A Short Breather - Then Collection Cycle Number 13 and Number 14

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.

The Tail Chasing Continues - 2023 Collecting Cycle Number 11 and Number 12

 So ...  here we are a little over halfway through the first month of 2023 and I had added ten dolls to my collection, hadn't sold any dolls yet, and I just got two more notifications from Integrity Toys for dolls that were ready to ship!  

The first was a W Club Exclusive.   She was the companion doll to the W Club Upgrade doll, Earth Angel Eden Blair, which was number 4 of my 2023 collecting cycle two posts back.  This doll was actually advertised in 2021 and predated the W Club Upgrade Eden; she just arrived after.   Confused yet?  Imagine how collectors feel!

Here is one of the promo photos of The NuClassic Lilith Blair, property of Integrity Toys.

Here are the accessories.

And here is a NRFB photo.  This doll is totally gorgeous.  She is one of the best NuFace dolls to come out of Integrity Toys.  Number 11 of my 2023 Collecting Cycle is The NuClassic Lilith Blair.

The next doll was one that you had to win the opportunity to purchase through a W Club lottery.  I was on the fence with this doll.  In 2022, Integrity Toys joined forces with Magia 2000 to collaborate on the production of a few IT dolls.  The first offering used the Vanessa Perrin character, which is a personal favorite of mine.

Here is one of the promo photos, property of Integrity Toys.

This doll is so over the top and doesn't really represent my collecting aesthetic.  But just look at all the accessories.  I figured all the "parts" could be used in mix and match situations.  The doll was lovely.  At the last minute, I entered the lottery.

I'm glad I entered (and won) because this doll is amazing.  Her secondary market prices skyrocketed right away.  Number 12 of my 2023 Collecting Cycle is Summer in Taormina Vanessa Perrin.

At least we were adding dolls in smaller numbers.  My first package was six dolls, my second was four, and this one contained two dolls.  But here it is the very beginning of the year and I had acquired twelve new dolls and still hadn't listed my first doll for sale!  I was definitely feeling overwhelmed.