Happy Bunny Day!

Retro Week will continue in a couple of days, but since it's Easter it's time for our friendly neighbourhood Pipos Dark Rabbit to make his annual appearance, this time accompanied by a clown sidekick.

I hope you're all having a great Easter if you celebrate it, and that you're having a great weekend if you don't.

Happy Bunny Day!

What better day than Easter to let the resident gentleman rabbit (a Pipos Dark Rabbit) enjoy the spotlight?

If you're enjoying a holiday weekend, I hope it's a good one!

Out of the Box: Pipos Dark Rabbit

Sometimes called "Shorty", sometimes "Devil Bunny" and sometimes just "The Gentleman",  this well-dressed rabbit is my only anthro-doll.  One of the releases from Pipos' 2010 Alice in Nightmare series of limited edition versions of their dolls, this bunny stuck me as the perfect animal to add to my otherwise very human collection.  The fact that he would also be a welcome adventure to my humour blog "Project Evil Bunny" was also an added benefit.

Despite having what looks like a blue glow, this doll is actually cast in purple resin - the pinks, blues and blacks are all paintwork.  Being painted in such a specific manner (and as such a specific character), I've kept this guy in his default outfit since day one.

The outfit itself is lovely, and is comprised of 8 individual pieces.  The cape in particular is fantastically detailed for such a small piece, including lace edging, embroidered details as well as beadwork.  Incidentally, I believe most of Pipos' outfits have a similar level of quality and detail - I purchased a simple black dress from their basic collection at the same time, and it proved to be a very well made (and again impressively detailed) piece of doll clothing.

The gentleman rabbit on his chessboard stand.

Up-close and personal with the Dark Rabbit.

In addition to the doll and clothes, this doll also came with a pocket watch and a chessboard-inspired display base.  While attractive, the base is not a doll stand, and since one is really required to keep this doll upright, this piece is less practical than it might be.