Morb's Dollzhouse

A bit out of my usual line, but I couldn’t resist. This action figure was licensed by Hammer films in 2004 - Christopher Lee in Dracula, Prince of Darkness . The paint on the nose is slightly chipped, I blurred that digitally. Otherwise the doll was intact & boxed with all accessories. Without that flaw, I doubt if I could have afforded it. 

[gallery] First pic - my broken Draculaura, who I used for a spare parts donor & then put in a bath with bubble-wrap bubbles to hide the horror. Second pic - as she is now, with CAM body. To get the head off, I just held the neck under the hot tap & pulled gently. I did not break the peg, as you see. Those how-tos on YouTube did not lie. Even a klutz like me can get the head off a Monster High doll! And a standard head will fit a Create A Monster body.  This is just the dummy run, of course. Plucking up my courage to attempt the rebodying of Dracula. 

[gallery] Obviously I had to have the Dracula doll, but the play set was originally £45. Which I would have paid! Until I clocked that the dolls were the dreaded fixed-arm ones that Mattel is so convinced are the way forward. So I waited for a substantial, less than half price deal. Which was always going to happen quite soon because nobody likes these dolls . Dracula rocked up yesterday & I had him unboxed & posing for the camera straight away.  It’s not good. He’s jointed at neck, shoulder & hip, basic as it gets, plus a token knee joint. The neck joint is nice, he can tilt his head expressively. But that’s it. The other joints are so limited that all the poor soul can do is stand rigid, feet together, arms by sides. No poseability at all. He can sit, just, but his trousers pop open at the back - Mattel has never understood that you have to have some leeway in the clothes if the doll is to move properly.  I’ve posted two pictures, one where I’ve tried to shoot round his l...