Integrity Toys Dolly Days 4: East 59th Collection unveiled

The fourth day of the Dolly Days event had the first collection reveal: four East 59th dolls were unveiled, adding to the capsule collection presented in May. Chris Stoeckel working his magic again. Two of them are shipping quite soon, right after the holidays, while the other two are scheduled for March 2020. All doll’s are available to preorder from Integrity Toys dealers.

Item # 73027

Mid-Day Venture

Lady Aurelia Grey™ Dressed Doll

The East 59th® Collection

Expected Ship Date: March 2020

Suggested Retail Pricing: $145.00

*ONLY AVAILABLE VIA IT DEALERS*

Edition Size: 500

Head Sculpt: Aurelia

Body Type: East 59th

Foot Sculpt: High-heeled Foot

Skin Tone: Light Honey

Hair Color: Dark Auburn

Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

Included:

• 12" fully articulated doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

• Perfectly tailored two-piece, ¾ sleeve jacquard suit and matching jacquard cocktail dress that allows Aurelia to mix-and-match her look from day to night;

• Short faux-fur wrap;

• Light teal neck scarf, hat and elbow-length gloves;

• "Golden" clutch purse, pumps and narrow belt;

• Cloisonné earrings and broach;

• Two pairs of hands;

• Stand;

• Certificate of authenticity.

I like Aurelia a lot but I still have not found a version of her I’d buy and add to my collection. Lots of nice things here, especially the silhouette of the dress and the colours. The term cloisonné used to describe the jewellery is French. Cloison is the compartment in French, and here it means that the various gems used (or enamel) are visibly separated, each in its compartment.

Item # 73023

Afternoon Intrigue

Constance Madsen® Dressed Doll

The East 59th® Collection

Expected Ship Date: Late Dec/Early Jan

Suggested Retail Pricing: $145.00

*ONLY AVAILABLE VIA IT DEALERS*

Edition Size: 500

Head Sculpt: Constance

Body Type: East 59th

Foot Sculpt: High-heeled Foot

Skin Tone: Japan

Hair Color: Raven

Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

Included:

• 12" fully articulated doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

• Constance wears a smart three-piece costume that allows her to go from brunch to cocktail hour with a simple switch of an elegantly cropped citron bolero to a perfectly tailored two-toned, delicately embroidered 3/4 sleeve long coat ;

• Matching citron pillbox hat and open-toe pumps;

• Alternate closed toe pumps and matching micro-belt (for that quick change of looks!);

• Assorted bangle bracelets, cloisonné necklace and stud earrings;

• Citron handbag with striped detail;

• Alternate pair of "gloved" hands;

• Stand;

• Certificate of authenticity.

After the first ever Constance doll I bought, there has never been another released that I wanted to add to my collection. This one came close. Beautiful doll and outfit. Yellow again - we could have been offered a different colour than the one used for Aurelia. Navy blue and white would have been perfect, with one of the pairs of shoes being a spectator pump style.

Item # 73022

Dramatic Evening

Victoire Roux™ Dressed Doll

The East 59th® Collection

Expected Ship Date: Late Dec/Early Jan

Suggested Retail Pricing $145.00

*ONLY AVAILABLE VIA IT DEALERS*

Edition Size: 500

Head Sculpt: Victoire 2.0

Body Type: East 59th

Foot Sculpt: High-heeled Foot

Skin Tone: Japan

Hair Color: Light Auburn

Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

Include

• 12" fully articulated doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

• Dramatic sequin embellished lace top, worn with a vibrant lilac, intricately constructed bubble skirt which can be swapped to stylish black satin capri pants, perfect for a multiple song musical set;

• Extravagant belt with oversized bow detail;

• Lilac high-heeled sandals;

• High-shine patent "leather" pumps;

• Exquisitely detailed faux-silver jewelry set with lilac cloisonné details;

• Lilac clutch purse;

• Alternate hands;

• Stand;

• Certificate of authenticity.

Another red haired Victoire. I love everything but the bubble skirt here. I would buy her in a flash, if I did not already have three red haired Victoire dolls. Tempted.

Item # 73026

Late-Night Dream

Victoire Roux™ Dressed Doll

The East 59th® Collection

Expected Ship Date: March 2020

Suggested Retail Pricing: $145.00

*ONLY AVAILABLE VIA IT DEALERS*

Edition Size: 500

Head Sculpt: Victoire 2.0

Body Type: East 59th

Foot Sculpt: High-heeled Foot

Skin Tone: Japan

Hair Color: Darkest Brown

Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

Included:

• 12" fully articulated doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

• Masterfully executed floor length, ruffled, couture gown with beading detail, cinched at the waist by a silver micro-belt;

• Matching "silver" pumps and clutch purse;

• Faux-diamond jewelry set composed of earrings and a necklace;

• Opera length "gloved" hands;

• Alternate pair of regular, long-manicured hands;

• Stand;

• Certificate of authenticity.

I am getting Elizabeth Taylor vibes from this doll. The colours, the hairstyle, the gown design, all remind me of a young Liz in the 50s. Seriously thinking of preordering this one, as I am missing a dark haired Victoire.

Final fabrics, colors and textures may vary slightly. For adult collectors ages 15 and up only. All photos and information contained herein is copyrighted Integrity Toys, Inc. and Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC 2019 and may not be reprinted or disseminated without express written permission. EAST 59th and all other character marks followed by ™ or ® are trademarks of Integrity Toys, Inc. Chesapeake City MD USA 21915. All rights reserved. The W Club is a trademark of Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC. All rights reserved. Doll Photography by Jayme Thornton. Layouts and graphics by Alain Tremblay, Marketing

Integrity Toys Dolly Days 3: How many Elyse dolls can a collector buy?

Day 3 of the Dolly Days Integrity Toys event gave to collectors something they have seen so often lately, it has become the butt of many jokes: another Jason Wu dressed Elyse Jolie doll. It’s only a month, to the day, that W Club members were offered the chance to buy another such doll via lottery. Same thing this month. Again a blonde, pale Elyse, wearing one of the designer’s real life dresses in miniature. This one was worn on the red carpet by Kate Bosworth (for an acne product presentation ffs) and was custom made, contrary to what the club email says - if you check out the designer’s pre Fall 2016, it is nowhere to be found.

Did we need another Jason Wu dressed Elyse, only a month after the previous one, with the same expensive price, minimal styling and accessories? And in a year that has no regular FR collection offered? I’m saying no. And I’m seeing the same reaction from people online. Yes, it’s a beautiful doll. But that’s not the point here. It feels lazy, it is boring, lacks creativity and I’d rather have any other FR character in this offering but Elyse. Where’s Veronique, maybe in a Latin skintone? A friend joked online that the upcoming NuFace collection will consist of five Elyse dolls wearing T-shirts, each with a different NuFace character printed on it, plus a giftset of two Elyse dolls with the twins faces on their T-shirts. Retire the sculpt for a year. Make her precious again. And no, limited editions and velvet touch bodies don’t help.

Item # 10238

Pre-Fall 2016

Dressed Doll

The Jason Wu Collection

Estimated Arrival: Early Jan. 2020

Price: $225 + S & H

Edition Size: 450

Head Sculpt: Elyse

Body Type: FR 6.0 with Velvet Touch

Skin Tone: Japan

Hair Color: Ice blond

Foot type: High-heeled

Eyelashes: Yes, hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

Included:

• 12.5-inch fully articulated doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

• Elyse wears a miniaturized reproduction of a Jason Wu original creation, featuring intricately engineered details at the bustier and overlapping skirt panels on the front of the dress;

• Faux-snakeskin spectator heels;

• Clutch purse;

• Sparkling "jeweled" pendant earrings;

• Matching luxuriously "jeweled" bracelet;

• Two pairs of hands;

• Doll stand;

• Certificate of authenticity.

Final fabrics, colors and textures may vary slightly. For adult collectors ages 15 and up only.

Offer Type: IT Direct right-to-buy lottery.

Participation Deadline: January 6th, 2020, Noon Eastern time.

Pricing: $225.00 + S&H each.

Final Edition Size: 450

Shipping Timing: Early January 2020.

Shipping Timing: Early January 2020 (should ship shortly after winners have paid).

Availability: 2019 W Club members only.

Right-to-buy Participation Limit: Max. one (1) lottery ticket per 2019 membership only.

All photos and information contained herein is copyrighted Integrity Toys, Inc. and Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC 2019 and may not be reprinted or disseminated without express written permission. Fashion Royalty, Elyse Jolie and all other character marks followed by ™ or ® are trademarks of Integrity Toys, Inc. Chesapeake City MD USA 21915. All rights reserved. Jason Wu Collection is a trademark of JWU LLC. ©2019 All rights reserved. The W Club is a trademark of Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC. All rights reserved. Doll Photography by Jayme Thornton. Layouts and graphics by Alain Tremblay, Marketing.

Integrity Toys Dolly Days 1 and 2: a sale, some bodies and Miss Ginger Gilroy finally makes her debut!

Dolly-Days is a week long email based event by Integrity Toys and W Club, with special offers and doll reveals for the members. The first day was Monday, starting with a fire sale of the doll’s languishing in the company’s inventory and another batch of replacement bodies ($40.00 for bodies with two sets of feet, $30.00 for those without extra feet), that sold out really quick. Unfortunately they had no A-tone or FR Black FR Homme bodies on sale (only Latino for guys) so I completely forgot the sale deadline and missed on the FR White NuFace and FR bodies I need.

The last offer on Monday was the lottery opportunity for the three Boudoir Wave II dolls that were revealed back in August. I entered for Jordan, let’s hope I can get her. Good luck to everyone that entered!

Tuesday had an offer that is extra special: it revealed the 5th and final W Club exclusive doll of the 2019 membership year, actually a 2-doll gift set featuring Poppy Parker as well as the long-awaited arrival of her frenemy Ginger Gilroy; a fitting finale for Poppy Parker's 10th Anniversary. I think that Ginger should have had a more grand opening with a solo doll and a giftset like this as part of a full Poppy collection revolving around the two frenemies. I’m glad she’s finally here though, and you can read more about my opinion on her further below.

Item # PP151

Friend or Foe

Poppy Parker™ and Ginger Gilroy™ Gift Set

The Poppy Parker™ Collection

2019 W Club Exclusive

Estimated Arrival: End of April 2020

Price: $199 + S & H

Edition Size: TBA

Head Sculpt: Poppy and Ginger (new character sculpt!)

Body Type: Poppy Parker

Skin Tone: FR White (Poppy) and Cream (Ginger)

Hair Color: Dark Ash Blonde (Poppy) and Titian Red (Ginger)

Foot type: High heeled

Eyelashes: Yes, hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

Included:

• Two 12-inch fully articulated dolls with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

• For her debut, Ginger wears an intricately detailed pale blue bubble skirt dress, with beading and bow detail at the bust;

• Poppy wears a beautifully crafted lavender tulle dress with fitted draping detail at the waist;

• A short fur wrap for Ginger;

• An elegant lavender satin wrap for Poppy;

• A jeweled brooch for Poppy to wear on her waist;

• Color coordinated pumps for each doll;

• Pale blue clutch purse;

• Lavender clutch purse;

• A jewelry set for each character (composed of earrings, a necklace and a bracelet);

• Two pairs of long, white, opera length gloved hands;

• Two alternate pairs of regular hands;

• Two separate doll stands;

• Certificate of authenticity.

Final fabrics, colors and textures may vary slightly. For adult collectors ages 15 and up only.

Can I say how much I like Ginger Gilroy? I love her! The face is perfection! She has that high fashion blasé look that can kill upon eye contact combined with an aloofness that totally fits her. Bravo David Buttry for the creation of the best character in the Poppy universe. And of course it does not hurt that she comes in ultra pale cream skin tone combined with titian red hair, all finished flawlessly and topped with lovely make up. Her dress is beautiful in its pale blue bubble shaped shape, combined with elegant accessories and, thankfully, the new style gloved hands. One last thing: her face reminds me of Vogue Greece’s editor in chief, Thaleia Karafyllidou, see photo below.

Poppy Parker on the other hand is a little underwhelming in this incarnation. She looks a lot like previous releases and is definitely not a doll I’d be getting if she was sold alone. Then again, she will be a nice addition to my collection as I don’t have one like her. The head to toe lilac does not help either and same goes for the accessories. She’d look so much better in red, fuchsia or emerald green.

Offer Type: W Club Exclusive Pre-order.

Participation Deadline: December 20th, 2019, Noon Eastern time.

Pricing (FOR W CLUB MEMBERS ONLY): $199.00 + S&H each (a deposit of $30 is due now to reserve your doll and a balance of $169 + shipping and handling will be due upon the doll's arrival, approx. April 2020).

Final Edition Size: To be determined- will be based on all pre-orders received.

Shipping Timing: Approximately April 2020.

Availability: 2019 W Club members only.

Pre-order Limit: Up to 1 gift set per membership.

All text and information contained herein is copyrighted Integrity Toys, Inc. and Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC 2019 and may not be reprinted or disseminated without express written permission. Poppy Parker and all other character marks followed by ™ or ® are trademarks of Integrity Toys, Inc. Chesapeake City MD USA 21915. All rights reserved. The W Club is a trademark of Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC. All rights reserved. Doll Photography by Jayme Thornton. Layouts and graphics by Alain Tremblay, Marketing.

A pastel concoction: the 4th W Club doll, Mademoiselle Eden

The fourth W Club exclusive doll was revealed yesterday to members, a frothy pastel concoction designed by Jessy Ayala, taking most of its elements from Versace. The doll was enthusiastically welcomed by most members. Let’s take a look at her.

Item # 82120A

Mademoiselle Eden

Eden Blair™ Dressed Doll

The NU. Face Collection

2019 W Club Exclusive

Estimated Arrival: Spring 2020

Price: $145 + S & H

Edition Size: TBA

Head Sculpt: Eden

Body Type: NF 3.0

Skin Tone: FR White

Hair Color: Pastel Amethyst

Eyelashes: Yes, hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

The Story:

Included:

• 12" fully articulated doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

• Rococo inspired pastel mini-dress and jacket featuring oversized "gold" button details;

• Long socks;

• Intricately designed spectator pumps with "jeweled" bow detailing;

• Jewelry set composed of a necklace, earrings and ring;

• Delicately detailed purse;

• Alternate paid of hands;

• Stand;

• Certificate of authenticity.

Final fabrics, colors and textures may vary slightly. For adult collectors ages 15 and up only.

Soooooo… I LIKE HER! Which is kind of weird, considering that pastels are not my forte. Or the Blair twins in general. But the styling is great here. My first reaction seeing the photos was “Versace!”. It brought to mind many things from various periods, but mostly the Spring 1992 collection,

It was one of his most successful and popular collections, one that Donatella mines to death in her latest releases. It’s iconic for the brand and it has been copied by everyone. The shoes are more recent though, even if inspired by older designs: Fall 2018, in various colours. I bet they will be hell to put on the doll.

Even though the general style was reminiscent of Versace, the actual dress was not to be found in his collections. But then my friend Makis came to the rescue: it is a Saint Laurent dress, shown below as sold by Barneys NY.

Photo courtesy of Barneys NY.

Makis correctly commented that the bows pop in the real dress, while they are part of the structure in the doll version. I’m guessing cost is the main reason for the difference. Plus the doll dress has pockets!

For a more Rococo style, I’d rather have some ringlets added to her hairstyle, on the sides and the back. Which I guess can be done to the existing hair. She’ll be a modern French court lady at Versailles!

Did you notice that her SKU number has the letter A at the end? That means there’s a variation with her twin, Lilith, coming soon. Will it be a lottery? Part of Dolly Days? I’m guessing we will discover it soon enough.

Offer Type: W Club Exclusive Pre-order.

Participation Deadline: November 27th, 2019, Noon Eastern time.

Pricing (FOR W CLUB MEMBERS ONLY): $145.00 + S&H each (a deposit of $25 is owed now to reserve your doll and a balance of $120 + shipping and handling will be due upon the doll's arrival next Spring 2020).

Final Edition Size: To be determined- will be based on all pre-orders received.

Shipping Timing: Approximately Spring 2020.

Availability: 2019 W Club members only.

Pre-order Limit: Up to 1 Eden doll per membership.

All photos and information contained herein is copyrighted Integrity Toys, Inc. and Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC 2019 and may not be reprinted or disseminated without express written permission. NU. FACE and all other character marks followed by ™ or ® are trademarks of Integrity Toys, Inc. Chesapeake City MD USA 21915. All rights reserved. The W Club is a trademark of Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC. All rights reserved. Doll Photography by Jayme Thornton. Layouts and graphics by Alain Tremblay, Marketing.

A W Club exclusive or a 2019 convention leftover?

A few days ago, WClub members received an email offering them the chance to participate in a lottery for a surprise doll: a Jason Wu Elyse. It is a recreation of a Fall 2017 Jason Wu outfit, which you can see further below. The small edition and the designer outfit definitely makes the doll wanted by collectors. There are some issues though, on which I will further elaborate.

Item # 10237

JWU Fall 2017

Elyse Jolie™ Dressed Doll

Jason Wu Collection

Edition Size: 450

Head Sculpt: Elyse

Body Type: FR

Foot Sculpt: High Heel

Skin Tone: FR White

Hair Color: Blonde

Eyelashes: Yes

Quickswitch: No

Included:

• 12" fully articulated figure with rooted hair;

• Intricately designed miniature Jason Wu gown inspired by a real-life design first shown in his Fall 2017 collection, featuring delicately applied, multi-colored, Swarovski crystals;

• "Patent leather" high-heel mules;

• Intricately detailed "gold" earrings;

• Alternate paid of hands;

• Doll stand;

• Certificate of authenticity.

Final fabrics, colors and textures may vary slightly. For adult collectors ages 15 and up only.

Offer Type: Right-to-buy lottery.

Participation Deadline: Nov 7th, 2019, Noon Eastern time.

Pricing (FOR W CLUB MEMBERS ONLY): $225.00 + S&H each.

Final Edition Size: 450 dolls.

Shipping Timing: In-stock, should ship shortly after winners have paid.

Availability: 2019 W Club members only.

Right-to-buy Participation Limit: Max. one (1) lottery ticket per 2019 membership only.

In a year where production issues have plagued the company and the release of all their main doll collections, which forced the company to focus on delivering most of their product at the convention, a surprise doll offering and of such high caliber, means probably that the doll was destined for the convention. The edition number surely is that of a regular souvenir doll or a centerpiece. A wild guess (and all this is guessing only), is that she was designed and made as the souvenir doll for 2019 convention, but as the brouhaha with the added participants unfolded, they realised that they could not make more of the same to satisfy demand, so they switched to the Spring 2017 Elyse (a 700 edition). Similarly, she could have been the centerpiece to match the souvenir doll (Spring and Fall 2017 dolls), instead of the offered Vanessa one (a 550 edition). Again, this is only speculation.

What bothers me about this doll a lot is the quality of the dress recreation. No matter the Swarovski crystals or the beautifully rendered doll, the dress looks a mess. Stiff, with crude embellishments, it looks nothing like the dress it is supposed to be. And if it was so hard to recreate the original in doll form, like so many others have been done exquisitely in the past, just pick another one. For the asking price alone, this should have been resolved before manufacturing it.

All photos and information contained herein is copyrighted Integrity Toys, Inc. and Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC 2019 and may not be reprinted or disseminated without express written permission. FASHION ROYALTY and all other character marks followed by ™ or ® are trademarks of Integrity Toys, Inc. Chesapeake City MD USA 21915. All rights reserved. The W Club is a trademark of Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC. All rights reserved. Doll Photography by Jayme Thornton. Layouts and graphics by Alain Tremblay, Marketing.