Integrity Toys' ITBE and Jem Dolls Revealed

Five new ITBE dolls were revealed to W Club members on Friday morning June 26. Each will be available by lottery only. The winners will pay $99. each plus shipping.
Each doll is an edition of between 310-375 and will ship upon receipt of payment. 
They have the first generation FR2 body, the Monogram body or the NuFace 1.0 body.
As for the fashions, we've seen them all before in other colors.

 From left to right they are:

"Night"
Limited Edition Size of 375 Dolls

Head Sculpt: Minx

Body Type:  Monogram

Skin Tone: FR White

Hair Color: Black
(The dress is very unflattering.  Shorten it and put on some chunky jewelry to bring the volume up from her knees to her neckline. I'd cut her hair, too. Too much trouble. She's a mess.)

"Rare Jewel"
Limited Edition Size of 315 Dolls

Head Sculpt: Rayna

Body Type:  Nu.Face 1.0

Skin Tone: Dark A-Tone

Hair Color: Black
(Not only is her dress a repeat, her name is as well.)

  

"Flawless Impact"
Limited Edition Size of 325 Dolls

Head Sculpt: Dania

Body Type:  Nu.Face 1.0

Skin Tone: Dark A-Tone

Hair Color: Black
(My favorite.)

"Ignite"
Limited Edition Size of 310 Dolls

Head Sculpt: Janay 3.0

Body Type:  FR2 (First Generation)

Skin Tone: Cream

Hair Color: Cherry Brown
(I want her shoes.)

"Media Sensation"
Limited Edition Size of 320 Dolls

Head Sculpt: Alysa 3.0

Body Type:  FR2 (First Generation)

Skin Tone: Cream

Hair Color: Red
(Anyone getting this doll wanting to get rid of the body...contact me.) 

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It always cracks me up to read this line they put on their offerings:

"We are always thrilled to be able to bring you these opportunities! "

They're even more thrilled when everything sells. 

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TWILIGHT IN PARIS™ JERRICA BENTON/JEM Doll 

Approx. Retail Price: $149.99 US ($162.00 w/ CA Sales tax incl at the show)

Available at Hasbro's Booth #3329 at Comic-Con International in San Diego

Following the convention, a limited number will be available on HasbroToyShop.com.

 "This Truly Outrageous 2015 Comic Con and HasbroToyShop.com exclusive comes with all of the components to turn JERRICA BENTON into JEM via Integrity Toys' QuickSwitch system that allows users to easily pop the head sculpts on and off, as well as the clothing components required to turn JERRICA BENTON into JEM in a few minutes! But that's not all. As a bonus, this highly sought after collectible is brought to fans intricately packaged in a custom souvenir box that turns into a 30" tall diorama of the Eiffel Tower to use as a background to display JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS! Doll stand and certificate of authenticity included."

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Anthony Julian™ Dressed Fashion Figure

Retail Price: $130.00 US + Shipping and Handling.

The JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS™ Collection

Limited Edition Size of 500 Dolls

Body Type: FR Homme

Head Sculpt: Anthony (New Head Sculpt)

Skin Tone: A-Tone

Hair Color: Black

IFDC's Kesenia and Rayna Dolls

Once again, of the many benefits of being an international shipping buddy is getting to play with dolls that I do not own. Long Cool Woman Kesenia and Rock Me, Baby Rayna are temporary visitors to PA.

I rarely photograph dolls on stands however in this case, I could not remove the plastic from their legs so I decided to just go with it. The shoes on each doll are very nice with their tiny zippers that make it so easy to get them on and off. 

Underneath her jacket, Rayna wears a shirt that has string criss-crossed with the ends tied in a big bow. Not my taste so I put up the lapels of her jacket and tucked the strings inside. 

Each doll comes with very nice jewelry including a ring.

Nice ring but you may be able to see the difference in color between Kesenia's arms and hands. The hands are yellowish and the rest of her body is not. Not good. I guess if you wait long enough the body may yellow to match the hands.

Kesenia's sculpt is one of my least favorite as she was originally one of the Brides of Dracula.
Remember these?

However, in the LCW version, her mouth is painted with a darker pink lip color-shadow and her teeth aren't as large as other versions.

Long Cool Woman is the best Kesenia to-date IMO. I love her eyes which are two shades of blue-green. Her eyeshadow is a shade that goes really well with her lips. On her tan face, the pink is really pretty.

I'm wondering if IT will ever stop using the color-block look for the eye makeup, eyebrows and lips. It would be nice to see a more painterly approach to facial screening on a few dolls.

The IFDC Dolls

Integrity Toys again created dolls for the IFDC which took place in Las Vegas this past week.
There were three dolls created to fit in with the convention's theme of "Shock, Rattle N' Roll."

Kesenia as Long Cool Woman
Shock, Rattle 'N' Roll Collection
IFDC 10th Anniversary Souvenir Convention Doll
Suggested Retail Price: $150.00 US
Limited Edition of 300 Dolls

Korinne as Shake It Up
Shock, Rattle 'N' Roll Collection
IFDC 10th Anniversary Companion Doll
Suggested Retail Price: $150.00 US
Limited Edition of 300 Dolls

 I like her shoes:

Rayna as Rock Me, Baby
Shock, Rattle 'N' Roll Collection
IFDC 10th Anniversary IT Direct Salesroom Doll
Suggested Retail Price: $150.00 US
Limited Edition of 300 Dolls

 

All of these 12" vinyl dolls use the "Vampire" body. The remaining dolls are being offered by lottery to members of the W Club.
 

Too Close For Comfort?

We've seen over and over again how doll designers use runway fashions for inspiration. We've also seen some outright copies. This one is the latter.

Wunderkind Spring 2011 RTW

Go Home, IFDC Convention Souvenir Doll

Wunderkind's Spring 2011 RTW show took place on October 6, 2010 in Paris. That's a 10 month time span to have a doll ready for an early July, 2011 convention. It almost took that long for me to get a replacement head for a doll! Snark, snark.


Have a look at the entire Wunderkind show.  It's wonderful.  I'd like a few more of these fashions for my dolls! Not this one, however.

Shuga Shug's Pictures of Restyled Rayna

Go Home went from pig-tailed to gorgeous in these redressed, restyled images by Christina aka Shuga Shug.

You can see more of Shuga Shug's pictures on her Flickr.

Go Home, Go North, Go West, Go Green - Updated

IT released official photographs of the dolls and the fashion they provided for the IFDC event which just took place in Las Vegas, Nevada this past week. All registered guests received the convention souvenir and the table fashion. The other dolls were optional purchases.

Convention Souvenir, Go Home LE300.  New Rayna sculpt. Misaki torso with Vampire Bride legs.

Companion Doll, Go North. LE300. Isha sculpt. Fashion Royalty body.

Salesroom Doll, Go West. LE300. Original Natalia Fatale sculpt. Fashion Royalty body.

Table Gift - Fashion Only.  Go Green LE300

My take on this collection: a lot of thought went into the design and the dolls definitely fit the theme of the event.
The convention doll herself is very Misaki-ish as far as styling. The outfit is cute and girly and I would definitely dress my Misaki dolls in this. She needs a little dog, though. The makeup competes with the outfit for attention.
Go North as the Good Witch is lovely in every way and I would give her a wand.
Go West as the Evil Witch is perfect. Up close her face is hard and harsh. Her fashion is definitely sexy and complex. Very nice.
The fashion looks like it belongs in a St. Patrick's Day parade. Just hand this girl a beer. Who is that prototype anyway? I can't tell the difference between some the dolls anymore. It's like a game of mix and match.


For those who do not know, these are vinyl dolls, 12" tall with rooted hair and painted faces. They have applied lashes and 12 points of articulation.