I was so relieved that the month of February came and went with no new dolls! Twelve in one month was more than enough for several weeks. But, February is the shortest month and March showed up with another Integrity Toys shipment!
I had been eagerly awaiting the next doll. Jason Wu has moved on to owning a successful fashion house, but he still lends his creative hand to a few Integrity Toys dolls each year. Elyse Jolie was one of Jason's favorite characters, and he often used this sculpt to model his 1:6 scale design originals. Collectors started complaining that they were tired of Elyse Jolie, so he started looking elsewhere for his muse. He tried a new mold, Iselin, but collectors didn't like her at all. Then he started using a shrunken down 16" sculpt, Aymeline, which has become quite popular. Last year, he decided to revive an older IT character, Alysa. She was a W Club lottery doll with only 450 in her edition size.
Here are the promo photos, property of Integrity Toys.
She has minimal accessories (not shown is the lingerie she is wearing under the dress, which I think is quite nice).
This doll has such a low edition size and was designed by Jason Wu himself, but she hasn't garnered the popularity with collectors that was expected. I am glad I won the opportunity to purchase her through the W Club Lottery and am happy she is in my collection. Collection Cycle 2023 Number 13 is Bride Spring 2020 Alysa.
Arriving with Alysa was another W Club lottery exclusive. This time an incredible Poppy Parker giftset with lots of mix and match fun! Here are IT's promo photos of the dolls.
Look at all these accessories!
There was one complete doll (the one with the braided ponytail), three complete ensembles, and another Poppy head and breastplate (the one with the Afro). You could purchase a "completer" body separately. Here is a production photo of a closeup of the Ponytail Poppy.
And a production photo of a closeup of the Afro Poppy.
I adore the play value in this collection. The Poppy Parker edition sizes have been increasing in size (up to 2000 dolls) but collectors still can't get enough of this line. So much thought was put into the design and production of this giftset. Collection Cycle 2023 Number 14 is Perfectly Palm Springs Poppy Parker Giftset.
2 comments:
I've always loved Poppy Parker and own a few, but I tend to steer clear of ones with skin as dark as this as I find them difficult to photograph. You on the other hand have done a wonderful job of capturing her.
Big hugs,
Xanadu
Did you end up going to the W club convention? If yes what was your experience OP?
If you did not end up going which doll or dolls did you end up wanting to add to your collection?
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