Dolly Days 5 part 2: Poppy Parker travelling again!

The last two dolls to be presented on the final day of the Dolly Days Integrity Toys week-long event, were from David Buttry: the final additions to the Model Traveler collection. One of them is inspired from India and the other from Australia, in contrast to the previous dolls of the series that were referring to particular cities, not countries. But that is the least that bothers me with these two.

Item # 77199

Enlightened in India

Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll

Poppy Parker™: The Model Traveler Collection

Limited Edition: 1200 Dolls

Expected Ship Date: Spring 2021

Suggested Retail Pricing: $150.00

AVAILABLE ONLY FROM IT DEALERS

Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker

Body Type: PP 1.5

Foot Sculpt: Articulated Ankle

Skin Tone: FR White

Hair Color: Light Blond

Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

Included:

12-inch fully articulated vinyl doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

Groovy paisley printed mini-dress with sheer sleeves and Nehru collar;

"Golden" lace-up sandal boots;

Chain necklace featuring an oversized "peace and love" pendant;

"Golden" drop earrings;

"Golden" rings with bright cloisonné finish;

Hot pink oversized sunglasses;

Long fringed faux-suede shoulder bag;

Pair of peace and love symbol hands;

Alternate pair of Poppy Parker hands;

Doll stand;

Certificate of authenticity.

These last couple of additions to the Model Traveler collection look like a quick and uninspired money grab effort to me. Take Enlightened In India for example. She looks like a mash up of previous Poppy dolls: take a dash of Glad All Over, add a cup of Time Of The Season, mix in the Midas Touch sandals and there you have it! I’m not saying she is not beautiful, just not that original to me. And back then, Mumbai was still called Bombay.

Item # 77200

Outback Walkabout

Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll

Poppy Parker™: The Model Traveler Collection

Limited Edition: 1200 Dolls

Expected Ship Date: Spring 2021

Suggested Retail Pricing: $150.00

AVAILABLE ONLY FROM IT DEALERS

Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker

Body Type: PP 1.5

Foot Sculpt: Articulated Ankle

Skin Tone: FR White

Hair Color: Dark Ash Blond/Light Brown Mix

Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

Included:

12-inch fully articulated vinyl doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

Long-sleeved, safari-inspired, lace-up mini-dress;

Faux-leather thigh-high boots;

Faux-leather choker necklace;

Oversized sunglasses;

"Golden" hoop hearings;

Cloisonné ring;

Round shoulder bag with stripe detail;

Pair of slight hold hands;

Alternate pair of Poppy Parker hands;

Doll stand;

Certificate of authenticity.

This one is inspired by the famous Yves Saint-Laurent safari outfit modelled for posterity by Verushka. Unfortunately, Mattel did this one first, and with much more glorious results, as they had the license from YSL to make an exact copy of the outfit. The Integrity Toys version looks like the H&M watered down edition of the French original I’m afraid. Not even a hat to finish off properly. The doll wearing it is gorgeous, even though the violet eyes threw me off. Both dolls sold out at dealers really quickly, despite the large editions. Poppy will sell, no matter what it seems.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Prototypes shown, final product may vary. For adult collectors ages 15 and up only.

All photos and information contained herein is copyrighted Integrity Toys, Inc. and Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC. and may not be reprinted or disseminated without express written permission. ©2020 All rights reserved. POPPY PARKER and all other character marks followed by ™ or ® are trademarks of Integrity Toys, Inc., Chesapeake City MD USA 21915. ©2020 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

Poppy Parker new capsule collection "The Model Traveler" unveiled by Integrity Toys

A new Poppy Parker capsule collection was revealed to W Club members on Saturday. The collection, named “The Model Traveler” was designed by the talented Integrity Toys designer, David Buttry and is the second IT doll collection of 2020. Despite the coronavirus pandemic affecting everything with delays and cancellations, new dolls are trickling down to collectors. As we learned on a video interview with David (and the live chat in the club forum that followed the reveal), these dolls were designed last year, before even the Poppy/Ginger giftset was realised - hence no Ginger included in this group. There are three dealer dolls and one IT Direct doll which will ne available to buy via lotter to W Club members. If you remember the upgrade doll for the club, unveiled earlier this year, she was going on a modeling trip around the world and London was the first stop. There will be no more dolls added to this theme though, so the rest of the Poppies this year will have different inspirations. Price of each doll is $145.00 and they are all more impressive then the London Poppy! From what I hear. most dealers are already sold out. You can check with dealers here to see if there are any left.

I must congratulate Ahmet Steltman for his incredivle photography.

Item # 77180

Hello, New York! Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll Hello Poppy Parker™: The Model Traveler Collection

Limited Edition: 1000 Dolls

Expected Ship Date: Late May 2020

Suggested Retail Pricing: $145.00

AVAILABLE ONLY FROM IT DEALERS

Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker

Body Type: Poppy Parker

Foot Sculpt: Articulated Ankle

Skin Tone: FR White

Hair Color: Strawberry Blonde

Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

Included:

12-inch fully articulated vinyl doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

Fresh tweed ensemble composed of an overcoat with matching skirt and perfectly matched mint-colored ruffled blouse;

Knee length boots;

Large tote bag;

Sunglasses;

Earrings, bracelets and ring;

Alternate pair of gloved hands;

Doll stand;

Certificate of authenticity.

What a gorgeous lady! Her ginger hair, lovely screening and fantastic outfit, inspired by Jackie O (as David said in the video), make her a winner, not to mention the coveted accessories, which include a magnificent tote bag. She IS travelling of course! David defined the era of these outfits as late 60’s - early 70s and his muses were, apart from Jackie, France Gall (the French chanteuse), Françoise Hardy (another French pop singer and icon), Jane Birkin (the English actress, singer and fashion icon that gave her name to that Hermès bag) and Marisa Berenson (the famous 60s model). There were not any specific outfis of those ladies shown but it was meant to be a general inspiration. I got confirmed for her so I’m happy!

Item # 77179

Tokyo Twilight Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll

Poppy Parker™: The Model Traveler Collection

Limited Edition: 1000 Dolls

Expected Ship Date: Late May 2020

Suggested Retail Pricing: $145.00

AVAILABLE ONLY FROM IT DEALERS

Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker

Body Type: Poppy Parker

Foot Sculpt: Articulated Ankle

Skin Tone: FR White

Hair Color: Platinum

Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

Included:

12-inch fully articulated vinyl doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

Totally MOD long sleeved, micro-sequined A-line dress, worn over a sparkling sleeveless micro-dress;

Silver “chrome leather” shoes;

Silver “chrome leather” clutch with chain handle;

Oversized triangular panel earrings;

2 bangle bracelets;

2 finger rings;

Alternate pair of hands with long manicured nails;

Doll stand;

Certificate of authenticity.

Do you remember the OOAK raffle Poppy Parker from the Supermodel convention in 2016? This one has the same hairstyle. David said that people were asking him to recreate it on a production doll and he came through. She’s the only one that, even though she’s beautiful, I will not be getting. Two reasons: 1 - she’s too much like Out of This World Poppy wearing the It’s Happening outfit and I have both of these dolls. 2 - budget. She, along with NY, are coming at the end of the month, while Milan and Paris will take some time. Oh. and David said, while showing her to us in her gorgeous box (more on that further on), that London is coming soon too!

The outfit is an evolution of a Mod Barbie clone outfit as we were informed by David. Searching online, I found some photos of similar outfits and one of them marked the outfit as a Shillman one. They were a doll company that, among others, made lots of clone Barbie clothing. Elsewhere I found it as a Japanese exclusive. The original top layer is lace with silver sequin trim. If anyone has more concrete information, please let me know. See the photos I found online below.

Item # 77182

Mad for Milan Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll

Poppy Parker™: The Model Traveler Collection

Limited Edition: 1000 Dolls

Expected Ship Date: Late June/Early July 2020

Suggested Retail Pricing: $145.00

AVAILABLE ONLY FROM IT DEALERS

Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker

Body Type: Poppy Parker

Foot Sculpt: Articulated Ankle

Skin Tone: Sun Kissed

Hair Color: Brown Black Mix

Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

Included:

12-inch fully articulated vinyl doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

Long, glamorous floor length leopard print coat worn over a fun long-sleeved, black A-Line dress;

Faux "suede" thigh high boots;

Faux croc "leather" handbag;

Sunglasses;

Long chain necklace with pendant;

Multi-use chain belt;

Earrings, 3 bracelets and wrist cuff;

Alternate pair of gloved hands;

Doll stand;

Certificate of authenticity.

She’s on fire! For me she’s the bestdoll of the bunch. Her overall style, her face, colouring, outfit, accessories. Pure perfection. And so very Italian. I love how it all comes together - the long coat over the short dress with the tall boots and the fine accessories. Sublime.

David also mentioned during his video interview that Eartha Kitt was in his mind when creating this one and I can certainly see a connection, as she not only played Catwoman, but also dressed a lot in leopard print - example below. Jackie O also famously wore a leopard coat by Oleg Cassini in the 60s which caused such a massive rise in demand that 250,000 animals were reportedly killed. Poor animals.

Item # 77181

Sizzling in Paris Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll

Poppy Parker™: The Model Traveler Collection

Limited Edition: 1000 Dolls

Expected Ship Date: Late June/Early July 2020

Suggested Retail Pricing: $145.00

IT DIRECT RIGHT-TO-BUY LOTTERY *Info will be sent to W Club members closer to the ship date, approx. mid-June

Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker

Body Type: Poppy Parker

Foot Sculpt: High Heel

Skin Tone: Cream Hair

Color: Raven

Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied

Quickswitch: No

Included:

12-inch fully articulated vinyl doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes;

Elegant ruby red floor length evening gown with beading detail at the bust and faux fur stole;

Red heels with rhinestone detail;

Clutch purse with rhinestone detail;

Gauntlet gloves;

Rhinestone earrings, ring and cuff bracelet;

Alternate pair of opera length gloved hands;

Alternate pair of hands with long manicure;

Doll stand;

Certificate of authenticity.

Sultry as xan be, which she rarely gets to be, Poppy is on fire. The look is a distant cousin to the “Take The Picture” doll from the Funny Face collection. She is very beautiful and her colouring only enhances her beauty. The one thing I don’t see in the photos are the gauntlet gloves - just opera length. Am I missing something? I will enter the lottery - with the large edition, there’s a good chance of winning.

For this capsule collection, the dolls come packaged in elaborate collector grade packaging designed to resemble a retro suitcase, complete with decorative handle on top and a bag tag hanging from it. I saw it in the video and it looked great! The handle is thin so that it can fold into the box for shipping. Alain Tremblay did it again!

Prototypes shown, final production fabrics, colors, and textures may vary slightly. For adult collectors ages 15 and up only. All photos of dolls and information contained herein is copyrighted Integrity Toys, Inc. and Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC. and may not be reprinted or disseminated without express written permission. ©2020 All rights reserved. POPPY PARKER and all other character marks followed by ™ or ® are trademarks of Integrity Toys, Inc., Chesapeake City MD USA 21915. ©2020 All rights reserved. The W Club is a trademark of Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC. All rights reserved. Doll Photography by Ahmet Steltman; Layouts and graphics by Alain Tremblay, Marketing .