A recent addition to my vast accumulation of stuff is this great Hot Toys Wonder Woman 12" articulated figure, modelled after sensational siren Gal Gadot. (Incidentally, the 't' isn't silent.) This is described as the deluxe version (though surely that would be Gal herself) and is a figure I could look at for hours. At least this way I can't get arrested for staring at the real Gal when I see her shopping in my local Farmfoods. (Well, it looks like her.)
By the way, I can't wait 'til midnight, because when I utter a secret mystical incantation, then this 12" figure becomes a life-size, living, breathing goddess whose only purpose is to please me. (First thing I'll do is get her to make me a cuppa and a bacon buttie - priorities are important.) Am I in for a great time or what?! (Even if it is only in my imagination.)
Some of these figures are stunningly accurate and beautifully sculpted but this is one of the best I have seen.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's excellent, McS. I have another female figure (not Gal) with even more points of articulation, with the 'skeleton' being inside the 'fleshy' parts, like this one. I'll show that on the blog someday
DeleteInteresting. Looks more like Caroline Munro? Not that there's anything wrong with that.
ReplyDeleteCuriously, it looks like Gal, T47, but my photos don't really capture the likeness, unlike the 'official' photos (last one). The face has really glossy eyes, but they don't show in my photos either for some reason. I don't really see much resemblance to Caroline Munro.
DeleteI'd always assumed the t in Gadot was silent like the t in Bardot.
ReplyDeleteAs had I, until I saw a YouTube clip of Gal being asked by a chatshow host how her surname was pronounced and she said 'Gadot' with a hard 't'. Besides, Bardot was French, Gadot is Israeli, so unsurprising that they're pronounced differently in regards to the 't'.
DeleteApparently, Margot Asquith was constantly referred to as Margot (hard t) by actress Jean Harlow at some event in the '30s, prompting Lady Adsquith to say, "No, the t is silent - as in Harlow". There are variations of the tale.
DeleteA year or so ago a new Red Sonja film was released which I haven't seen but I did watch the trailer on YouTube and a comment underneath pointed out that Red Sonja's arms were too slender to wield a heavy sword which is true I suppose. If Red Sonja or Wonder Woman really existed they'd probably look like those freaky female bodybuilders rather than Lynda Carter or Gal Gadot.
ReplyDeleteWell, with WW, her powers are the result of 'mythological magic' of some sort, so not necessarily in her case, CJ. You could say the same about Superman I suppose, in that as he can move planets around, his body mass would be much more muscular than it is. Hey, it's just a comic! (Though I agree that the actress playing Red Sonja doesn't look as though she could left a quarter pounder Big Mac, never mind a big heavy sword.)
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