Enterbay - GiRLFRiEND - Beauty Doll Collection

[SAB]

I support this initiative as it should help reinforce the stigma that collecting 1/6 dolls is for creepy weirdos. Here we have a forum where we all circle-jerk over each member's latest figure, tenderly posed and lovingly photographed for everyone's collective pleasure. We watch in delight and ooh and aah as some skilled modder crafts a pair of movie accurate Joker socks to allow their fellow collectors to properly dress up their dollies. We rejoice in the digitally-creative efforts of nitpickers who post photoshop comparisons of the prototype and how the sculpt should look.

You apparently get way more out of the photos and posing than others here

But ooooooh nooooooo, along comes a female figure that doesn't conform to the Hollywood action-babe mold and up goes the chorus of protestation and ridicule from the machismo-challenged cheap seats. Classic

Though its not my thing, I don't have a problem with the product itself.
But you can't honestly tell me that ridicule isn't warranted when its labelled 'GIRLFRIEND: Beauty doll' and marketed as 'for those that don't have a valentine'

 

[CeeemOr]

Bill had said that he was going to start making female figures last year and if i remember correctly Michelle Pfiffer(I think thats how it spelled) and Kate Beckinsale among others were on his to do list but i could be wrong.I hope they make a Natalie Portman/Mathilda figureto go with the Léon figure.Now,that would be COOL! ^_^

 

[Blkinterceptor]

Interesting... I see some good potential here. I am curious to see what the outcome will be for this new approach.

 

[Star Puffs]

I would love to see more realistic female figures on the market, but J.F.C. these will be exactly the sort of collectibles that gross out women and stigmatise the hobby.

I mean 'sexy nurse'? Seriously? Can you get any trashier or more cliché? Just package the doll with a porn DVD and reach the logical conclusion already.

It is sad because Enterbay could with their talents make an incredible line of dolls in traditional Chinese costumes or from quality Asian films.

 

[GungFu]

This line has a lot of potential. The females released so far in high end 1/6 figures have mostly been pretty lame so I'm looking forward in seeing what Enterbay has to offer. I'm getting so tired of American summer action films or Bruce Lee. It's nice to see figures of other people.

I find it hilarious people are hating on this for being "weird" though. These are the same guys who collect 1/6 figures of Stalin or likeness of a middle aged actor in spandex. These are figure and that's really all there is to it. They are picking attractive female actresses or models because they can and we collect them because the figure looks good or appealing. It doesn't matter what gender or where the origins are in the end of the day you grab figures because they appeal to you either via the license or the actual figure. As for the title, the usage of English words is going to vary greatly across cultures. If you know anything about Japan, you'll end up being exposed to all sorts of companies and trademarks and lineups of things that use English words and phrases that someone from America or England might think to be awkward or unfitting. It doesn't matter. Girlfriend Beauty Doll Collection. What's the problem? It's a collection of beautiful women that many would want to be their girlfriends. Is that so hard?

Another great post !

 

[Lejuan]

You apparently get way more out of the photos and posing than others here

I love 'em Not quite as entertaining as the OSW peeps who get their military figures set up in the backyard for jungle campaign scenarios, but I dig 'em all the same.

Though its not my thing, I don't have a problem with the product itself.
But you can't honestly tell me that ridicule isn't warranted when its labelled 'GIRLFRIEND: Beauty doll' and marketed as 'for those that don't have a valentine'

Being of Asian extraction, I completely get it. There is something lost in the translation, but there's also a kitsch component to much Asian romance culture that seems odd to many Westerners but puts this line completely in context. I have a Chinese cousin, a real 'tough guy' who rides around in a lowered, glossy black muscle car. You get into his car, he fires up the ignition and... the stereo starts belting out some schmultzy Asian C&W style love song. I don't need to add that he typically sings along.

I would love to see more realistic female figures on the market, but J.F.C. these will be exactly the sort of collectibles that gross out women and stigmatise the hobby.

I mean 'sexy nurse'? Seriously? Can you get any trashier or more cliché? Just package the doll with a porn DVD and reach the logical conclusion already.

It is sad because Enterbay could with their talents make an incredible line of dolls in traditional Chinese costumes or from quality Asian films.

I see what you're saying, but one can't impose one's own cultural marker on this aesthetic, 'cause Asians typically have a different take on romance culture and what constitutes trashy. I don't know how interested in this line I'll be, but I do appreciate that this is a line for Asian sensibilities - and I do appreciate that EB are doing something different. As far as grossing out women, I think TBL and Triad and probably a few others have already traveled the big-breasted, small-waisted, long-legged path, so this line could hardly contribute anything in this regard that these players haven't served up already.

But yeh, I'd love to see traditional Chinese costumes and female characters from quality Asian films... maybe the R&D that goes into this line will contribute something towards that?

 

[SAB]

Another great post !

just had to add....GungFu's new animated signature gif is freaking awesome....

 

[Solidus]

If the announcement was phrased as "Enterbay is proud to announce a new series of realistic female figures", the response would be phenomenal.

But because it was phrased as "Meet my Girlfriend" everyone is wharrgarbling.

Now get back to playing with your muscle bodies. . .

Yet, it's the little things that really matter. The name of this figure line, "girlfriend", and the way that it's being marketed just seems to perpetuate the stereotype of collectors being lonely virgins who aren't capable of forming relationships in real life.

What Enterbay basically said in their announcement, was something along the lines of, "can't get a real girl for Valentine's Day? Don't worry, a plastic girlfriend is just as good!" .

 

[hunnipot85]

Yet, it's the little things that really matter. The name of this figure line, "girlfriend", and the way that it's being marketed just seems to perpetuate the stereotype of collectors being lonely virgins who aren't capable of forming relationships in real life.

What Enterbay basically said in their announcement, was something along the lines of, "can't get a real girl for Valentine's Day? Don't worry, a plastic girlfriend is just as good!" .

 

[Lejuan]

What Enterbay basically said in their announcement, was something along the lines of, "can't get a real girl for Valentine's Day? Don't worry, a plastic girlfriend is just as good!" .

...and cheaper!

 

[Solidus]

...and cheaper!

But it can't cook dinner or help out with the laundry .

 

[Blkinterceptor]

^ ^ No but they're getting there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T4DRuw7uMs

 

[COSMOSTARX]

Real talk, guys. People are still fawning over Hot Toys Black Widow, BSAA Jill, Battle Suit Jill and Alice.

-_-

This could be the start of some cool 1/6 females.

 

[chengda85]

forever alone

 

[Blackthornone]

I'd hit it.

You mean the actress, right?

Its a pretty face on the doll, but it doesn't look enough like the actress to me. It looks too European.

 

[Star Puffs]

I see what you're saying, but one can't impose one's own cultural marker on this aesthetic,

I appreciate your thoughtful response. Personally I reject cultural relativism, but that lengthy philosophical debate aside, you cannot speak of a different cultural marker when the 'sexy nurse' aesthetic, let alone the concept of nurses, comes from the West.

If we were arguing about traditional Chinese costumes, like say whether or not to portray bound feet, then your argument would be potentially valid, but her entire look is so rooted in Western norms that playing the card of cultural differences does not hold water. I have as much right to criticise someone in Asia doing that as the West.

'cause Asians typically have a different take on romance culture and what constitutes trashy.

Again the only thing Asian about her in this context is her ethnicity. In every other regard she reflects an aesthetic taken directly from Western norms.

Besides I think this has more to do with male and female norms than cultural norms. I seriously doubt many women in Asia find that "romantic" or anything but "trashy".

As far as grossing out women, I think TBL and Triad and probably a few others have already traveled the big-breasted, small-waisted, long-legged path, so this line could hardly contribute anything in this regard that these players haven't served up already.

I agree completely, but it stings to see a premium company following the same path.

 

[Lejuan]

...you cannot speak of a different cultural marker when the 'sexy nurse' aesthetic, let alone the concept of nurses, comes from the West.

True, but mini skirts are a Western fashion derivative also and they are worn very differently in the East. Mainland China is more conservative, but in Hong Kong and Taiwan what some of the more 'straight' girls wear appears pretty raunchy to many Westerners. I'm not disagreeing entirely, just observing that any figure wearing a kinky nurse outfit would play differently in the West than in the home market. Maybe.

Besides I think this has more to do with male and female norms than cultural norms. I seriously doubt many women in Asia find that "romantic" or anything but "trashy".

You might be right. But is this figure actually going to be wearing a nurse's outfit, or were those pics more to showcase the actress rather then point to the costume she'd be wearing? Personally a nurse's outfit on a dolly... pass.

...it stings to see a premium company following the same path.

I imagine that this line will be pretty tastefully done. I hope so anyway. And I do hope that EB might pursue other female-oriented Western licenses - a Kill Bill 'The Bride' would be an instant win.

 

[Star Puffs]

I imagine that this line will be pretty tastefully done. I hope so anyway. And I do hope that EB might pursue other female-oriented Western licenses - a Kill Bill 'The Bride' would be an instant win.

Takara (as I recall) displayed a nice Kill Bill doll prototype once but it never got made for unknown reasons. That would be a good use of Enterbay's talents and they would even have a chance to put Elle Driver in a 'sexy' nurse outfit.

 

[sarvesh2000is]

Yes so are we going to have HD detailing on the private parts of the GIRLFRIEND too

 

[topknot]

The only thing I can say is the sculpt does not even look like the actual model. What a shame.