Doll-A-Day 2019 #364: Eric Idle as Sir Robin

  Today we're looking at this guy.

He's Eric Idle as Sir Robin the Brave,from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

You may have seen my post on Sir Michael Palin as Sir Galahad from this same series. If not, you can see it HERE. This figure is also 12 inches tall.

These figures are made by Sideshow.

Sideshow figures were pretty impressive when they came out.  Some of the likenesses to the actual actors were fairly good. This is one of them.

Eric Idle as Sir Robin, fourth from left.

For their price point they're still pretty good,but the likenesses of the characters pale in comparison with super expensive figures like those made by Hot Toys.

The accessories for this figure include a sword...

... a shield...

His coat of arms is a chicken.

The back of the shield has an elastic handle,and a molded plastic handle.

...and The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

Sir Robin is NOT brave,as his name suggests. He's a coward,thus the chicken on his shield and clothes.
 

"I soiled my armour I was so scared."

He was very afraid of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog,although he survived it's attack to eventually meet his end on the Bridge of Death...or off of it really.

The costume looks more like the real thing...except for that gingham belt!

He has a belt with a sheath for his sword.

 He has a chain mail body suit on. His chain mail is made of nylon mesh type fabric. He has a hard time standing on his own with the feet of his outfit having narrow soles on the chain mail.

As I mentioned in my post on the Sir Michael Palin/Sir Galahad doll,in the movie the chain mail was actually made of knitted wool,because they couldn't afford chain mail. It was much lighter,I'm sure. Itchy maybe,but lighter.
 

He also has arm guards. Or should that be 'arm armour'?

His gloves are not removable. The gloves are his hands.

The figure itself has one big difference to the real thing:

Eric Idle had quite long hair in real life at the time, and wore a long wig as Sir Robin,so what the?!

I suppose it was so his head looked right with the cowl up,but still.
The box boasts that the figure has 'over 20 points of articulation'. And when it says 'over 20' it does in fact mean 21.

He's jointed at the neck,with a swivel joint,the shoulders, the upper arms,the elbows,lower arms, the wrists, and when I say 'wrists' I mean 'gloves',  upper body,the waist,the mid thighs,the knees,lower legs,and the ankles.

It was so cold I rushed so much that I forgot to hide his prop stick!

His hands can hold his sword or his shield.

There were two series of Holy Grail dolls.The first series, that Robin is from, featured the main characters, King Arthur,Sir Lancelot,Sir Robin, Sir Galahad,Sir Bedevere, and the trusty horse/bearer, Patsy. The second series consisted of muddy versions of the knights,and the third series was made up of supporting characters like the French Taunter,the Dead Collector,the Black Knight,the Bridge Keeper,Tim the Enchanter,The King of Swamp Castle,Prince Herbert,and the super sized (18") Knight Who Says Ni.
That's the doll for today.

  Tomorrow we'll see the last doll of the year. It's a review of a beautiful doll,so I'll see you then.

Doll-A-DAy 2019 #363: Simply Gene in Midnight Angel

  Today's doll is one I love. She's Gene.

Gene is the creation of Mel Odom,and made by Ashton Drake.The back story on Gene is that she's a movie star from the Golden Age of Hollywood. All of the Gene dolls and Gene outfits were given a story of the (fake) movie they came from. 

 This is one of the earlier versions. The last time Gene was produced she looked a lot different. I don't like the newer ones.

This particular Gene is the Simply Gene doll. She originally came in a shorts suit printed with her name.

She has jointed knees which the earlier Gene's didn't have.

I think jointed elbows would have been nice too,but I suppose they would have shown in some outfits and ruin her realism in that respect.

Her arms do look a little stiff though.

She's wearing a Gene outfit I love, called  Midnight Angel. It was available as just an outfit,with no doll. The fake movie it came from is called "Love's Ghost".
 

They wrote quite elaborate back stories for the fake Gene movies. I'd like to see this fake movie!

It consists of sheer stockings,pale pink heels,(Neither of which she's wearing here.She's wearing the heels she came in.I didn't want to try to untie the laces and change them,since they didn't show anyway.),a pale pink dress...

With detachable cummerbund,as the paper says,

Nice detailing.

...a tulle crinoline,a navy blue wool coat...

The coat has a huge gold bow in back.

The broach is sewn on. I notice it's missing the rose that's supposed to be on it. I'll have to scour the box!

All those tiny buttons are for show.The coat snaps closed.

...and a matching navy blue hat.

The dress is supposed to be worn under the coat. That's the way it's shown on the accompanying paperwork. But I tried it, and there's no way that dress fits under that coat!

The sleeves of the coat are too tight to fit the dress sleeves under.

And I could barely get the coat snapped as it was.

It's very form fitting, and that's without the dress under it.

They work well separately,although I'm disappointed they can't be worn together.

I had to keep closing the bottom of the front of the coat so her crinoline wouldn't show!

  You may have seen my other posts on various Gene dolls. If not, check out 'Gene doll'  in the sidebar.
  That's the doll for today. See you again tomorrow for another doll.