ALERT ALERT ALERT

[cleolinda]

TONNER 2010 SUMMER LINE

I DO NOT LIKE THE ALICE

I DO NOT LIKE THE OUTFIT

ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT THE WORST ONE IN NEW MOON

THE ONE THAT LOOKED LIKE THE PAINTER'S SMOCK

IN VOLTERRA

MAYBE THE NEXT PROTOTYPE PICTURE WILL BE BETTER

MAYBE I CAN MESS THE HAIR UP


(ETA: Okay, look, people. "I can mess the hair up" means I will be buying it anyway, because I love Alice. If I am really sincerely angry about something, I will not express that in capslock. Capslock is for exaggerating and playing things up. It's not one of the outfits I did like, but I can live with it. I suspect they will fix the hair to be more flipped out and quietly change the picture on the site. It's a cute doll as it is, but it's frustrating, in a not-that-it-really-matters way, to see them get the Galadriel so right and then mess up something as key as the hair--a major Alice feature--on this one and give it one of the less-interesting outfits. People asked me to report my initial gut reaction when I saw it. So I did. But it's okay.)


A quick rundown:

Twilight: Oh God, the new Bella likeness is... no. (I will totally buy the outfit if someone sells it separately.) We're holding steady with the Edward likeness, although the gaze is SUPER INTENSE. Nice suit, though.

Lord of the Rings: Besides the Galadriel, there's a Legolas, but no pictures yet. I still crave the Arwen, even though the dress isn't entirely movie-accurate, because it is pretty.

Firefly: You can see the Inara, but it is sold out. I think they said they'd be doing a different one later.

Prince of Persia: As previously revealed. I would totally go for the Tamina if it was the full princess/priestess outfit with all the veils.

Jonah Hex: Really? Really?



omg my moneys

Comments

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

Well shoot, I'm sorry that Alice looks like that. :(

[nb2000.livejournal.com]

New Moon Edward's hair is trying to escape from his head. That is the only way I can explain that.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

The Fangirl Warning System in his hair is on high alert.

[ohkaye.livejournal.com]

The fact that Gemma Arterton is now a doll makes me laugh whenever someone brings it up.

I DEMAND A TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES LINE COMPLETE WITH EDDIE REDMAYNE. ALSO, ALEC, SO I CAN SET HIM ON FIRE.

[hopeandmemory.livejournal.com]

om nom eddie redmayne om nom.

[hopeandmemory.livejournal.com]

That Galadriel doll is gorgeous. I don't even really collect dolls (although I do have a LOT of LOTR action figures and the Toy Biz Galadriel still in her box on top of my bookshelf), but I want that doll. The sculpt looks so much like Cate Blanchett it is SCARY.

Alice's hair looks silly but I didn't think the outfit was terrible... she does look better in dresses, though. It's too bad they didn't do the dress from the first film, that one was super cute.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

THAT IS THE DRESS THAT I WANTED.

I was hoping they'd just skip to one of the Eclipse outfits, because I saw one that wasn't too terrible. Or even the outfit she's wearing at the beginning of the movie in school! Although that was kind of smocky.

I didn't like this outfit, but still: it's not the worst one.

[ailaes.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be saving my pennies to buy Galadriel as a birthday present to myself. I have five months. DO NOT SELL OUT! AUGH!

[bishsticks.livejournal.com]

I have no interest in Jonah Hex whatsoever, but I find myself strangely drawn to the Megan Fox dolls. It must be the outfits. Me likey.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

I think licensing Megan Fox is the reason they went for it. They did Get Smart because Robert Tonner wanted to do an Ann Hathaway doll.

[mumford519.livejournal.com]

Alice is, well, maybe it will get better.
The Mal doll from Firefly is strange, but Galadriel is beautiful.

[unicornluvr.livejournal.com]

I think that Mal looks more like the good Dr. Simon Tam.

[sun-star-n-moon.livejournal.com]

The Alice is a disappointment. I really wish they didn't do her hair like that. BUT OMG! GALADRIEL IS EVERYTHING I HOPED SHE WOULD BE.

[mamaburlesque.livejournal.com]

Oh.My. That Galadriel is epic perfection!!

I cannot WAIT to see Legolas!!

So sad about Alice =\

[bad-idea-bear.livejournal.com]

That Galadriel is possibly the most beautiful doll ever.

I NEED HER. And the Arwen. And the inevitable Eowyn.

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

The Arwen doll is way closer to the movie Arwen than the website pictures would lead you to believe. If I had the money I would buy both Arwen and Galadriel.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

The upcoming Barbie Alice is much cuter. God it hurt to type that.

[chulacabra.livejournal.com]

Wow, you're right! And considering how bad Barbie Edward looks, that's saying something.

http://blog.zap2it.com/thedishrag/twilight-barbie-alice-victoria-large.jpg

[queenanthai.livejournal.com]

This is how the world ends.

Starting in Birmingham.

[bumblebee-1983.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD.

Eddie's hair needs it's own zip code. WTH IS UP WITH THAT?? (or to the side with that hair)?

Galadriel is SOOOO PRETTY.

[sevenmarie.livejournal.com]

"She reminds me of the Chicago dolls from years ago!"

i think that is the point....she reminds you of CHICAGO not TWILIGHT

also alice's hair is way more "flippy" thank this girls boring bob. also alice is perky and peppy and the clothes from new moon on her were drab and schoolmarm-ish

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

The real life dolls usually look much better than the prototype pictures, so the Alice could end up looking much better than that. I would restyle the hair, though.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah. They also go through really quiet changes from the prototype to the final product; I keep Watch That Page on dolls I'm interested in, so I've seen them very quietly change the pictures out. The difference between the first Edward and the one they eventually sold was drastic.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Wow, okay. This comment comes off as really hostile to me, although I don't know if you meant it that way. "You're clearly all about the gothic and fantasy duds if you're Cleolinda" has a really insulting, dismissive tone regarding my tastes, IMO. Again, maybe you didn't mean it that way, which is why I'm telling you how it actually made me feel.

I love a lot of Alice's outfits, particularly from the first movie.

http://pics.livejournal.com/cleolinda/pic/000b0yyf/g41
http://pics.livejournal.com/cleolinda/pic/000g6k2g/g41

I did not particularly like the outfit they have chosen for this doll. (It doesn't have her trademark ribbon choker either, which I really loved.) I didn't like the loose grey blouse with the red leather gloves at the end of New Moon; I did really like the blue and white layered outfit she's wearing at school in the beginning. I really wanted one of the outfits with more layers--gloves, a scarf, a sweater. And her hair is always flipped out; the hair on this doll doesn't look right at all, and that's one of the trademark Alice features.

You may notice, however, that I said "Maybe I can mess her hair up," which implies that I will, in fact, be buying it anyway, because I do love Alice, and it's very possible the doll looks better in person, or that they'll fix the hair. They have often changed the Twilight dolls from prototype to final product.

[clodia-risa.livejournal.com]

I think its the blush on the Galadriel that really makes her look like the original. It highlights her cheekbones perfectly.

I have to admit to not being an Alice-expert, but I thought the doll was pretty. Not the most similar to the actress, but pretty! I defer to your superior knowledge, however.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

The blush is gorgeous. I don't even know that I've ever seen them do that on a doll before.

[fairies-exist.livejournal.com]

I've never really been tempted to buy a doll before, even the lovely Old Hollywood dolls that Tonner started doing (they have awesome costumes), but that Galadriel is the most beautiful doll I have ever seen. It's amazing. I'm very tempted.


Alice looks silly, though. It doesn't look anything like her actress.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I'd need to see a profile to be sure, but the face actually looks pretty good to me.

[aka-paloma.livejournal.com]

Tell me if I'm wrong here but I think the Alice Cullen doll looks more like actress Lana Parilla than it does Ashley Greene. Seriously. Slap a 70s dress (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1112512256/tt0928173) on her and she'd be perfect as Trina Decker from Swingtown.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Oh, SPOT on.

[internal666.livejournal.com]

Alice... Oh honey, no.

[jabberwockpie.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, Bella's outfit might not fit your Bella because they put her on a different body with smaller boobs.

Why can't we have nice things Alices?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! I am SO SAD. I will try it. DAMMIT, why did they have to change the Bella so drastically halfway through the product line.

[teaa.livejournal.com]

Is it just me, or does this (http://www.tonnerdoll.com/2010TonnerSite/2010Images/SummerBlockbuster/NewMoon/bblood2.jpg) look much more like Liv Tyler than Kristen Stewart?

[the-jackalope.livejournal.com]

It's not just you.

[the-jackalope.livejournal.com]

I think I want that Galadriel. She's so pretty. And that dress. OMG that dress.

[dhaunea.livejournal.com]

I saw that, but am able to resist, as I'm going to A Day of Ennui with Ellowyne Wilde in August.

... I'm so excited that it isn't even funny. I'm also attempting to put together a dress for one of the competitions.

I wish I knew someone else who was going, but still. Robert Tonner will be available for signing afterward. I'm way, way too excited about this!

[jabberwockpie.livejournal.com]

It sounds exciting!

The doll store near me is having Robert Tonner in September. I intend to get my Ellowynes signed and tell him that he REALLY REALLY REALLY needs to make a black Ellowyne friend.

It's my #1 doll want and I think my Mom is worried I'm going to kill him or . . . I don't know, headbutt him or something. (I'm not, I just want a black Ellowyne friend.) I was totally bummed about Amber.

[emisi.livejournal.com]

I've been saving my pennies for the Doctor doll, but.... dude. I WANT THAT GALADRIEL.