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I finally came up with an appropriate metaphor for managing my collection; it's like trying to manage the ocean tides!
I have really put my mind to selling off dolls that need new homes. If you've noticed the left sidebar, 17 dolls have left here this year! That's more than twice what I sold the entire year of 2019. And it's just March! The tide is out.
I was feeling full of myself when I had to check my e-mails and find that the W Club had just sent me notices that some of my preorders were ready for payment and shipping. That really popped my balloon of euphoria! The tide came back in ...
First up is Your Motivation Erin Salston. Here is a promo photo from Integrity Toys (IT).
Arriving with Your Motivation was Like No Other Nadja Rhymes. A photo from IT:
When shipments arrive at Integrity Toys warehouses, they ship as much as they can together. Not only did I have to come up with payments for Erin and Nadja, the Friend or Foe Poppy Parker/Ginger Gilroy giftset was billed at the same time!
A nice IT photo of these girls.
If they stay, they will Friend or Foe Poppy Parker #11 of 2020, and Friend or Foe Ginger Gilroy #10 of 2020.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Unfortunately I could not bond with either doll in this giftset. I am looking forward to the Ginger character with a different screening. The giftset was sold NRFB, so they are not included as #10 and #11 of my Collection Additions for 2020.
And here I thought my ratio of dolls leaving to coming in was 2:1. Hopefully I can find homes for some dolls before IT's next shipment arrives!
1 comment:
I agree with you, doll collecting is like managing the ocean tides.
Even though I maintain a small collection of dolls, when new releases are shipped out and I've preordered quite a few dolls, my numbers go up. But I always then work to bring them back down and sort through the new ones and keep the ones I love and bring me joy.
Nowadays, I am trying to keep my preorders to a minimum. I kept track of what came in last year, and what I let go of, and it's a lot. So I am trying this year to limit my purchases, and try to be even more selective. We will see by the end of the year how it works out for me.
Your new arrivals are beautiful dolls. I love Nadja, and even Erin is very pretty. I did not order these two dolls, but I love seeing people's photos of this duo.
The Friend or Foe gift set was a last minute preorder for me. I was not going to order it, but since I was curious about what Ginger was going to look like in-hand, I ordered the set.
I haven't photographed my Poppy doll from the FoF gift set because I sent mine to PatientCare. She had a shiny ring-like stain on her forehead and her eyes were not looking good. I am hopeful that the replacement will look good and I will keep Poppy.
I did not love Ginger in her original ensemble (the blue bubble dress), so I immediately deboxed the doll and redressed her. I do like the doll redressed in other fashions than her blue dress. For now, she's a keeper in my collection. She's different, and I think she photographs well. :)
Keep up the good work in letting go of the dolls you no longer want in your collection, to make space for the dolls you do want to keep. ^_^
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