Alyrenee's Copious Spare Time

So for the purposes of this 2019 dolly year in the review, I'm not counting the countless plastic broads on pre-order still (the three Retrofuture ladies, Colette, Mdm. Eden, and Ocean Drive Agnes).  At this point I can't even remember why I ordered that Agnes and might try to pass her on....le sigh. I am also opening this up to dolls from year's past that are recent acquisitions to my collection. So, without further ado, here are my personal favs that I added to my doll collection in 2019 (in no particular order). #1 Awakening Annik The wait was long for this doll but I think she is really cool.  I got lucky and mine had good hair. #2 Heads Up Poppy Parker Yellow! Super cute. The style lab this year was pretty stellar. I just broke down and sold the copper redhead.  She was cute but I try to keep the Poppy squad to a minimum lest they rise up and take over the world. #3 Groovy Poppy in Beauty Blossoms: I love the color of her pigtails

OMG. I die. I absolutely love this whole thing. Totally made for me. I am a huge Mugler geek.  I even recreated the Mugler motorcycle fashion for the Supermodel convention a few years back. I am also a huge fan of the Anika Luxottica android doll and these gals will fit in perfectly with her.  I even have an extra pair robot limbs to share between some of these dolls too.  I am thinking Dania in particular will look amazing with the robot limbs and the armor.  I hope I can snatch up an extra pair of robot hands for Anika from someone.  Needless to say, I ordered them all.  The prices are hard to swallow but they do have some specialty items to them that I think make the price a touch more understandable.  I have yet to keep a Vanessa 1.0 sculpt so chances are good I will be kicking her to the curb when she gets here...but she is very pretty in the Hungarian tone.  I might have been convinced to keep her if she had black hair...then she would have been a bit more Dita Von Tee

Dolly Days wrapped up with a Nu Face and Fashion Royalty reveal...well more like a junior varsity reveal. I was more than a little concerned that they were going to drop two big collections right before the holidays, but once again,  we are being given two small collections of only three dolls each. The factory issues meant that all the lines were slimmed down this year.  Lets all say a prayer, light a candle, maybe kill a chicken, pray to Jobu or something that the factories GET IT TOGETHER soon. Many were shocked that there was not a corresponding Lilith to go with Eden...however, there was a vague hint that it might be still coming next year.  Forum speculators have their bets on the 2020 upgrade doll being Mademoiselle Lilith.  That seems like a pretty solid guess to me. This 2019 mainline collection theme was focused on the ladies' looks off the runway. Designer Jessy Ayala served up three slightly more casual dolls with streetwear looks: Ayumi, Giselle, and a Collette wi