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Be still my heart

August 16, 2011 by Denise Felton 6 Comments

In junior high, I was deeply, passionately in love with The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Not top-dog Napoleon Solo (played by Robert Vaughn), but his sidekick Ilya Kuryakin (played by David McCallum). I scrawled Ilya in the margins of my textbooks. I praticed writing Mrs. Ilya Kuryakin on page after filler-paper page in every imaginable variation of penmanship. So imagine my delight when I popped open the DeriDolls blog this morning and found my true love immortalized in felt soft sculpture. See more shots–and more David dolls in more outfits–at Deri’s post.

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  1. Jeanine McWhorter says

    August 16, 2011 at 9:13 am

    I, too, had a thing for Ilya.

  2. chris domino says

    August 17, 2011 at 5:30 am

    Me too!I had U.N.C.L.E cards too.
    It’s fun to see him on NCIS now.

  3. Laura says

    August 17, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    YES, yes, yes!!!!!!!

  4. Laurie says

    August 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Oh girls, we’re showing our age. Sign me up for the fan club too! He’s still just as gorgeous!

  5. Deepa Balagopal says

    August 18, 2011 at 3:08 am

    umm..Iam curious, is this a movie or a sitcom? A romance, a thriller ?

  6. Becky says

    August 19, 2011 at 7:09 am

    The ONLY Blonde (until John Bon Jovi) that I ever had a crush on! And yes, we are showing our age 😉

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