davidd’s A DOLL A DAY 2021

[davidd]

Everyone loves a Vespa.

 
Indeed they do! Have you ever read Vroom with a View (2003) by Peter Moore, about touring Italy on a 1961 Vespa motor scooter?

An extra challenge for the month.  The tentacles behind is a bit concerning - does he know that they are there.

Because as we know, A Doll A Day is not in itself sufficiently challenging. 
In general, tentacled creatures do not pose a significant threat on dry land.
In general.

The Vespa is an excellent prop for the demon ladies.

Yes, as you have demonstrated, motor scooters and dollies make an excellent combination.

I'm a bit confused by this picture - are the girls 1:12 and the Vespa 1:6? Or is the Vespa also 1:12, and still seemingly OK in scale with 1:6 dolls you've shown before?

Ah! Yes! I have corrected the caption. This is a 1:12 Vespa for the 1:12 girls. The 1:6 figures have their own Vespa in 1:6 scale. Spoiled dollies, aren't they?
I may need to add one more 1:12 motorbike. It really is quite an excellent little model and it fits the figures well.

Aside from the rather shy young fellow who has now turned out to be some sort of millionaire or ??? who can afford to sail around the world on his catamaran and worked himself into model condition, you'd be surprised how scruffy most of them were! 

I've seen your blog posts. Not only are most of the sailors scruffy, a significant number of the mighty sailin' men are girls! Okay, women! 

I was slightly acquainted with a guy who inherited a million dollars and spent $750k of it purchasing a sailing catamaran. After retiring from his lucrative career as an airline pilot, he would spend four or five months of the year sailing the Mediterranean on his catamaran. The rest of the year he leased the boat to a sailing charter company. Clever businessman, managed to make the boat pay for itself, or at least cover ex-penses. But... at 300+ pounds and 60-odd years old, he was not exactly a Kirk Douglas type, either.

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PHICEN FEBRUARY continues:

3 February – Tærra Symmes, Eccentric Adventuress

Body: TBLeague S27B
Head: Kumik 16-84
Costume: Mattel Wild Hearts Crew and various Bratz, Barbie, and GI Joe pieces.