New Jem & The Holograms release: Anthony Julian

Integrity Toys just started their "Dolls of Summer"week event: starting yesterday, they are releasing new doll information, first to the W Club members and, after a day or two, to the general public. Monday was the day that saw a new doll for the Jem and The Holograms line: Anthony Julian, the director of Jem's video-clips. Henceforth, the Integrity Jem line will be "referred to as "The Legacy Collection", to separate it from the Jem movie merchandise coming later this year (does this mean Integrity is not releasing any such merchandise? We'll see). The new doll is an IT Direct exclusive, with a priority time to pre-order set for members of the W Club (at $125 and one doll per membership limit) and then the remaining dolls will be available to the general public for retail price, on.Sunday, June 28th at noon Eastern.

Item # 14066
Anthony Julian™
Dressed Fashion Figure
The JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS™ Collection
Limited Edition Size of 500 Dolls
Estimated Ship Date: Late Fall 2015
Retail Price: $130.00 US + Shipping and Handling.

Doll Tech Specs:
Body Type: FR Homme
Head Sculpt: Anthony (New Head Sculpt! First Time Appearance!)
Quick Switch Feature: No
Skin Tone: A-Tone
Hair Color: Black
Eyelashes: No

Anthony Julian is a fully articulated vinyl figure with sleek rooted curly and flocked hair. He comes dressed in one of his key looks from the hit 80's animated TV series. His layered outfit has the 80s vibe that characterises the series, with his turtleneck, v-neck knit sweater and plaid pants, topped by his signature royal blue driver coat. His accessories include a watch, a plastic bullhorn and movie clap board (cardboard). For adult collectors ages 15 and up. Figure cannot stand alone; stand included.

I think this is the first time I was really tempted to buy a Jem line doll. The new sculpt is very handsome, I love even his 80s outfit and he'd stand nicely with all my FR Homme guys. Unfortunately I'll pass due to budgetary restraints and hope to find him at a normal price some other time.

HASBRO and its logo, JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission. ©2015 HASBRO. All rights reserved.

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Note: Prototype shown, final production textures and colors may vary slightly.

New vinyl Sybarite Mansion - gone in 60 seconds

Today Superfrock London unveiled their second vinyl Sybarite doll, named Mansion. She was available for sixty seconds - only 100 pieces made, all sold out in a minute. More details about this beautiful doll below:

MANSION - GEN X - DD_090
After years in development we are delighted to present our ALL NEW Vinyl formula. version T-5 sample.

REBEL PRINCESS Generation_X
Clone: 1000 Venus d'Royce
*please note different monitors may show colours differently.
*production may vary individually and from prototype shown.

Icy blue duo coloured eyes, arched for attitude brows in charcoal and black with shadow of coal and muted blacks. Lids in matte opaque grey. Lips the colour of poisoned apple.

Black wig bearing side parting, in a 'voluptuous' state; drizzling over one eye and swirling into waist length big loose curls.

Wearing a tiny 'shrunken' zip up cardigan over a twist front daisy print top. Short skirt, a black and white op geo weave and black panties! 2 part hose (which are indeed a one piece), bearing garter belts in black. Adding that post punk vibe, a 'gold' multi stud belt as an accent.

White 'kill the mouse' heels and 'monster' carry-all.

Additional accessories: loads of black bracelets, monogram V bling necklace, glittering taxidermy cat ear headband

She comes with the following standards:
-manic_cure hands (see booklet for hand change instructions)
-booklet
-stand

ED:100
Please allow 40 days and 40 nights for delivery
In stock and ready to be delivered
Price: £232.62 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Asher Of New England presents their male BJD doll: Kent

Asher Of New England is Leigh Slaughter's company, specializing in fashion doll jewellery for 1/4 scale dolls. Today Leigh officially presents his first ever BJD doll, a male called Kent. Asher of New England Homme (as the line is named) will consist of urethane resin male fashion Ball Jointed Dolls created by R.L. Slaughter. These dolls are hand sculpted and produced in limited runs by the artist, made to compliment current female fashion BJDs. Let's meet Kent.

Kent is a fusion of popular modern male fashion models, and actors. These dolls stand 17.5" tall and are made of urethane resin. With hand painted faces, full body blushing, and applied eyelashes. Kent has 21 points of articulation (one of which is his penis!), and comes in hand made fashions. Kent is cast in pale urethane, and is hand blushed, and strung, with hand painted blue eyes, dark brows, and has hand applied eyelashes. Included is a black pompadour wig by Ilaria of timeofdoll.it. Kent's outfit consists of dark fitted denim jeans, a hand knitted black merino funnel neck cardigan sweater jacket, with hand applied leather patches, and a working zip, Turquoise geometric cut work scarf, white undergarments by Karen Kolkman of Kolkman Kreations and harness boots by Dalila Meece of DalilaDolls. Kent will arrive in a custom padded box with stand. Kent Fall/Winter 2014/2015 is a limited edition of 5 dolls in stock and ready to ship. Order him here.

Kent is indeed a handsome doll: I love his sculpt and he poses so well - even stands by himself! Wish I could afford him! Cannot wait to see photos from people who will buy this lovely male doll.

Sybarite Solitaire - the first vinyl Syb - sold out in minutes!

As we mentioned in a previous post, the first vinyl Sybarite doll, Solitaire, went on sale on the 12th of February and sold out in minutes. The edition was 75 dolls, too small, and the price was £274.00. That, along with the desirability of the doll, can explain the vanishing act. I was mistaken to think she was an edition of 1000 - that was simply the clone number. Many collectors failed to get the doll, either trying to complete the purchase or finding out they had not bought the doll as they had completed a purchase after she had sold out. 

All photos courtesy of Superdoll London.

The price, $423, is a bit high for a vinyl doll - except if you think that most Tonner vinyl dolls of the same size (but much lower quality and detail overall) sell for at least $200. I could not afford her at the moment so I did not even log on to see her when she came on sale. I am wondering why the low edition - it surely would help the price if they made more dolls. Maybe with future one. It seems that the vinyl Sybarites will be as rare and sought after as their resin sisters.

The description on the website was the following:

After years in development we are delighted to present our ALL NEW Vinyl formula. version T-5 sample, the DEBUT Generation_X Clone: 1000 Venus d'Royce
Ginger and marshmallow coloured eyes, brows in rust and charcoal with shadow of deep red and muted blacks. Lids in icy translucent white. Lips the colour of blood. Blonde wig bearing hand rooted centre parting, in a 'bedhead' state with backstage Queen of Hearts playing card set.
2 piece 'shrunken' suit consists amazing miniature tailoring with concealed shoulder pads and pocket kerchief. Pocket flap detail and functioning centre front buttons. 3 button detail to jacket cuffs. Trousers have belt loops, working front slash pockets and bum welts on back.

Further accessories include 'patent' belt, 'patent' B*TCH elongated purse with gold foil interior and the cutest hugest hot pink 'fur' pompom ever!
The piece de resistance of course is her huge double baguette pillow cut ring that gleams like a solitaire rock in the midnight sky or is it the slither of velvet spot netting she has in her purse?
'Patent' strappy stiletto sandals with the highest heels ever on a Sybarite (sans platform)

Necklace and cuff set in silver 'leather' and chained bead detail.
and of course she comes with the following standard:
-manic_cure hands (see booklet for hand change instructions)
-booklet
-stand

The doll looks amazing, even though I'd prefer a more thin layer of lipstick on her lips. The body and articulation look better than the resin dolls. Considering that Desmond and Charles were researching the quality and type of vinyl for quite some time, I think it will look and feel even more fabulous in real life. And the outfit and accessories rock of course.
Below is the video with stop motion animation of Solitaire that Superdolls released. Amazing.

The Popovy Sisters present their new collection: ROYALS

Twin sisters from Russia, Ekaterina and Elena Popovy, are professional artists and fashion designers.

Having started creating detailed portrait dolls and through that learning to work with various materials like china porcelain, plastics etc., they soon moved on to designing and making eccentric dolls that fused art with fashion. Presenting small conceptual collections of 10 to 15 dolls after a huge amount of preparative work, they captured the hearts of many doll collectors looking for unique creations of high aesthetics. The Popovy Sisters usually start with an idea or emotion and then develop the concept of a project. Every doll is handmade from start to finish.

A couple of days ago they showcased on-line their latest collection, named ROYALS, inspired by the game of chess. The collection was first presented at the International Doll Salon in Moscow the first week of October. They tried to convey the special charm of the game, its aesthetics and atmosphere using their own unique style. The dolls are part of a Royal retinue in the form of chess pieces. The whole collection is based on contrast and geometry. Heavy materials set against light ones and soft silhouettes contrasting with sharp, rigid forms. Black against white.

Albino Queen

A characteristic feature of the collection is a parallel elongation of horizontal lines and material stripes running from the costume onto the sleeves. Adding a small luxury accent is the use of chunky jewellery, volumetric decoration and the use of fur touches in the outfits.

Beauty Spot

The collection is based on two different characters: one is an "albino girl", with a light-touch, pale make up  that includes handmade eyelashes made of mink fur, hand glued to make each doll even more unique, and the other is the "dark girl", with a more pronounced, darker make up with thick black eyelashes.

Albino Rider

The sisters used 5 dolls for this collection: Little Owl Albino, Little Owl Dark, Peewit Albino, Peewit Dark, Cuckoo Dark (the names correspond to the doll sculpts). They are available either in different outfits or in all outfits. In addition, two new “Rider” chairs can be purchased separately. There are some OOAK items and some are limited edition. For more information and orders, contact them by email.

Dark Rider

All photos and information, copyright 2014 Popovy Sisters