps saying through the whole interview that basically these guys are easy to make because they're really boring."

(Anna polishes her knuckles on that hella-complicated corset of hers.)

"Could you scroll down a bit? The pictures of the disembodied doll parts are... kind of freaking me out."

We should have images of the dolls out in early November (if we stay on track!).

"YOU KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THOSE."

COOL IT, EOWYN.

"Oh, like we won't hear her scream when she gets them in her email."

The production dolls should be out in the first quarter of next year. The dolls will be in the $150.00 range.

Well, shit.

"You better start saving your pennies now, hoss."

"I'll go start checking under the couch cushions!"

"You would always sell ELLOWYNE, you know."

Eowyn, LET IT GO.


(More from the Secret Life of Dolls.)

Comments

[kittenscurious.livejournal.com]

Hee. Man, I would rather enjoy a James doll (or possibly a cardboard cutout). That boy is easy on the eyes.

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

I don't even understand half of what's going on here (it's a male defensive reflex, I think!) but I'm still busting a gut over here from laughter. Ah, the dolls posts, they slay me! (I wonder if I could get away with a "secret life of ducks" series...)

"You look at that picture and all you see is his ponytail?"

Let's find out how many MST3K fans are in the audience today: "Those are some dangerously steep stairs."

[tacotoes.livejournal.com]

if that were me, i'd be rolling around in a handful of change!

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

Occasionally a spelunker just wanders in - "Hey, what the hell?!"

[bizarreoptimism.livejournal.com]

"It's the *same* gas station!"

Also, I love The Secret Life of Dolls. So VERY much. Particularly in light of my PotC-action-figure-heavy mantle ... XD

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

They're really gonna have to get their money laundered.

I'd say that my shelves are heavy with rubber ducks, but... well, hollow bits of plastic don't exactly strain the woodwork, do they?

[rustedinkwell.livejournal.com]

:O MUNCHKIN ICON! I haven't played that in so long.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

"Oh, Mike. You're looking at the STAIRS!!"


Glad to oblige...

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I was waiting for someone to do it... *grin*

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

You're quite welcome...

:DD

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

I think Anna is my favorite. Especially when she disses Eowyn.

Also, I finally figured out what these conversations remind me of: David Seville and the Chipmunks, but with more innuendo.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Which one wants a hula hoop?

[ofshoesandships.livejournal.com]

I'm not sharing my shelf with that disco ball!

Anna is my favorite lol

[madelrocio7.livejournal.com]

Please, that sad-ass ponytail? It was a dealbreaker for me then and it's a dealbreaker for me now.

Oh, God... You almost made me choke on my lunch. It is a sad-ass ponytail. I mean, why did they do that to him?

[bella-stella78.livejournal.com]

"Will she be wearing the pelt of whatever that is?"

Nothing's worse than James's ponytail, but that pelt of Victoria's sure is a close second... Hey, at least she has kick-ass hair.

[moogleybacon.livejournal.com]

ahhh, I love all the snark between Anna and Eowyn. Sooo entertaining.

Also, I swear, if they make this doll sparkle, I don't think I can not buy it.

(Somewhere in the background, I can hear my bank account sobbing, wailing on about how I'm already spending fifty on MST3K and need to stop. Woe.)

[elirrina.livejournal.com]

SecretLifeofDollsYay!

You know, if they're demanding a guy and a sword, Will Turner is going to win.

[r0ck3tsci3ntist.livejournal.com]

Dude, I would buy a James doll in a heartbeat but I don't think my husband would let it in the house. 8DDD

[thefireisblack.livejournal.com]

Eowyn still hasn't forgiven the "shortbread" comment has she?

[jharrison19.livejournal.com]

I will pay 150 only if two conditions are met: 1) SPARKLED! Required. 2) rocking chair and/or WD-40 can. Then I will have to sell some eggs.

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

I love Secret Life of Dolls. Funniest thing ever. XD I read it often.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

I kind of like the sad-ass ponytail.

But I've always had a thing for men with long hair. *sigh*

The doll-part pictures are eeeeerie.

BTW, my LJ-friend Cari interviewed SMeyer back in 2005. Here's a "flashback to the interview" (http://red.blogs.aol.com/redblogcari/pages_red/flashback_to_the_release_of_twilight/) she linked me to, in case you're curious as to what she said about the books then.

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

"In my head I'm still like 19 still" Bitch please, EVERYONE who has a sense of taste for writing thinks you're younger than that, mentally at least! Pshaw.

Ahem, sorry.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

But I've always had a thing for men with long hair. *sigh*


Same.

[entropy-and-me.livejournal.com]

You may have heard the deafening scream in Alabama too, but just in case:

David Tennant Leaving Dr. Who at end of current series - internets implode:
http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEkkVFEVAkpSmGYjFYL

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

HOLY SHIT.

that was an Alabamian, screaming from France. :-D

[golden-d.livejournal.com]

Speaking of sparkle motion (well, sparkles, anyway): The £100,000 white wedding for the 16-year-old girl who lives in a caravan (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1081355/The-100-000-white-wedding-16-year-old-girl-lives-caravan.html). I, uh, don't really know what the caravan is to which the article refers - judging from context, I'm thinking it might be a trailer.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Yup. Just like "lorry" is English for "truck."

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

DAMN! She paid £16,000 for THAT?!?!? I guess you can have a white trash wedding even in England...

[rustedinkwell.livejournal.com]

So that's what a chav looks like. Hmm.

[goonie-freak.livejournal.com]

I just don't understand it! We can put a man on the moon... WE UNDERSTAND ROCKET SCIENCE... and yet we can't make a tiny doll have a tiny face that LOOKS like it's real life couterpart?

*sigh* something is wrong here...

[maramala.livejournal.com]

Subconscious aversion of the makers to the Uncanny Valley, maybe?

[thelovely2.livejournal.com]

I'm too lazy to read the interview so.. d'you think he'd come with glitter?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Not the doll he's making. What he said was, if he could figure out a way to do a Sparkle Edward, he'd make that doll as well.

[thelovely2.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, a Sparkle Edward. I was half hoping they would just shake off that idea in the movie, it's crossed the line past sort-of-funny to just plain old ridiculous.