At the Ashton-Drake booths, I saw the requisite baby and porcelain dolls, but also the new Delilah Noir doll, which they are more or less calling a BJD.
Made of vinyl, her head is disproportionately large (a common affliction, it seems) and her inset eyes give her a somewhat vacuous look. Her clothes were kind of cute. I couldn't help but think that overall, she just looks cheap. She won't be joining my collection anytime soon.
I was surprised to see that the Kish Company is offering a new line of vinyl play dolls in conjunction with Ruby Red Galleria. Ruby designed the dolls, named Ping Li, Lucy and Lori. Their faces are kind of plain, but their clothes are cute. The biggest problem I see with them is their cost-$180 each. That seems pretty high for a 12" play doll, even a highly jointed one.
Of course the 14" Kish dolls for this year are really cute, especially Urban Song and Lark. Hopefully I will be able to resist both, as I need yet another doll like I need a hole in the head. As with previous Kish releases, the dolls seem overpriced considering where they are made. No new Rileys were on display and I don't know if there will be more made. It seems like Riley has already been done to the nth degree; heaven knows they sure went down in popularity the last couple of years we sold her.
The Tonner Company had many "character figures", aka dolls on display, but nothing was seen of Tyler and friends. I especially liked the fashions for DeeAnna Denton. For me, she has the same look and feel as the 18" Kitty Collier or maybe the American Models. I was really impressed by the 'fro Friday Foster was wearing and thought "The Sun" and "Star Crossed" of the Reimagination line were especially well done. What the heck happened to the Maxwell Smart doll is beyond me-it sure doesn't look like Steve Carrell in the slightest. Miss Piggy turned out quite nicely. She's probably 16" tall, bigger than I expected. I have to wonder how well she will sell. The Tonner Company has to be paying out megabucks to get the licensing rights for all the character figures they are producing. Supposedly they will be making Belle next, but are not sure about the Beast.
More on IDEX tomorrow.
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