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Versailles Poppy Convention Upgrade Doll and Other Doll Collecting Woes

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My resistance is high as of late. (Well mostly high). I even managed to purge down the collection recently by four or five gals so that we could buy a car. I also resisted this gal.  She is a beauty and the hair and skintone are amazeballs.  The dress does nothing for me though and I already have a bronzed gal coming with the Bossa Nova Poppy.  And whoa...we still haven't seen THIS YEAR's Poppy lineup.  I adored the spy gals in the first go around, so I can only imagine how tempting the new collection will be. IF WE EVER SEE IT!!!!  And of course it will all ship like two days before or after the October convention.  Le sigh. Anyway...the convention package recently dropped.  There was NO CHANCE I was dropping money to pre-order the convention collection.  I learned that lesson the hard way when I had to practically beg someone to buy that Simonetta gal at a huge loss from a couple years back. Nope. I just wait to pick up the gals that I like in person. And since I am not

IFDC Fabulous Felines of the Forties

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***Well this is old news but I was embedded in a dark Chicago theatre for most of July. IFDC has come and gone. I have never attended this convention but have frequently bought the dolls from it.  In fact, at least two former IFDC dolls are two of my very favorites in my collection (IT Girl Poppy and Anikka Luxotica).  The often unusual and inventive convention themes have allowed Integrity to get very playful with dolls with an occasional misfire here and there. It looks like next year is the last chance to attend IFDC as the con runner has announced that it is coming to an end. IT will handle much of next year's final IFDC farewell and the con doll will be Poppy again.  According to Jim (the con organizer), it is now sold out but you can still get on the waitlist if you send in your registration with a check. http://www.ifdconline.com/ Designed by Vaughn Sawyers, the dolls from IFDC 2019 had a sassy 40s pinup look to them and featured two versions of the monogram sculpt