As for the figures themselves, both Daria and Jane are roughly 8 inches tall and were created by a pretty stellar creative team. The concept design came from Leanne Hannah, Vivian Coscia handled the sculpt, Mark Bristow was on paint duty, Pam Wishbow came up with the packing art, Jordan Christianson did the packaging design, photography was done by LordBobasauras, and Hector Arce provided the art direction.
There was some serious love, care, and attention put into these designs, capturing the 2D designs of the characters and successfully bringing them into 3D figure status. The swappable heads come with a variety of expressions, and the accessories harken back to some of the show’s most famous moments. I especially love that Daria comes with a flame glasses option, a reference to the season 1 episode “The Teachings of Don Jake” as the visual of fire reflecting in Daria’s glasses has become a bit of a meme in recent years.
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There’s also an option for Daria to be reading a copy of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” home to one of her best comebacks after cheerleader Brittany Taylor sees her reading the book and gushes about loving romance novels, inspiring Daria to quip, “Yeah, nothing says ‘be mine’ like a pounding heart beneath a floorboard.” it is interesting that they went with the book instead of a newspaper advertising “Sick Sad World,” but perhaps the design of a newspaper would have looked too strange with small print. Jane also gets a memorable moment, with the horrible dye job from “Dye! Dye! My Darling,” the episode where Daria also realizes that she’s falling in love with Jane’s boyfriend, Tom. It’s one of the most important episodes in the entire series, and it’s great to see the first official figure release represent it with such affection.
You can pre-order the figures on Mondo’s website, and the figures are expected to ship sometime in November 2024.
