Karen
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Post by Karen on Nov 5, 2005 21:07:04 GMT -5
I received Vampire Drusilla today and took a couple of pictures. Drusilla is not exactly like the prototype. Her mouth is too large, and the eyes are set too far apart. I think the forehead might be too long also, or the hair is set too far back. I'm not sure, but that's how it looks to me. The outfit is amazing, though! Absolute perfection! The lace material over the cloak! The bodice! The fur lining! I can't tell you how much I love her clothes! She looks like she was placed on the smaller female body, and I wish she was a little taller, but that's a minor little thing for me. She looks good, but not as good as she could have been. If I hadn't seen the prototype, I still would think the mouth was too large, and the eyes too far apart, but I would have been happy with it straight out of the box. Is she perfect? Unfortunately No! I do wish we had gotten the prototype. She looks better in person than in the pictures, so I'm not disappointed I got her. Well, enough of my rambling. Lets get to those pictures, shall we? VAMPIRE DRUSILLAI love her hair! All in all, she is a nice figure. I'm happy I got her. I do recommend getting this figure, even with the flaws she still looks good. Karen
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Post by xtinaslayer on Nov 5, 2005 21:14:49 GMT -5
karen, u always spell dru with a C. haha, but firstly THANKS for the pics. she looks....DIFFERENT, i agree with the mouth, the upclose frontal shot is quite obviously striking cos the mouth is BIG. her eyes are ok, the forehead is the same i guess. the dress looks very well done. very. notice a huge cleavage action there. don rem dru to be sooo "pamela" in the show. but she looks short which to me is a bit disappointing. worse is the accessories are very lacking. think its not worth it to buy the exclusive.
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Post by xtinaslayer on Nov 5, 2005 21:17:34 GMT -5
why why why do sideshow not produce their prototypes? is it some budget problem? somebody need to do some investigations.
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Post by xtinaslayer on Nov 5, 2005 21:25:27 GMT -5
comparing her with the sideshow website pics, her fur lining DOES NOT have bits of the black fur that it should have, her top shouldnt be too low cut and the problem with the face is that it is pertruding (sp?) the mouth seems to be pull out more, thats making the face seems diff and the mouth a bit bigger. but the most ultimate complain i have is the height. PLS don tell me she's the same height as oz. thats weird.
well, lets jus wait til sideshow updates their site with the pics. oh, sorry this is my 3rd post straight
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Karen
Potential Slayer
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Post by Karen on Nov 5, 2005 21:28:05 GMT -5
xtinaslayer wrote: Honestly, I thought it WAS spelled with a C. Oops! (changes spelling in previous post) That's why I took that picture. Karen
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Post by Insanity on Nov 5, 2005 21:29:45 GMT -5
Thank you, Karen!!! I love Dru! Now, I really want her! I can't wait!
Hey Karen, Do her cards have a slip over them or something. Or are they half white like in the pictures?
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Post by xtinaslayer on Nov 5, 2005 21:42:05 GMT -5
i think they have a slip cos the card on the left has a slight design on the bottom part in the pic. haha. anyway, karen are there only 2 cards or two stacks? can u post the back of the cards and the packaging?
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Karen
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Post by Karen on Nov 5, 2005 21:50:54 GMT -5
Here's a picture of her cards all spread out. And a picture of her standing next to Oz. Karen
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Post by Insanity on Nov 5, 2005 21:55:19 GMT -5
I didn't know she came with all those cards. They are so cool! I must get Drusilla now! Thanks Karen.
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Post by xtinaslayer on Nov 5, 2005 22:57:07 GMT -5
that is ALOT ALOT of cards, apparently none two are the same. i like it. and thanks karen for the oz pic. knew she was the same height when u posted the dru angel spike pic. does this mean she's shorter than the other female sideshow figures? hhmm...but i guess she'll be the ONLY sideshow i'll open, the tarot cards are WORTH it considering the quantity. karen can i jus repeat i LOVE u
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Nov 5, 2005 23:22:49 GMT -5
Hmm, not sure how I feel yet. I'm hoping you are right that she looks better in real life because I'm a bit disappointed. She does look different and the mouth does look too big and the body too small.
Her jaw looks like it is jutting out too much and it loses that lovely, delicate look to the chin that Dru has. The pictures from a distance look okay. Maybe it's just that the paint looks overly done? Her lips look too big and the paint for her hair has bled onto her forehead.
And Dru is about the same height as Spike so it looks funny her being so much shorter than he is.
But, she looks okay, just not as great as the prototype looked. I'm truly hoping she looks better in real life. And, I know I've already said a lot of negative stuff already but the dress looks too short.
I do love the dress and how vibrant the color looks and the cards are a great accessory (still not that big on the bird though) and her hair does look great. The mouth is the only thing that seems off about the sculpt but I can't tell if it's the paint job or the sculpt. And I actually think the cleavage looks fantastic and real. I so want them to do an Origin's Darla and I was worried about how it wouldn't look good because they wouldn't be able to duplicate her cleavage and apparently they can if Dru's cleavage is any indication of how it would look.
I'm still happy with how she looks and agree with Karen that if I hadn't seen how fantastic the prototype looked I'd think this figure looks really good (still way better than the 6" one out there) but just a wee bit disappointed. Still, I haven't gotten my own yet and if she looks better in real life I may be more than pleased.
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Post by VampireStake on Nov 5, 2005 23:40:14 GMT -5
Wow! She looks great....same complaints about the eyes and the gaping mouth. Still is one of my favorite figures...Cant wait for the announcement of the next figure...
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Nov 5, 2005 23:42:34 GMT -5
Just went and looked at the prototype picture to compare and the dress is a bit short. It isn't off by much but it rests just at the top of were her skin starts to show on her shoes but in these pictures you can see all of her feet. So, can the dress be pulled down a bit or is that the real length indicated in the photos. Also, her neck looks longer on the prototype picture which suits Drusilla much better. Now, this could just be the particular figure that Karen got because I swear one of my PG Buffy's head's looks more squished on her neck than the other one does.
But, comparing Karen's shots to the prototype it is pretty close with the exception of the mouth looking a bit wide and I'm hoping it's the pictures and/or possibly your paint job Karen. I also think Sideshow has her posed with her head tilted up a bit more and tilted towards the left whereas we are seeing your pictures straight on. And her face in the prototype seems more framed by the collar too which could make it look slimmer.
Having had a chance to look at it more I am liking it more and more - they always seem to look better in real life even though your pictures are always the best ones taken of every figure Karen.
I still can't wait to get her and the complaints I have are really just kind of nitpicking but I do think based on the pictures I like Vamp Buffy better and I thought I'd like Dru better.
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Post by xtinaslayer on Nov 6, 2005 4:02:56 GMT -5
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Post by xtinaslayer on Nov 6, 2005 4:06:02 GMT -5
she does look good from far. anyway, i kinda wonder if dru has the biggest um...chest compared to the other female figures, man, i'm in trouble.. haha. kidding. somehow if they only had like less frontal teeth between the two fangs, i think the mouth would be smaller, but cant blame them there ARE four teeth in between your two sharp teeth. does anyone get wat i'm trying to say? haha
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Post by Digital Leonardo on Nov 6, 2005 4:07:30 GMT -5
I think she looks amazing, the only thing that bugs me about the mouth is there seems to be too much blood. But I like it open, it looks much more demon and hungry like. I love the face, and I don't see anything wrong with it really. The hair bugs me, it is much to dark, even for Dru, there should be some brown highlight or something to make it more real or outstanding, cause it looks all solid black, and just the sculpt to give it level.
The outfit is wow. The cards are so cool.
I must get^^;
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Post by The Second Evil on Nov 6, 2005 4:13:53 GMT -5
Whoa. Now this is the quality of figures that Sideshow should produce everytime. I think the face looks great but the real selling point of this figure has to be the outfit and the accessories. I can't get over how much detail went into them, and I still can't believe that those Tarot Cards are removable. That is just perfection! Okay, I seriously need to get this one!
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Post by xtinaslayer on Nov 6, 2005 4:26:17 GMT -5
karen can u post a pic of dru with her head slightly tilted upwards to the side like the proto u saw at sdcc? i notice the proto didnt have the black ribbon thingy around her waist like the new sculpt does
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Post by xtinaslayer on Nov 6, 2005 4:34:32 GMT -5
i m obsessed with her. i did this..for my desktop wallpaper:
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Post by Digital Leonardo on Nov 6, 2005 4:46:23 GMT -5
That is what the hair should look like. A nice black with brown tones in it. Just simple black makes it look almost blue-gray like, which kind of makes the realness look fake. And I beleive the black ribbon thingy is just part of her jacket.
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