Integrity Toys' Excellent 2015 NuFace Collection

Long anticipated by NuFace collectors, the 2015 collection went live for W Club members on Saturday, June 27. The designers did a great job providing adorable outfits with accessories on attractive dolls. There are no weird hair bumps or outlandish eyeshadow colors to contend with. The collection is focused and stylish.

Each outfit comes with a jacket, handbag and simple jewelry. A lot of black was used but black is always in style. If I were a NuFace collector I'd definitely be ordering Erin and Nadja. I would like to have Giselle's dress and Nadja's top and skirt for my Monogram dolls. 

I don't remember seeing a closed edition of 1000 in a long time. Giselle must be the one they expect to wow the crowd. I think they may have underestimated the popularity of Nadja. 

What's your opinion? Will you be ordering any of these gals? Which ones?

Voltage  Erin S.™ Dressed Doll

LE  800

Retail Price: $135.00 + Shipping & Handling

Head Sculpt: Erin 2.0

Body Type:  Nu.Face 2.0

Skin Tone: Japan

Hair Color: Strawberry Blond

Polarity  Nadja R.™ Dressed Doll

LE  600

Retail Price: $135.00 + Shipping & Handling

Head Sculpt: Nadja 2.0 (New Sculpt!)

Body Type:  Nu.Face 2.0

Skin Tone: Dark A-Tone

Hair Color: Midnight Black

Power House Ayumi N.™ Dressed Doll
LE  800
Retail Price: $135.00 + Shipping & Handling
Head Sculpt: Ayumi 3.0
Body Type: Nu.Face 2.0
Skin Tone: Japan
Hair Color: Dark Brown

Electric Enthusiasm Dominique Makeda™ Dressed Doll
LE  600
Retail Price: $135.00 + Shipping & Handling
Head Sculpt: Dominique Makeda 2.0
Body Type: Nu.Face 2.0
Skin Tone: Light Honey
Hair Color: Luscious Blond

Energetic Presence Giselle D.™ Dressed Doll
LE  1000
Retail Price: $135.00 + Shipping & Handling
Head Sculpt: Giselle D.
Body Type: Nu.Face 2.0
Skin Tone: FR White
Hair Color: Brunette

Integrity Toys' ITBE and Jem Dolls Revealed

Five new ITBE dolls were revealed to W Club members on Friday morning June 26. Each will be available by lottery only. The winners will pay $99. each plus shipping.
Each doll is an edition of between 310-375 and will ship upon receipt of payment. 
They have the first generation FR2 body, the Monogram body or the NuFace 1.0 body.
As for the fashions, we've seen them all before in other colors.

 From left to right they are:

"Night"
Limited Edition Size of 375 Dolls

Head Sculpt: Minx

Body Type:  Monogram

Skin Tone: FR White

Hair Color: Black
(The dress is very unflattering.  Shorten it and put on some chunky jewelry to bring the volume up from her knees to her neckline. I'd cut her hair, too. Too much trouble. She's a mess.)

"Rare Jewel"
Limited Edition Size of 315 Dolls

Head Sculpt: Rayna

Body Type:  Nu.Face 1.0

Skin Tone: Dark A-Tone

Hair Color: Black
(Not only is her dress a repeat, her name is as well.)

  

"Flawless Impact"
Limited Edition Size of 325 Dolls

Head Sculpt: Dania

Body Type:  Nu.Face 1.0

Skin Tone: Dark A-Tone

Hair Color: Black
(My favorite.)

"Ignite"
Limited Edition Size of 310 Dolls

Head Sculpt: Janay 3.0

Body Type:  FR2 (First Generation)

Skin Tone: Cream

Hair Color: Cherry Brown
(I want her shoes.)

"Media Sensation"
Limited Edition Size of 320 Dolls

Head Sculpt: Alysa 3.0

Body Type:  FR2 (First Generation)

Skin Tone: Cream

Hair Color: Red
(Anyone getting this doll wanting to get rid of the body...contact me.) 

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It always cracks me up to read this line they put on their offerings:

"We are always thrilled to be able to bring you these opportunities! "

They're even more thrilled when everything sells. 

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TWILIGHT IN PARIS™ JERRICA BENTON/JEM Doll 

Approx. Retail Price: $149.99 US ($162.00 w/ CA Sales tax incl at the show)

Available at Hasbro's Booth #3329 at Comic-Con International in San Diego

Following the convention, a limited number will be available on HasbroToyShop.com.

 "This Truly Outrageous 2015 Comic Con and HasbroToyShop.com exclusive comes with all of the components to turn JERRICA BENTON into JEM via Integrity Toys' QuickSwitch system that allows users to easily pop the head sculpts on and off, as well as the clothing components required to turn JERRICA BENTON into JEM in a few minutes! But that's not all. As a bonus, this highly sought after collectible is brought to fans intricately packaged in a custom souvenir box that turns into a 30" tall diorama of the Eiffel Tower to use as a background to display JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS! Doll stand and certificate of authenticity included."

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Anthony Julian™ Dressed Fashion Figure

Retail Price: $130.00 US + Shipping and Handling.

The JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS™ Collection

Limited Edition Size of 500 Dolls

Body Type: FR Homme

Head Sculpt: Anthony (New Head Sculpt)

Skin Tone: A-Tone

Hair Color: Black

Rebel Princess "Precious"

Here is the listing on Superdoll's page that just went up. I love the outfit on this one!  

241.89 British Pounds equals $380.60 US Dollars.  Postage to the US $67.58. Isn't that how much is used to cost for the resin Sybarites? It seems quite high although DHL, the service that delivers here, is excellent. They do not run over the packages with their trucks and that's a good thing. Total cost with shipping to US $448.18.

PRECIOUS - GEN X - DD_088

After years in development we are delighted to present
our ALL NEW Vinyl formula. version T-5 sample.

REBEL PRINCESS Generation_X
Clone: 1000 Venus d'Royce
*please note different monitors may show colours differently.
*production may vary individually and from prototype shown.

Dreamy vanilla caramel eyes, arched for attitude brows in blonde with shadow of rose and muted blacks. Lids in translucent dark grey. Lips the colour of geranium infused rose.

Huge blonde wig bearing center parting, in a 'voluptuous' state; cascading down either side of her face and swirling into waist length big loose curls.

Today would be a day out with the gurls. Shopping? Lunch? High Tea?, and Venus has no intention of getting back to her ivory tower before daybreak, so she decided on her leopard and paisley 'girly pentagram' puffed sleeve smock frock; a pair of 'off beat' fishnet track pants. And just in case it gets a bit nippy on this summers eve, a huge big yellow fur wrap! She has this day to night to day feeling! Wrapping her neck in bling  'gold' chokers to accentuate her cute organza collar and bow, she also added an arm full of white lacquer bracelets. and finally adding that 'what the heck is Boho anyway?' slouchy fringed shoulder bag of olive, trimmed in real leather with England smiley, made her feel she had all she needs in a purse.

She walked through the palace hallway, heading straight for the open door of her unmarked tinted window auto with her chauffeur closing the door, she murmured to herself, "see ya later".
Venus was heading out till tomorrow!

Additional accessories: her cute flower and princess crown headpiece and her stiletto golfing slip-ons in bronze, gold and hologram.
of course she comes with the following standards:
-manic_cure hands (see booklet for hand change instructions)
-booklet
-stand

ED:100
Please allow 40 days and 40 nights for delivery

In stock and ready to be delivered

Price: £241.89 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Photos and text are the property of Superdoll Collectibles. I did fix the spelling in a few spots.

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SHANTOMMO's Haute Couture 2015: Three New Looks

If you are not on his mailing list, get it done! Ryan Liang has been creating edgy fashions for quite a while but I just received my first last month and I'm a total fan. This dress, modeled by Veronique on an FR2 body, is from his Dark Fantasy Collection. It's made very well and I love it.

Ryan's new collection consists of three fashions for your 12" dolls as seen below:

They sold out very quickly but it you get on the mailing list, you may be able to snag one or more for yourself next time.

http://www.shantommo.com/collections

Emma Jean's "Dramatic Entrance" Outfit

Described as a "simple black knit dress beneath a stunning rich and creamy coat trimmed in faux fur and a velvety collar," this is the one and only item from the Deja Vu line that I have ordered. I don't own any Deja Vu dolls but I fell in love with the look of this ensemble and rightly assumed that the roomy coat would fit any of my 16" dolls.

Modeling here is Tonner's Cami. The dress, which I don't show, is slightly on the tight side as I couldn't snap all the snaps. I did not put on the black hosiery and the shoes, although they fit, have a more of an arch than Cami's feet have.

 The large collar can be turned up.

On Cami, the hat is too large so a straight pin was used to take up the slack. If I had wanted to put the hat all the way down to her eyebrows, it might have been the correct diameter.

The ensemble really should have come with earrings. It wouldn't have been a big deal to make matching jet bead studs.

I like the construction of the coat but this very visible spot needs attention. Where is the other half of the triangle?

The promotional photo below doesn't look like my coat. I wonder if they are all this way. I need another triangle to replace the half that's there...or something.
Instead of placing the triangles this way, the appliques should have been shifted around so no triangle had to be halved. That's a design flaw. Perhaps the factory made the decision.

Here is what the shoes look like on Cami.

In spite of everything, I like the outfit and will be putting it on one of my BJDs.

Kingdom Doll Sculpts - So Far

Let's put the argument to rest regarding how many different sculpts KD has used.

This is not about opinion or personal taste. 

It's not about one's inability to distinguish between facial features. 

These are facts.

2014 - Novantae = Nelson, Brighton, Hadrian and Brunel (the four seasons of the sculpt before she was completely retired)

2014 - Brigantes = Brigantia (our limited edition sculpt)

2015 - Silures = Chaucer and Dauphine (The Paris exclusive doll)

2015 - Dubunni = Eira, she will also be used for Liberty in October. (The Kingdom Doll Event)

2015 - Selgovae = Soon to be released in July as Orbit.

You can see more photos on the Kingdom Doll site.

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Thinking about my own collection, all of my Sybarites use the Venus sculpt. I don't think anyone looking at my Sybs would say they look alike in any way. My Fashion Royalty Vanessas have the original sculpt. It never occurred to me that I was buying dolls that looked alike.

We all like different things. I've tried many dolls that I just didn't bond with. I never disliked a doll because I didn't like the company. There was a company I really didn't care for. I have more of their dolls than any other in my collection. There is a company whose owner and employees I adore. I have a bunch of their dolls but rarely buy any now.

I don't take the attitude "Love me; Love my dolls." You don't like them, that's fine. But when someone goes on a campaign to diss a doll I may fight back.