New Superdoll Event in LA Announced

The announcement:

I'm sure this will be absolutely amazing, incredibly costly and completely sold out.

Volks USA Closing LA Store

Volks USA has announced that they will be closing the Los Angeles Tenshi-no-Sumika LA showroom at the end of March, 2014.
Here is the text of the announcement posted on their blog today:

Big Changes Coming to VOLKS USA!

January 11th, 2014

Hello!
As many of you may know, 2014 is the 15th Anniversary of the birth of our “Dollfie” line of dolls, paving the way for so many new opportunities in the doll hobby.
With that, VOLKS has a lot of things planned, and for VOLKS USA that means a lot of changes.
In Spring of this year we’ll be introducing a new website with new systems and services for all of our customers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. We’re very excited to introduce it to you!
We have a new manager here now as well and he will be leading the way for these changes and for the future of VOLKS USA. Here’s a message to all of you from him.
“I’m dedicated to presenting joy and excitement to our customers through VOLKS’ hobby world! I’m really looking forward to the future of VOLKS USA and I hope to create a thriving hobby base here in the United States.”
That being said, we do have some sad news. Our Tenshi no Sumika in Los Angeles showroom will be closing after March of this year. Our last weekend open to the public will be March 29th and 30th.
We know that our local customers and those of you hoping to visit will be upset and disappointed and we do understand. We thank you so much to all of you who have come to spend time with us, bringing joy and gifts along with you and we would love to see as many of you as possible before then!
We hope that all of you can understand that this is difficult for us as well and is being done with an eye to the future. We hope that someday we can open a new store location. Until then, we will focus on our web store, on growing VOLKS USA’s presence here in the United States, and work to make it the best that it can be.
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us over the years. We hope that we will continue to have your support in the years to come.
Sincerely,
Your VOLKS USA Staff

 

http://blog.volksusa.com/

Integrity Toys 2013 Convention

While I'm listening to the news about a shooting at LAX...a few miles from there the IT convention is taking place. Hopefully it's not causing any concern to the attendees although it is cause for concern that this keeps happening over and over again in the US.

So far the dolls look very nice. This Monogram was a give away in the welcome bag:

Here's a gorgeous 'hair workshop' Elise. I think she's may be the convention winner since the eBay prices are going sky high for her.

Eugenia was the first centerpiece and is styled with a vintage flair. Her hair is gorgeous. I like her grey eyebrows as they don't overwhelm her face.  Eugenia collectors will be thrilled. I understand she's got the new FR2 body.

Looks to me like there is more control over the designs this year...no freaky colors - so far. If everything is black, no one can complain about color.

Super Nails

The latest addition to the Superdoll on-line shop is this set of artificial nails. They come in black, nude and red. The price is  £11.37 or $17.18 US. Glue not included due to international shipping regulations. The nerve!

Today's email from Superfrock says:

...We here in London are besides ourselves with excitement with the next issue of Haute Doll magazine going live and starting to ship in approximately 5 days time!
Why are we so excited about the next HD?
Well…. Firstly they are very supportive of our endeavours and secondly; her name is Velvet™ and she is on the cover of the next issue!
Not to mention the editorial spread that brings us Venus, Inque & Voltaire playing parlour games and lounging in the gorgeously fictitious gardens of MONO.
Yes, we are about to meet these gorgeous friends of Meadow™, who already is in stock and in the hands of collectors across the planet!

Be sure to check out our online store as we add items this week and more next week!
On another note we are thrilled that the countdown is ON for the sYbarites™ first US convention in Los Angeles , CA!
Just 2 weeks to go till “Live from the Sunset Strip”.
 This event is sold out and we are sure it’s going to go all HOLLYWOOD on y’all!
Check out our social medias for updates, sneek peeks and gossip from both sides of the pond! ...

That is going to be an interesting event to watch.