{"id":24065,"date":"2017-05-26T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T04:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=24065"},"modified":"2017-05-22T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T21:49:14","slug":"science-fiction-mystery-minis-leeloo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/05\/science-fiction-mystery-minis-leeloo\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Fiction Mystery Minis - Leeloo"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend Dan, in 1997: \"who wants to watch a movie about Boron?\"<\/p>\n

Leeloominaï Lekatariba Lamina-Tchaï Ekbat De Sebat (or \"Leeloo\" for short) is one of the Supreme Beings of the Universe, awoken every five millennia to defeat the Great Evil. She is the corporeal incarnation of the Fifth Element, which, while never stated outright in the movie, has been confirmed by writer\/director Luc Besson to be sex. Like, straight-up, sweaty, moany, \"doin' it\" sex, not \"the concept of anatomical dimorphism\" sex. Her name is a title meaning \"Precious Stone of the Earth, the Honorable Defender of Light and Life,\" but Leeloo is the physical embodiment of physical love.<\/p>\n

Fitting, then, that the Mystery Mini of her shows her in her \"thermal bandages,\" the little strips of modesty-cloth that were wrapped around her after her regeneration. Actually, there's a question for you to ponder: we never see the Mondoshawans outside of their suits; Leeloo was rebuilt from nothing more than a few viable cells; the scientists suggest that her DNA is 5,000 times denser than human DNA; so is the only reason she looks human that she was found by human scientists using equipment that defaulted to human repairs? If she'd crashed on Plavalaguna's planet, would she be blue and have a big curly head?<\/p>\n

The bandages are sculpted above the surface of the figure, not just painted elements. In fact, the only painted elements on the figure are her lips, her fingernails, and the lining around her eyes. Sadly, she does not have her little elemental tattoo\/birthmark\/whatever on the inside of her wrist. It probably would have been too complex at this scale. Judging by the way her hair is sculpted blowing slightly to the side, we can assume this figure is taken from the scene when she's on the building ledge, trying to escape the military and the police. It's a nice touch that makes the figure - one just standing there with her arms a bit away from her sides - feel slightly more dynamic.<\/p>\n

When this series of Science Fiction Mystery Minis<\/i> was announced at Toy Fair 2015, Leeloo was not be alone - right next to her in the display book was control art of a Mangalore soldier with a gun<\/a>, though that didn't make the final assortment for some reason. However, we're not left with only one Fifth Element<\/i> figure...<\/p>\n

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The Leeloo reviewed on the previous page was available in a 1:12 ratio, meaning she was in every single case of Science Fiction Mystery Minis<\/i> - or at least, in every mass market case. The cases that Hot Topic got dropped Leeloo, replacing her with... Leeloo.<\/p>\n

That was just Leeloo, though, while this one is Leeloo Dallas! In order to get to Fhloston Paradise and retrieve the other four elements, Leeloo needs to pose as the wife of Korben Dallas. By this point in the story she has some clothes, and also a multipass.<\/p>\n

In contrast to the standard Leeloo, this one has hair hanging straight down - a logical choice, since she's not being buffeted by the winds outside a highrise building, but is instead standing inside a climate-controlled airport. Spaceport? Something. Her pose is more relaxed than before, and her left hand is raised to display the identification with her fake married name. Leeloo Dallas multipass!<\/p>\n

The costumes for The Fifth Element<\/i> were designed by Jean Paul Gaultier<\/a>, a clothier so famous that even slovenly nerds like us recognize his name. Leeloo is wearing her weird orange suspenders, a white crop top, golden pants and black boots. The black bits on her pants are supposed to be seams or thin stripes, not the huge chunks they are here; that, coupled with the fact that the color of the paint used for the pants is so close to the color of the paint used for the skin, makes it look like we're seeing Milla Jovovich's bare legs.<\/p>\n

Even at 1:12, I didn't expect to be able to get this Leeloo - the Hot Topic Mystery Minis<\/i> are always tough finds. But hey, sometimes the toy gods smile on you. I don't hate the plain Leeloo, but I like Leeloo Dallas more; now can we please get some more characters in Science Fiction Mystery Minis<\/i> Series 3?<\/p>\n

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