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Are you still with me or are you staring somewhere else?
What's so interesting about this figure - and character - is that she's inspired by a real person: Alley Baggett, an American glamour model from Houston Texas supposedly of Spanish and Filipino descent
Alley Baggett (39) was a predominant figure in Playboy's Book of Lingerie Series where she appeared in more than 12 covers and - if I'm right - won the Playboy Book of Lingerie Reader's Choice Poll a record three times.
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Alley originally wanted to be a model, but unfortunately at 5'2" high, the grey eyed blonde was rejected from conventional modelling. So she grew to 34DD-23-33 and became one of the most exotic looking Playboy models ever - strangely she never posed for the main magazine, just the Newssstand Specials.
I actually used Alley Baggett as my muse when I was teaching myself how to sketch waay back in the 90s. I found the rich brown color of her skin a wonderful subject and most of my sketches of her can be found in denisdelcallar.blogspot.com. DON'T GO THERE IF YOU'RE NOT AN ADULT!!!! Here are some samples of my work:
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Why? Well... Alley Cat's costume is what you see here, bondage lingerie - which is, by the way, VERY intricate and finely detailed. You can see individual stitches on her corset arm and leg sleeves.
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Her quandary is that now she can't take off the outfit (Bummer) which (If I remember right, retreats to nothing more than a corset till "Evil is near or about to happen" or something like that. So there's definitely a bondage aspect to it.
The full extent of her powers is never revealed, but covers have hinted at her having claws like X-23 but more demonic. In the comics she never used weapons, but this action figure came with a morning-star and a really long flamberge - not sure where I put it (I have it to another figure).
Personally I feel that the comic book and this action figure were released primarily to promote Alley Baggett as a glamour model with an attempt to tap into the nerd market. Sadly, Alley Cat bears too much of a resemblance to Witchblade to have really made it.
Oh and she comes with a little black cat with scary green eyes and stands around 6 inches tall which means that she fits right in with regular Marvel Legends figures.
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And the last really disappointing thing about Alley Cat is that her resale value is almost nothing. Alley Baggett remains a strong cultural icon but I suppose only in niche markets and interest groups. Last I checked you could get a complete boxed Alley Baggett/Alley Cat for around US$ 12 (Roughly PhP 516)
Still, Alley Cat/Alley Baggett remains a wonderful conversation piece in my collection and it's a definitely head-turning piece that I will treasure.
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