Preview: Buffy

Buffy
The Vampire Slayer:

 


Funko are releasing vinyl Pop figures for the hugely popular Buffy series.

First up we have Buffy and Mr Pointy, she looks cool.I worry she may have "Daenerys syndrome"...

Oz the hot redhead werewolf, sadly without his guitar. 

Willow was everyone's favorite lesbian Witch, she rocks.I hope she does not have "Daenerys syndrome".

Spike the hottest vampire on the show looks awesome.

 

This is supposed to be a Vampire faced chase figure, not an exclusive, i am not sure what the sticker says. He looks nice all lumpy faced.

  

The Gentlemen, well one of them looks suitably creepy. This character is possibly one form of inspiration for the Slenderman creepy pasta.

The other vampire, until i re-watched the show on DVD i remembered him being a minor character, brought in for the later seasons, isn't that weird.

SPOILER: Most remembered for selfishly destroying the ring that was meant for Spike and killing a whole lot of people.

Opinion:

The figures look cool, one can only assume that there will be a wave two as we don't even have the full "scooby gang" yet.

Do i still have to give spoiler warnings for a series that was aired in 1997? What is the proper spoiler etiquete here? we are sensitive to the spoiler issue in Australia as we often got shows three seasons behind the rest of the world.

Release: 

September 2014

Ursula, The Little Mermaid

Ursula

 Ursula is from The Little Mermaid. She is a
Cecaelia a part human part octopus creature.

 

Ursula is number 28 in the Funko vinyl Pop! line of Disney figures.

In the original fairy tale by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen Ursula was a helpful sea witch and was transformed into a villainous sorceress in the Disney Film.

Ursula was designed after the famous gay drag performer named Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead 1945-1988 ).

My Ursula is well painted except for her pointing finger. 

Her other hand is quite alright, though her hands are in an odd pose.

Despite being part octopus she only has six tentacles, but if you count her arms she does have eight limbs. 

Here we have some aquatic pop figures, Squidward and Bruce join Ursula. 

My Disney Pop! figures.

 I wonder if anyone has ever shipped Ursula and Squidward? What do you think? Perhaps all they both need is a little love?

My "gay themed" pop! figures. Can you give the reason that they are each in this group?

 Video Review:

           

Prevew: Wizard of Oz wave 2

The Wizard of Oz 

 

The wizard of Oz is a 1939 film adaptation of the children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz released in 1900. 
 Therapist Robert Hopcke is quoted as saying that "The dreary reality of Kansas implies the presence of homophobia and is contrasted with the colorful and accepting land of Oz." As such the film is seen as empowering equality and the characters defying the odds to raise above the bigotry of there world.
This is wave 2 of the Funko pop movies Wizard of Oz figure line.

Tin Man also known as Tin Woodman Originally an ordinary man by the name of Nick Chopper the Tin man used to make his living as a lumberer. The Wicked Witch of the East enchanted his axe to prevent him from marrying the Witch's servant. The enchanted axe chopped off his limbs. Each time he lost a limb, Nick Chopper replaced it with a tin one. Finally, nothing was left of him but tin. Once Nick Chopper was made entirely of tin, he was no longer able to love the girl he had fallen for as he had not replaced his heart.

Scarecrow believes he lacks a brain and desires above all else to have one. In reality, he is only two days old and merely ignorant.

 

"I'm afraid there's no denyin', I'm just a dandy lion."

The Cowardly Lion believes that his fear makes him inadequate. He does not understand that courage means acting in the face of fear, though he does this a lot. This figure is obviously of "brave" lion as he his wearing his medal of courage proudly.

  Glinda is the most powerful sorceress in Oz, she is ruler of the Quadling Country, and the protector of Princess Ozma. Lyman Frank Baum writings make it clear that he rightly did not view witches as inherently wicked or have ant ridiculous notion of them in league with the Devil of another religion.

Avalable:

8th August 2013