When I think of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), the dominant scene in my memory is when the compulsive gum-chewer Violet Beauregarde swipes a piece of "The most amazing, fabulous, sensational gum in the whole world." And starts experiencing the full three-course dinner of flavors: Tomato Soup, Roast Beef and Baked Potato, and finally... Blueberry Pie. At which point she turns violet and inflates into a gigantic blueberry and the Oompa Loompas roll her away for juicing. Without having even seen this movie in full, I was somehow very aware of this scene. I love how the contest winners are all challenged to resist their greedy temptations only to fail in spectacular ways. Violet stands out for having a physical transformation and special effects (Mike Teevee's shinking doesn't really count). I was pleasantly surprised to see a third wave of Willy Wonka figures that included this representation. Quite possibly the largest (standard size) ReAction figure so far. Let's check out Violet below!
This Violet figure doesn't comes with any accessories.
Not even the Wonka Bar and Golden Ticket that all the other figures come with.
Time for some Group and Comparison Pics!
Here is the Wave 3 (2024) Blueberry Violet with her Wave 1 (2023) Standard Version.
Here is Willy Wonka and the Golden Ticket winners:
Mike TeeVee, Violet Beauregarde, Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket, Veruca Salt, and Augustus Gloop.
And here is the group with the two Wave 3 figures I picked up added in (I took the photo above a few months before Wave 3 was released): Blueberry Violet and an Oompa Loompa. (There were also figures of Wonkavision Willy Wonka and Wonkavision Mike TeeVee in Wave 3 that I skipped).
Cheers!
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