Werepuppy's A Doll A Day Challenge 2020

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Congrats! Here's hoping you can get the other ones soon! Will Basil and the other Basil start their own PI business in the Room? Basil, Basil & Co...

I hope so! 

And I hadn't thought of that before... Now I'm really wishing there was a more articulated Basil of Baker Street figure because I would love to do that! 

I find it fascinating that new merchandise is being released based on such an old (well, 1986) film. And a short film, running only 74 minutes. Other than you, Miss Werepuppy, I've never known anyone who mentions this film as being among their favorite Disney animated features; or, indeed, anyone who has mentioned this film at all. It surprises me, then, to see merchandise for it being released.

I wonder if there are plans, somewhere in the deep, dark recesses of the Disney catacombs, to some day resurrect this property? Could these figures be a "market test"?

Or are the toy companies running out of Disney characters to make figures from? Have Elsa and friends finally run their course?

Side note: in Walmart yesterday, the Frozen II dolls, which once dominated the doll aisle, have been reduced to two shelves in one small section.

It is quite an interesting thing, and honestly, I think the answer is a bit of all of the above? In the past couple of years, Disney have realised there is a lot of dedicated following to movies made in the late 80s and throughout the 90s, and not just the big ones that have their Princesses in them. They started a line of merch at their stores to buy into their fan support, since most people who liked them as kids are now adults with disposable income of their own. Hercules is one of the big ones that has seen a lot because of it, but also A Goofy Movie, and Hocus Pocus have had more merch in the past couple of years than they ever did. 

In regards to Funko, it is probably that there is a level of they have done all the princesses by now. Funko seem to be trying to make at last one figure per property because there is a group somewhere in the world that will buy that one figure. In that regard, it's kind of easy to see why POPs selll well - it ay be the only way a person gets merch of a piece of media they really enjoy.

Re: Frozen II dolls... that is surprisingly quick. Though that being said, the biggest doll seller this year has been LOL OMG dolls, I believe. So probably not that surprising. 

Edith is adorable.

And yay for finding the figure - hopefully you will be able to find the others too.

Thank you, I think she is too.

I hope I can find Rattigan at least - he's an entertaining villain. 

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Funko Basil figure before.

It's a relatively new one. Though saying that isn't much - it feels like there's new Funkos all the time. 

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298. G is for Greeed



Not a mis-spelling, but how you spell the species of beings that Ankh is a part of. Trying to ex.plain the Greeed is a task and a half, so instead I will link to their wiki page. There's a wiki for everything.