Farscape Plush Dominar Rygel XVI Doll 12" w/ tags 2006 Toy Vault Jim Henson

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2006 Farscape Dominar Rygel XVI 12" Plush Doll w/ tush tag
Up for sale Toy Vault Farscape Rygel XVI Plush
COLOR: Beige, white, red, green, blue, orange, and gold
Straight from the Archives of Toy Vault we bring you a Rygel The XVI Plush Toy that is a carefully recreated version of the well known "cast" member from the award winning TV series by Jim Henson. This item was created in 2006 and does not have a retail tag, but does have the tush tag.
• Plush Toy Stuffed Animal
• By Toy Vault, made in 2006
• Ages 3+
• This doll measures approximately:
13 x 10 x 5 inches
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Condition:
Very nice pre-loved condition. No rips, tears, stains or funky smells. I think this was a shelf sitter.
From Wikipedia:
The television series Farscape features an extensive cast of characters created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. The series is set aboard a living spacecraft named Moya of the Leviathan race. The physical, racial and species-specific cultural characteristics, as well as underlying mythological/sociological similarities' and differences of the alien races portrayed in Farscape were conceptualised and created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Dominar Rygel XVI(called simply Rygel) was once the royal ruler of the Hynerian Empire. He is known for being selfish and collects anything valuable and was one of two regular puppet characters on the show. Rygel was operated by John Eccleston, Sean Masterson, Tim Mieville, Matt McCoy, Mario Halouvas and Fiona Gentle. His voice was provided by Jonathan Hardy.
Rygel has a long history. After ruling for an unknown number of years as Dominar of the Hynerians, he was overthrown by his cousin Bishan. After the overthrow, which occurred over 130 cycles (years) before the events of Farscape, he became a prisoner of the Peacekeepers. During this time, he was imprisoned in several places and tortured, most notably by Selto Durka, captain of the near-legendary ship, the Zelbinion, and was eventually transferred to Moya. Due to his size and cunning, he is able not only to leave his cell at will, but also to organize and carry out a revolt among the other prisoners placed on Moya, allowing them to escape Peacekeeper control. After the escape (i.e., during the series), Rygel is shown to be cunning and resourceful but also focused almost entirely on his own personal goals and wealth. As time goes on, his egocentric attitude becomes less prevalent and he warms to his role as a member of Moya's crew. A recurring gag in Farscape involves him flatulating helium when he gets nervous, causing everyone's voices to have a higher pitch by the offensive gas. At the end of the series, Bishan pleads with him to return to help reunite their people and Rygel departs to do so with a devastated Chiana.
A parody of him was in the Stargate SG-1 episode "200" as an Asgard with a Fu-Manchu beard and mustache; his only line was the Hynerian curse "Yotz", similar in use and meaning as the earth curse "Hell".
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