Evil Buttons is doing a giveaway of two Coraline cups. They also have details of some other fun Coraline stuff to do winding up for the July 21 release of the Coraline DVDs (AT LAST.)
Speaking of which, the Coraline DVDs are available for preorder at Amazon
Last week I deviated from my usual MAD TEA format and featured an awesome HP Lovecraft sculpture. This week I’m going to do it again. Normally, MAD TEA would stand for Monster Art Dolls Toy Etsy Artists. See this page for details about MAD TEA.
Paul Pape Designs has a few items of interest. For starters, Pape has created an Other Mother “final form” doll, here is a gallery of images of the Other Mother.
* Sigh *
She is so good looking in the final form. It makes me heartsick. Oh why hasn’t she contacted me!?!
Other Mother Final Form by Paul Pape
There are details about how he made the Other Mother figure on his blog. He has also designed and sells some other interesting Coraline items. He has created button eyes so that you can see what it’s like to be a ghost girl or boy. Paul sent me a pair of these button eyes to sample and they’re really cool (see my disclosure policy). His wife, who is a costume designer, has created an Other Mother dress. These are available in his web store. More photos of the Other Mother dress here.
Well that’s it for another edition of MAD TEA. See you again next Monday for more monster art dolls. Don’t miss my central source for information on Coraline on Dark in the Dark: Coraline Central.
Do you make monster art, monster dolls, monster toys, art dolls, artist toys, or stuff like that? Send an email with details to thedark (at) darkinthedark dot com. Obviously it should be something that people can buy and be weird!
Earlier this week I reviewed the NECA Coraline Figurines, which are otherwise known as the “NECA Coraline 3 Inch PVC Figure 3-Pack Star Sweater Coraline” set. I thought the toys were really cool and looked better in person than they did in the photographs. I also commented that they looked pretty fragile, especially the Cat and the Sweet Ghost Girl.
I’ve actually been warming up to the Sweet Ghost Girl. She still kind of looks like she’s winding up for a kiss, but I guess it’s OK. I like the Tall Ghost Girl the best out of the button-eyed ghostly children. As you’ll recall, there’s also a Ghost Boy in the movie, and there are figurines of all three of them available in different of these NECA Coraline toy sets.
Anyways, blah blah blah. I sure can go on. Just put a quarter in old Dark and watch him blab on to himself and the world about any subject that he can get obsessed about. So, to business:
What is up for grabs: All the figures from the NECA Coraline Star Sweater set EXCEPT the lovely Other Mother. So that’s the Cat, the Sweet Ghost Girl, and Coraline herself.
Who will win: Leave a comment on this post. If you have a preference for which of the three Coraline figures you would want to get, include that in your comment. Make sure when you post your comment that you make sure to put in the right email address in the field. That’s how I’ll notify the winners. (I can only afford to ship to the US and Canada, so people from other countries please don’t enter. Sorry!)
What they will win: I have one set to split up, so there’s going to be three winners. One winner will get the Cat. One winner will get the Sweet Ghost Girl. One winner will get Coraline.
When and how the winners will be chosen: Saturday, July 25. Winners will be chosen using random.org. Which figure will go to which person will be worked out as well as possible, but if they stated a preference, the first winner will get the toy they chose. Likewise the second will have next priority. So the second and third winners will get the toy of their choosing if it is still available and if they stated a preference. Otherwise I’ll just do some coin-flipping. Confused? So am I!
Notification: Winners will be notified by email July 25 and will have until July 31 to get back to me. After that, their prize will be forfeited and awarded to someone else chosen with a random.org number.
Here they are:
The Cat
Coraline
Sweet Ghost Girl.
Don’t miss my papercraft Coraline Doll, papercraft Coraline Circus Mouse, and also my post on the Coraline DVDs. Here are the three Coraline Toy sets: The set with Wybie, the set with Mr. Bobinsky and the set I got, with the Other Mother!
Thanks to Evil Buttons for featuring us!
Recently I was pining over my poor broken heart. As many of you know, I’ve got an incurable crush for the Other Mother in the movie Coraline. I found out that they’re selling these 3 inch Coraline dolls by NECA “Reel Toys”.
On the box it says they’re “figurines.” It also has some writing in creepy font:
From Henry Selick, visionary director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and based on Neil Gaiman’s international best selling book, Coraline, is a spectacularly original stop-motion animated adventure that will speak to audiences of all ages with it’s fantastically fun, magnificantly spooky, and ultimately triumphant story.
That sounds good. I like the sound of “Magnificently Spooky” and “Ultimately Triumphant.” It sounds like someone I know very well. Maybe too well. The box says these toys are not for kids under 3 years of age and recommended for 13 and above. On the back there is also a picture of that brat Coraline looking scared. Which is pretty cool. I got the set with the Other Mother, naturally. In the same box is a Coraline doll with the star sweater, the Cat, and one of the ghost girls. I’m presuming this one is the Sweet Ghost Girl because the other one is called the Tall Ghost Girl and this one is short. I actually like the Tall Ghost Girl better because she’s frozen in a look of horror, whereas the Sweet Ghost Girl looks like she wants a kiss.
There are two other Coraline NECA Doll box sets. One of these comes with PVC dolls of Wybie, the Cat, Tall Ghost Girl, and Coraline in jeans with her little rag doll in raincoat. The other set has a Coraline doll in her yellow raincoat and boots, Mr. Bobinsky in full circus regalia, and the Ghost Boy.
The Coraline NECA toys are small. Actually, I guess they’re about on scale with most action figures even though most of these toys are only three inches, because most of them are children (or animals). They are definitely not posable, and are fragile-looking, especially the tail on the Cat and the arms and legs of the Sweet Ghost Girl. The paint jobs are good. There are little blots of paint in places where they probably shouldn’t be, but the overall effect is nice. I think they’re pretty cool. They look way better in person than they do in the advertising photos.
The Cat, Coraline in star sweater, and Sweet Ghost Girl NECA Toys. Here are photos of the real star of the show – the Other Mother doll.
Here she is looking really horrifying. She is so hot!
Here she’s showing her more pensive, haunted side.
One last photo – the Coraline group with my Monsters Inc. Child Detection Agency Agent toy and a couple others I had monster servants of mine secure from the Giant Robot store in Los Angeles several years ago.
Although I really like the other toys, I’ve decided to do something revolutionary and share. This week I’m going to do a give-away (announced in another post) to give away the Coraline doll, Sweet Ghost Girl doll, and the Cat. Later note: The Coraline NECA Figurine Giveaway is up!
Creepy Factor: 4 out of 5
Suspense Factor: 2 out of 5 (dolls just aren’t very suspenseful.)
Weird Erotic Tension Factor: 5 out of 5 (ALL of that from the Other Mother.)
Funny and/or Strange Factor: 3 out of 5
Final result: I’m not the best person to be grading toys and dolls, but I think these are pretty cool. Check out my Other Mother page for my Coraline Doll. Also, here is information about the Coraline DVDs which are coming out soon, and the 3D glasses for them.
The response for my Papercraft Coraline Doll has been so positive that I’ve decided to make more, and here is the first. This time I have made one of the Other Mother’s circus mice, partly because it’s another of the Other Mother’s creations, and partly because they’re easier to make. I expect all of you to be creating paper Circus Mouse armies! You can download the papercraft from the Coraline Circus Mouse page. It’s my second paper model, and once again it’s a valentine to the smashing Other Mother from the movie Coraline.
I’ve also posted a blank copy of the mouse in the hopes that other artists will customize their own. Have fun!
Fhtagn Spoken Here.
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