Alyrenee's Copious Spare Time

Rarely am I temped by Barbie Collector dolls mostly because they are hella spendy for what usually is sad articulation, sometimes glued on clothes, and total lack of accessories.  BUT...these X-Files dolls look amazeballs. The sculpts and face screenings seem perfect. The clothes look really nice and look at those little badges people. They better come with phones too. If not I will steal some from one of those accessory packs...and maybe the guns from the Poppy Parker spy movie line. There is a great and shockingly informative blog post about the dolls including behind the scenes photos from the design room over on the Mattel blog.

Designer David Buttry revives classic sculpts and a return to the funky retro mixing style we loved about the Dynamite Girls (R.I.P.) with this small Industry collection. My thoughts below in BLUE. Item # 88010 Legacy Janay® Doll THE INDUSTRY ™: The Lovesick Collection Approx. Ship Date: November Suggested Retail: $130.00 US Available Via Dealers Edition Size: 725 Head Sculpt: Janay 2.5 Body Type: THE INDUSTRY™ Foot Sculpt: High-heeled Skin Tone: FR Black Hair Color: Raven Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied Quickswitch: No The Story: A true classic, the doll that started it all for Integrity Toys makes a marked return as part of THE INDUSTRY™! Ready to take on a new role as a famed R&B singer/songwriter, Janay is the ultimate artist! Beautiful, fun and smart to boot, with her friends Alysa and Jade she forms “The IT Girls”, a sensational all-girl group about to make a smash debut on the music scene worldwide! Can their friend Bellamy and his sister Rufus Blue...

Item # 91440 Devotion Agnes Von Weiss® Doll Fashion Royalty®: The Sacred Lotus Collection Approx. Ship Date: Winter 2018-19 Price: $155.00 US 2018 W Club Event Exclusive Edition Size: TBD Head Sculpt: Agnes Von Weiss Body Type: FR 6.0 Foot Sculpt: High-heeled Skin Tone: Cream Hair Color: Auburn Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied Quickswitch: No The Story: It came as no surprise that the only person in town that could actually outshine a movie star on premiere night would be Baroness Agnes Von Weiss. After all, did she not deserve to be there after all those hours spent looking for the right person to bribe on that set so she could get a walk-on role, no matter how random her presence on-screen would seem to eager movie going audiences? For Agnes, how she got there did not matter much; being a part of this production was just another logical step to take in order to better cement her presence in the media. Shockingly, her brief scenes ended u...

Item # 91441 Goddess Tatyana Alexandrova™ Doll Fashion Royalty®: The Sacred Lotus Collection Approx. Ship Date: October Suggested Retail: $155.00 US Available Via Dealers Edition Size: 950 Head Sculpt: Tatyana 2.0 Body Type: FR 6.0 Foot Sculpt: High-heeled Skin Tone: Japan Hair Color: Pale Blonde Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied Quickswitch: No The Story: No one knows how to do opening nights like oligarch Tatyana Alexandrova. While she would love for everyone to think that her sudden appearance at the Sacred Lotus premiere was just a pure "coincidence" and that the fact that she was perfectly dressed for the occasion was just a fluke, her "it's all so easy" demeanor never fools anyone. The reality is that this ever-calculating femme-fatale would never leave a single detail of such an important public appearance go unchecked. A woman of her character knows full well what she wants; after all, a Goddess demands nothing but perfection! ...

Item # 73005 Cocktails for Men Laird Drake® Fashion Figure The East 59th® Collection Approx. Ship Date: October Suggested Retail: $135.00 US Available Via Dealers Edition Size: 400 Head Sculpt: Laird Drake (New Sculpt!) Body Type: Homme 1.5 (With Disassembling Joints) Skin Tone: Cream Hair Color: Raven Eyelashes: No Quickswitch: No The Story: A refined, modern man of his time, Laird Drake comes from old money. But, don’t be fooled; this debonair man of the world has worked tirelessly to build his reputation as the top advertising genius and model agency owner on East 59th. Stepping out of the long shadow created by his millionaire grandfather with great fanfare, Laird made a name for himself working with some of the most beautiful people on the planet to turn run-of the-mill brands into coveted household names using nothing but his witty sense of humor, keen eye for detail and product placement, along with a talent for manipulating people’s inner-most desires. ...

Inspired by the Indian Holi Festival of Color -meets Rave fashion-meets fetish sub-culture, Jessy Ayala presents a creative but polarizing collection featuring some old faces and intricate high-low fashion play. I love the photography work for this collection! Item # 82099 Tantric Lukas Maverik™ Fashion Figure NU. Face™: The Counter-Culture Collection Approx. Ship Date: September Suggested Retail: $150.00 Available Via Dealers Edition Size: 725 Head Sculpt: Lukas Maverick Body Type: Homme 1.5 (With Disassembling Joints) Skin Tone: Latino Hair Color: "Buzzed Hair" Effect (Transparent Black) Eyelashes: No Quickswitch: No The Story: When his favorite music video producer called to ask if the NU. Face agency could send a team of beautiful people to "S & M" (stand and model) in perhaps one of the most controversial and edgy music videos ever put on film, Lukas' curiosity was immediately tickled. Once he found out what singer the music video ...