New Ficondoll "Lacvert"

For those collectors who are going to try for the new Ficondoll Lacvert, the time zone conversion is often confusing. The sales begin on September 8 at 6:00 AM Korea time. That translates to Monday September 7 at 5:00 PM EDT. (New York, PA, etc.) Price and edition size of Lacvert will be posted on the Ficon site at that time.

 ficondoll website:www.ficondoll.com

Our ultra-talented friend Cholo Ayuyao has photographed this platinum-haired beauty.

Lacvert is a wigged, resin 16.5 inch BJD.
More photos may be seen here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/101279871@N08/
I want that gown!


UPDATE:

"Lacvert" 

dressed doll
LE 30

$670

 

"Lacvert" has a new sculpt and pierced ears.

 

"Lacvert" includes doll, gown, earrings, wig, shoes, doll stand.

(not including extra hands parts and dressing ball parts.)

 

gown: poly-silk printed Chinese blue plate pattern

 

makeup: K

outfit: Rhi

wig: Chewin

shoes: Sherry

photo: Cholo

 

We can ship her in 40 days.

 

Ficon Doll Introduces Dione

OMG

That was my first reaction. What a face! What a body! And photographed by Mr. Talent himself, Cholo Ayuyao.

The web page says:

"Dione" has a new body and new head sculpt.
New body is more slimmer, natural, real than old ficon body.
New body size: 17 - 10.5 - 17
Shoes and wig size same with old fidondoll.

"Dione" includes doll, gown, inner panty, wig, shoes, doll stand..(not including extra hands parts and dressing ball parts)

Makeup:K
Outfit:Rhi
Wig:Chewin
Shoes:Sherry
Photo:Cholo

 I looks like the wig is not fitting properly over her ears. I hate when that happens. That is the only part of this total package that doesn't appeal to me. Her face is gorgeous. The makeup is beautiful.

Price is $690. plus $50. shipping for a total of $740. US and she is limited to 20 dolls.

I want one but not now.

http://www.ficondoll.com/

Spotted on Prego...

Photograph by Tom in CA

JamieShow Phoenix Gene in DAE's "Aphrodite." 

Wig by Ilaria.

Gorgeous!

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I haven't been posting much mainly because I've been binge-reading, watching movies and the Mr. Selfridge TV series. It also seems to be a quiet time in the fashion doll world with the occasional release of a stunning doll like Kingdom Doll's, Brighton. Integrity Toys will have a reveal next month. Tonner releases dolls as they become available to pre-order or ship.

It appears that Alexandra Forbes is no longer photographing Ficondoll's new products. That's quite a loss for them as can be seen in this stiff photo of their latest doll, Liu. She has a beautiful face but the photographer did not come close to Alex's photographic talent. The doll sold out in spite of the photos. I like Ficon's products and hope for their continued success.

http://www.ficondoll.com/

News in the BJD World

Modsdoll is offering unpainted, nude dolls with the Miao sculpt beginning December 6, 2013. The cost is $350. plus postage. To the US, postage amounts to $48. via EMS, which is the only option.

Ficon Doll has released a new dressed doll called Jeanius. She is LE 30 and lists for $699. 
Postage to the US amounts to $45.

Enjoy these photos by Alexandra Forbes.

Superdoll  held a Black Friday sale and from what remains on their site, it seems to have been a less than successful event except for several items that had been hanging around for a very long time. The current Monoglam collection has been fairly unpopular judging by the fact that everything was still available as of Friday including all the dolls and all the outfits in the line. Velvet (dressed in pink) is now sold out and the Flutterby fashion is sold out. (That fashion may have been sold out previously. )
I have not been collecting Sybarites long enough to know if this is the first time they have put the current collection on sale.  It's pretty upsetting to buy a doll or an outfit at full price and to see it go on sale within the year. For example, Marl & B sold their exclusive Sybarite Neurotica for a whopping $820. plus postage in July of 2012. A few months later, they dropped the price about $200. This past weekend they sold out at $499.
I love my Sybarite dolls but this, combined with the defective dolls I've received, has made me very wary of going forward with purchasing directly from the manufacturer or dealers with exclusives.

Kingdom Doll  is a new 16" resin BJD designed in the UK. Her sculpt looks beautiful.
So far they are on Facebook and Flickr. Perhaps a website will follow. Look for the first official teaser ad in FDQ's Holiday 2013 digital issue.
These photos are from their Facebook page.

Here is a statement from their page: 
Here at Kingdom Doll we are very excited to finally be presenting  our miniature fashion models to the doll collecting community.  The schedule of the year ahead has beenmeticulously planned and we are certain you will not be disappointed. Expect to see a variety of stunning 16" models, starting with our debut sculpt Novantae and continuing later in the year with the introduction of some of her friends (yes there will be more than one sculpt).Kingdom Doll aspire to be more than just a line of beautiful faces, creating a buildable and eminently wearable wardrobe of statement pieces, classic investment garments, hot runway looks and neutral colored essentials.Along with some truly amazing accessories, shoes and bags, Kingdom Doll wants to give the collector a doll line they can feel invested in.