Desperately Seeking Dolls: Best of 2018 - #2 Fame & Fortune Vanessa Perrin

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Best of 2018 - #2 Fame & Fortune Vanessa Perrin

If you think W Club members felt pretty spoiled the last couple years, you wouldn't be mistaken. When you join the W Club, you get the opportunity to purchase upgrades to your membership. There is usually one doll from the FR line, one from the NuFace line, and one from the Poppy Parker line. You can buy one of each for each membership you purchase. In addition, you are promised five "Club Exclusives". Plus members get preview events for upcoming retail lines with a special W Club Exclusive doll for each event. Then there are lottery opportunities to purchase special versions of dolls throughout the year. It only costs $50 per membership to join, and you get access to a private website where members post news, photos, and share information about collecting.

If you've been following my "Best of 2018" countdown, you've probably realized that five of the first eight dolls have all been W Club Exclusives. It's worth $50 to avoid secondary market prices on such beautiful collectible dolls!

And if that doesn't convince you, how about the next doll in my count down. She is another W Club Exclusive from 2017 that didn't arrive until 2018. (Please remember my countdowns from the past eight years have only included dolls that ship to collectors in the year highlighted since post-promotional changes can happen during production.) I've actually already written a preview of this giftset as she was the 11th doll to join my collection in 2018 - Fame & Fortune Vanessa Perrin.

Such an extravagant giftset, could easily fill a #1 position. There was an evening gown, casual ensemble, lingerie, special new gloves, and paired luggage!

Some collectors complained about getting versions of this doll with "wonky eye" or "wonky hairlines". I was very fortunate to receive a perfect version! This production uses the mold 1.0 version of this character which is a fan favorite.