Adult Toys

The theme of this Tonner convention is “The Sun, The Moon and The Stars.” It will celebrate the fashion and pop culture influences in Robert Tonner’s doll designs. Sounds fabulous, doesn’t it? I am not at the convention, unfortunately, but I am following it on the Tonner convention blog and through friends

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Tonner Doll Company’s 2010 Annual Convention in Lombard, IL

Yuri and Kumi have returned (in name only.) Kumi “Snow White” and Yuri “Rose Red” are now dressed in almost identical frilly dresses adorned with tulle, lace, bows, ribbons and embroidered crosses.

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Integrity Announces a BIC Exclusive: Two New Nu.Fantasy Dolls

When I look at Karine’s photographs, it’s almost impossible to pick a favorite. This one jumped off the monitor and grabbed me! The pose is so unusual and well done

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Picture of the Week Award ~ May 16, 2010 ~ Karine at Fleur de Lys

While I’m visiting my daughter and waiting for our first grandchild to arrive, I decided to create a paper mache giraffe. He is going to be 6 ft tall and will be displayed in the baby’s jungle theme bedroom. Here is the giraffe which was started using a chicken wire sculpture.

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Paper Mache Giraffe work in progress

The seller is describing a Tonner doll and after telling the color of her hair and eyes she adds: “She has a loose lock of hair, a chip on her left shoulder, stains on her left arm (see photos), and small stains on her feet; over all excellent condition, smoke free home.”

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Misleading Auction Statement of the Week

“NEW 14 Pairs Shoes for Fashion Royalty, Lots” These are all Barbie shoes, many of which would not even fit a Fashion Royalty doll. This auction popped up in the Integrity Fashion Royalty category. Seller’s Feedback: Here’s the link to the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-14-Pairs-Shoes-Fashion-Royalty-Lots-/290425603027?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item439eb703d3

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Misleading eBay Auction Title of the Day

My featured photograph this week was made by my dear friend Laura Bigger, also known as Laura/LA. Using her Nikon D90 on a tripod in natural ligh, she presents us with an image straight out of a fashion magazine. Everything works together in this photo: the directional lighting, the composition, the limited color palette

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Picture of the Week Award ~ May 9, 2010 ~ Laura Bigger

The original Room With a View standard wall unit opens to 53″ wide and is 20″ tall. I bought the one that is magnetic on both sides and it’s very heavy but quite sturdy.

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Bella Productions Offers New Slim RWV Wall Units

I don’t have any familiarity with the Dark-Hunter series at all. I’m guessing they hunt vampires and I like vampires so there you go. The artists over at Integrity Toys (who could that be?) have designed these dolls but AD is handling the distribution

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Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark-Hunter Dolls from Ashton Drake

The latest Fashion Royalty doll, Flame Blue Vanessa, that’s been causing rending of garments and begging, is beginning to arrive at collectors’ homes and Christina, often first on the scene, has posted several gorgeous shots of Vanessa. (Is that a run-on sentence?) This is the same doll as in my previous post

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Picture of the Week Award ~ Christina Goodison – Shuga Shug

Incandescent is one of three Monogram dolls released in April by Integrity Toys. Her vinyl is very pale and and her palette is a neutral combination of deep apricot, mauve and brown

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Review of Incandescent Monogram Doll

No, I’m not talking about Frankenstein’s monster tonight but I do feel as if I’ve been reading a scary book. I may be the last to know but there’s mold in them there hills and on some of the Real Estate Agnes dolls. The dolls may have been boxed with damp hair

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It’s Alive aka Contains Limited Edition Mold

Wallpaper magazine posted on their website about the special project of the incredible Lula Cioccolato chocolaterie in Milan. It is the Salone Del Mobile (Furniture Fair) in Milan, the biggest design event of the year, and every shop in the city of course is tuned to this mega-event. So this chocolate shop displays some of their products into this amazing vintage 50′s kitchen.

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Lula Cioccolato in Milan for Salone del Mobile – 50′s dollhouse kitchen

Those lucky (?) enough to purchase $2000 worth of lingerie from VENUS SECRET in Taiwan will get a Fashion Royalty doll with the Eugenia sculpt. Nice! How many of you doll collectors spend $2000.

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Private Label Eugenia at VenusSecret in Taiwan

I may have mentioned several times previously that Agnes is not a favorite sculpt of mine. I’ve tried them all but have never been able to warm up to any version except Firefly, also from Oz

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Regal Estate Agnes Von Weiss From Oz

Remember the name Rebecca Berry because you will be seeing more of her photography in the future. She posts most often on the BFC, In The Pink and on Doll Divas

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Picture of the Week Award ~ April 10, 2010

For all of you who, like me, love to look at (or even aquire) modern furniture for their dolls, here is an article in the New York Times about them. I resent the implication that people who collect stuff like that are eccentric and weird – it is the only thing that marred this article for me.

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Modern miniature furniture in New York Times

Once again American Girl has opened a new store – this time in the Park Meadows Mall outside of Denver! Pictured above is Nikki – if you remember she was the Doll of the Year in 2007 and she’s from Colorado . .

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New American Girl Store in Colorado!

This is a Tonner doll named Hypnotic Antoinette. James Griffen, aka Paradise Blue on the doll boards, has captured her beauty in this photograph. He repainted her eye-makeup and liner, deepened the shade of her lips and glossed them using Golden Fluid Acrylic paints and then sealed his work with “Golden Varnish”.

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Picture of the Week Award ~ April 4, 2010

A press release sent out yesterday outlined the future location of the corporate headquarters of the TDC. I’m quite pleased. As if the other location wasn’t close enough, this one is down the street from my hairdresser.

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Tonner Doll Company, Inc. Moves to Uptown Kingston, NY

I was sure that I wasn’t going to purchase more NuFace dolls; My intention was to concentrate on the more sophisticated dolls and fashions but when I saw these two, I ordered. I am very, very pleased with them and their garments. My introduction to Lillith was with the convention set of the twins Lillith and Eden.

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Great Pretender Lillith and Perk Colette Nu-Face Dolls

It seems that I’ve been asking this question on and off for almost two years regarding the prices consumers are willing to pay for certain dolls. This week it’s a buyers’ market when it comes to Integrity’s Gene Marshall line and several Fashion Royalty/NuFace dolls. I have never, in my years of collecting Fashion Royalty dolls, seen an established dealer selling FR dolls at a discounted price.

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Is it the economy or are the dolls just unpopular?

Lisa Irinyi When I found out that Lisa did not use any special effects or pixel manipulation I was amazed. This photograph of A Brighter Side Kyori just blows me away.

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Picture of the Week Award ~ March 29, 2010

Just had to try one of these out in cloth rather than wood. Hitty doll is a one of a kind I created using muslin fabric with hand sculpted paper clay head and shoulder plate. The head was sculpted over fabric, then painted in acrylics

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Hitty cloth and clay doll~OOAK~6 1/2 inches tall~SOLD

Clara is a one of a kind doll made of muslin fabric with hand sculpted paper clay head and shoulder plate. The head was sculpted over fabric, then covered again with stockinette fabric

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12 inch Izannah Walker style doll~OOAK~SOLD

Le Musée de la Poupée-Paris is delighted to be celebrating the fifth birthday of iconic doll range ‘The Sybarites™’ a product of Superdoll_collectibles™, London with an exclusive six-month exhibition.

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Nouvelles Icônes – Des Poupées Pandores aux Sybarites – Exhibition at Musée de la Poupée in Paris

The Monogram Collection was created to showcase real Jason Wu fashions done in 1/6 scale. The first dolls, released sporadically since the first charity-connected doll, Lifeball , did wear originals by Jason.

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Integrity Toys 2010: The Monogram Collection

This year we’re in for some new and stange concepts in the Fashion Royalty related lines. There were two collections presented and one of them had every FR incarnation included: regular FR dolls , Nu Face (younger models) dolls and Homme (men line) dolls

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The Foundation Collection – first line of Fashion Royalty and Nu Face for 2010