12/18/2015

When It Rains....The Dolls Start Piling Up

Would you believe I ordered Perfect Reign Tatyana Alexandrova 7 months ago? She arrived today. So I open the box thinking it's Eugenia for some reason (CRS) and I'm wondering if they changed her sculpt. Then I looked at the name on the box. Well, this is the best looking Tatyana ever.

I always thought that her features were too coarse but she now has been adjusted to look like most of the rest of the FR line...vanilla.





Previous Tatyana's were spelled Tatyana.  Someone has a problem with i and y.
and
why does it say Dressed Doll Gift Set on the box? Am I missing something?

You know the saying about the left and right hands?







 Prior Tatyanas-she is no longer a dark, brooding character.




The Red Queen was pretty cute:

Superdoll: New Dolls with GenX.2 Body

Today two dolls debuted.

VALKYRE DD_099


Dark Brunette wig of mohair upon her head, with eyes of fiery amber. Shades of red and liquid gold eyeliner surround her alluring eyes. Lips of dark apple red.
White organza and lace blouse against her skin and sequin black ventilated back opening jacket. Matching sequin trousers.
Formal touches are her Sado Masochist body harness with detachable 'leather' and cut-out embroidered sleeves. Ankle boots in weave and studded belts.
The perfect accessory, her VENUS 'diamond' stud knuckleduster!
She dons her bonnet of boned organza that frames her face in a halo of studs.

Bound by the vanity of another.... she awaits her sister's escape to Triumph over their capture.
Price: £259.20 (Excluding VAT at 20%) [About $386.11 USD]
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MIDNITE DD_100

Vibrant Titian wig of mohair upon her head, with eyes of poison green. Shades of black and iridescent blue eyeliner surround her vicious eyes. Lips of deceptive coral.
Nude mesh vine and thorn embroidered bodice against her skin trimmed in velvet flowers attached to her ever so luxurious velvet skirt form her delightful gown.Nude hose and nude petticoat.
Formal touches are her Dominating lace up patent belt with jeweled detail bearing midnight blue stone, she created from the tears of those she holds capture.. Patent navy ankle strap sandals.
The perfect accessory, her SD monogram AXE!
She dons her silver glitter mask in hope she escapes recognition.

Holding fast with her Axe and threat.... there is no escaping her!.
Price: £249.60 (Excluding VAT at 20%) [About $372. USD]

 
I guess the boxes won't say "sample" now that they've got the bodies right. 
They are now labeled GENX.2 and the skin tone is called Cosmetique.
Both dolls:
Clone: 1000 Venus d'Royce
Of course she comes with the following standard accessories:
-manic_cure hands (see booklet for hand change instructions)
-booklet
-stand
In stock and ready to be delivered


They are very edgy, interesting and attractive. If the 2015 dolly dollars weren't all earmarked already, I'd order Midnite. I like her makeup palette and fashion. 
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I will be posting an update about the body defect issue I posted previously.

W Club 2015 Exclusive "J'Adore La Fete"

The final W Club 2015 doll has been announced and fortunately or unfortunately I have to order one.
It's an Elise Jolie gift set in a trunk, reminiscent of Fashion Royalty Kyori Ginza who also came in a trunk like this. I still have Kyori's trunk stuffed with story cards and COAs. 

The edition size will be enormous, I'm sure, as it's based upon how many the members order and there are a lot of members. Unfortunately it won't be ready until late spring or early summer of next year.
The price is $175. which isn't bad for a doll with three outfits: a gown, a suit and lingerie.




The gown looks black but it's dark wine with black trim. I love the suit.
I hope the quality exceeds our expectations.

 (I'm spelling her name with an 'i' no matter how many times it's changed.)

12/15/2015

Disappointing Sybarite Gen-X Body

I finally deboxed a Gen-X Sybarite doll and to my dismay, I've discovered a defect in one of the knee joints. I've been informed that all the Gen-X dolls prior to the recently released Guillotine have this issue and that is why "all early dolls are marked SAMPLE on the box."

Because she is a convention doll, I paid a premium for this vinyl doll. She's very unique and I like everything else about her.


The thing that drew me to her initially is her hairstyle. It's made up of two wigs, one on top of the other. The one closest to her scalp is darker brown and is just brushed back and cut short. The upper wig is a lighter color drawn up into two long pony tails.

Her gown is a white crochet type knit with fluffy tulle at the lower third of the dress. The belt is iridescent purple, a color which is picked up by the ribbons in her hair.

Underneath is a set of sexy, sparkly lingerie.


The bra and panty are glitter encrusted as are the fabulous shoes. I'm not a fan of glitter but in this instance, it works.

This is the joint issue:


What I don't understand is why I never heard of this problem prior to discovering it myself. Are collectors so blindly in love with these dolls that they don't say anything and will just keep buying? Not that I needed to hear complaints, but I'm surprised.

I've been offered the opportunity to return the doll to the UK to have the part replaced without a guarantee of vinyl color match. I'd rather sell her to someone who missed out on purchasing this very small edition doll. I don't know what to do.

Ed. Update:
I never would have posted publicly about it if an appropriate response to a defective $600.+ doll had been offered. 
The other companies I deal with most often: Tonner, Jamieshow, Integrity and Kingdom Doll would have offered to repair or replace the doll at no cost to me.
What's worse is finding out that this was a known problem.
I surely wouldn't have purchased her if I had knowledge of this troublesome and widespread defect.


12/11/2015

New Superdoll Fashions

These four new Gen-X fashions took me by surprise. I did not get an announcement email at all and just happened to be looking for something else on the site. There is no information on edition size so maybe they will be around for a while.


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BLUE DUKE SYB/773

Not one for equestrianism, but this one sporting look!
Venus had waited ages for blue mid calf length glossy stiletto boots.

To accompany her boots she decided on a a blue plaid slim cut 'boy' suit trimmed in dark ruby, which she wears over a hip length portrait T, with print of herself sporting Bowie make up! Shirt bears white shirt collar detailing.
To accessorise she wears a cute dark ruby knitted beanie, with large blue bag in blue trimmed with VENUS monogram and huge rock 'n snowflake detail..
Looking glam and ready for whatever... shoe added a pair of glitening mega dangle bracelets, just because she should.

A winning winter combo!
In stock and ready to be delivered
Price: £138.41 (Excluding VAT at 20%)
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HAGGIS TRAP SYB/775

Not one for playing games, but this is one sporting look!
Venus had waited ages for thigh high red glossy stiletto boots.

To accompany her boots she decided on a micro mini lazer cut skirt of georgette and glisten with sheer corselette and red suspemders, which she wears over a creme off the shoulder long sleeve spencer.
To accessorise she wears her wide 'gold' leatherette belt, furrr mittens, red clutch bag with goldenrod and to top it off, her beaver hunter in red and white with SD smiley logo and a divine 'diamond' and black neck choker..
Looking glam and ready for the tournament, she struggled with her mittens to get on her plaid cape trimmed in 'gold' and black!

A winning winter combo!
In stock and ready to be delivered
Price: £135.19 (Excluding VAT at 20%)
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PAINTENT BLACK SYB/774

Not one for sports, but this is one sporting look!
Venus had waited ages for knee length orange glossy stiletto boots.

To accompany her boots she decided on a slim line knee length dress with striped gossamer polo shirt detail, which she wears with her black high gloss tailored jacket.
To accessorise she wears her jewel multi sling detail skinny 'gold' leatherette belt, furrr mittens, mid size orange bag with SD monogram trim, pearl and star detail; and to top it off, her bold handknit orange and black neckscarf.
Looking glam and ready to spectate! Black earmuffs shown not included.

A winning winter combo!
In stock and ready to be delivered
Price: £139.37 (Excluding VAT at 20%)
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FIFTEEN FAB SYB/772

Not one for team spirit, but this is one sporting look!
Venus had waited ages for thigh length black glossy stiletto boots.

To accompany her boots she decided on a micro mini lazer cut dress with attached SUPERDOLL 15 FABULOUS print sleeveless T top.
To accessorise she wears her black fez trimmed in furr, her shocking pink double breasted car coat with huge black ' Yak' trim collar, daytime size black bag trimmed in 'gold' tassle, S logo and black 'enamel' rod detailing. and a divine 'diamond' and black double strand 'floral' style necklace.


A winning winter combo!
In stock and ready to be delivered
Price: £138.08 (Excluding VAT at 20%)
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I still want to get Moon Mood so I won't be ordering any of these...but if money were no object, I'd definitely order Blue Duke.

Click here for the website page:  http://www.superdollonline.co.uk/acatalog/FBR.html

12/09/2015

Holiday Dreaming with Young Marley

This is a photo that I did for FDQ's recent Holiday issue. Young Marley is day dreaming on a gorgeous Bashette bed wearing a OOAK nightie also by Bashette.







12/04/2015

Kingdom Doll Eira in White


An image I did recently for FDQ of Kingdom Doll, Eira. She's dressed in a Tonner gown


Here she appears in a OOAK gown and wig by Cholo.


I love her in white.

12/03/2015

Superdoll: PVC Skirt Packs, Boot Packs

Superdoll Collectables has listed some fine goodies to outfit your Gen-X ladies.




 Two PVC skirt packs: left, Autumn Skirts; right, Neon Skirts. Each £95.00 ($143. USD)


Two packs of 4 pair of boots each. On the left, Hallogenic; on the right, Kitten.  Price: £109.44  ($164. USD)




Postage for one pack of skirts and one pack of shoes shipped to me in PA would come to £14.28 or $22.55 USD.

 Note: I use Yahoo's currency converter. On any day, at any time, the conversion rates may differ.

12/02/2015

Tonner Doll 2015 Holiday Collection

Tonner released their Holiday 2015 Collection with De De Denton and several other dolls. De De is a new character whose back story is that she is an heiress to the Denton chewing gum fortune with her own reality show. She's related to Deeanna Denton and big-boned women run in the family. They need to switch to sugarless gum.

She's been given the 17" Athletic body and from here, she's got a lot of eye makeup, too.
Above from left to right, the first two are outfits only and are priced at $89.99 each. The rest are dressed dolls priced at $174.99-$179.99 except for the last one that is $184.99.


Made in the shade is a dressed doll retailing at $159.99.  What is the CW-1 head sculpt?

Two new "Basic Dixies" in the Rockabilly collection sport bangs that are a big fail. Wigs work better for hairdos with bangs.  $99.99 each


 Bombshell Batwoman makes an appearance in the DC Stars line. She has a beautiful sculpt and her hair color is stunning but the costume is odd.  $179.99


Collectors flipped out over the Wilde Imagination chaise from a recent convention and now we are offered the same chaise in three different fabrics and "wood" finishes.  $124.99. The Ellowyne chaise is a very good size for all 16" dolls.

 See the full release here: http://www.tonnerdoll.com/tonner/2015-holiday-release?p=1

 
 Op Ed:
I must say that I am not a fan of Tonner's new website at all. There is too much automation (zooming,  fading and highlighting) for my taste. The archive is disorganized. One used to be able to search by year and category.  The pictures are too large initially and one has to keep going to the next page and the next page and on and on.
It's a sophisticated website but it's not very collector friendly.




11/27/2015

Superdoll Collectables' Black Friday Event

I don't know what time they put up their sales items but I know we were on the New Jersey Turnpike when I ordered what I wanted. No, I was not the driver.

Nothing can stop a doll collector - neither a moving car nor sun in her eyes!

Back to reality, in addition to giving 50% off on all items which have languished on their site for a year or more, three new adorable 50's style dress sets debuted at reasonable prices.
I wanted all three so I decided to get none of them. How's that for a reasonable decision?


A new style of shoe is offered with each of the above:




As of right now, they are all still there.


 


What's a Glitter Tit?

11/26/2015

A Special Opportunity to (possibly, if you're lucky,) Spend Money

This is an opportunity for members of the W Club to enter a lottery to buy a (really adorable) gift set featuring Poppy Parker in airline attire. Airline stewardesses have been a very popular theme for dolls for a long time and Buttry has created a super collectible duo of fashions for his Poppy.

IT Airways
Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll Gift Set
The Model Scene Collection
LE 800  Price: $150 

The contents of the set are one doll, two outfits, boots, shoes, earrings, wings pin, hat box.


 Who remembers the Monsieur Z dolls of 2005? I thought about them the minute I saw the gift set. I still have Fly Girl's serving tray with the carafe and cups.


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Wanna see lots of airline clad dolls and humans? Here's a link to loads of Pinterest posts all in one place. Try it; you'll like it.

https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=AIRLINES%20STEWARDESS%20dolls&term_meta[]=AIRLINES|typed&term_meta[]=STEWARDESS|typed&term_meta[]=dolls|typed

This link will take you to stewardesses from Braniff Airlines. See if you can find the inspiration for Buttry's designs.

https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Braniff%20AIRLINE%20STEWARDESS&term_meta[]=Braniff|typed&term_meta[]=AIRLINE|typed&term_meta[]=STEWARDESS|typed