Would you believe this is the only toy I own with rooted hair? I loathe rooted hair more than sun-faded plastic and missing accessories! Do I reject all toy lines with rooted hair? Absolutely not. She-ra and Golden Girl paved the way for girl adventure toys. Not to mention the amazing three ladies in this very Ghostbusters line. What I hate about rooted hair is its sloppy, frazzled appearance, its penchant for collecting dust, and its allusion that all female figures must make some concession to doll-status (only allowing them one foot in the door of the action figure arena). Maybe some people would only buy a toy if you could dress it up and make it pretty, but I know they completely missed their mark with me because I was cursing up a storm as I brushed her hair in preparation for these photos. Actually, I may just customize her with some sculpted hair ..hmmm. Anyway, back to the lady of the hour, the lovely Mortici.. Mysteria! I never caught wind of the Addams family inspiration until years after I was watching Ghostbusters after school. To my naive eyes, she was completely original. She was the most vain, wicked, silly, sophisticate in the Hauntquarters. So clearly I was enamoured.
I love her cartoony ghoulishness.
Her articulation is pretty limited. Swivel waist, shoulders, and head. Her head is made of soft rubber as is usual for rooted-hair figures.
Time for a group shot for size comparison!
I loved this character so much. She was just a really great villain. Great review and I love your photos of her. The only reason mine had nice hair was because I had opened a mint one recently. In time her hair will more than likely be crappy. I am like you, I am not a big fan of rooted hair. Dolls is one thing, but figures should stay away from rooted hair.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever add a hair sculpt for her, let me know! I'd love to see the finished product!
I definitely will let you know if I customize her. I have a few rooted figures I would love to do that for. One of my biggest temptations has been to resculpt the hair on the 20xx She-Ra exclusive figure - which would be kind of cool because there are prototype pics of her with sculpted hair before they decided to give her real hair (aka *ruined* her!) haha.
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