No, really.
OK, so technically, I still get the most-current Buffy calender each year. Did you know they still make them? They do. 2012 is hanging on my fridge right now.
But I digress.
Bob Mackie's latest Barbie is Countess Dracula. I think my favorite part of the doll is her tiny fangs. So dainty. As for the outfit, I'm not so sure.
Take away the fangs, and she could be called the Queen of Hearts. (Not that she looks like Mackie's 90s doll of the same name.) Maybe her look reminds of something out of Alice in Wonderland.
In terms of Mackie dolls she reminds me of, I immediately thought of Le Papillon, another 90s creation. It's the dark colors and winged fabric. Clearly, the dolls are different when you get down to the details, but c'mon. I can't be the only one who sees some similarities?
This is quite a bizarre doll, but then again it's a Mackie so what else would I expect. Got to say I'm not a big fan of the Mackie's at all - too over the top and excessive for me. And by rights I should like this given the vampire slant - I'm a sucker (boom boom) for most things vamp-related, and am a fellow Buffy fan. I agree that it was the ultimate vampire/human romance (but do you mean Angel or Spike I wonder?) Anyway, I digress. The point is I don't think this doll will be making it onto my wish list any time soon!
ReplyDeleteLog Lady, I tend to agree with you in regards to Mackie Barbie dolls. For the most part, I can leave them. There is one, however: Gold from 1990. I'd love to have that one, mostly to fulfill a childhood wish.
ReplyDelete(And I'd have to say Angel for the ultimate vampire/human romance. What she had with Spike wasn't really "romance," not that I'd kick him out of bed for eating crackers!)