tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217917876331578492.post1884974184352872943..comments2024-03-27T13:50:42.343-04:00Comments on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold: Rumor: The Magazine "Haute Doll" May Be Closing Down ProductionTerri Goldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252743227474930359noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217917876331578492.post-75530118814730302312016-10-24T21:48:25.487-04:002016-10-24T21:48:25.487-04:00I've just paid a year subscription on septembe...I've just paid a year subscription on september , I didn't even get one issue and now they are closing? I hope I get a refund for this.....so disappointed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217917876331578492.post-2507682575030887962010-07-28T20:47:31.160-04:002010-07-28T20:47:31.160-04:00very sad to see HD go. I buy both FDQ & HD, I ...very sad to see HD go. I buy both FDQ & HD, I agree with James, HD seems more informative & up-to-date. but I was never a fan of any of its exclusive dolls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217917876331578492.post-79495018349381363592010-07-19T11:56:52.804-04:002010-07-19T11:56:52.804-04:00thanks for keeping me in the loop. didn't know...thanks for keeping me in the loop. didn't know this. and it figures since when i subscribed, it was for the longest length of time.... i have lost $$ on many mag subscriptions now (not doll-related) due to mags folding. it's really too bad since HD is very good as well.<br /><br />btw, i always love your wit! (last sentence of post is priceless) (=<br /><br />~i.b.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217917876331578492.post-55673327296172610302010-07-18T23:41:39.315-04:002010-07-18T23:41:39.315-04:00I am very sorry to hear about HD. I consider it to...I am very sorry to hear about HD. I consider it to be an amazing fashion doll publication and I will miss it terribly.<br />In addition to its well rounded coverage of all fashion dolls, I will especially miss its articles, photography, and features of the Sybarites.<br />This is what I enjoyed most.<br />Thank you.aquabluerosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08819994635925965004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217917876331578492.post-19519879421018837412010-07-18T05:44:33.716-04:002010-07-18T05:44:33.716-04:00Dear Terri,
I've just been reading your blogs...Dear Terri,<br /><br />I've just been reading your blogs about Haute Doll magazine closing down and the next FR convention to take place "with" Jason Wu.<br /><br />Might it be that they all become too greedy?<br /><br />This year's FR collection did not come up to my expectations, and as the sales show, neither did they meet the other collectors' overall response.<br /><br />No more handbags, no more stockings, no more Jason Wu, but high price tags.<br /><br />Even if you artificially limit the items on offer, you can overdo it. Being unfriendly to customers and selling them low quality goods is one way (Hello Superfrock!), and/or charging excessive prices is the other.<br /><br />In my opinion, HD magazine became a quite high prized catalogue, so I stopped buying it. Furthermore, as the manufacturers seem to run out of ideas, all the magazines, even the Japanese ones, only show the same thing over and over again.<br /><br />Some day the collector will simply be overfed.<br /><br />I am still buying dolls, to my purse's great <br />misfortune, but I buy a lot less than before and think thrice before doing so.<br /><br />Probably other collectors feel the same, and feel ripped off, so they become more and more reluctant, which in the end makes sales drop.<br /><br />If this only made the manufacturers rethink, it would be alright.<br /><br />Petra from Germany<br /><br />bennobecker@t-online.deAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217917876331578492.post-26552335375597073752010-07-17T23:29:12.762-04:002010-07-17T23:29:12.762-04:00@J: The Valia exclusive from HD was fully articula...@J: The Valia exclusive from HD was fully articulated but by that time, many collectors had jumped ship. Her makeup palette was quite harsh compared to the first two beauties and that may have been a contributing factor. <br />Have you seen the "Futurism" issue of FDQ? It throws around ideas about the landscape of doll collecting in the future. <br />TerriTerri Goldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252743227474930359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217917876331578492.post-31126679972411046022010-07-17T22:50:31.054-04:002010-07-17T22:50:31.054-04:00Interesting.. and kind of sad. I like variety in m...Interesting.. and kind of sad. I like variety in my collections and my sources of information. I had heard this rumour at Gene's last stand.. it was kind of shocking.. but not really. The doll scene has changed a lot.<br /><br />I like both Haute Doll & FDQ Magazines.. I like Haute Doll a little more because it comes/came out more frequently. For all of FDQ's gloss in shiny paper, it often lacks substance or any current information because of the quarterly timeline.<br /><br />I have always wondered about the choices of magazine doll Exclusives.. and did the owners of the magazines have a say in what type of doll they got, or was it like the IFDC / Integrity deal.. where you sort of get what you get. With no choice. You just have to hope for the best, and hope the Conventioneers like it. <br /><br />I think "The Cross" Syb doll was not as successful as it should have been. It didn't sell out immediately. The price tag may have been a factor. The doll's makeup wasn't a winner for me. I still only have the complete fashion. I also wonder if the gluttony of Syb dolls at the time was also a factor.. a very limited market for expensive dolls can only go so far. Last years Sybs are still on Superfrock's website. Their smaller edition dolls released this week, sold out this week.<br /><br />As for Innoquii Traveler.. I liked her taking on the glamour patch/ beauty spot used in a 50's / 60's runway fashion show. She wasn't for everyone.. but she was for me. I like variety. Again too many dolls were produced. She should have been edition of 20.<br /><br />As for the Valia leftovers sitting around the office at Haute, I think Integrity may have missed the boat on making her more poseable at that time, as the doll scene had moved to more poseable dolls, earlier. By time "Valia Pivoine" got around to fully pivoting, the doll times had changed. Many of my doll collector friends had hoped Integrity was going to be offering a 16" resin doll, to compete with the Sybs and not a small doll. The AG's from Integrity didn't do it for many reasons. I wonder if this why Haute may have been stuck with some those exclusive dolls. All companies have been left with dolls that didn't sell, in recent years and collections. Look at the sales Integrity has been having. It has been a collector's price tag dream. Probably a doll companie's nightmare.<br /><br />The doll scene has changed drastically. Doll companies and magazines will suffer. A friend said to me last week.. "Once we're dead, the next generation isn't playing with dolls. They are into electronics... it's all over." I can sort of see that. Maybe this is the beginning of the end.<br /><br />I love both magazines.. with one less, to look at over lunch. It's too bad. <br />Good blog post Ms. Gold... I really enjoyed it.<br />J.Jamesnoreply@blogger.com