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INTEREST: Live-Action Battle Angel Alita Doll Features Rolling Eyeballs, Over 30 Movable Parts




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Wellington



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:14 pm Reply with quote
Imagine being this obsessed trying to make anime real.
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TsubomiKoneko



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 12:17 am Reply with quote
Is it my imagination or are the eyes a relatively normal size on the figure? The rolling eyeballs thing is a bit strange, but... I guess they gotta make the figure unique somehow.

Anyway, it actually looks pretty good (the metal body version is creepy, though).
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ronri



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 12:28 am Reply with quote
Moving eyes aren't really new or unique for Hot Toys. They've been doing this feature for years, it's only notable here because it's even easier with Alita's bigger eyes.
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shabu shabu



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:06 am Reply with quote
I would get this if it was based on the manga Gally.
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Zin5ki



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:31 pm Reply with quote
The notion of rolling eyeballs is certainly fitting here.

That said, at least in the case of a doll, it is more appropriate for a character design to lie deep within uncanny valley.
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writerpatrick



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 7:18 pm Reply with quote
It comes across as creepy, although that might be because the photos show it up close.
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FLCLGainax





PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 7:55 pm Reply with quote
She kind of looks like another young actress in Hollywood, but I don't quite know who.

Edit: Amanda Seyfried, if she was a brunette.
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