Countdown to Christmas... Day 9

I am continuing the Countdown to Christmas with my last of my Cinderella dolls with my special Lady Tremaine doll I purchased from the Disney website when they had a sale. 

This Lady Tremaine was not for sale in stores, but only from Disney. I am learning more about the Disney dolls, and they really make some lovely collector dolls, but, like the W Club, you have to be in the know. So signing up for the Disney website emails, helps. Their collector dolls have not tempted me yet, but I am getting there, as they are 1:6 scale on some of them. Some of them they make 17 inches high, which are lovely too. 

Lady Tremaine in this version wears the famous dress with the huge hat when she comes home with Ella's father. It is a Black/dark green brocade velvet, travel dress, with a Victorian spin on it. From the many movie versions I have watched of Cinderella, movie costume designers and directors cannot make up their minds when  or what era Cinderella lived in. I like the movie that Drew Barrymore did the most- Ever After. When one of her descendents , a Princess or Queen. is talking to the Barons Grimm after the Revolution and reveals to them the glass slipper. That is the most romantic and timeless. The costuming is lovely, and the story is more believable. 

Here is Lady Tremaine in all of her Victorian glory. They did her hair not so bright but more of an auburn in this version. 

The dress has a flocked design at the bottom of the hem that glitters slightly. Underneath is a black velvet skirt. She also wears short black boots. I think this is meant to be a very elegant travel dress. 

I will have more dolls coming. All for now, enjoy!

Countdown to Christmas ...Day 8

I am doing two posts this morning as yesterday on Friday I forgot to do my Countdown to Christmas post. I had alot to do in preparation before it began to snow and it totally slipped my mind! So today's two posts will deal with my two versions will be about Lady Tremaine. 

The first one is the very popular in the lime green ballgown. Her face sculpt is wonderful and I purchased several dolls of this one. 

I currently have one that has been re-bodied and am planning another one to be re-bodied to be customized versions of Queen Elizabeth l based on the movie Elizabeth. I loved that movie and the costumes. I am in the process of having a friend re-root her as I want to do the coronation costume, the Armada armour, and a young Elizabeth as well. Tudor history is one of my favorite times in history and this line of customs is one my bucket list. 
Onto my next Lady Tremaine!

Review of Disney & Mattel Lady Tremaine dolls from Cinderalla movie...

Recently I ordered the Disney version of Lady Tremaine from the Disney website when they had deep discounted prices about a week or two ago, and I was finally able to receive her yesterday. 

Here she is side by side with Mattel's version of Lady Tremaine. 

The Disney box was a little less elaborate but had this cool pop out butterfly on the front that kind of lifts. You may want to keep this for some prop art in your dioramas for a shop window. She was also a little easier to get out of the box than the Mattel version. 

The Disney version of course, has that wonderful traveling Victorian/Edwardian gown where she steps out of the coach with Cinderalla's father and her two daughters. This gown has a deep black velveteen straight aline skirt underneath the emerald green overskirt, which is lined with tissue paper to keep it from staining the doll's legs. She also has plastic Victorian high heeled boots on trimmed in the same green. Her legs are straight and seem to be hollow like the Mattel version, but I think they might bend. Her underskirt is stuffed with tissue to make it puff out too. The hat is heavy resin/plastic with a comb but may have a little difficulty sticking into her hair but stays. 

The Disney doll's head is bigger than the Mattel version and is more pink/flesh toned than the Mattel version- though I have to admit the Mattel version seems more Cate Blanchett and true to life. But I do like both. I just hate those plastic gloves on the Mattel version.

Here are some photos of the Disney Lady Tremaine of her in the box-

With the discounts, I was able to purchase her for 9.99 plus shipping for 16.79 altogether from the Disney website.  I am not sure if she is still available. I purchased three or four of the Mattel Lady Tremaines as they were my favorites and I wanted to transplant a couple of them onto Fashion Royalty bodies and do a Queen Elizabeth l doll, from the Cate Blanchett movie  'Elizabeth'  which I have in my dvd collection. I have a book by Sir Roy Strong on Queen Elizabeth l's gowns and portraits and have been deciding which one I would like to replicate. I have the doll and body, just need to decide now which fabrics and how to do her hair, which is the hardest part, and jewelry findings, and so on. I also want to keep one in the box too, one out of the box for display/play in my ballroom scenes as I do like her as she is too. 

I also have the Fairy Godmother and Cinderalla. I have wanted to get multiples of these two dolls as well, for customs. Lily James I have wanted to do a Downtown Abbey doll in the 20's costume , and I have wanted to do a Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter too. I really love my fantasy dolls alot. 

The only fault I could find wrong with her is her head size, it is a little large, but that was it, and the body of course is not articulated. All in all the outfit is very nicely made. 
I hope in the future to get some reviews of Cinderalla and the Fairy Godmother up here soon. ~Lisa

Lady Tremaine....

I have finally got around to doing some photos of this lovely before giving her a new body. I find myself stopping on doing that because she's so lovely the way she is. I have yet to see the movie and may end up buying the DVD because for me getting the time to go and see a movie is, well, difficult at best. Yeah, I'm that busy. Buying the DVD is easier. I've already got a big list I want for my birthday. 

You ordinarily wouldn't think lime green would be anyone's color, but it definitely is Cate Blanchette's. This doll looks like her spot on. I would venture to say if they had given this doll a pivatol body you probably would not have been able to find her in the store right now. 

In that dress she just resembles Una Thurman playing Poison Ivy from one of the earlier Batman movies with Val Kilmer.  That outfit could be very Edwardian,or early 20's or modern today evening wear. I am of half of a mind to keep her as she is and buy another to re-body! She is so lovely like this. The feather thing in her head is plastic and comes out. Though the hands are plastic gloves, they really do make the outfit. One reason I was thinking of keeping her like this is when you have a formal event such as a cocktail reception with dolls in formals- my dolls tend to live it up- she would be a very useful 'filler' extra character and does not look cartoonish! I really do adore her. The other one that Disney or Mattel made was done in a Victorian gown of black lace. I would like to have her but would not be able to use her in regular scenes. 
 Still working on Poppy's apartment layout,  which may come down in a couple of weeks as my birthday is in the first weekend of May. (I have been promised a special birthday weekend by hubby this year, with lots of loot.) I am also hoping for a couple of Hot Toys wishlists for my birthday and hope they can be here by then. If not, I will have lots of blog posts when they arrive afterwards!
Lisa