He came with two Certificates of Authenticity, one from DollClans and one from Garodoll who did the face-up.

I tried an AngellStudio wig I had around for him. It's a perfect fit and I like the color on him. That face-up is so brown, a brown wig would suit him best.

Got myself a DollClans Vezeto head. This is a sculpt I've been secretly admiring and kept my eye out for it pop up for sale at our local BJD forums. And it did! And now he's mine!

He's just as I imagined him to be and I love that nose of his~ On of the most unique BJD dolls there are.

There's an aching authenticity to some homes, every perfect square of siding and chinked crack in the stone foundation. Four panes per window, each shadow cast in a cross on the floor inside. Don't mind time, someone has to hold back to the beginning. Your last set of shingles are thinning, and I'm sure you're already taking on water – I hope someone knows you're not beyond repair. I grew up like a stranger to history, staring down homes that sat empty even longer than I've existed. Now, I slow up on the shoulder, lean over and greet them through the passenger window. I wonder if any will outlive me.

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Deboxing my Limited Edition Prince Eric 18'' Doll. First the front cardboard cover or lid is taken off, by sliding it off the box. There are no seals to break. Underneath is a clear plastic cover through which the doll is clearly seen in an unobstructed view. Next the back lid is removed, then the clear plastic cover. Eric is still attached the cardboard backing and doll stand. Under the cardboard backing is the Certificate of Authenticity. My doll is #79 of 1500.

First look at my Limited Edition Prince Eric 18'' Doll. I got him along with the Limited Edition Ursula and Ariel 17'' Dolls from my local Disney Store on the release day, October 1, 2013. They are all sold out online, and probably in stores, too. My store had 5 Eric dolls and only 4 Ursula dolls. Photographed boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed.

Box notes:

Disney's

The Little Mermaid

Disney Store proudly presents the worldwide Limited Edition Prince Eric Doll. Inspired by nautical fashion, this sea-loving, blue eyed mariner is bedecked in an ivory and navy blue uniform, embellished with gold embroidery, buttons, and trim. Golden epaulettes and shiny black boots complete his charming attire. Designed and crafted by Disney Store artists, this legendary, limited edition doll is a must-have for Disney fans and collectors alike.

Limited Edition Prince Eric Doll - 18''

US Disney Store

Released and SOLD OUT on 2013-10-01

Purchased in store on release day.

#79 of 1500

Product Information:

Limited Edition Prince Eric Doll - 18''

$99.95

Item No. 6070040900910P

See worthy

Voyage to a charming seaside kingdom for a breathtaking glimpse of our Limited Edition Prince Eric Doll. Handsome in his nautical dress uniform with intricate golden trims and detailing, you'll want to make him part of your world forevermore.

Magic in the details...

Please Note: Each Guest will be limited to ordering a maximum of one of this item per order.

• Limited Edition of 1500

• Certificate of Authenticity

• Ivory and navy blue twill uniform

• Golden filigree embroidery, buttons and trim

• Golden fringed epaulets

• Shining black boots

• Elegant sword with golden trims

• Rooted, styled hair

• Fully poseable

• Display stand included

• Comes in elegant window display packaging

• Celebrating the return of Disney's classic The Little Mermaid to DVD and Blu-ray disc

The bare necessities

• Ages 6+

• Plastic /polyester

• 18'' H

• Imported

Safety

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small Parts. Not for children under 3 years.

Deboxing LE Alice. She was already freed from the backing, and most of the factory restraints removed. But I show her as if I was deboxing her from scratch. I also remove most of the remaining restraints. She is in her original box, with both front covers removed, so we can see Alice in the clear. She is standing, supported by the included doll stand. The Certificate of Authenticity (CoA) is removed from underneath the inner box, and shown in front of the doll. It is protected by clear plastic.

I purchased this beautiful Limited Edition Alice in Wonderland 17'' Doll from eBay. She was originally released in 2011 by the Disney Store. She is #241 of 500. She is photographed alone, and with LE Snow White.

She came already deboxed, but with several factory restraints still remaining on the doll. She came with the original box and CoA. The doll and box are in excellent condition. The base of the doll stand has some yellowing, and the rubber band securing the tea cup to Alice's hand is also yellowed. Some of the side curls near her head are slightly undone, due to the hair product becoming less stiff.

She is long golden yellow hair with gold tinsel highlights, that is mostly straight. She has a flat black bow on the top of her head. She has short curvy eyelashes sparsely rooted above her eyes, that match the painted lashes. She has the same head mold as the Limited Edition Snow White 17'' doll, so is smaller than the other dolls in the series. Her lips are a pale pink, her eyes are deep blue. Her dress is violet with alternated layers of satin and lace in the skirt. She has a double layer stiff white tulle petticoat. She has white stockings that go past her knees. She has her iconic black shoes with straps; they have high heels.

She is slightly shorter than Snow White, by about 1/4 inch, and matches Merida as the shortest Princess doll in the series, at 16 1/4'' tall on the doll stand. Snow White's doll stand is 1/4 inch thicker than Alice's, so that makes Snow White 1/2 inch taller on the doll stand. I think Alice and Snow are the two most beautiful dolls in the series, including their face, hair and outfits. Because Alice is only LE 500, compared to the LE 5000 Snow White, she is much more expensive than Snow in the secondary market. That is one reason why it has taken me so long to get her, but I am glad that I finally did.

Be COOL! Country Of Origin Labels are a good way for an informed consumer to know where their stuff comes from and make reasonable choices about what is wholesome to eat or drink or avoid putting into their body. Knowing the origin of a product helps determine the authenticity of the product, and if you’re really on top of things, you might be aware of whether or not their growing is sustainable, their processing is healthy, and whether their regime is one you want to support or boycott.

In this photo, I chose wine from California, olives from Spain, and beer from Germany. Most German beers like this Warsteiner are named after their town of origin. All of their brews are subject to very old and strict laws insuring that only the best, traditional ingredients go into them. My olive oil is bottled in Italy and blended from olive oil originating from Italy, Spain, and Greece. Also on the back row is a Navel Orange from California probably grown from water that started out in the Colorado Rockies.

Moving a bit forward we come to some ham from the regional chain HEB. It is Made in USA, but I’ll have to look further into where their store brand ham and turkey comes from. I avoid all pork products from the Smithfield syndicate of factory farms, and that includes a whole shitload of common pork brands they acquired. If you eat pork, look them up or just buy local from a trusted source. Likewise, I now avoid all chicken from Tyson or Pilgrim’s Pride because they along with Smithfield, conduct massive Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations that are cruel to the animals, dangerous to their low-paid workers, extremely harmful to the environment, and potentially dangerous to the consumer. My shit list continues to grow. My chicken and bison comes from regional, free-range operations that avoid GMO feed, animal growth hormones, and antibiotics given to healthy animals. I also know that HEB gets their salmon from wild fisheries or sustainable fish farms.

My fingers are touching red grapefruit from Texas which happens to be the world’s best and will remain so IF the Rio Grande keeps flowing from Colorado, through New Mexico, and between Mexico and Texas. The cherry tomatoes are from Mexico. Most of my tomatoes come from Texas or Mexico. The sardines come from Canada. In recent years many sardines and most smoked baby oysters come from China, a country with HORRIBLE food purity laws. Avoid chlorine-processed chicken from China at all cost! There are attempts within the industrial and junk food industry to abolish mandatory COOL laws, and this would open the door to Chinese chlorine chicken or dog meat entering the US. If TPP gets final approval, the privatization measures could require that US municipal animal shelters be sold to Chinese meat producers.

Sausage is a family of meat products that can be produced clean or nasty. Smithfield owns many traditional brands that have become industrial operations whose products should be avoided. The sausage shown here is from Holmes Smokehouse, a local meat producer that I am familiar with. Their catering department used to supply lunch to my National Guard tank company, a few miles away in Rosenberg. I have seen their facilities and watched their company grow and product line expand.

The Jarlsberg cheese is a Swiss Emmentaler style of cheese made in Norway and is the most popular brand of foreign cheese sold in the US. I prefer the real Emmentaler, but it sells for about 50% more per pound. Depending what is available and what the going price is, I buy cheese from the United States, Ireland, England, Wales, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Australia. Kiwifruit originated in China but gained its popularity after being grown and exported from New Zealand. Most of the time, it is too expensive for me to buy, but recently I’ve gotten some from Chile at a decent price.

Sometimes it does take a magnifying glass to read the COOL labels, but it is important to know where your food comes from. You really are what you eat. It is also important for me to know where my makeup comes from. Most of my cosmetics come from the US, but a little bit comes from France, Germany, and the UK but never China. Heavy metal contamination of pigments, dyes, and paints is their special hazard. No “bargain brand” eye shadow from China for me. That stuff showed up recently.

The inner doll box, taken out of the outer box. The Certificate of Authenticity is under it, between the front and back covers.

I received my Disney Designer Collection Premiere Series Snow White Limited Edition Doll today. I had ordered her online at the release day, shortly after 12 AM in the morning of Saturday October 6, 2018. She is #1301 of 4100. She came in a shipper box that is approximately the same size as the LE 17 inch doll shippers. It original shipping label said GIRLS TOYS LE PR DSGN SNOW DOLL F18, and CART #: 01298. There was a small piece of masking tape stuck to the side of the box with the actual edition number (matching the CoA): 1301. Inside there was another corrugated cardboard box snugly fitting in the outer shipping box. Inside that was the actual doll box, which was covered with tissue paper, and fit snugly in the inner shipping box, with cardboard caps on the top and bottom of the doll box. The shipper box was undamaged in transit, as was the inner box and the doll box itself.

The doll box has folding panels in the front with magnetic closure, with a large design sketch of Snow White and the year 1937 in large numerals. In the background are photographers in silhouette snapping photos, and a red carpet. The back of the box has angled corners, making for a hexagonal shaped box. The sides and back of the box also has images of Snow White. The top of the box has a clear window with the title of the collection in gold lettering. Inside the front covers are replicas of the movie poster, invitation and tickets to the premiere of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, on December 21, 1937. The doll is behind a rectangular viewing window extending almost the full width and height of the box.

The inner box containing the doll and front viewing window can be slid out from the outer box. It is entirely enclosed, so can be displayed as is, without having to deal with the front covers either covering up the doll, or taking up space in front or to the sides of the inner box. The doll is on top a red carpet that has steps in front, and is flocked cardboard.

The doll herself is by far my favorite of the current Designer Premiere Series. I'm slightly biased because Snow White is my favorite Disney Princess, and am so happy that she turned out so well. I think her gown and accessories are very beautifully designed and produced. It also is very fitting for Snow White, and would be something she would wear to the premiere of her own movie.

I show her boxed, with the inner box removed from the outer box, and finally with the front viewing window removed from the inner box.

I will fully debox her tomorrow and post photos here when I do.

Deboxing the 2015 LE Anna 17'' doll. First the front cardboard lid is removed, revealing a clear plastic window underneath. Then the plastic window and rear cardboard lid are removed, leaving the doll attached to a free standing cardboard backing. The Certificate of Authenticity is removed from below the backing. The doll is now can be viewed clearly from three side.

Detailed photos of the my Limited Edition Anna 17'' Doll. She was purchased at my local Disney Store on release day, March 3, 2015. She is #0962 of 5000.

She is in the green outfit she wears at the ending scenes of the movie. It is the same outfit as the skating outfit, except that there are ice skating blades added to her boots. Her outfit has a grayish green satin bodice that has has jewels in its border. Under that is a sheer blue organza blouse, which has heart shaped clasps in the collar. The most impressive part of her outfit is her olive green felt skirt, that is jeweled and has rosemaling on along the hemline. The green satin hem is also jeweled. The skirt has a pleated panel in the front and the back, that when expanded makes the skirt much wider. Underneath is a thin tulle petticoat, that isn't stiff enough to help keep the skirt full. She has no underwear except for the painted on panties. She has light olive green boots, with the same embossed pattern as the boots of the Snow Gear Anna dolls. The entrance to Arendelle Castle is the background image in the box.

She has shiny pearly skin, but otherwise has a normal skin tone. She has dual braids similar to the LE Snow Gear Anna doll, but the braids are thicker and they have the addition of tinsel to make them sparkle. The tinsel consists of copper foil coiled around a black thread. On my doll a considerable amount of the tinsel has separated from the top of her hairdo, and makes her hair look messy or frizzy.

This doll is by far my favorite of all the Frozen LE dolls in this release.

Limited Edition Anna Doll - Frozen - 17''

US Disney Store

Released in stores 2015-03-03

Purchased in store 2015-03-03

Released online 2015-03-04

Sold out in 10 minutes

$119.95

Item No. 6070040901177P

Forever friend

The Disney Store proudly presents the worldwide Limited Edition Anna Doll. This exquisitely designed doll captures Anna's free spirit and affinity for adventure, in her costume as seen at the end of Disney's feature film Frozen.

Magic in the details...

Please Note: Purchase of this item is limited to 1 per Guest.

• Limited Edition of 5000

• Certificate of Authenticity

• Finely textured and detailed

• Wool-like skirt adorned with sparkling gemstones and a richly embroidered rosemaling pattern around the hem

• Fitted satin bodice featuring metal stud details

• Satin blouse trimmed with an elegant gold stitch culminating at her royal brooch

• Glittering rooted braids and eyelashes

• Fully poseable

• Display stand included

• Comes in elegant window display packaging

• Meticulously designed by Disney Store artists to ensure every detail was captured

• Look for our Limited Edition Elsa Doll - Frozen - 17'', sold separately

The bare necessities

• Ages 6+

• Plastic / polyester

• 17'' H

• Imported

Safety

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small Parts. Not for children under 3 years.

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Meine erste Foto-Einzelausstellung präsentiert im Café Berio, Berlin

Vernissage 31. Juli 2018 | Finissage 22. September 2018

In meiner ersten Foto-Einzelausstellung zeigte ich meine Berliner Portraits und einige meiner Vogel-Fotografien; daher der Titel der Ausstellung. In meinem Fotoprojekt wollte ich einmal weg von den sonst bewusst gewählten Orten, an denen man ein Fotoshooting durchführt. Ein Studio oder eine ausgewählte Location haben für die Menschen meist etwas sehr Unpersönliches. Ich wollte dorthin, wo es am authentischsten ist; an die Orte, an denen die Protagonisten (überwiegend Künstler) zu Hause und in ihrem Element sind: auf der Bühne, hinter der Bühne und vor, während und nach einem Auftritt bzw. Event. Ich möchte dem Betrachter Bilder zeigen, die er nicht unbedingt während einer Veranstaltung wahrnimmt und Außenstehende gefangen nehmen, als hätten sie es live miterlebt.

Über 70 Arbeiten präsentierte ich in der Ausstellung; darunter Portraits von Romy Haag, Henry de Winter, Hanna Schygulla, Georgette Dee, Dieter Rita Scholl, Gloria Viagra, Ades Zabel, Frank Wilde, Gaby Tupper und vielen anderen.

Vögel leben auf allen Kontinenten. Sie sind flüchtige, scheue Tiere. Auf meinen Fotografien lassen sie aber eine unwahrscheinliche Nähe zu. Das eigentlich Fremde und in der Natur nicht Sichtbare habe ich in meinen Vogel-Portraits festgehalten.

Mein Motto: "Authentizität ist das Schlüsselwort, das hinter meiner Fotografie steht. Ich ziehe es vor, mehr die menschliche Note zu zeigen und weniger die Retusche."

Die meisten der Exponate sind in der queeren Community entstanden.

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My first solo photo exhibition presented at Café Berio, Berlin

Opening July 31, 2018 | Closing September 22, 2018

In my first solo photo exhibition, I showed my Berlin portraits and some of my bird photographs; hence the title of the exhibition. In my photo project, I wanted to get away from the usual deliberately chosen locations for a photo shoot. There is usually something very impersonal about a studio or a selected location for people. I wanted to go where it is most authentic; to the places where the protagonists (mostly artists) are at home and in their element: on stage, backstage and before, during and after a performance or event. I want to show the viewer images that they don't necessarily see during an event and capture outsiders as if they had witnessed it live.

I presented over 70 works in the exhibition, including portraits of Romy Haag, Henry de Winter, Hanna Schygulla, Georgette Dee, Dieter Rita Scholl, Gloria Viagra, Ades Zabel, Frank Wilde, Gaby Tupper and many others.

Birds live on every continent. They are elusive, shy animals. In my photographs, however, they allow an improbable closeness. I have captured what is actually alien and invisible in nature in my bird portraits.

My motto: "Authenticity is the keyword that lies behind my photography. I prefer to show more the human touch and less the retouch."

Most of the exhibits were created in the queer community.

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It's artisanal! (A subversive word that barely conceals 'artist anal retention' disguised as authenticity).

Chassis n° 83832

Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais

Bonhams

Estimated : € 260.000 - 340.000

Sold for € 293.250

Parijs - Paris

Frankrijk - France

February 2018

- Desirable 75hp '1600 SUPER'engine

- Porsche Certificate of Authenticity

Although Ferdinand Porsche had established his automotive design consultancy in the early 1930s, his name would not appear on a car until 1949. When it did, it graced one of the all-time great sports cars - the Porsche 356. A cabriolet followed hot on the heels of the original 356 coupé, and then in 1952 a trial batch of 15 roadsters was constructed at the behest of US importer, Max Hoffman, who had persuaded Porsche of the potential for a 'cut-price' entry-level model. The roadsters' successful reception in the USA led to the introduction of the Speedster model in 1954.

Instantly recognisable by virtue of its low, wraparound - as opposed to V-shaped - windscreen, smaller and entirely retractable hood, lower door waistline, horizontal trim strip at the level of the door handles, and twin bucket seats - all of which served to emphasise its sporting image - the Speedster was, in effect, an 'economy' model intended to compete with the cheaper British sports cars. The Speedster was powered initially by the 1.5-litre version of Porsche's horizontally opposed four, gaining the new 1.6-litre, 60 bhp engine with the introduction of the improved 356A for 1955. Priced at $ 2.995, the Speedster was the lightest of the 356s, enjoying a commensurate performance boost that meant over 100mph was possible. Allied to its already renowned handling characteristics, this meant that the Speedster was an instant success in the burgeoning American sports car racing scene.

Testing the Speedster alongside its Coupé sibling in 1956, Road & Track magazine reckoned, 'A more comfortable sports car for long, high-speed journeys would be very hard to find and certainly no other car achieves the combination of comfort, performance and fuel economy of the Porsche Continental Speedster or Coupé.' Its combination of style, performance and value for money made the Speedster deservedly popular - 4.822 examples being constructed between 1954 and '58 - and today this most handsome of the 356 variants enjoys iconic status.

One of 1.166 Porsche 356A Speedsters produced in 1957, '83832' was delivered new to the USA, as were most Speedsters. Its history is unknown prior to 2007 when the car belonged to Mr Dan Carter. He maintained the Porsche carefully, as evidenced by numerous invoices for work carried out, many issued by the well-known specialists, European Collectibles in Costa Mesa, California. Works undertaken include overhauling the gearbox and renewing the braking system, the latter being done in 2009.

Recently brought from the USA to Belgium, the Speedster was in very good condition but with the incorrect colour combination of silver with blue interior. The current owner recently re-sprayed the car in its correct and original Meissen Blue, while the upholstery was re-trimmed in the correct red as per the accompanying Porsche Certificate of Authenticity. These works were carried out to the highest standards (invoices on file). In addition, European-specification headlights were installed, a new soft-top fitted, and the USA-specification over-rider bumpers removed. New wheels were fitted to replace the incorrect-size ones the car came with.

The Speedster has a non-matching 1600 Super engine of the same year; it produces 75bhp instead of the original unit's 60 horsepower, making this car even more enjoyable to drive, while the electrical system has been upgraded to 12 volts for improved reliability. Coupé seats are sometimes fitted to Speedsters, but this car has the Speedster type preferred by most enthusiasts. Accompanying documentation consists of a nice file containing numerous invoices, the old US title, and the aforementioned Porsche CoA, etc.

Ariel and Ursula boxed, with the covers off. The dolls are attached to the cardboard backing behind them. Ariel is sitting on a pile of flat plastic rocks, while Ursula is supported by a doll stand with a metal post and flat upper piece forming her seat.

I got the Ariel and Ursula Doll Set on Tuesday October 20, 2015, at my local Disney Store's raffle. I was 17th of 18 called, so I'm very glad I was able to get her in store. There was about the same amount of people who were there for the Snow/Hag set, so about 10 people missed out today. My set is #4185 of 6000. I will show this set boxed, during deboxing, and fully deboxed. I took the set I was given. I noticed that Ariel's eyelashes were not at the same angle between her two eyes, but it didn't bother me enough to ask for another set. There were no other noticeable defects in the set.

I have deboxed Ariel, and found to my surprise that the pile of rocks is totally separate from the display case, and is free standing. Ariel is supposed to free sit on the rock stand, and stay in position just by the friction of her sequined tail on the uneven surface of the top rock. It also helps if the floor of is rough (like a carpet) rather than the smooth surface that I was using for the photoshoot. Next, I was pleasantly surprised is that she has the old Designer Princess body, so rubber legs and swivel waist joint. As I expected, her hair is heavily gelled to keep her curls, but not as heavily as the 17'' LE Ariel from 2013. So only the bottom third of her curls are stiff. There were a couple of stray hairs stuck in her neck joint (ouch!) and some short hairs (like trimmings) that I had to remove from her face and chest. She is pretty, but not drop dead gorgeous as were the previous two Designer Ariel dolls (from 2011 and 2013). I also don't like her see through top. It has a rough surface, so her hairs kept on getting caught in it. Her sequined tail is pretty, but I really like her fins, which are wired to stiffen them.

I also compare Designer Ariel side by side with the OOAK Ariel made by a fellow collector, who used the 2014 Classic Ariel as the base.

Fourth release of the 2015 Disney Fairytale Designer Collection is Ariel in mermaid form and Ursula in sea witch form. She sold out online a few hours after the release.

Ariel and Ursula Doll Set - Disney Fairytale Designer Collection

US Disney Store

Released In Store 2015-10-20

Released Online 2015-10-21

Sold Out Online 2015-10-21

$129.95

Item No. 6003040901260P

Tail of wonder

Ariel is paired with the wicked sea witch Ursula in this limited edition The Little Mermaid set. Part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection's heroes and villains series, the finely detailed duo feature exquisite costumes.

Magic in the details...

Please Note: Purchase of this item is limited to 1 per Guest.

As part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection's heroes and villains series, Ariel and Ursula were carefully crafted by artists inspired by Disney's The Little Mermaid. Reimagined in exquisite detail, these limited edition dolls were brought to life with thoughtful attention, and uniquely capture the essence of the fairytale characters, creating a one-of-a-kind set that will be a treasured keepsake of collectors and Disney fans.

• Global Limited Edition of 6000

• Includes Certificate of Authenticity

• Ariel's diaphanous bodice is adorned with intricate embroidery and sparkling rhinestones

• Tail features iridescent sequins with translucent fins accented with glitter

• Rooted red hair

• Dramatic make-up and rooted eyelashes

• Ursula's black faux leather bodice and outer tentacles are studded with black rhinestones

• Purple underside of tentacles are accented with sequins

• Gold shell earrings and gold shell necklace

• Rooted white hair

• Rock accessory

• Dolls sold in a special keepsake display case with intricate details on the base, including a golden plate with the names of Ariel and Ursula

• Includes special Disney Fairytale Designer Collection Gift Bag

• Part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection

* Intended for adult collectors -- Not a child's toy.

The bare necessities

• Plastic / polyester

• Ariel: 16'' H

• Ursula: 11'' H

• Imported

1897 - 20-year old C.C. Hudson leaves Spring Hill Farm in Williamson County, Tennessee, seeking fortune in the emerging textile town of Greensboro, North Carolina. He finds work in an overall factory, sewing on buttons for 25 cents a day.

1904 - Hudson’s workplace closes. He and a few others buy several of the sewing machines. C.C. Hudson and his brother, Homer, form the Hudson Overall Company, operating from a loft above Coe Brothers Grocery on South Elm Street in Greensboro.

1919 - Sales of Hudson overalls are booming. The company moves to larger headquarters and changes its name to Blue Bell Overall Company.

1926 - Big Ben Manufacturing of Kentucky purchases Blue Bell for $585,000. The name of the merged companies remains Blue Bell; headquarters remain in Greensboro.

1936 - Blue Bell introduces Super Big Ben Overalls, featuring 100% Sanforized fabric that reduces shrinkage to less than 1%, setting a new standard for the industry.

1943 - Blue Bell acquires Casey Jones Company, a manufacturer of work-clothing, and, with it, the rights to Casey Jones’ rarely used brand name – Wrangler.

1947 - Wrangler authentic western jeans, designed by celebrity tailor Rodeo Ben, are introduced to the American consumer. Professional rodeo cowboys Jim Shoulders, Bill Linderman and Freckles Brown wear-test the 13MWZ and endorse the Wrangler name for durability, quality and authenticity.

1948 - Jim Shoulders, World Champion Cowboy, signs on as an official endorsee of Wrangler. He goes on to win a total of 16 world championships, including five All-Around, seven Bull Riding and four Bareback Riding World Titles.

1962 - Blue Bell opens a plant in Belgium and the Wrangler brand is successfully launched in Europe.

1963 - Newsweek magazine coins the word "teenager" and features a Wrangler–clad girl on the cover.

1974 - The Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association officially endorses Wrangler jeans.

1982 - Wrangler brand becomes the primary sponsor of professional driver Dale Earnhardt and the legendary blue-and-yellow "Wrangler Jean Machine." Wrangler becomes the first apparel company to have significant involvement in NASCAR as Dale wins the first three of his seven NASCAR championships this year.

1986 - Blue Bell mergers with VF Corporation of Pennsylvania, making VF one of the two largest jeans makers in the world, with 25% of the $6 billion market.

1992 - Wrangler supplies clothing for the cast of "Pure Country" starring George Strait in Wrangler jeans as Dusty Chandler, a super star in the country music world.

1994 - Wrangler moves into its new world headquarters on North Elm Street in downtown Greensboro.

1996 - One out of every five pairs of jeans sold in America features a Wrangler label.

1997 - The 13MWZ, the official jean of the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association, celebrates its 50th birthday. The Wrangler spirit celebrates its 100th year in business.

2003 - VF Jeanswear adds two new brands to the Wrangler family: RIGGS WORKWEAR® by Wrangler®, a line of premium work clothes, and Wrangler® ProGearTM, hunting apparel for the serious sportsman.

2004 - Wrangler® Jeans Company becomes the official jean of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and the No. 8 race team. It’s a new generation of Wrangler.

2005 - Aura from the Women at Wrangler® debuts, offering 120+ fits and revolutionizing the way women shop for jeans. Consumers are also treated to a new premium brand with the launch of Genuine Wrangler®.

2007 - Wrangler endorsee James A. "Jim" Shoulders, known as the Babe Ruth of Rodeo, passes away. His passing ends a 58-year partnership with the brand, the longest sports licensing endorsement in the history of professional sports.

2008 - Wrangler partners with AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association) to develop The Ultimate Riding Jean™.

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Redressing my Designer Tinker Bell doll. First her tulle underskirt is put on. Then her skirt is put on, and secured by Velcro in the back. Finally her top is put on, and the secured in the back by Velcro, with her wings attached. She is now fully deboxed and fully clothed.

Undressing my Designer Tinker Bell doll. She outfit is taken off, to which her wings are attached, then her short tulle underskirt. I leave her shoes and hair ornament on. On her lower back is her edition number and size, #2710 of 4000, matching what was printed on the Certificate of Authenticity.

She has the original style Designer Princess body, with a swivel waist joint and rubber legs. She also has ball jointed neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist and hip joints. She measures 11 1/2'' standing on her toes, the same as the Disney Designer Princess dolls, even though she is listed at 11'' H. She is quite a bit taller than other Disney Tinker Bell dolls, as the Classic Tinker Bell is 10'' tall, and the Parks Tinker Bell is 10 1/2'' tall. She has the same head and face mold as the current (2014) Classic Tinker Bell, but is painted quite differently. She has shiny pearly skin on her face (as well as the rest of her body), so she has a very different look. I would say she is more elegant and classy than the other Tinker Bell dolls, as well as more beautiful, so she would fit right in with the other Disney Designer dolls. Her face is quite a bit shinier than the rest of her body, and causes a bit of problem photographing her using flash.

Her outfit is inspired by her iconic short green dress. But it's style also borrows from a tutu, and in fact her overall appearance is as a ballerina with wings. The details of her dress are listed in the product description below. Her fairy wings are a single piece of transparent plastic that is tinted pale green, and is iridescent. It looks like a butterfly with its wings slightly folded. It is sewn to the back of her dress, right behind a Velcro closure. She has unique green leaf and vine styled shoes, with faux pearls instead of pom-poms on top. I like the fact that there is no glitter on her outfit, instead she has golden embroidery in her bodice, and green jewels in her skirt and bodice.

Her hair is golden blonde, and styled in a tight bun, with a braid around its base. She has her iconic bangs in front, with a couple extra long side bangs, all of which are heavily gelled to keep their shape. She is wearing a green leaf hair ornament. She has short rooted eyelashes with a bit of curl to them. She has thin dark pink lips in a charming open mouthed smile. She has a tiny button nose and long pointy ears. I think she has a bit of the appearance of the original Tinker Bell character from Peter Pan, and the current Disney Fairies Tink. She is a very beautiful doll.

Photographed with built in camera flash.

Purchase Information

Tinker Bell Disney Fairies Designer Collection Doll

US Disney Store

Purchased In Store 2014-02-18

#2710 of 4000

First look at my Tinker Bell Limited Edition Designer Doll. My Zarina is 0137 of 4000. There were no designer bags, as there were in the previous Designer doll collections.

I visited my local Disney Store on Februay 18, 2014, for the release of the Disney Fairies Designer Collection dolls. I also noticed that they had several items in the Frozen section that had been missing for several weeks, especially the mugs and Classic Anna dolls, but no Elsas.

They had eight of each Designer Fairy doll, Tinker Bell and Zarina. There were about that many people waiting in line before the store opened, waiting to buy them. I didn't do an actual count, but no one left the line when it was announced how many dolls there were, so there were probably seven or eight of them in the line. They had no designer bags, so they just put them in regular Disney Store bags.

I inspected my dolls, and they looked in perfect condition. I was surprised by their shiny pearly skin (similar in texture to LE Ursula and Harrods Elsa), but they looked very beautiful. The artwork on the boxes were also very beautiful, but the backgrounds behind the dolls were plain looking. The CM had to help me take off the slip cover of the Zarina doll, as it was very tight. She said all the Zarinas seemed to be that way.

Product Information

Tinker Bell Disney Fairies Designer Collection Doll

US Disney Store

Released In Store 2014-02-18

Released Online 2014-02-19

SOLD OUT by 12:50 AM

$59.95

Item No. 6070040900975P

Bell de jour

Tinker Bell has never looked more glamorous. Elegantly styled by Disney Store artists to capture the spirited character of the little pixie, this beautifully detailed limited edition doll is part of our Disney Fairies Designer Collection.

Magic in the details...

Please Note: Each Guest will be limited to ordering a maximum of one of this item per order.

Enter into an enchanted world of magic and adventure with our Disney Fairies Designer Collection. Carefully crafted by Disney Store artists to uniquely capture the essence of each character, this collection reimagines Disney Fairies with a touch of ethereal sophistication. Inspired by nature and lush organic textures, this doll is sure to be a treasured keepsake of collectors and Disney fans everywhere!

• Global Limited Editon of 4000

• Includes Certificate of Authenticity

• Tinker Bell features glamorously updo hair with leaf clip

• Rooted eyelashes

• Airy, shimmering iridescent wings

• Sheer organza bodice with metallic embroidery, gemstone accents and leaf-shaped hem

• Layered leaf skirt embellished with sparkling gemstones

• Dolls sold in a special keepsake display case with intricate details on the base, including a golden plate with the name of Tinker Bell in ornate font

• Part of the Disney Fairies Designer Collection

* Intended for adult collectors -- Not a child's toy.

The bare necessities

• Plastic / polyester

• 11'' H

• Imported

Deboxing my LE 2500 Elsa 17'' Doll. First the front cardboard box lid is removed, revealing the doll behind a clear plastic cover. Next the bottom box lid is removed, then the plastic cover removed, leaving the doll in the open, but still attached to the cardboard backing. Now she can be photographed without the glare from the plastic cover. Between the plastic cover and the bottom of the cardboard backing is the Certificate of Authenticity. My doll is #102 of 2500.

Notes on the back of the LE Elsa's box:

From the Movie Disney Frozen

First look at the Limited Edition Anna and Elsa 17'' Dolls, that I just brought home from the Disney Store. I camped out outside my local Disney Store at 6 am, waiting for them to open at 10 am. At about 7 am a group of three other adults and one child joined me in front of the store. I'm happy that the mall opens so early (for mall walkers), so I didn't have to wait outdoors. The leader of the group, a fellow collector, also got the Harrods LE 100 doll set. He and his daughter and granddaughter were also there with me at the same store for the release of TLM LE dolls. A CM was nice and let us have a closeup look at the dolls around 8:30 am (from behind the store's metal gate). We were surprised that no other people joined us in line before the store's opening at 10 am.

The dolls are LE 2500, and cost $99.95 each. They will be photographed boxed, during deboxing, and fully deboxed. They will also be posed with other comparable dolls, especially the Harrods LE 100 Anna and Elsa dolls.

Product information from the US Disney Store website:

Elsa Limited Edition Doll - 17'' - Frozen

Released online and in store on November 20, 2013

SOLD OUT online in about 15 minutes

$99.95

Item No. 6070040900950P

Ice dream

Elsa will provide chills of excitement with this spectacular limited edition doll. Designed and crafted by Disney Store artists, and inspired by Disney's Frozen, Elsa's side-swept blonde braid cascades over her finely detailed gown.

Magic in the details...

Please Note: Each Guest will be limited to ordering a maximum of one of this item per order.

• Limited Edition of 2500

• Includes Certificate of Authenticity

• Sheer organza sleeves

• Sweetheart bodice detailed with reflective ''icicles''

• Elongated sheer dress overlay

• Gown detailed with shimmery ice-blue snowflake embroidery, and rhinestones

• Braided blonde hair is adorned with intricate snowflake jewels

• Rooted eyelashes

• Fully poseable

• Display stand included

• Comes in elegant window display packaging

• Inspired by Disney's Frozen

The bare necessities

• Ages 6+

• Plastic /polyester

• 17'' H

• Imported

created by Ann Morton using a few Jen Maddocks elements; the rest from my stash

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Meine erste Foto-Einzelausstellung präsentiert im Café Berio, Berlin

Vernissage 31. Juli 2018 | Finissage 22. September 2018

In meiner ersten Foto-Einzelausstellung zeigte ich meine Berliner Portraits und einige meiner Vogel-Fotografien; daher der Titel der Ausstellung. In meinem Fotoprojekt wollte ich einmal weg von den sonst bewusst gewählten Orten, an denen man ein Fotoshooting durchführt. Ein Studio oder eine ausgewählte Location haben für die Menschen meist etwas sehr Unpersönliches. Ich wollte dorthin, wo es am authentischsten ist; an die Orte, an denen die Protagonisten (überwiegend Künstler) zu Hause und in ihrem Element sind: auf der Bühne, hinter der Bühne und vor, während und nach einem Auftritt bzw. Event. Ich möchte dem Betrachter Bilder zeigen, die er nicht unbedingt während einer Veranstaltung wahrnimmt und Außenstehende gefangen nehmen, als hätten sie es live miterlebt.

Über 70 Arbeiten präsentierte ich in der Ausstellung; darunter Portraits von Romy Haag, Henry de Winter, Hanna Schygulla, Georgette Dee, Dieter Rita Scholl, Gloria Viagra, Ades Zabel, Frank Wilde, Gaby Tupper und vielen anderen.

Vögel leben auf allen Kontinenten. Sie sind flüchtige, scheue Tiere. Auf meinen Fotografien lassen sie aber eine unwahrscheinliche Nähe zu. Das eigentlich Fremde und in der Natur nicht Sichtbare habe ich in meinen Vogel-Portraits festgehalten.

Mein Motto: "Authentizität ist das Schlüsselwort, das hinter meiner Fotografie steht. Ich ziehe es vor, mehr die menschliche Note zu zeigen und weniger die Retusche."

Die meisten der Exponate sind in der queeren Community entstanden.

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My first solo photo exhibition presented at Café Berio, Berlin

Opening July 31, 2018 | Closing September 22, 2018

In my first solo photo exhibition, I showed my Berlin portraits and some of my bird photographs; hence the title of the exhibition. In my photo project, I wanted to get away from the usual deliberately chosen locations for a photo shoot. There is usually something very impersonal about a studio or a selected location for people. I wanted to go where it is most authentic; to the places where the protagonists (mostly artists) are at home and in their element: on stage, backstage and before, during and after a performance or event. I want to show the viewer images that they don't necessarily see during an event and capture outsiders as if they had witnessed it live.

I presented over 70 works in the exhibition, including portraits of Romy Haag, Henry de Winter, Hanna Schygulla, Georgette Dee, Dieter Rita Scholl, Gloria Viagra, Ades Zabel, Frank Wilde, Gaby Tupper and many others.

Birds live on every continent. They are elusive, shy animals. In my photographs, however, they allow an improbable closeness. I have captured what is actually alien and invisible in nature in my bird portraits.

My motto: "Authenticity is the keyword that lies behind my photography. I prefer to show more the human touch and less the retouch."

Most of the exhibits were created in the queer community.

berio-berlin.de/ausstellungen/berliner-und-andere-schraeg...

Deboxing my Limited Edition Blue Gown Cinderella 17'' doll. In order to remove the front cardboard lid from the box, the gold ribbon in the back has to be untied. Then the front lid can be slid off the rest of the box. Under that is a clear plastic window that forms the front lid of the inner box. There is white decoration and text on the bottom of the plastic lid that is similar to that of the outer cardboard box lid. There is less obstruction of the doll than in the previous 17'' LE doll boxes, especially around the sides. Then the front plastic lid and outer rear cardboard lid are removed, leaving the doll and accessories attached to the cardboard backing, that forms the rear of the inner box.

The box of the Blue Gown Cinderella is the same size as most of the other LE 17'' doll boxes, but has a sightly different design. The front plastic window divided are into three sections, being angled on the left and right of the center section, and the front cardboard lid is shaped the same way. There is a golden ribbon on top of the box to serve as a carrying handle. In the back there is another golden ribbon that is tied into a large bow, which you have to untie to take off the front lid from the rear of the box.

One of Cinderella's glass slippers is attached to the backing, behind and to the right of the doll. It was partially hidden by her hair, so I moved the hair out of the way before taking photos of the doll after the outer lids were removed. The Certificate of Authenticity is taped to the back of the cardboard backing, rather than inserted between the bottom of the backing and the outer box.

I got my Blue Gown Cinderella Limited Edition 17'' Doll today (Friday March 13, 2015) at my local Disney Store. She is #2352 of 4000. She costs $129.95, $10 more than the recently released Frozen LE dolls, and with tax added came out to $140.35.

I got to the store at 6:30 am, and was the only one there until about 8 am, when two more people showed up. At about 9:15 am, a CM gave out line cards to the five people waiting. At store opening at 10 am, there were seven people waiting for the 12 dolls. I had to give up the line card when I purchased the doll.

I will show the doll boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed.

Cinderella Limited Edition Doll - Live-Action Film - 17''

US Disney Store

Released in store and online 2015-03-13

Sold out online 2015-03-13

$129.95

Item No. 6070040901175P

Blue beauty

Cinderella makes a stunning entrance in an elegant gown inspired by her appearance in the ballroom scene of Disney's new live-action film. This finely detailed limited edition doll is presented in a scenic display for a lasting keepsake.

Magic in the details...

Please Note: Purchase of this item is limited to 1 per Guest.

• Limited Edition of 4000

• Includes Certificate of Authenticity

• Ball gown features three layers of twilight-hued organza with cascading rhinestones

• Shimmering butterflies and jewels embellish the softly draped organza neckline

• Cinderella's iridescent high-heeled slippers accented with sparkling butterflies

• Glamorous hair with rhinestone accents

• Rooted eyelashes

• Fully poseable

• Display stand included

• Comes in elegant window display packaging with butterflies, gold satin bow and carrying strap

• Inspired by Disney's live-action movie Cinderella

The bare necessities

• Ages 6+

• Plastic /polyester

• 17'' H

• Imported

If the lover of old stones that I am is always delighted to find a monument «dans son jus», as we say in French (literally, “in its own juices”, meaning in its original –and often run down– state), full of authenticity and atmosphere, and allowing one to “read” its history just by looking at the shape, size and appareling of the stones, it is also true that sadness often comes into play as one acknowledges the decades, if not the centuries, of neglect and dereliction suffered by some of the finest pieces of our heritage.

The Romanesque church of Condé-sur-Arnon (département of Cher in the old province of Berry, central France), dedicated to Saint Dennis, is deemed to have been built, for its oldest parts, during the 11th century. My opinion is that this is a Year 1000 church, as attested by the flat apse and small apparel. Likewise, the archaic capitals, with motifs full of faith and of a touching naivety, far from the æstheticism and sophistication of large urban churches. This is a humble countryside church, yet it features some very interesting architectural and artistic traits that set it apart.

The misfortune of this church was the 1844 merger (at a time when this sort of procedure was not at all in fashion!) of Condé with the neighboring village of La Celle. The latter’s church was retained as the new parish church, and Saint Dennis was simply abandoned. As explained on the Wikipedia page devoted to this church, “the monument leaves an impression of desolation. As a matter of fact, when one compares current indoor views with those described by Deshoulières in 1931, the resemblance is striking.” Listed as a Historic Landmark as early as 1862, the church was probably not maintained at all until the 1990s, when it benefited from some emergency restoration works, mostly woodwork and roofing, thanks to a mayor mindful of heritage issues.

This church’s main originality lays in the fact that the choir and apse are raised almost two meters above nave level, as is sometimes seen in monastic churches (e.g., the Benedictine abbey church of Cruas in Ardèche, southeastern France). Totally bare, the nave is decorated with several Mediæval alfresco paintings (the Danse macabre could be early Renaissance) that are in a pitiful state, eaten away by dampness. The ceiling is a simple wood vault from the 1780s, but considering how the side walls lean outwards, I am convinced that this church was originally stone vaulted.

The choir, while of a great sobriety, is decorated with very harmonious and well-proportioned blind arcatures, and bathed in a typically Romanesque, soft and unusually plentiful light. It still retains its barrel vault.

Below the choir and apse is a semi-undergound crypt reachable via two low and dark tunnels running along the side walls. The floor plan is basilical and copies that of the choir. Light is scarce as the windows are very small. I had to use flash to light it properly for the photos. There are six columns but only one of the capitals’ faces is partly decorated, showing a naive and pure feminine visage with archaic traits. The faces of the other capitals seem to have been prepared for sculpture but none was ever undertaken. Contrary to the walls of the church itself which are of mediocre quality, the crypt is entirely appareled in very nicely cut stones.

All in all, and aside from some very eroded modillions, the only sculpted decoration can be found around the western portal, which features four short columns supporting the voussures, which are made of harmonious but bare arch stones. The four capitals are quite rough, archaic in their manner as most of what can be seen in this very old church. The motifs mix daily life scenes with quasi-Pagan themes, as if the Church had found it necessary to appropriate age-old beliefs in a region of France still very much permeated by myths and legends pre-dating Christianity, and still very alive among the masses —I was almost about to write “... and to this very day”!

The many esoteric theories that have been developed about this church, even around Year 2000, seem to confirm this.

I was moved by the very sorry state of this church and I got in contact with my local colleagues of the Fondation du Patrimoine, drawing their attention to this monument, one of the oldest in the region, in the hope that maybe this initiative will trigger an awareness for the interest and need to restore and preserve this unusual village church.

Seen from the crypt and looking to the West, this is one of the tunnels (the northern one) between the nave and the crypt.

I used a handheld Godox AD200 Pro II studio strobe, equipped with a round H200R head and a half-spherical diffuser, to provide additional lighting for this shot. The flash was set and triggered via a Godox X Pro II radio transmitter mounted on the camera, which was itself triggered via a Pixel Oppilas RW–221 radio remote, allowing me to walk around and pop the flash wherever it was needed.

Deboxing the Alice and Queen of Hearts Doll Set. The slipcover and clear acrylic cover have been taken off. The dolls are still attached to the cardboard backing, the plastic supports, and the built in doll stands.

I bought the Alice and Queen of Hearts Doll Set at my local Disney Store on release day, October 4, 2016. It is numbered 0989 of 6000. I was called fifth out of ten persons who entered the raffle for 18 doll sets. They called names to determine the order in which we would go to the registers. The Designer doll display was moved from the floor to behind the counter. They still had Cinderella and Lady Tremaine doll sets available. I inspected the first set that was handed to me. Alice had slightly irregular eyelashes, but not enough to bother me. I didn't notice any other defects, so I took the set. I didn't bring my camera, so I didn't take any photos in the store.

Here are photos of the set boxed, and with all the covers off. I will debox the set at a later time, and post photos here.

I think Alice is a very beautiful doll, and I'm glad Disney finally made a Designer Alice. The most surprising thing I noticed about Alice are her shoes, which are very realistic looking. I like the Designer Queen of Hearts' crown, but it is nowhere as realistic looking as the crown on the LE 17'' Queen of Hearts.

Alice and The Queen of Hearts Doll Set - Alice in Wonderland - Disney Fairytale Designer Collection

$129.95

Item No. 6003040901410P

US Disney Store

Released in store 2016-10-04

Released online 2016-10-05

Purchased in store 2016-10-04

#0989 of 6000

Head turner

Disney's Fairytale Designer Collection pairs heroes and villains in lovely limited edition doll sets. You'll lose your head for the simply mad embroidered and bejeweled detailing in costumes for our classic Alice in Wonderland set.

Magic in the details...

Please Note: Purchase of this item is limited to 1 per Guest.

Our Disney Fairytale Designer Collection brings together beloved heroes and villains in a series inspired by your favorite animated film classics. Disney Store artists have captured the timeless struggle between good and evil in magnificent detail, conveying both the wonderful wickedness and bold, heroic spirit of these unforgettable characters. Rich, evocative and dramatic, the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection will be a treasured keepsake for collectors and the young at heart.

• Global Limited Edition of 6000

• Includes Certificate of Authenticity

• Set of two Disney Fairytale Designer Collection Dolls*

• Alice wears an exquisite floral patterned dress

• Satin apron features elegant floral embroidery with shimmering gems, plus delicate lace trim

• The Queen's knife-pleated collar boasts ornate golden lace

• Heart-shaped bodice features an ornate embroidered floral pattern with rhinestone accents

• Delicate embroidery and gems ornament the Queen's skirt

• Includes heart-shaped scepter

• Gem set crown

• Rooted, styled hair and eyelashes

• Displayed in a deluxe keepsake case with intricate details on the base, including a golden name plate

• Includes special Disney Fairytale Designer Collection Gift Bag

• Celebrating the 65th Anniversary of Walt Disney's animated classic Alice in Wonderland (1951)

• Part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection

* Please note: Intended for adult collectors. Not a child's toy.

The bare necessities

• Plastic / polyester

• Alice: 10'' H

• Queen of Hearts: 12'' H

• Case: 15'' H x 7'' W x 7 1/4'' D

• Imported

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Meine erste Foto-Einzelausstellung präsentiert im Café Berio, Berlin

Vernissage 31. Juli 2018 | Finissage 22. September 2018

In meiner ersten Foto-Einzelausstellung zeigte ich meine Berliner Portraits und einige meiner Vogel-Fotografien; daher der Titel der Ausstellung. In meinem Fotoprojekt wollte ich einmal weg von den sonst bewusst gewählten Orten, an denen man ein Fotoshooting durchführt. Ein Studio oder eine ausgewählte Location haben für die Menschen meist etwas sehr Unpersönliches. Ich wollte dorthin, wo es am authentischsten ist; an die Orte, an denen die Protagonisten (überwiegend Künstler) zu Hause und in ihrem Element sind: auf der Bühne, hinter der Bühne und vor, während und nach einem Auftritt bzw. Event. Ich möchte dem Betrachter Bilder zeigen, die er nicht unbedingt während einer Veranstaltung wahrnimmt und Außenstehende gefangen nehmen, als hätten sie es live miterlebt.

Über 70 Arbeiten präsentierte ich in der Ausstellung; darunter Portraits von Romy Haag, Henry de Winter, Hanna Schygulla, Georgette Dee, Dieter Rita Scholl, Gloria Viagra, Ades Zabel, Frank Wilde, Gaby Tupper und vielen anderen.

Vögel leben auf allen Kontinenten. Sie sind flüchtige, scheue Tiere. Auf meinen Fotografien lassen sie aber eine unwahrscheinliche Nähe zu. Das eigentlich Fremde und in der Natur nicht Sichtbare habe ich in meinen Vogel-Portraits festgehalten.

Mein Motto: "Authentizität ist das Schlüsselwort, das hinter meiner Fotografie steht. Ich ziehe es vor, mehr die menschliche Note zu zeigen und weniger die Retusche."

Die meisten der Exponate sind in der queeren Community entstanden.

berio-berlin.de/ausstellungen/berliner-und-andere-schraeg...

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My first solo photo exhibition presented at Café Berio, Berlin

Opening July 31, 2018 | Closing September 22, 2018

In my first solo photo exhibition, I showed my Berlin portraits and some of my bird photographs; hence the title of the exhibition. In my photo project, I wanted to get away from the usual deliberately chosen locations for a photo shoot. There is usually something very impersonal about a studio or a selected location for people. I wanted to go where it is most authentic; to the places where the protagonists (mostly artists) are at home and in their element: on stage, backstage and before, during and after a performance or event. I want to show the viewer images that they don't necessarily see during an event and capture outsiders as if they had witnessed it live.

I presented over 70 works in the exhibition, including portraits of Romy Haag, Henry de Winter, Hanna Schygulla, Georgette Dee, Dieter Rita Scholl, Gloria Viagra, Ades Zabel, Frank Wilde, Gaby Tupper and many others.

Birds live on every continent. They are elusive, shy animals. In my photographs, however, they allow an improbable closeness. I have captured what is actually alien and invisible in nature in my bird portraits.

My motto: "Authenticity is the keyword that lies behind my photography. I prefer to show more the human touch and less the retouch."

Most of the exhibits were created in the queer community.

berio-berlin.de/ausstellungen/berliner-und-andere-schraeg...

K190 sits in Castlemaine with what could be counted as the most realistic interpretation of a branchline mixed train comprising both Goods and passenger vehicles to be seen for a good number of years. 5/5/2018

The Sturgeon Moon, August’s full moon, carries powerful spiritual symbolism rooted in ancient wisdom and seasonal cycles.

Named after the prehistoric sturgeon fish, which was most abundant in late summer, this moon invites us to rise from emotional depths, just as the sturgeon surfaces from the lake bottom.

♀️ Spiritual Themes

• Resilience & Strength: Like the sturgeon, this moon reminds us of our ability to endure and thrive through challenges.

• Release & Renewal: It’s a potent time to let go of emotional clutter, outdated beliefs, or toxic attachments.

• Authenticity & Intuition: The moon in Aquarius (2025) encourages introspection, creative problem-solving, and reconnecting with your true self.

Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

Are you never satisfied? Do you keep working at projects until everybody praises you, yet still feel inadequate and frustrated by the imperfection of your work? Does your restlessness rob your sleep? Does your pedantic obsession over small details piss off everybody around you? Worry not longer,...

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Deboxing my Frozen Fever Elsa. First the front cover is removed. Under that there is a clear plastic lid that has white graphics that are similar to the full color graphics of the outer box cover. Then the clear plastic lid is removed, to show the doll in clear view. She is attached to the cardboard backing and plastic supports, and also to the included display stand. Finally the rear outer cardboard cover is removed, leaving her on the cardboard backing. The backing is free standing. Under the backing is the Certificate of Authenticity, which is inside a sealed clear plastic envelope. The CoA is placed in front of the doll.

Detailed photos of my Frozen Fever Elsa Limited Edition 17'' doll. I got her in store on release day, Tuesday November 3, 2015. She is #1559 of 5000. She is shown boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed. I also show her with comparable dolls.

Her only accessory is a red string that was used to connect all the birthday presents for Anna. I decided to remove the string for the final photos of her fully deboxed. Her long braid was tacked to her outfit in two places with nylon thread. I cut the lower thread so her cape could be fully opened, but I decided to leave the upper one alone, so the braid would stay in place nicely draped over her shoulder. I show her ice heels from various angles. I has the same mold as the ice heels of the other two SQ LE 17'' Elsa dolls (LE 2500 and LE 100), but is transparent light blue green, with fine embedded glitter and a shiny iridescent surface. It was difficult to show the true beauty of the shoes in photographs.

Limited Edition Elsa Doll - Frozen Fever - 17''

$119.95

Item No. 6003040901307P

US Disney Store

Released in stores 2015-11-03

Released online 2015-11-04

Sold out online in less than 10 minutes

Purchased in store 2015-11-03

#1559 of 5000

Flowerful

Our latest Elsa Limited Edition doll is inspired by the short Frozen Fever. Elegant in aqua gown with sheer cape overlay, and adorned with shimmering floral details, fine embroidery and faceted gems, Elsa makes every day more perfect!

Magic in the details...

Please Note: Purchase of this item is limited to 1 per Guest.

• Limited Edition of 5000

• Includes Certificate of Authenticity

• Two-toned ombre print gown with green rhinestones and metallic embroidered detailing

• Mesh sleeve and décolletage with floral embroidery and gemstone trim

• Flowing, sheer organza cape with metallic floral embroidery, iridescent frosted glitter accents, and clear faceted gems

• Beautifully braided hair with shimmering golden highlights and floral fixtures

• Rooted eyelashes

• Glittering translucent shoes

• Satin cord accessory

• Fully poseable

• Display stand included

• Comes in elegant window display packaging

• Inspired by the Disney animated short Frozen Fever

The bare necessities

• Ages 6+

• Plastic /polyester

• 17'' H

• Imported

Safety

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small Parts. Not for children under 3 years.

Peter Pan and Captain Hook Doll Set. Boxed doll set with slipcover and acrylic cover off. The dolls are now in clear view. They are attached to the cardboard backing and display stands by rubber bands, wires and plastic T-tabs. Tinker Bell was left attached to the acrylic cover, so she is not in these deboxing photos.

Detailed photos of the Peter Pan and Captain Hook Doll Set. It was released in US Disney Stores on Tuesday October 6, 2015. I got it at my local store through the raffle. My set is #3211 of 6000. There were 18 sets available, and 3 left after the raffle.

I have now fully deboxed the set (except for Tinker Bell). I show Peter and Hook separately and together. I also place Peter and Hook back on the display stand. Hook's hat won't stay on his head, so he is without his hat in all the deboxed photos. I found that Peter has hinge jointed elbows, not ball jointed as I had thought earlier, before I deboxed him. I haven't removed the clothing of either doll, but took a peek at their lower backs, and neither has edition stamps there. The outfits of both dolls are impressive, except for Hook's hat. Hook is 12 1/4 inches tall, Peter is 10 inches tall (about the same height as the Disney Store Flutter Wing Tinker Bell dolls).

Peter Pan and Captain Hook Doll Set - Disney Fairytale Designer Collection

US Disney Store

Release in Stores 2015-10-06

Released online 2015-10-07

Purchased in store 2015-10-06

#3211 of 6000

$129.95

Item No. 6003040901263P

Green friendly

Peter Pan comes face to face with his arch enemy Captain Hook in this limited edition set. With finely detailed costumes, the pair are part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection inspired by Disney's memorable heroes and villains.

Magic in the details...

Please Note: Purchase of this item is limited to 1 per Guest.

As part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection's heroes and villains series, Peter Pan and Captain Hook were carefully crafted by artists inspired by Disney's 1953 movie. Reimagined in exquisite detail, these limited edition dolls were brought to life with thoughtful attention, and uniquely capture the essence of the fairytale characters, creating a one-of-a-kind set that will be a treasured keepsake of collectors and Disney fans.

• Global Limited Edition of 6000

• Includes Certificate of Authenticity

• Includes small Tinker Bell figurine

• Peter Pan features a forest green tunic with printed leaf detail

• Detachable sword

• Detachable cap with feather

• Brown faux leather belt with gold buckle

• Leggings and boots with curled tops

• Captain Hook features dramatic suede coat with gold filigree detailing, and full lining

• Suit vest with buttons, and matching pants

• Stockings with boots featuring gold buckle

• White shirt with lace frill and cuffs

• Rooted hair

• Detachable hat with molded feather

• Detachable sword

• Dolls sold in a special keepsake display case with intricate details on the base, including a golden plate with the names of Peter Pan and Captain Hook

• Includes special Disney Fairytale Designer Collection Gift Bag

• Part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection

* Intended for adult collectors -- Not a child's toy.

The bare necessities

• Plastic / polyester

• Peter Pan: 10'' H

• Captain Hook: 12 1/2'' H

• Tinker Bell: 1 1/2''

• Imported

I received the Platinum Aurora and Phillip Doll Set today, March 11, 2019. I bought it from the Disney Store UK on its release date, February 26, 2019. It shipped on March 1, 2019. The cost was 500 GBP + 28 GBP shipping, through PayPal, which came out to be $724 US. This is about $100 less than buying it from the US Disney Store when it is released on March 16 ($750 + 9.5% tax = $821).

It came double boxed. The outer shipping box was rather flimsy, and one end of it was crushed. But the inner shipper was undamaged, being protected by a crumpled layer of heavy wrapping paper. It had Cart #69 of 300 written on the shipper, which equates to edition number 269 of 650, as apparently Europe gets numbers 201 through 500.

The doll box has a unique design. The front lid has two flaps that have a magnetic closure, and a large orange four leaf design attached to the left flap. The dolls are dimly seen through frosted plastic windows in cutouts of the lids. There are rose gold foil trim in the plastic window and cardboard lid. The full title of the set is 60th Anniversary Disney Sleeping Beauty: The Aurora and Prince Phillip Collector Doll Set. It is a limited edition of 650. It contains a Certificate of Authenticity and individual doll stands. The description of the set in the back of the box states that this is a wedding doll set.

Aurora is in a primarily rose gold colored wedding gown, with white satin bodice, rose gold two tiered veil with lace trim, rose gold crown and necklace with white gems. There is gems and gold and rose gold embroidery in the outer skirt, and embossed detail in the inner white skirt. I will describe further detail after I fully debox the dolls.

Prince Phillip is in a silver faux leather tunic, with puff upper sleeves in silver and red, and silver lower sleeves with embroidery on the cuffs. He is wearing black pants and boots. He has a full length red velvet cape with red satin lining. He has a black belt with a false buckle that slides along the belt (I had to center it on his waist after opening the box). He has dark brown rooted hair. His expression is rather bland.

Aurora is clearly the star of this set, and it's too bad that Phillip doesn't match her in elegance and detail.

The set is still available on the UK Disney Store site.

Disney Store Sleeping Beauty and Prince Philip Limited Edition Doll Set

UK Disney Store

Released 2019-02-26

The Limited Edition Ariel and Eric Doll Set, #12 of 6000, in their display case, with the clear acrylic cover removed. None of the factory restraints have been removed, but I have cleaned up Ariel's face a bit, and cut off a loose thread from her blouse. Photographed using built-in camera flash.

My pre-ordered Ariel and Eric Doll Set, from the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection. It arrived on October 15, 2013, and I was thrilled to see that they are numbered #012 of 6000! It matches the number of the other doll sets in the pre-order, except that Snow White and the Prince is #4508 of 6000. There are some slight scratches on the gold nameplate and on the acrylic cover of the display case, but they are very minor, and don't diminish the look of the set. Ariel's head is posed a bit awkwardly, but I'll see if I can adjust it a bit without undoing any of the shipping restraints. There is also a loose thread hanging from the left sleeve of Ariel's blouse. Otherwise, Ariel and Eric look very beautiful, and in perfect shape. I'm so happy that I have them after failing to get them in the in-store raffle earlier in the day.

I'm not going to debox the dolls in this set, but I am going to take photos of it boxed, with the cover sleeve off, and with the clear acrylic cover off, to show off the dolls as much as possible without actually removing them from their factory restraints.

Ariel and Eric Doll Set

Disney Fairytale Designer Collection

US Disney Store

Release In-Store: October 15, 2013

Release Online: October 16, 2013 (at 12 AM PDT)

Sold Out Online: October 16, 2013 (by 12:15 AM)

Pre-ordered at the D23 Expo, August 9, 2013

Received October 15, 2013.

#12 of 6000

Product information from the US Disney Store website:

Ariel and Prince Eric Doll Set - Disney Fairytale Designer Collection

$129.95

Item No. 6070040900891P

Above the sea

The red-headed Ariel gets her wish to be out of the sea and with her handsome prince, Eric, in this pair of limited-edition dolls. Part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection, they feature elegantly detailed costumes.

Magic in the details...

Please Note: Each Guest will be limited to ordering a maximum of one of this item per order.

As part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection this pair of Ariel and Prince Eric dolls were carefully crafted by artists inspired by Disney's 1989 movie The Little Mermaid. The Disney Princess and handsome Prince have been reimagined in exquisite detail with these limited edition dolls. Brought to life with thoughtful attention, they uniquely capture the essence of the fairytale couple, creating a one of a kind set that will be a treasured keepsake of collectors, Disney fans, and every princess at heart!

•Global Limited Editon of 6000

•Includes Certificate of Authenticity

•Ariel features her signature red curls tied back with a blue satin bow

•Rooted eyelashes

•Lacey off-shoulder neckline

•Satin and velvet bodice with embroidery and rhinestone accents

•Embroidered taffeta overlay with printed inset hemmed with lace trim at the bottom

•Prince Eric features billowy satin shirt with embroidered detailing

•Crimson sash, belt and matching boots

•Dolls sold in a special keepsake display case with intricate details on the base, including a golden plate with the name of Ariel and Eric

•Includes special Disney Fairytale Designer Collection Gift Bag

•Part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection

* Intended for adult collectors -- Not a child's toy.

The bare necessities

•Plastic / polyester

•Ariel: 11 1/2'' H

•Prince Eric: 12'' H

•Imported

Deboxing Rags Snow White. Front and rear covers removed, leaving the free standing backing, to which the doll and accessories are attached. The Certificate of Authenticity is removed from under the backing, and placed in front of the doll.

I got my Rags Snow White Limited Edition 17'' Doll in person from the Disney Store on her release day, Tuesday August 1, 2017. I was #1 in line for the doll, and they let me keep the line card, which I show in the first photo. I picked the second of two dolls that were handed to me. The second one had much neater hair than the first, but her hair do is still not very even, being much fuller on the left side (to her right). Hopefully I can even out her hairdo when I debox her. I liked the look of the curls on the right side. Her eyelashes were very even, and her face was flawlessly painted. I love her face, her pose in the box, the decorations, the Wishing Well background image, and her white dove accessory figure that she holds in her left hand. It is reminiscent of the original LE Snow White's pose with her bluebird friend. She is #2561 of 6500.

The manufacture of real sculpture in Bali, the atmosphere is formidable and authenticity predominates

Limited Edition Teal Jasmine deboxed. She is posed standing, supported by her included display stand.

Because of the weight of her hair, when it is placed in its natural position behind her, it unbalances her and makes her head and back lean backwards. The base of the doll stand is slick and the top clamp doesn't help that much to keep her in position, so she tends to slide forwards on the stand as well. So it's a chore to make her stand straight up for the photos (or just for displaying her). Red Jasmine has a similar problem that is even more severe, since her pony tail juts out behind her, and her neck and upper torso joints aren't as stiff as they are on my Teal Jasmine.

Detailed photos of my pre-ordered Teal Jasmine 17 inch doll. I picked her up on release day (Tuesday October 13, 2015) from my local Disney Store. She is #1834 of 5000. She has a similar color difference between her torso and the rest of her body (including her head) as that of my Red Jasmine doll. There is golden sheen in her torso that is especially noticeable in her neck and upper chest. I like Teal Jasmine much more than I thought I would from my initial look at the stock photos and even seeing the display doll in person, although Red Jasmine is still my favorite of the two.

She is photographed boxed, during deboxing, and fully deboxed. She is also posed with other comparable dolls.

Limited Edition Jasmine Doll - 17'' - Pre-Order

US Disney Store

Pre-order In Store 2015-08-04 (in US and Canada)

Pre-order Online 2015-08-05

$119.95

Item No. 6003040901276P

Exotic elegance

The Disney Store proudly presents the Limited Edition Jasmine Doll. Stunning in her peacock-inspired gown, our finely detailed Princess Jasmine is presented in a scenic display for a lasting keepsake. See more

Reserve by clicking Pre-Order now! We expect this item to be available by 10/13/2015. You will be notified via email when it is ready to ship.

Magic in the details...

Available to own October 13, 2015

Please Note: Purchase of this item is limited to 1 per Guest.

• Limited Edition 1 of 5000

• Includes Certificate of Authenticity

• Bodice with metallic embroidered peacock motif

• Overskirt with intricate metallic gold pattern with gems on bottom

• Sculpted belt and bracelets with jewels

• Golden necklace set with glimmering gems

• Metallic gold beads adorn hair

• Fully poseable

• Display stand included

• Comes in elegant window display case

• Celebrating the return of Disney's classic Aladdin to DVD and Blu-ray disc

The bare necessities

• Ages 6+

• Plastic / polyester

• 17'' H

• Imported

Safety

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small Parts. Not for children under 3 years.

Deboxing my Designer Fawn doll. First the slipcover is slid off, revealing the doll inside a display case that has a clear acrylic cover. It is much easier to take the slipcover off than it was for the Designer Zarina doll from last year. Then the acrylic cover is taken off. Fawn and the rabbit are still attached to the cardboard backing. I can now take much clearer photos of the doll and the rabbit figure.

There were only two of us waiting for Designer Fawn when the store opened on release day, Tuesday February 17, 2015. They had 14 dolls available, so 12 remaining after we bought ours. The Fawn that they first gave to the other person in line had a rabbit that broke free from its restraint, and it was lying on its side in the other corner. Mine is #441 of 4000.

The Designer Fawn doll was released shortly after midnight, on the morning of February 18, 2015. However, at the same time there were continuing glitches in the US Disney Store website, so that it was nearly impossible to purchase the doll (and many other items) for at least an hour after it became visible on the site.

Fawn Disney Fairies Designer Collection Doll

US Disney Store

Released in stores 2015-02-17

Released online 2015-02-18 12 AM PST

$59.95

Item No. 6070040901174P

Fawn patrol

Pixie Hollow's animal fairy is joined here by her bunny friend Calista. Elegantly styled by Disney Store artists to capture her playful character, this detailed, limited edition Fawn doll is part of our Disney Fairies Designer Collection.

Magic in the details...

Please Note: Purchase of this item is limited to 1 per Guest.

Enter into an enchanted world of magic and adventure with our Disney Fairies Designer Collection. Carefully crafted by Disney Store artists to uniquely capture the essence of each character, this collection reimagines Disney Fairies with a touch of ethereal sophistication. Inspired by nature and lush organic textures, this doll is sure to be a treasured keepsake of collectors and Disney fans everywhere!

• Global Limited Edition of 4000

• Includes Certificate of Authenticity

• Fawn features elegantly twisted hair with detailed leaf accent

• Rooted eyelashes

• Gathered off-the-shoulder bodice of sheer organza embellished with gems

• Feather-style skirt with metallic print and gems layered over chiffon petals

• Glittering wings

• Fawn is accompanied by Calista, her adorable bunny friend

• Doll sold in a special keepsake display case with intricate details on the base, including a golden plate with the name of Fawn in ornate font

• Part of the Disney Fairies Designer Collection

* Intended for adult collectors -- Not a child's toy.

The bare necessities

• Plastic / polyester

• 11'' H

• Imported

bought at Dille & Kamille in Brussels.

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Deboxing the Tiana and Naveen doll set. First its protective cover sleeve taken off. Then the acrylic top cover of the display case is removed. It is loosened from the tabs on the bottom of the case, then slowly slid off the cardboard backing. The dolls are now in clear view. They are attached to the backing and various plastic spacers.

I purchased the Tiana and Naveen Disney Fairytale Designer Doll Set at my local Disney Store, on its release day, Tuesday September 23, 2014. There were only five persons entered in the drawing, and the store had 15 sets to sell. I got my set and opened it up at the register to make sure everything looked good. They looked perfect to me. I took a quick photo, with permission from the CM. In better lighting, the gold embroidery in her dress was much more impressive than I remembered it from looking at the display dolls. I also looked at the back, and it was #4872 of 6000. That was a nice number to me, so I declined the offer from the CM to look at another set to see if it had a lower number. I will photograph the set boxed, during deboxing, and fully deboxed. I will also show the set next to other comparable dolls.

Tiana and Prince Naveen Doll Set - Disney Fairytale Designer Collection

US Disney Store

Released in store 2014-09-23

Released online 2014-09-24

$129.95

Item No. 6070040901073P

New leaf

Possessing a love of cooking, Tiana has all the ingredients to become a perfect princess. Paired with her handsome Prince, this stunning set of finely detailed Disney Fairytale Designer Collection dolls will be cherished happily ever after.

Magic in the details...

Please Note: Purchase of this item is limited to 1 per Guest.

As part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection this pair of Tiana and Prince Naveen dolls were carefully crafted by artists inspired by Disney's 2009 movie, The Princess and the Frog. The Disney Princess and her Prince have been reimagined in exquisite detail with these limited edition dolls. Brought to life with thoughtful attention, they uniquely capture the essence of the fairytale couple, creating a one of a kind set that will be a treasured keepsake of collectors, Disney fans and every princess at heart.

* Global Limited Editon of 6000

* Includes Certificate of Authenticity

* Romantic swept-up hair with water lilly accent

* Elegant olive green bodice with pale yellow satin leaf inset

* Intricately sculpted gold floral belt with sparkling gems

* Multilayered organza leaf gown in rich olive green hues

* Embellished with gold embroidery and glittering crystals

* Dramatic make-up and rooted eyelashes

* Prince features light green twill tunic with gold leaf embroidery details

* Matching hazel-colored cape with a rich dark green satin lining

* Dolls sold in a special keepsake display case with intricate details on the base, including a golden plate with the names of Tiana and Naveen

* Includes special Disney Fairytale Designer Collection Gift Bag

* Part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection

* Intended for adult collectors -- Not a child's toy.

The bare necessities

* Plastic / polyester

* Tiana: 11 1/2'' H

* Prince Naveen: 12'' H

* Imported

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I just received the #009 of 6000 DFDC Snow White and the Prince Doll Set (2013), from a Facebook group. It has the second lowest number of any of my LE dolls, next to my #0004 of 4000 Designer Fairy Zarina, which I got first hand when she was released. I wanted to get it not just because it was a very low number, but also as sort of a consolation for the fact that my pre-ordered DFDC set was all #12 of 6000, except for Snow White and the Prince, which was #4508.

The cert. that came with the necklace when it was purchased.

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Deboxing LE Elena. All covers are removed, leaving her on the cardboard backing, which is free standing. The Certificate of Authenticity is taken from under the backing, and placed in front of her.

I got the Elena of Avalor LE 17 inch Doll from my local Disney Store on the release day, Tuesday November 21, 2017. I went to my store at 11:30 am, instead of my usual line up before the store opens for LE doll releases. There were three of the doll behind the counter, but placed sideways and with no promo placard. So it wasn't obvious that there was a Limited Edition doll release today. The CM I bought the doll from didn't seem to know anything about the release, so I don't know how many dolls the store got in, how many they sold, or how many were remaining. I took the first doll that was handed to me, since the doll looked perfect to me. She is #1375 of 6000.

Elena of Avalor Designer Doll - Limited Edition

US Disney Store

Released online and in-store 2017-11-21

Purchased in-store 2017-11-21

#1375 of 6000

$119.95

Item No. 6003040900403P

Collectors and fans of Elena of Avalor alike will adore this highly detailed designer doll featuring the teenager in charge. Looking regal in her embroidered, rhinestone-studded dress, this limited edition doll will become a treasured favorite.

Safety

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small Parts. Not for children under 3 years.

Magic in the details

Please note: Purchase of this item is limited to 1 per Guest.

• Limited Edition of 6000

• Certificate of Authenticity

• Fully poseable

• Multi-layered dress features embroidered and rhinestone details

• Removable tiara, bracelet, and shoes (earrings are attached)

• Scepter features rhinestone accents

• Includes display stand

• Scenic display presentation box

• Inspired by Elena of Avalor on Disney Channel

The bare necessities

• Plastic

• 16'' H

• Imported

Minimal post-production, maximum authenticity.

Here Designer Zarina is boxed, with the slip cover and acrylic cover off. She is now in the clear. She is secured to the factory packaging by wires, thread, rubber bands and plastic T-tabs. Photographed in daylight.

First look at my Zarina Limited Edition Designer Doll. My Zarina is 0137 of 4000. There were no designer bags, as there were in the previous Designer doll collections.

My visit to my local Disney Store on Februay 18, 2014. I was there for the release of the Disney Fairies Designer Collection dolls. I also noticed that they had several items in the Frozen section that had been missing for several weeks, especially the mugs and Classic Anna dolls, but no Elsas.

They had eight of each Designer Fairy doll, Tinker Bell and Zarina. There were about that many people waiting in line before the store opened, waiting to buy them. I didn't do an actual count, but no one left the line when it was announced how many dolls there were, so there were probably seven or eight of them in the line. They had no designer bags, so they just put them in regular Disney Store bags.

I inspected my dolls, and they looked in perfect condition. I was surprised by their shiny pearly skin (similar in texture to LE Ursula and Harrods Elsa), but they looked very beautiful. The artwork on the boxes were also very beautiful, but the backgrounds behind the dolls were plain looking. The CM had to help me take off the slip cover of the Zarina doll, as it was very tight. She said all the Zarinas seemed to be that way.

Below is information from the UK Disney Store website, as the dolls are not yet available online in the US site.

Zarina Limited Edition Designer Doll

UK Disney Store

Released Online and In Stores: 2014-02-18

£50.00

Item No. 411048312633P

The swashbuckling enchantment of Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy is forever captured in this limited edition Zarina doll, beautifully realised with embroidered fabrics and meticulous detailing.

Magic in the details...

•Limited edition doll

•Zarina from Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy

•Part of the Disney Fairies Designer Collection

•Worldwide limited edition of 4000

•Includes a certificate of authenticity

•Exquisite attention to detail

•Realistic hair with ribbon headband

•Full eyelashes

•Shimmering, iridescent wings

•Sword with detailed handle

•Nautical coat with asymmetric collar, intricate embroidery and buttons

•Faux leather bodice with lace-up detail and embroidered belt

•Comes in a tough plastic display case with a stand

•Doll measures H30cm approx

•Display case measures H38 x W17.5 x D18.5cm approx

•Suitable for children aged 6 years+

•Created for Disney Store

A peaceful beach at sunset — the sky glowing with soft, soulful hues of gold and rose. A simple wooden bench and a weathered sign stand quietly, overlooking the calm waves. A moment of stillness and beauty, where time feels suspended and the world breathes in harmony. 🌅✨

Hello and welcome si-fier to another Rab's Reviews. A friend 'lent' me an old Bush Black and White Console Cabinet Television Model TUG 12.

He said, "Why not enter into the mood of things, and watch the movie on this old Bush black and white console t.v. add some authenticity as you review the show, so as a little tribute to si-fiers long ago, this I did.

I must say this old Black and White Bush t.v. took a 'wee' while to warm up, just like the film, but well worth the effort, for there are many rewards to be gleaned from this movie, as only the committed si-fier will know.....

A young Amreican couple are cuddling each other in a convertible in a layby, to the sound of some great 'Do-Wap' music, some chilling orchestral music builds, a heart rendering scream is heard,the picture fades, and the titles roll.....

Welcome Si-Fier to another adventure in Black and White land, a compendium of emotions awaits you under the guise of.....

BEGINNING OF THE END 1957 si-fi Movie.

Just trying to comprehend, the comprehensibility of this incomprehensible title, has me writhing on the floor blowing bubbles from the side of my mouth.

Two Policemen in car 254 are patrolling the area, the scenery in the background is moving but car 254 is not, (this is an illusory ploy by the film makers which has fooled me again and again, look out for it throughout the movie) They pull over to where the young couple had been, and find their convertible a torn, tangled, wreckage, (no sign of the couple). One officier suspects foul play. The driver of the vehicle was a Mr William Summerfield, (Ludlow address). Investigators arrive and find a 'girls sweater'. Car 254 is sent to Ludlow to locate Mr Summerfields house, and reports back.."The whole town of Ludlow has been destroyed", "send help lots of help quick"....(screeching ghoulish music is played...oooeeerrr)

Cut to a new scene and a beautiful young woman driving along the countryside in her convertible (so real), approaches a road block, soldiers with automatic weapons draw near, she is told she can't pass and to follow the arrows. She pulls over gets out of the car, taking her camera, she tries to persuade one of the gaurds to let her through and is told, "the old man says no one is to get through, no one is what the old man said". So she drives away, stops gets out of her car, climbs some hills, and takes a picture, (you will love the sight of this old American flash camera, usually carried by people from the press), but a soldier quickly snatches the camera out of her hand saying "no pictures allowed mame". She goes to the Commanding officier, and sees Captain Bartlett. We find out that this is no other than Miss Audrey Aims, who covered the Korean war and has written a book, and she now works for the National Wire Service, and gives her word she won't publish anything, and is told "last night a town with a population of 150 people was completely destroyed, vanished, no bodies, no nothing." "150 people just don't vanish into thin air," says Audery. Captain Bartlett asks, "we're still trying to find out what happened, would you like to 'sit-in' Miss Aims.

A witness comes into the office and is questioned about the overnight events in Ludlow, and asked if he noticed anything strange about the town or people, anything unusal. He replies he heard something like thunder, and about midnight a plane went overhead. Thats all Dave has to offer, but a very 'Droll' telephone operator is questioned and is very helpfull. Audrey is introduced to Colonel Sturgeon he remarks, "I've read alot of your stuff and seen alot of your photographs". The Colonel is going to Ludlow, Audrey wants to go with him, but is not allowed, she also wants her camera back, and (just to keep us all in suspence) says "there has to be a logical explanation for all this, a town with 150 people doesn't just dissapear." Captain Bartlett says, "this one did."

(Good things come to those who wait...) At this point I thought there isn't much happening, but just when I was about to give up, one of the most imaginative, contrivances ever to be conceived by Man takes place...I refer to The in car telephone call, (Hands free it's not) I will say very little about the telephone call Audery makes from her convertable, a person to person call to Norman Taggart. What you will witness here you will tell your children about, and I have come to the conclusion that 'the great british telephone box', was invented after someone had watched this 'acting'. Note how Mr Taggart is a very fast writer as his pencil speeds across the paper. Audrey drives back to the road block outside Ludlow looking for her camera. Norman phones back and tells her, "the only people who have been playing around with radioactive materials are the U.S. dept of Agriculture, an experimental project in illinois Experimental Station. Audrey heads out to the Station in her 'American Convertible with white walled tyres', she goes into a greenhouse, there are some intresting yet suspicious looking potted plants.Wait till you see the size of these beauties, "you'll think you are watching Irwin Allen's Land Of The Giants." she tries to talk to a deaf mute, (Frank) a radition accident has left him in this condition. She meets the project director a Mr Wain Wright, explaining she's trying to find out what happened in Ludlow, and how she thinks radition might have something to do with it. Wain doesn't think so, as the radition isotopes he uses isn't explosive, "your answer isn't here," he says. So Audery checks out the giant strawberries, Wain comments, "this is the future for the American farmer, and all farmers everywhere," but there's a bit of a problem, you can't eat them. Audrey asks"how do they get so big," Wain explains "Radition causes photosynthesis which makes the growing process to continue night and day, acting like an artificial Sun that never sets."

So it's back into the 'non-movable-white-walled-convertible' and back to illinois national grand H.Q. Audrey meets the Colonel who will not let her go to Ludlow, but he soon gives-in to her questioning, and makes Bartlett drive her to Ludlow....adding, "I hope you have a strong Stomach." Eventually Audrey and the audience get to see Ludlow, and it looks like the 'Left-Overs' from a Tsunami, Audrey takes photographs as they drive through the town, (quite a large town for 150 people and the roads are uneffected) but the 'unmovable-convertible' can go anywhere. Audrey recalls the different wars she has covered as a photographer. Bartlett says, "you must be used to it by now," Audrey replies, "Captain some things you never get used to."

Audrey returns to Wain's giant fruit stall, and asks him to take her to the warehouse that was destroyed 3 months ago. So of they go all three, Audrey, Frank (the deaf mute), and Wain, (in the 'horizontal-convertible-telephone-box). I really love these 'Driving along the road scenes', and I do hope the si-fier is convinced that the convertible is actually moving. Audrey informs the occupants that she was born inquisitive and Inherited her 'photography' from her Father. Wain tells her he's always been a scientist, (everyone in this film has read one of Audrey's articles at some point in their lives including Wain!!!) They arrive at the warehouse, which is a mass of wreckage strewn everywhere, (Wain puts fourth a well scienced statement) "some force pushed these walls out from the inside." The deaf mute beckons them over and they discover that the ground is completely barron, they chat abit about jobs and work. Audrey wants to get some shots and goes for her camera.

A strange noise is heard......at last!!!! the audience get to see some 'state of the art' "Kinematography" and a strange creature appears from behind some corrugated-iron.

WOW !!!!....It's a Giant Locust...Yes ! Si-Fi enthusiasts this is a Giant Insect Movie, (I held out on you as not to spoil it for you), just look at the 'Kinematics' of this creature, this makes the movie very special indeed, in that they are not only giant grasshoppers, but they are the type that are 'sort-of-see-through', looking somewhat out of place, Im sure that the cinemas of yesteryear 'rang-out' with screams of terrified people. The Giant locust has taken Frank (deaf mute) by surprise, poor Frank tries to scream, but being a deaf mute he can't. Audrey sees what has happened and tells Wain, "Franks gone you can't save him," (a fine piece of acting Frank) Audrey and Wain get into the car and speed off.

Back at H.Q. Wain has an explanation for all the events thats happened he tells Tom, "locusts giant locusts," "Giant locusts are responsible for all this, 8 feet tall vicious merciless killers, some locusts must have gotten into the greenhouse, and ate some of the giant food, and became giant locusts, each one has the strength of ten men." So Tom takes Wain back, with a truck load of fully armed soldiers to see if the giant grasshoppers are still there. The soldiers dismount and 'fan-out' around the wreckage, and Wain shows Tom the 'spot'. No body is found so they go into the woods. (the orchestration is becoming very tense now, and the 'trenchant' si-fi observer will instinctively know something is about to happen, I wonder what it will be?) One of the soldiers says to his mate, "maybe we could train one of these giant 'what's-it's'to pull a plough." (more operatic music, strumming, thrumming, and vamping, danger must surely be nigh!) Sure enough some high pitched grasshopper noises are heard, and everyone is listening intently wondering what it is making all the noise, sure enough a Giant locust appears. (this is intoxication frame by frame, this is the stuff 'tantrums' are made of) the soldiers 'let-loose' with all the 'firepower' they have, and make a retreat. The hoppers are in hot persuit and one or two of the soldiers 'buy-it'. Hope is not lost, what looks like a Gatling Gun is mounted on the back of the truck, and a soldier 'lets-rip' at the Giant Insectile Creatures, but all this 'fire-power' has absolutely no effect on the Giant Cicada, so the soldiers make their escape in the Army truck. Every available man is needed, plus air-support to Bomb 'them' out of the forest, 3 infantry units deployed in 3 hours for 100 locusts, Wain says "It's not enough." Wain and Audrey deside to go to Washington to see some 'Top-Brass', Wain delivers the hard facts to Audrey, "we've got to convince them Audrey," "we may be witnessing the beginning of an era that'll mean the complete annihilation of man." Audrey says "Annihilation." Wain says "Annihilation......THE BEGINNING OF THE END.

We are in Washington now, and Wain is making a presentation, along with a film show to all the 'top-brass' and congress, saying "If a tiny locust can do all this damage, imagine what a locust as big as a man can do, and growing bigger," "we haven't much time." The Congress believe that the illionis national gaurd can handle the situation, but an unexpected telephone call from Ludlow changes everything, when the news that the grasshoppers have broken through the National Gaurd Line. The 'Top-Brass' make their appologies.

The General and Wain are sitting in an Aeroplane bound for Paxton Ludlow, they are discussing plans, the voice from the radio informs the General, they can't land in Paxton, and tell the General that the giant locusts have 'Over-Run' Paxton at 1400 Hrs. (look out for the antediluvian 'Bakelite' radio, they don't make them like that anymore) so next stop has to be Chicago. The General recieves a tele-message from General John Short to.....DEFEND CHICAGO AT ALL COSTS.....Refugees are pouring into Chicago now, food is running low, meanwhile thousands of troops are being deployed.

Back at the Lab Wain is studying locust behaviour, and has come up with the idea of shipping 2000 gallons of posion to the front-line, but a telephone call informs Wain, that the last batch of posion didn't even slow the locusts down, he tells his colleagues, "the stuffs no good forget it."

Many towns and cities have already been destroyed. Some 'Doom-watching' music is playing.....Ahhh the hopelessness of it all, with the probability of complete and utter destruction,....(this is the best black and white music I have ever heard) and to 'top' it all, there's a newspaper on the desk with the Headlines, 'CHICAGO NEXT.' Audrey arrivies and lighten things up a bit by telling Wain, "you're doing everything you can," but Wain has sunk to unimaginable depths and replies, "the time will come when the beasts shall inherit the Earth."

The scenario changes, we see a battlefield, hundreds of military tanks, foot soldiers, all manner of vehicles along with the best fire-power America can 'muster-up', rumbling across a plain somewhere in Chicago, looking for locusts. A background news report tells us that General Hanson is confident he can keep the 'meanace' at bay, the air force, and marines are moving in, back-up for the Army. (every man and his dog.) The viewer will witness this report on a wonderful television set that your Granny might have watched. (look out for this scene, check out the legs on the t.v. stand....best ever.) The reporter informs us, that before the locusts attack, they let out a high pitched 'screech' and when the 'screech' reaches it's maxium they attack. Back at H.Q. officies all is going to plan, suddenly the noise from 1000 locusts are heard. In the streets outside multitudes of people are running around like 'headless chickens' panic has taken grip of Chicago. Meanwhile the army has set up a 'front' with soldiers, tanks, and Artillery as the locusts appear, an officier shouts, "hold your fire men," as the locusts draw near. Suddenly all hell breaks loose, handguns, atomatics, tank shells, flame throwers, and (did I mention Bazookas) 'let-rip.' These are great Scenographical images, "this is what the cinema ticket holder long ago came to see." As I watch I think Realistically this could be happening anywhere in the World, especially when I see a sky filled with choppers, these are the best Helicopters I have ever saw in my life. Do you remember a television programme called "Whirlybirds" (if you haven't seen at least 1 episode, make it your business to do so) boy!!! this takes me back to my youth.

So the locusts breach all the might of the American front line. The reporter announces, "that the giant locusts have reached Chicago southside." There is total intimidation, along with a state of terror, stampedes, and palpitating pandemonium in the streets, all the major roads are blocked with cars full of fleeing Americans, while a voice from a 'tannoy' announcement is heard, "Do not Panic!," "Do not Panic!," The locusts have entered well into the city now, chasing people, and climbimg skyscrapers.

We focus on a beautiful young lady inside one of the skyscrapers, wearing nothing but a bath towel, she is gently brushing her hair, and in the window behind her, the terrifying head of a giant locust appears, the window is broken, and the lady turns around and screams. (Method acting takes over.....see as the woman turns, both her hands lift the table and overturn it for effect, it really can't get any better than this. I imagine long winter hours spent alone, in deep thought and mediation, treading back and fourth, chiselling away at her very soul and heart to manufacture and decipher for us this moment of 'ballet' and bring it to boards of theatreland......may I say thankyou, thankyou so much dear lady, I will never forget this piece of acting.)

At H.Q. officies Audrey and Wain enter and meet the General who informs them that the locusts have stopped their advance, Wain informs the General, "when the temperature drops to 68' the locusts just stop moving, and when the sun comes out they'll be active again." The General tells Wain "there's a B52 bomber ready with an Atom bomb aboard." Wain says, "you can't drop an Atomic bomb on Chicago," General speaks, "but Washington has given permission to do just that, so the city has to be evacuated, we drop at dawn." Audrey suggests that the 'Early Settlers' drove the locusts into the lake. This gives Wain an Idea, "we can't drive them, but we could attract them, if we could reproduce their call it might work General," Wain continues, "have you ever been duck hunting General," The General thinks for a minute, then says, "the duck call." Now the General is convinced, he asks Wain, "What do you need." Wain tells the General "I need an 'Osio ossicillator', 2 audio amplifiers, the most powerfull you can get, an ossicillope, and some high frequency radio equipment, and a boat." The General responds, "what ever you need we'll get," Wain suggests, "well there's one thing I have to get my-self, something that will tell me I've succeeded," "Whats that?" says the General. Wain tells him, "A live giant Grasshopper."

So the plan to lure the Grasshoppers, is put into action. Troops are employed "hither and thither." Wain and the General enter into an alleyway, (menacing music is playing, Wain accidently kicks and empty tin can, which makes me jump,) we hera some 'hopper' noises and a giant locust rises out of the basement in front of them. Wain and the General 'Don' gassmasks, and deploy some gass bombs at the 'see-through' locust. (great 'super-duper' effects) Wain runs out of the alley, blows a whistle and shouts, "come on men, we've got one in here," and lots of troops run into the alley.

Back at Washington H.Q. they have a giant locust captured and put in a glass case for observation, Wain and Audrey are experimenting on the locust, trying to find the right 'sound' that will lure the creatures, "the polygraph will record the reactions," says Wain. An assistant asks, "How does it work?" (Dear si-fier always pay attention to a question like this, they crop up quite often in these old movies, for the answer to these questions will enhance and enlighten your knowledge of the universe, it will also give you an insight in the 'Psyche' of the writer) Wain replies, "I just attach the wires of the polygraph, to the two copper strips at the base of the cage, the locusts like every other living thing has, galvanic reflexes or electrical charges in direct ratio to it's activity or emotional stimulation." Audery says, "I don't understand." (tut-tut) Wain explains again and Audrey says, "It's like a lie detector test isn't it." (best line in the movie) also listen out for the noise the lie detector makes, (I really enjoyed that), the Colonel walks in and tells Wain, "you've had your chance, it's the Air-force's turn," and calls General Wagner at the air base. Wain returns to his experimentation, but there may be no time left, the Bomb drops in 90 minutes. Audrey won't leave Wain, she wants to stay with him even though an A-Bomb is gonna drop soon. The Colonel tells Wain, "there's a get-a-way car waiting outside, and if he's sucessful to contact him right away so he can stop the bomb. The streets of Chicago are desolate now, evacuated, and back at the experimental lab Wain and Audrey are hard at work, (the clock on the wall reminds us there is not much time left).

Suddenly they 'hit' the right 'frequency' and the 'needles' on the polygraph machine 'run amok', just as this happens the locust breaks out of it's glass cage, and devours an assistant, Wain 'lets-loose' with a sub-machine gun, and the 'hopper' becomes 'hopper-stew'. They have found the right frequency now, and Colonel Hanson has to be informed, for it is only Colonel Hanson who can STOP the A-Bomb. (there are some great aerial shots of a B-52 bomber being diverted from it's flight path...Phew!!!) Colonel Hanson radios Wain and tells him, "the show is all yours Wain wright, get the equipment into the boat on the lake, and I'll be your 'Pied Piper'." (look out for this 'mind-boggling' scene a speed boat, speeding across a lake, there is something 'Pseudo' about it. In fact this is 'Pseudoblepsis' at it's very best, indeed this film is a film based on Pseudoblepsis, and untill one watches, the boat speeding across the lake the 'word' 'Pseudoblepsis' will mean nothing to you.) The temperature is rising and the locusts are starting to move, a helicopter is tracking their movements, meanwhile the General is on board the boat on the lake as the Grasshoppers invade the city.

A high pitched frequency is sounded from the top of a skyscraper over all the city to attract the grasshoppers. The emergency lab is now completely surrounded by locusts, a poor soldier on the roof doesn't see the giant locust behind him and 'buys-it'. There are some excellent scenes of the locusts climbing up the skyscrapers, (very unsettling), but if you look closely enough dear si-fier, you might detect that it is grasshoppers just walking across photographs of skyscrapers, (this is the stuff 'Pseudoblepsis' is made from). Wain has to hold-out a while longer because all the locusts have not reached the downtown area yet, the all clear is given, and Colonel Hanson, who is out on the lake, turns on his Amplifier to lure the locusts into the lake, meanwhile a 'running-battle' is taking place at H.Q. lab. (some good scenes as the grasshoppers are being shot of the skyscrapers) The locusts begin to retreat towards the noise from the boat, and as the locusts enter into the water they die.

Wain takes Audrey into his arms and hugs her, (romantic, loving music is playing in the background) they don't even kiss,.....Ahhh!!...the age of innocence....it's all over.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY.........JACK MARTA

MUSIC COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY.........ALBERT GLASSER

SPECIAL TECHNICAL EFFECTS........BERT I GORDON

SOUND EFFECTS MEN.....................DOUGLAS STEWART / GEORGE J EPPICH

SCREEN PLAY..................................FRED FREIBERGER / LESTER GORN

PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY........BERT I GORDON.

To the people I have listed above and many others involved in the making of..

"THE BEGINNING OF THE END", I say this, From the infinite boundaries of the universe, there was a time allotted, where each individual would be brought together......the result,

A transcendant Movie. nay! nay!..Sovereignty reigns supreme in this supernormal production, to delight audiences for years to come.....a big Thank-you to all....

Here Designer Tinker Bell is boxed, with the slip cover and acrylic cover off. She is now in the clear. She is secured to the factory packaging by wires and rubber bands. Photographed in daylight.

First look at my Tinker Bell Limited Edition Designer Doll. My Tinker Bell is number 2710 of 4000. There were no designer bags, as there were in the previous Designer doll

collections.

My visit to my local Disney Store on Februay 18, 2014. I was there for the release of the Disney Fairies Designer Collection dolls. I also noticed that they had several items in the Frozen section that had been missing for several weeks, especially the mugs and Classic Anna dolls, but no Elsas.

They had eight of each Designer Fairy doll, Tinker Bell and Zarina. There were about that many people waiting in line before the store opened, waiting to buy them. I didn't do an actual count, but no one left the line when it was announced how many dolls there were, so there were probably seven or eight of them in the line. They had no designer bags, so they just put them in regular Disney Store bags.

I inspected my dolls, and they looked in perfect condition. I was surprised by their shiny pearly skin (similar in texture to LE Ursula and Harrods Elsa), but they looked very beautiful. The artwork on the boxes were also very beautiful, but the backgrounds behind the dolls were plain looking. The CM had to help me take off the slip cover of the Zarina doll, as it was very tight. She said all the Zarinas seemed to be that way.

Below is information from the UK Disney Store website, as the dolls are not yet available online in the US site.

Tinker Bell Limited Edition Designer Doll

UK Disney Store

Released Online and In Stores: 2014-02-18

£50.00

Item No. 411048313135P

Let the feisty star of Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy touch down in your home as this limited edition Tinker Bell doll, beautifully realised with embroidered fabrics and meticulous detailing.

Magic in the details...

•Limited edition doll

•Tinker Bell from Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy

•Part of the Disney Fairies Designer Collection

•Worldwide limited edition of 4000

•Includes a certificate of authenticity

•Exquisite attention to detail

•Realistic hair with leaf hairpin

•Full eyelashes

•Shimmering, iridescent wings

•Sheer organza bodice with metallic embroidery and gems

•Layered leaf skirt embellsihed with gems

•Comes in a tough plastic display case with a stand

•Doll measures H30cm approx

•Display case measures H38 x W17.5 x D18.5cm approx

•Suitable for children aged 6 years+

•Created for Disney Store