Doll-A-Day 2023 #171: Hogsmeade Hermione

   Today's doll Is Hermione Granger.

  This particular Hermione is Hogsmeade Hermione, from 2003.There was also an accompanying Hogsmeade Harry. They were released to coincide with the "Prisoner of Azkaban" movie. As ended up being par for the course, there was NO Ron Weasley. I will spare you from another of my rants about how Ron was my favourite character in the books, and how the character got cheated out of the spotlight at every turn in the movies, and with the dolls. Most of his best stuff from the books was left out, blah blah. Also: J.K. Rowling! "Separate the art from the artist. Separate the art from the artist..." Anyway!

  Hermione would have originally come with her robes, a time turner necklace, and a Honeydukes bag. Her box pictured her in Honeydukes sweetshop.

Hermione is about 10 inches tall. She has a very similar body to the smaller High School Musical  Gabriella dolls.

  Mine is second hand, so she is only wearing her original hooded sweater and corduroy pants, as well as grey shoes.

They're Barbie tennis shoes made in dark grey plastic.

  I like her sweater. It has real pockets.

And it's really a 'pull over your head' sweater, with no Velcro opening in the back, and no hole in the hood to accommodate her big hair.

  She has some interesting articulation. She is jointed at the neck, shoulder and hips, and also has a swivel waist, and bendable knees. Her arms can also swivel outward.

Unfortunately, she can't put her hands in those realistic pockets!

I found the right leg seemed to bend and hold a pose more than the other leg, but that could just be because she has a worn out leg. 

  She can also tilt her head up and down a bit.

And she can lean it to the side.

    The doll isn't a bad likeness of actress Emma Watson, who played Hermione. 

  But while she looks okay from the front, she has a very strange head shape in profile!

Luckily that's hidden by her big Hermione hair.

   That's today's doll. Who will we see tomorrow?