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Stay Tuned IT Conventionette
Yeap, this is all we got... So far, I am very, very disappointed by FR and NuFace offerings this year. Just too few dolls and not much to my liking. For the first time in over a decade I am thinking if I will rejoin the Club next year. The time when I reviewed like ten FR dolls from convention are long gone, so I will review these dolls by lines.
East 59th - Mixed feelings. So, we got two dolls with the same sculpt in different skintone and different screening. Why wasn't this a giftset?!?!?? Oh right, because this way you will be forced to pay $370 instead of $200-ish. Inspiration was Dynasty. I wished this was covered by FR line, but OK, East 59th fits well. Outfits are nice, I like Della's more. No additional pieces like we used to have in this line. Oh and no booze, and the name of these dolls is Burnt Champagne, more like burnt wallet. I am quite bored by this sculpt, we already got one in swimsuit, how many heads factory produced 20,000? Shouldn't price be lower, and again shouldn't this be a giftset?!? Chris obviously tried to cover the fact that both dolls feature old screenings by adding more color to the eyeshadow and eyeliners, it worked on Deconstruction Sight Eugenia, ups Victoire, but why Della has red lips again??? Nude lips would look great with blueish eyeshadow. On a final note, I loved watching Dynasty, and IMO Evelyne with her pouty lips is a perfect Alexis.
NuFace - Just Giselle. This one is designed by Mark Tinkey, as it seems Jessy is MIA. I LOVE Mark, he is full of enthusiasm and love for these dolls and you can feel it in his designs. However, this Gigi looks very much like A Dolls Life Vanessa from last year, when it comes to makeup color palette and hair color. However, since that doll is my ultimate favorite, I do not mind. Yes, the dress looks kind of strange, and I would make it even shorter. Love blues shoes , but I do not see them with this dress. Inspiration here was Sex in the City, again what a wasted opportunity to give us four lovely dolls with better clothes than this dress.
Jason Wu dolls - so by now you get it, there are five dolls here in total, but only three sculpts. Yes, it is quite obvious IT is cutting costs. So two Aymelines and made to order, I bet that made some collectors happy. Recently I acquired Lilac and I think Iike this sculpt, however it has a serious fault in design, as the head sits on the neck too low and you can not move it as usual. On top of that you can not put earrings easily. Unfortunately that is not fixed, although we had like 4 versions of this doll. Sloppy... I am an old fan of Wu, his designs are simple and elegant, even on dolls. Unfortunately, that does not translate to photos well. I am sure these ladies will look much better IRL. I like both, but since they have white under the eyes they are a pass for me. Love the dress on redhead, and haute face expression on raven. If redhead was Elyse with Dark Swan screening I think I would have died.
FR - none... For a long time I have a theory that FR line is not profitable for IT as Poppy is, probably because Wu has some rights, or whatever. It is quite obvious that much more attention is paid to Poppy, you could tell it over the years, there were just a few dolls with serious production issues unlike FR and even NuFace. I am not sure if that is designers fault, I just notice things. As a collector of this line for more than decade I can not say I am satisfied, I had so much ideas and hopes for interesting designs and beautiful dolls, but you can tell how some screenings and looks are saved for ... dunno what, and on top of that this time around we got nothing... I still want to collect these dolls, but they are killing my excitement very steadily and thoroughly.
So, overall, this was not too exciting event for me. We had to wait all day long to get simple email, the bad thing is if you do not collect all lines, like I do, you would have to log in every day, feeling excited, and wait like five days to get one email with three dolls in it... crazy.
Stay Tuned IT Conventionette
Yeap, this is all we got... So far, I am very, very disappointed by FR and NuFace offerings this year. Just too few dolls and not much to my liking. For the first time in over a decade I am thinking if I will rejoin the Club next year. The time when I reviewed like ten FR dolls from convention are long gone, so I will review these dolls by lines.
East 59th - Mixed feelings. So, we got two dolls with the same sculpt in different skintone and different screening. Why wasn't this a giftset?!?!?? Oh right, because this way you will be forced to pay $370 instead of $200-ish. Inspiration was Dynasty. I wished this was covered by FR line, but OK, East 59th fits well. Outfits are nice, I like Della's more. No additional pieces like we used to have in this line. Oh and no booze, and the name of these dolls is Burnt Champagne, more like burnt wallet. I am quite bored by this sculpt, we already got one in swimsuit, how many heads factory produced 20,000? Shouldn't price be lower, and again shouldn't this be a giftset?!? Chris obviously tried to cover the fact that both dolls feature old screenings by adding more color to the eyeshadow and eyeliners, it worked on Deconstruction Sight Eugenia, ups Victoire, but why Della has red lips again??? Nude lips would look great with blueish eyeshadow. On a final note, I loved watching Dynasty, and IMO Evelyne with her pouty lips is a perfect Alexis.
NuFace - Just Giselle. This one is designed by Mark Tinkey, as it seems Jessy is MIA. I LOVE Mark, he is full of enthusiasm and love for these dolls and you can feel it in his designs. However, this Gigi looks very much like A Dolls Life Vanessa from last year, when it comes to makeup color palette and hair color. However, since that doll is my ultimate favorite, I do not mind. Yes, the dress looks kind of strange, and I would make it even shorter. Love blues shoes , but I do not see them with this dress. Inspiration here was Sex in the City, again what a wasted opportunity to give us four lovely dolls with better clothes than this dress.
Jason Wu dolls - so by now you get it, there are five dolls here in total, but only three sculpts. Yes, it is quite obvious IT is cutting costs. So two Aymelines and made to order, I bet that made some collectors happy. Recently I acquired Lilac and I think Iike this sculpt, however it has a serious fault in design, as the head sits on the neck too low and you can not move it as usual. On top of that you can not put earrings easily. Unfortunately that is not fixed, although we had like 4 versions of this doll. Sloppy... I am an old fan of Wu, his designs are simple and elegant, even on dolls. Unfortunately, that does not translate to photos well. I am sure these ladies will look much better IRL. I like both, but since they have white under the eyes they are a pass for me. Love the dress on redhead, and haute face expression on raven. If redhead was Elyse with Dark Swan screening I think I would have died.
FR - none... For a long time I have a theory that FR line is not profitable for IT as Poppy is, probably because Wu has some rights, or whatever. It is quite obvious that much more attention is paid to Poppy, you could tell it over the years, there were just a few dolls with serious production issues unlike FR and even NuFace. I am not sure if that is designers fault, I just notice things. As a collector of this line for more than decade I can not say I am satisfied, I had so much ideas and hopes for interesting designs and beautiful dolls, but you can tell how some screenings and looks are saved for ... dunno what, and on top of that this time around we got nothing... I still want to collect these dolls, but they are killing my excitement very steadily and thoroughly.
So, overall, this was not too exciting event for me. We had to wait all day long to get simple email, the bad thing is if you do not collect all lines, like I do, you would have to log in every day, feeling excited, and wait like five days to get one email with three dolls in it... crazy.