![]() For a real-life person with no truly tangible societal contributions, Marie Antoinette has become one of the most recognizable historical women in Popular Culture (Where's Amelia Earhart? Where's Joan of Arc?. I guess I'll just have to sum it up by saying that it's funny because it's so wrong. This is a step beyond their "gliding action" Jesus or "Shushing action" Nancy Pearl. The big gimmick with this figure is that she has a button on her back that, when pressed, launches her head off. She has bright colors, a decent sculpt and limited but good articulation. She has a removable wig and dress, which presumably reveals her previous persona as Maria Antonia Josephina Johanna of Austria. Accoutrements' Marie Antoinette is the epitome of this phenomenon. (And then you go and watch Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette and you really start to pity her). then the slow creeping guilt at having giggled at something so inappropriate. Novelty figures have their ups and downs. ![]() The Queen of Novelty Figures - Marie Antoinette - Accoutrements 2003
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