I never watched the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) in it's entirety until I was in my 30s and was dating a big fan of the movie. I had seen snippets of the movie throughout my youth and was never a huge fan. This is mostly because I loved the books (Amusingly, I started with Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and then backtracked to the Chocolate Factory). I remember having three big critiques of the movie: (1) Willy Wonka seemed more creepy than eccentric, (2) the chocolate river looked like dirty water, and (3) the factory looked too much like a factory. You could see big windows and pipes and it ruined the illusion I expected. I still stand by those opinions and I haven't truly enjoyed any of the adaptations of the books yet. But when Super7 announced these ReAction figures, my underlying nostalgia for the books won out and I had to get them. Violet Beauregard is the sole female from Wave 1 and is one of my favorite bratty characters. Gum-chomping and all. Let's check her out below!
This figure was very difficult to photograph for some unknown reason. Her skin would appear muddy orange and her blue outfit looked purple/black. I had to reshoot her with the flash on (which I hate doing) in order to capture her colors properly.
All the kids in this series come with a Wonka Bar and a Golden Ticket accessory.
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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