Hasbro + Integrity Toys = Jem and the Holograms?

[modernwizard]

Yeah yeah, late to the party, but apparently Hasbro and Integrity Toys are doing high-end, articulated, fashion-doll remakes of Jem and the Holograms. I wonder if they'll do the rival band too? I never got into the dolls the first time around, but I'm curious to see what the remakes look like. If they are 1:6 scale [as opposed to the original dolls, which were more like 13"] with articulated elbows [as opposed to the original dolls, who had articulated wrists, but no articulated elbows, for mysterious reasons], they could be interesting.

EDIT: Holy crap! 1:6 scale! Articulated elbows! Pink hair! Of course, this particular doll was one of those super-duper special editions available only at the 2012 Comicon, therefore now available on Ebay for $gazillion. Well, there'll be more of them in the future.

Comments

[plaidedbra.livejournal.com]

Yep, mermaidia thing was part of fairytopia from the early 2000s. (I got 2 of the pink fairies, which I'm going to customize.) They've had some Disney-branded Ariels with real tails, some that swim or are generally water-proof. Articulation has spoiled us as doll people, I agree.

The latest Disney store Ariel is articulated enough, but they still don't have a "real" tail. Now I kinda wish I knew how to combine them for ya. I remember seeing ones where they could still sit normally and had a regular-shaped pelvis piece. The part where the legs attached was one piece that kinda cupped around the pelvis. Hard to explain.

On the bright side, the Disney Store Ursulas have octopus bodies. I don't know the tail-leg situation on King Triton, though.

[blogofstench.livejournal.com]

Yes, but are the tentacles articulated? :p You know what would be really cool? A human/octopus hybrid BJD with jointed tentacles.

[plaidedbra.livejournal.com]

They're plush. I have seen an anthro bjd tiny on deviantART with articulated tentacles.

[blogofstench.livejournal.com]

They're also a little artist's BJD on Etsy made of plastic from a 3-D printer that is an octoperson, (http://www.etsy.com/listing/84892754/bjd-littling-octoling-ball-jointed?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_query=silverbeam&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=all) but the tentacles aren't really articulated.

[plaidedbra.livejournal.com]

That's the exact one I was thinking of, actually. I saw them while browsing dA.

[plaidedbra.livejournal.com]

Crud, the arms are only articulated at the shoulders, but there might be a chance that the tentacles have wire inside.