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The Adventure Fashions


What's Covered in This Section?

1.) The Fashions At A Glance

2.) MOC Fashions By Figure

3.) Loose Fashions Showcase

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The Fashions At A Glance
In addition to 11 stunning action figures, the Golden Girl toyline ran three sets of fashions for the nine female figures. There was the Forest Fantasy set, the Festival Spirit set, and the Evening Enchantment set. The Forest Fantasy set tended towards a "Robin Hood" look or a "suede" usually hooded poncho, leggings, and a travel pack or purse. The Festival Spirit set was mostly pantleg bodysuits. There were dresses (with overlay, belt, and stole) for only three of the figures. Festival Spirit outfits came with a weapon sheath. The Evening Enchantment set was the most elaborate and the hardest to find--a line exclusively of festive gowns with stylish clutch purses and shawls.

Here's the "prototype" picture of the fashion outfits that you'll find on the backs of "open hangloop" backcards:


Here's the "actual release" picture of the fashions that you'll find on the backs of "closed hangtab" backcards:


The line-up on the backs of closed hangtab cards, shows a much more accurate picture of the fashions as they appeared in stores. There's a notable difference in Wild One's Forest Fantasy and Festival Spirit outfits; Jade's, Onyx's, and Vultura's Evening Enchantment gowns; and some minor changes in the appearance of the Festival Spirit outfits for Saphire, Rubee, and Onyx. They also seemed to feel that the shawls for the evening enchantment dresses were best wrapped over both shoulders, rather than on one shoulder or about the waist.

On the front of a fashion blister is a "prototype" photo of the outfit. On U.S. cards with open hang-hooks, the picture is titled after the intended figure and includes the note, "These fashions designed especially for [Golden Girl™] action figure. May be worn by each Golden Girl™ figure." Later releases and international editions only include the image of the intended figure with no caption. The backcards for the fashions include the same character backstory as you'll find on the figure's own box.

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Mint-On-Card Fashions By Figure

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    Golden Girl    
  
        Jade      
  
        Rubee      
                            


      Saphire      
  
        Onyx      
  
      Wild One      
                                


    Dragon Queen    
  
      Moth Lady      
  
    Vultura    
                          

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Loose Fashions Showcase

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Golden Girl shows her fashion senseJade tenders a wily disguiseRubee battens down the hatches

Saphire strikes a poseOnyx wins the exchangeWild One flaunts her daring

Dragon Queen steals the nightMoth Lady charms her rivalsVultura eyes the final prize

At first I found it hard to appreciate the fashions until I took them off their cards and began toying around with them loose. For instance, I think Dragon Queen looks surprisingly spooky in Vultura's forest fantasy outfit. In fact, most of the fashions look far better in person they may have appeared in the store, which is a real shame. I especially like the "Apache" look of Moth Lady's forest fantasy, and I think it looks very natural on Onyx (whose face mold and straight hair looks a lot more American Indian to me than African American).

A common feature for the fashions is that each set uses some variety of three basic outfit patterns. The Guardians tend towards gold and lighter colors, while the villains tend towards black and darker colors. I thought it would be good to model each figure's full set of fashions, for quick reference to the shared or contrasting features in the other outfits of the three series.


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