Showing posts with label contest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contest. Show all posts

4/24/2012

The Emilia Couture Contest

A contest was held earlier this year by Emilia Niemen. It ended on March 16th.
The rules were:
"Take a doll box, tie in your favourite doll and fashion to build your dream giftset. Just pile in everything you ever wanted and feel free to use Photoshop or other means to enhance the looks and colours of your dream doll set. The doll, box and fashions can be any size or brand....The doll must be photographed in the box wearing one of the outfits..."

 The grand prize was this fabulous "Ants" outfit.

All entries were posted to a special group Emilia created on Flickr.

The winner of the contest was Micheal Jarvis aka monkeyhaircutter with this amazing gift set consisting of two men dressed for their wedding. The accessories included a three-tier wedding cake, a bottle of champagne and two fluted glasses, a bottle of liquor and luggage. Their clothes included lounge and pool wear in addition to their formal wear. The case is from an earlier Fashion Royalty gift set. Everything is arranged in a appealing way. If Integrity produced a set like this it would fly off the shelves faster than a New York minute!

First runner-up was Laura/LA with this wonderful gift set consisting of a dressed Agnes, two additional fashions and a furnished wall! WOW! I love the way Laura color coordinated the fashions by using red and black throughout. The fireplace, framed paintings and crystal chandelier could make a backdrop for photography. What a great idea for a gift set.

Second runner-up was Dollster for a stunningly arranged grouping of HJ Couture fashions and dressed doll in lacy lingerie. She is presented in one of the "Atelier" gift set boxes that we don't see anymore. Wonderful!

A special "Out-of-the-box-thinking" award was presented to OddMod for her very clever and amusing Glinda-The Jeti Hunter gift set. This really cracked me up. It was adorable and so very creative.

I felt joy and pleasure looking at the entries because they show how people are playing with and loving their dolls. This was very special!

I was planning to post only the winning entries but I feel like they are all winners. The dolls and fashions are gorgeous. I don't know how Emilia was able to whittle down her choices. I would love to have each and every one of these sets for my own as I bet other collectors would, too.





















You can click on each picture to enlarge it.

2/15/2011

LET'S PLAY A GAME WITH TONNER'S GUYS!

I was looking at Tonner's new and recent male sculpts and I went back to 2006.  It was around the time or shortly after the appearance of the Harry Potter line that Tonner began introducing different adult males to the line. Since then we've seen new male sculpts on a regular basis. Many of them are licensed characters. Until tonight I didn't realize how many male dolls have come out of the TDC.

Just this new season alone, besides Hogyo Yoshio, whose dressed doll version was pictured in yesterday's blog post, we now have Stefan Salvatore, a dressed character figure from the Vampire Diaries. In The Vampire Diaries, Stefan has the ability to influence people's memories with his mind. His eyes are incredibly intense and the facial screening looks hand-painted.
(To me they're dolls, not character figures.)
Paul Wesley/Stefan Salvatore Head Sculpt and 17" Matt O'Neill™ Body; Brown Eyes w/ Brunette Wigged Hair and Cameo Skintone
STEFAN SALVATORE
DRESSED TONNER CHARACTER FIGURE™ LE1000  $159.99
Stefan's brother (?) Damon Salvatore below, has already debuted but hasn't shipped yet. I think he is a great looking doll....oops, character figure.
Ian Somerhalder/Damon Salvatore Head Sculpt; 17" Matt O'Neill™ Body; Blue Eyes; Brunette Wigged Hair; Cameo Skintone.          
DAMON SALVATORE
DRESSED TONNER CHARACTER FIGURE™ LE1000  $159.99
There is a basic Hogyo Yoshio in the new Freedom for Fashion line.

Basic Yoshio comes wearing an essential knit t-shirt and fully-lined knit boxers."NEW" Japanese Male Head Sculpt and 17" Matt O'Neill™ Body; Brown Eyes w/ Black Hair and Cameo Skintone LE500 $89.99
 From the Harry Potter line, Professor Dumbledore with the Richard Harris (likeness) Albus Dumbledore head sculpt and Lucius Malfoy with the Jason Isaacs sculpt (likeness) are incredibly interesting sculpts and would make great basics if only the licensing would allow.
Professor Dumbledore
Lucius Malfoy
Professor Snape sculpted in the likeness of Alan Rickman.
Voldemort is not under consideration as a handsome adult male at this time.


We have a winner!
Congratulations to Laura/LA for her winning entry. Timestamp: Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:20 PM

Runner Up 
Milady Blue. Timestamp: Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:31 PM

Here are the answers:

Men of Tonner Game
1. Tenth Doctor - Dr. Who  (Likeness of David Tennant)
2. Aquaman - DC Stars 
3. Lord Asriel Northbound - Golden Compass  (Likeness of Daniel Craig)
4. Batman - DC Stars
5. Captain Jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Caribbean line, (likeness of Johnny Depp)
6. Torchwood Capt. Jack Harkness (likeness of John Barrowman)
7. Twilight Edward Cullen Distant Devotion
8. Dick Tracy
9. Green Lantern – Hal Jordan
10. Jacob Black - Twilight line, (likeness Taylor Lautner)
11. James - Twilight line, (likeness Cam Gigandet)
12. Jayne Cobb - Firefly line,  (likeness Adam Baldwin sculpt)
13. Jonah Hex - Jonah Hex line, (likeness Josh Brolin)
14. Jeremy Voss– Tyler Who?
15. Laurent - Twlight line, (likeness Edi Gathegi sculpt)
16. Lee Scoresby - Golden Compass line, (likeness Sam Elliott)
17. Captain Malcolm Reynolds - Firefly line, (likeness Nathan Fillion)
18. Maxwell Smart - Get Smart line, (likeness Steve Carell sculpt)
19. Perseus - Clash of the Titans line,( likeness Sam Worthington )
20. Prince Dastan - Prince of Persia line,(likeness Jake Gyllenhaal)
21. Rhett Butler - Gone With the Wind
22. Ultra Basic Simon Chase - original sculpt
23. Superman - original sculpt
24. Ultra Basic Matt Tan with long blonde hair
25. Ultra Basic Russell Williams
26. Ultra Basic Russell Williams - #2
27. Will Turner - Pirates of the Caribbean, (likeness Orlando Bloom )
28. Lord Asriel at Oxford - Golden Compass  (Likeness Daniel Craig)
29. Simon Chase in Tuxedo
30. Ultra Basic Matt O'Neil
31. Bonus question
Shared Sculpt: SEAN
The Gift ( Gianetto); University Cool;  Re-imagined Star Crossed Romeo
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Winner : Laura/LA  February 15 11:20 PM
2nd Place: Milady Blue Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:31 PM

Others:
Baris; Nicole; savyuser1217; Stacy in IL; T & J Smith ; Sue Townson ; toyblahg;

 Let's play a game. 

The first person to correctly identify the character/sculpt/name of the doll in every picture below wins. For example: if the character were Tyler Wentworth, we'd need the actual name of the doll.  If the character were Ava Gardner, you would need to tell us which Ava it is. (If you find Tyler or Ava in the following list, call your eye doctor immediately.) Spelling does not count unless 99% of the letters are wrong and/or missing.
Winner gets fame and glory and the 2010 rhinestone encrusted 10th Anniversary Tyler Wentworth pin. It's really a beauty.
Please number the guesses in the same order as the pictures and submit them via email in list form. (You will find my email address on my profile page and on every Nigerian computer in the world.)

In the case of a tie, the time stamp on the submission wins. The later submission/s will get fame, no fortune.

Please don't post identifying names for these characters until the game is over. If you do post a comment and name the characters, I won't be posting your comment until Friday.

Game ends Friday at Noon EST - aka New York time.

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Bonus Question: Name the sculpt the following 3 dolls share and provide each dolls' specific name.

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