Indeed, it (a cockerel) further; A) didn't
get any clothes, so stays well out of the BP EU*, and B) was as good as stolen
(as an idea) from the movie Chicken Run!
* Beatrix Potter Expanded Universe!
Also it's clear that the rights-holder F Warne (or their agents) kept a close
eye on (and decision-making role in-) the film. As I haven't seen it yet I
can't say whether the cockerel ruins it or not, but the stills I have seen (mostly
in this Phidal set!) look very good
and the figurines here, are lovely.
From the left; Peter, Benjamin, Flopsy,
Mopsy and Cotton-tail! The figures are slightly more realistic than Ms. Potter's
original watercolours, more in keeping with the 'live action' (CGI'ed) movie.
Other characters include Squirrel Nutkin,
Jemima Puddleduck, Pigling Bland and Mrs. Tiggywinkle, although I think Pigling
should have been a bit smaller and Mrs T a tad larger perhaps, especially when
you see the next two - below.
There's no real scale in the books as each
is a self-contained story, but the Tale
of Peter Rabbit, does have a human in it, and that human is to scale with
the rabbits, so I guess the movie had to tip a nod to that by making them more equivalent
to each other in real life, but then . . .
. . . that doesn't account for the small
[-er] size of Mr Brock or the Sandy Whiskered Gentleman (an eggcellent
babysitter . . . not!)? Nor the relatively vast size of the international interloper!
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