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It's hard to believe that it has been five weeks since my last blog entry. I promised myself I would get better at posting, but it's been sort of quiet on the retail doll collecting front.
First, I would like to thank everyone who participates in this blog. It truly encourages me to keep doing this.
With Valentine's Day coming ...
For the third time in the past five years' countdowns, the top spot is going to a line other than Integrity Toys. Three collections were produced and shipped in 2025. From those collections I added seven dolls plus another I got in a trade for one of my duplicates. Here are the links to my reviews of these collections and the dolls I received:
I sort of "painted myself into a corner" this year. I created my countdown and started it on December 21. A couple days before Christmas Day, a collector listed the Yuri/Kumi twins at a great price. I purchased them thinking they would arrive after December 31, so my countdown wouldn't be affected. The seller wrapped them as Christmas gifts...
When Jessy Ayala promoted the 2024 NuFace Audio/Visual Capsule there was A LOT of collector buzz. This line introduced the NuFace 3.5 body and a new sculpt. Yuri and Kumi have always used the Lilith/Eden Blair sculpt in the past; it was about time they got their own identity.
It was near impossible to get Yuri from a dealer, and I was unlu...
For more recent collectors of Integrity Toys dolls, the past couple years have been an amazing opportunity to add some incredible re-imagined dolls. There have been some truly spectacular giftsets, but one of them is an obvious standout from the others.
in response to collector demand, Integrity Toys has tried to copy Poesie Sans Couleur several times...