But Finn here won by quite a margin and we all feared he'd end up scdd exclusive like Scarah did. Much like the vote they had several years ago where Scarah won and all three ended up made in some form, the assumption is that the other two characters (Gory, a vampire and Quill, a harpy) will eventually get dolls as well. For those not aware of this vote, a while back Mattel asked fans to vote for one of three background characters to be made into a doll. The back of the box shows his big ol grinning head and explains him as the vote winner. He seems to have lost his "rider" nickname, his name being just "Finnegan Wake" and his symbol is a burning loose wheel. The backing card is a skate park by the look. It's probably the right call, grinning dolls creep me out as there's always something a bit sinister in the toothy smile.įinn's box is a sort of toxic slime yellow with a green tinge, mucus yellow? it's ugly as sin but stands out. I can only assume the negative reaction to Clawdia's scary grin face made them rethink a grinning mould here too. They did the same with Heath, turned a really vibrant character into a pretty, but sort of solemn looking doll. I feel it's a huge shame they gave him such a sad expression when his artwork has such a great grin. The boys always have fairly basic faces, but Finn's feels particularly plain. I think it's the baldness, having no scale cap like Deuce or Gil do coupled with his strangely outlined eyebrows. I love boy dolls, and the more boy dolls the better as far as i'm concerned.įirst thing that struck me was how plain his face was. We just don't get many disabled dolls, Mattel hasn't produced a doll in a wheelchair since Barbie's friend Becky in the 90s.Īlso, I totally voted for Finn.
I don't quite know why but I was super excited about Finnegan Wake, probably because he's quite an unusual product.
I'll admit it, I haven't giggled so excitedly about a MH doll in a long time. He pops into tru most lunch breaks as it's right next to his office lol, so I told him to get me a good one and eagerly waited for him to get home that evening.
Husband rang me from work yesterday to tell me "Toys R Us have Finn!" Nearest one to me is a good hour away, a trip totally not worth taking imo for ONE toy.īut then good fortune intervened. Thankfully, others in the UK started to report seeing the doll in stock in stores, but i'm in London and thus nowhere near any Smyths stores (yeah, what?). I was even more upset when a few days later the site changed their expected stock date to "sep 18th", it didn't bode well to me. I've been obsessively stalking the Smyths website ever since I noticed they had Finnegan listed, and when the Sep 4th "expected stock" date came and went, I admit I was pretty bummed out.
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