Integrity Toys Reveal August 18 2019

The Integrity Toy reveal which was posted to W Club members on August 17, 2019, included three Fashion Royalty dolls,  one Industry Tulabelle, three Poppy Parkers, Tina Tanaka and one male.

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The Fashion Royalty Boudoir Collection is being offered via a right-to-buy lottery and includes Kesenia, Natalia and Jordan wearing sexy lingerie. Each doll is $135.

The lingerie sets are very attractive; the dolls, meh. Still, tastes vary and there are enough to go around - 750 Jordans and 800 each of Kesenia and Natalia.

Kesenia uses the vampire sculpt that I detest. Her mouth is heavily shaded inside the lips to moderate the appearance of the vampire's teeth. Each doll comes with an extra pair of hands with long nails.

Early Kesenia sculpt. Was not named Kesenia at the time.

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The Industry Tulabelle is a mini gift set consisting of a doll and two 12" sized outfits one of which mimics the previously made 16" Tulabelle outfit.
The other outfit is an embroidered, frilly, mini dress that makes her look like a Swiss school girl.
This doll is being offered via right-to-buy lottery and is priced at $155.

Earlier 16" Tulabelle

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Poppy Parker The Girl From I.N.T.E.G.R.I.T.Y. Mission Brazil Capsule Collection

There are detailed backstories for the dolls in this collection.

First up are Poppy Parker and Tina Tanaka as double agents.
This is a two-doll gift set priced at $199. and will be sold via right-to-buy lottery.

The fashions and dolls are standard Poppy fare. The inclusion of a handgun is unacceptable. IT has made dolls with guns before and I didn't like it then, either. This time the guns are yellow, pink and blue.

https://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2015/06/5-colorful-personal-defense-pistols/

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Sergio Silva: Man of Mystery

IMO Buttry's strength is his male doll design skill. Sergio is a well-dressed guy with a good hairstyle. He comes with a saxophone! Perhaps that's his weapon.
I'm not a fan of the painted facial hair. It doesn't do anything for this doll or any other doll that I've seen with flat painted facial hair.
He will be available via Integrity doll dealers at $150.

Poppy Parker in Ipanema Intrigue

Bathing suit, terry cloth cover-up, big hat and sunglasses and a pink gun. Sigh.
Available via Integrity doll dealers at $135.

Poppy Parker in Rendez-Vous in Rio

She has a beautiful deep tone to her vinyl and wears a colorful Pucci-type print fashion.
Available via Integrity doll dealers at $145.

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Some New Photos ∞§∞ Some Old Dolls

I've been missing in action from my blog which is quite unusual for me.  The consignment job I took on at the end of June has kept me extremely busy. In addition, we're looking for another house.

I have taken some pictures with no particular theme.

This lovely Mini Live Wire Avantguard (2010) has been standing around waiting for attention. I don't remember from whom her black dress and shoes came. She is a wigged doll.

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The only Agnes I've kept out of all of them is Firefly.  I've thought about changing her outfit but this is just perfect for her. It came from "Sunset Rave" Ayumi who was a convention gift in 2011. A lot of my dolls are like that. I find the best outfit for them and that's that.

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Currently my only Adele, the classic "Graphic Language," is wearing the dress from Full Spectrum Veronique. I have managed to find an FR2 body to match her skin tone. She's gorgeous. Graphic Language originally (2004) came on a straight arm body and has the second Adele sculpt.

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Another earlier (2005) doll, "Foreign Affair" Veronique models an altered dress from the Katy Keene collection. I removed the big bow things from the hips. Still not loving the gown but Vero needed some attention. She's had an FR2 body swap.
 "Foreign Affair" Vero is from the Golden Age (that's what I call it) of Fashion Royalty which lasted for another five years.  Although the bodies were the first articulated type which was replaced by the original 'tall' body, the hair styling and the face paint were special. Screening had an airbrushed look and was not cartoonish or freaky as it often is now:

Kesenia Porcelain Beauty (not quite)

The dolls were gorgeous. That year saw the dolls sporting applied lashes for the first time.

FA wearing the "Lavish Thread" fashion.

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I tried to love her, really I did. I sold her two weeks ago. There was something about her hair  or maybe it was her brows. I don't know. She did not work for me.  She is Ayumi Nakamura "Opium" from 2012. 

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I've been gradually thinning my Fashion Royalty collection. For the most part, the newer dolls and pop culture lines don't interest me.  The newer tall and the hand swap bodies are turning color. It's very depressing to think that my once adored collection is deteriorating.  Even one of the newest dolls - still in her package - has noticeably different color hands from the rest of the body. That may be another issue altogether but the problem hasn't been solved and it's pushed me even farther away. 

2015 W Club Holds First Lottery of the Season

The W Club has opened their new doll selling season with an offering of six ITBE (Integrity Basic Edition) dolls. The lottery is for the right to buy and ends on March 11. It is only open to club members. Each doll will cost $99. plus shipping, handling and tax. Members can enter a ticket for each doll. Multiple memberships give multiple opportunities to win with a separate ticket for each entry.
 On to the dolls. Reminder - you can click on pictures to see them full-sized.

Entice - Kesenia Sculpt

Love Roulette - Vanessa 2.0 Sculpt

Dark Side - Anja Sculpt

Audacious - Finley Price (New Sculpt)

My Desire - Isha Sculpt

Buxom - Veronique 1.0 Sculpt

My favorites are the Vanessa and the Isha with Anja a close third. I think if Vanessa and Isha had FR2 bodies, I'd really want them. As it is, I entered for only the Vanessa because even though she has the 2.0 sculpt, she looks very pretty.  

I find Buxom, the Veronique sculpt, doesn't look like the Veronique I know. It could be the appearance of a smile or the dark skin tone. Something about her is not Vero.

Kesenia is still  total vampire to me with all those teeth showing. But I do like the design of her lingerie more than all the rest.

The new Finley Price sculpt will appeal to those who like smiley dolls. She can be the arch enemy of Agnes. Her skin tone is listed as FR Black.  The other dolls' skin tones are: Vanessa - Light Honey, Anja - Porcelain ,  Isha,  Kesenia and Veronique - A-Tone.

So what do you all think of these ITBE dolls? Is there value here? Will you be entering the lotteries?

Integrity Toy's March 2013 Unveiling

The newest releases have hit the dealers sites.
Itt looks like the Poppy dolls are going to be the biggest success of the lot.
They are already sold out at several sites. Of course, the dealers who sell them at MSRP sell out first like Cherished Friends and MFD. I haven't checked the rest but if you want them, you'd better move on it.
I thought they were adorable. MSRP is $89.  Each doll is edition of 750.

Note: Images were removed as per the request of Integrity Toys.

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The Fashion Royalty dolls are now called Fashion Royalty Classic. The price per doll has gone up $20., from $110. to $130.  Of the five FRC, not one spoke to me. I do not see the connection between the early FR and these dolls. Vaughan kept repeating that there was some type of connection. Possibly the only connection is that the clothes are not hideous.
None of the super-popular sculpts were used.
The first thing I thought when I saw Anja was that she is pregnant. Dania is nice. Kesenia still looks like a vampire. Korinne - meh. I would have liked a slim skirt with that lovely blouse. Jordan's outfit is lovely. I wish she wouldn't stand with her toes pointed inward. I know it's a FASHION THING but it's time for a different position.

Captivating
Anja™ Dressed Doll

Ambitious
Kesenia™ Dressed Doll

Nostalgia
Dania Zarr™ Dressed Doll

Splendid
Jordan™ Dressed Doll

Polished
Korinne™ Dressed Doll

IFDC's Kesenia and Rayna Dolls

Once again, of the many benefits of being an international shipping buddy is getting to play with dolls that I do not own. Long Cool Woman Kesenia and Rock Me, Baby Rayna are temporary visitors to PA.

I rarely photograph dolls on stands however in this case, I could not remove the plastic from their legs so I decided to just go with it. The shoes on each doll are very nice with their tiny zippers that make it so easy to get them on and off. 

Underneath her jacket, Rayna wears a shirt that has string criss-crossed with the ends tied in a big bow. Not my taste so I put up the lapels of her jacket and tucked the strings inside. 

Each doll comes with very nice jewelry including a ring.

Nice ring but you may be able to see the difference in color between Kesenia's arms and hands. The hands are yellowish and the rest of her body is not. Not good. I guess if you wait long enough the body may yellow to match the hands.

Kesenia's sculpt is one of my least favorite as she was originally one of the Brides of Dracula.
Remember these?

However, in the LCW version, her mouth is painted with a darker pink lip color-shadow and her teeth aren't as large as other versions.

Long Cool Woman is the best Kesenia to-date IMO. I love her eyes which are two shades of blue-green. Her eyeshadow is a shade that goes really well with her lips. On her tan face, the pink is really pretty.

I'm wondering if IT will ever stop using the color-block look for the eye makeup, eyebrows and lips. It would be nice to see a more painterly approach to facial screening on a few dolls.

The IFDC Dolls

Integrity Toys again created dolls for the IFDC which took place in Las Vegas this past week.
There were three dolls created to fit in with the convention's theme of "Shock, Rattle N' Roll."

Kesenia as Long Cool Woman
Shock, Rattle 'N' Roll Collection
IFDC 10th Anniversary Souvenir Convention Doll
Suggested Retail Price: $150.00 US
Limited Edition of 300 Dolls

Korinne as Shake It Up
Shock, Rattle 'N' Roll Collection
IFDC 10th Anniversary Companion Doll
Suggested Retail Price: $150.00 US
Limited Edition of 300 Dolls

 I like her shoes:

Rayna as Rock Me, Baby
Shock, Rattle 'N' Roll Collection
IFDC 10th Anniversary IT Direct Salesroom Doll
Suggested Retail Price: $150.00 US
Limited Edition of 300 Dolls

 

All of these 12" vinyl dolls use the "Vampire" body. The remaining dolls are being offered by lottery to members of the W Club.