If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
Yeah, the outfit is superb. Above the other Tonners for sure, but that face, and that HAIR!!!. Rooted hair does not work for short-haired, male characters.
The characters are probably not going to appeal to Tonner's fashion doll collectors and the odd sculpts are going to turn off action figure and super hero collectors. I did a quick look over of the toymania boards and the collectors there were comparing the look of the Tonner Joker to Liberace and Phyllis Diller.
I can see the high price also deterring a lot of collectors picking them up just for the novelty factor of how weird they are. I just can't see these appealing to much of anybody.
Last edited by Werewolf; Nov 8, '07, 3:22 PM.
Reason: typos
You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...
The characters are probably not going to appeal to Tonner's fashion doll collectors and the odd sculpts are going to turn off action figure and super hero collectors. I did a quick look over of the toymania boards and the collectors there were comparing the look of the Tonner Joker to Liberace and Phyllis Diller.
I can see the high price also deterring a lot of collectors picking them up just for the novelty factor of how weird they are. I just can't see these appealing to much of anybody.
I actually found the link on RTM. And I saw the Diller comments, and I agreed with them. Even if I hadn't read them, I'd have thought that. I know sometimes the Joker's sexuality is called into question, but I think we can all agree he rarely looks like an old woman.
The characters are probably not going to appeal to Tonner's fashion doll collectors and the odd sculpts are going to turn off action figure and super hero collectors. I did a quick look over of the toymania boards and the collectors there were comparing the look of the Tonner Joker to Liberace and Phyllis Diller.
I can see the high price also deterring a lot of collectors picking them up just for the novelty factor of how weird they are. I just can't see these appealing to much of anybody.
My wife was initially excited by these. Even though they are expensive, they aren't insanely priced like the earlier Tonner DC offerings. BUT, the design of all but Wonder Woman has turned her off. And her being a fashion doll and super heroine collector, she's the prime market.
You know, I hate, hate, HATE Tonner dolls, so I fully expected to be really ticked off at their version of my favorite character. However, I must say the outfit looks great, and I even kinda dig the face. It's just creepy (yes, in a what kind of acid are you on grandma? kind of way) enough to be joker-ish. I actually may even buy it.
Has a very interesting retro appeal to it,.. but have they even made a Batman yet ? ... The only one of these I ever even thought about buying was the Aquaman,... just thought he was neat.
... The Original Knight ..., Often Imitated, However Never Duplicated. The 1st Knight in Customs.
Now, some may say that the definitive Joker that we know around here
has his hair thinning and some may just say his hair is "average" in thickness
but the amt. of hair on that sculpt is just too much for me----if there was a more
traditional Joker "do" the "Bea Arthuresque" face wouldn't be half as distracting IMO
"No. No no no no no no. You done got me talkin' politics. I didn't wanna'. Like I said y'all, I'm just happy to be alive. I think I'll scoot over here right by this winda', let this beautiful carriage rock me to sleep, and dream about how lucky I am." - Chris Mannix
Comment