Drusilla

Driven insane from the torments that her sire Angelus had once visited upon her family, Drusilla now exists only to serve evil. The sire of Spike, her prophetic visions coupled with her senseless ramblings prove that this vampire is a force to be reckoned with. She likes to play with her dolls and she loves to kill. To quote her best, "I met an old man. I didn't like him. He got stuck in my teeth. And then the moon started whispering to me. All sorts of dreadful things." Enough said. When Spike and Dru were first introduced in Season 2 of Buffy, they were intended to be one-shot characters, dusted and forgotten. However, they had such chemistry and on-screen presence, Joss scrapped that idea and made the pair two of the biggest, baddest vampires around. We got a Spike in Series 2 of Buffy, and now have Dru in series 4. I'm quite impressed with Moore's dedication to fans of the show - rather than go the Hasbro route and churn out variant after variant of the main character, MAC produces other heroes and villains. We haven't had a Buffy since series 2, and the already-announced series 5 doesn't have her, either. Dru is, naturally, a beautiful sculpt. Proving that it doesn't take skin-tight clothes or a thong to make a sexy sculpt, Drusilla is wearing an ankle-length black skirt and detailed red top. The skirt is a solid piece, meaning that she has no articulation below the waist. She does still move quite a bit, with joints at the neck, shoulders, biceps, elbows, and wrists. While Dru herself may be unbalanced, the figure is anything but; she's sculpted well enough that she can stand without her included base. Rather than the graveyards that graced series 2 and 3, Drusilla stands on two short stone steps, flanked by pillars of stones and skulls. Her accessories include a knife, a small bloody bottle, a wilting rose, and her favorite doll, Miss Edith. The standard Dru is a fairly good figure, but her variant is even better. Clad in a white, blood-smeared gown, the variant figure is Vamped out - those sunken yellow eyes, that crinkly brow, and those big pointy fangs. Even her accessories have new paint apps; the rose, for instance, is black and Miss Edith is blood red. Additionally, her hair is sculpted into a classical 'do, with big thick curls cascading from her crown. Out of the two, I much prefer Vamp Dru.