Scary Godmother 13" Doll

[samurainoir]

Successfully funded on Kickstarter... Jill Thompson (a Sandman artist) has partnered with Mark Huckabone on this.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1327932176/the-scary-godmother-doll

http://wordballoon.blogspot.ca/2013/08/word-balloon-podcast-jill-thompsons.html

http://www.newsarama.com/18729-jill-thompson-s-scary-godmother-gets-a-doll-if-you-help.html

Luckily I have a friend named Mark Huckabone who has created his own line of toys called Presidential Monsters. I have known him for years and years.We ran into each other at a con a few years ago, and because he's a toy guy, he asked me why no merchandise had ever been made for the Scary Godmother.

And he said, “You're in luck. I just started my own line of toys, and I’m going to help you get that doll made exactly how you want it! I will walk you through all of the steps, and we will get this done!”

He's been great! He's introduced me to toy sculptors and clothing makers, and we worked to get quotes.

[rche]

That is pretty fun. I had no idea Jill was involved with Scary Godmother.

[palitoy]

Why haven't i heard of this before? My daughter will devour this.

[Earth 2 Chris]

This is cool. My kids like to watch the TV specials every year.

Chris

[BlackKnight]

I need 1 of these ... Like big time.

[samurainoir]

Why haven't i heard of this before? My daughter will devour this.

Luckily you have an "in", since the Kickstarter campaign already ended! It's a great looking doll. I wish my niece was into them, but she's too much a tomboy.

I met Jill last year at the Fan Expo After-party... I was holding a handmade muppet type Spider-man that I had bought, and she called me over because she wanted to know if I made them, because she was looking to make puppets of her Scary Godmother Vampire characters. I passed on contact info to the girl who made them. Wish I had known she was working with Mark on this!

[rche]

This is cool. My kids like to watch the TV specials every year.

Chris

I have seen one of the specials. I will have to look up the book. I think I would enjoy Jill's drawings quite a bit more than the 3d renderings of the TV show. I wonder where the doll will be marketed, seeing as how the kickstart is over. I'm gonna have to guess bookstores.

[samurainoir]

[rche]

^^ I like the backgrounds.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^The CG animation is pretty dated now, but the shows are still fun. My wife's library carries the books, and she was super-excited to see this doll!

Chris

[Earth 2 Chris]

Cindy was able to contact Jill Thompson through Kickstarter and get a figure ordered, despite the campaign ending. Thanks Ed for posting this!

Chris

[Ssylyss]

Thanks for the info, I'm a huge fan of her work and would love to have one of these figures.

[BlackKnight]

Cindy was able to contact Jill Thompson through Kickstarter and get a figure ordered, despite the campaign ending. Thanks Ed for posting this!

Chris

how do you do that ?
and when are the gonna be avalible ..., and are they outside of this program ?

[Ssylyss]

Jill got back to me with her website info. Taking preorders, sounds like it will about 2014 sometime.
http://www.jillthompsoncreations.com/store.php

[Saroyan]

Not something I "have" to have (fortunately)- but it's still quite cool!