My haul from the Jamieshow Bonjour Paris collection arrived this past Friday, and I got a chance to play a bit over the weekend. One of the dolls I was looking most forward to in this collection was Sabina. I had admired her when Jamieshow did a 16" version of this sculpt, but never picked one up. She was the first one into the cart when BP collection went up for preorder. The Bonjour Paris collection consisted of six brand new sculpts, 3 male and 3 female. Here is a promo shot of all the dolls offered in the collection.
I ordered 4 of the 6. As I said above, Sabina, second from the right, was the first in my cart and Aiden was the first in my cart from the male side. Sabina and Michael were both new resin colors (Sabina is in Mocha resin and Michael in Cappuccino) as well, so Michael made his way into my cart very quickly too. Eileen was a last minute add, as I kept looking at her and was afraid I would regret not picking her up later if I passed. I'm glad I added her. In hand I think I like her better than Sabina. I love Sabina too, but there is something really special about Eileen. On to pictures of the dolls. I chose to first photograph the girls in different wigs than what they came with ,as I'm not a huge fan of the long straight wigs they came with. The wigs they arrived with were not as short as in the promo shots, nor pulled back from their faces as in the promo shots. They were the long straight wigs already seen with the Summer Kisses dolls, and added as a separate wig purchase with the Dangerous Love line. Sabina's box was on top, so she was the first sprung from her packaging. I chose to put her in silver version of Wig Style 2 from the new line.
One of the changes the girls have undergone with the Bonjour Paris line is wiring in their joints. Upon initial play time, I have to say I'm not a huge fan of the change. The diameter wire they chose to use seems a bit too "thick" to me, and doesn't allow movement to flow as naturally as it should when trying to pose the dolls. Another collector noted that the wires were imbedded within the joint channel, so you could not remove it if you so chose. I will reserve more comments on the wiring once I have more play time, but initially, I'm not a fan. I prefer the older body style with no wires in the joints. I'm glad they haven't made the change on the male bodies, and I hope they don't.
Sabina's face is lovely and I really like her new resin color. I wish she didn't have quite as much glitter as she does under her eyes, but that's a minor complaint. The basic little dresses with the wedge sandals are wonderful! My favorite basic outfit to date. I may have to try to pick up Anya's black outfit in the leftovers sale if there are any available. Below Sabina is pictured with the Versailles chair and ivory end table, which were optional to order with this collection. They are very well made.
Michael was next out of the box. He is the first African American male sculpt in the line. Very handsome. As I said, his resin color is new, it is called cappuccino and it is really lovely! Here is a shot of Michael with Sabina so you can see both resin color's together. Her's is lighter than his, and they are both lighter shades than Nicole's chocolate resin. I'll do another post comparing her with them at a later date.
Michael also has gorgeous shading on his lips.
I'm really glad I added this handsome guy to my preorder.
Next out of the box was Aiden. I have to admit, I love the men, but one of the drawing points to this guy, for me, was the gray wig! They didn't offer it separately, its only been available with Aiden, and I wanted it! Pair that with the fact that he's a new sculpt, and he was my choice over Sean (who some say is the same sculpt as Aiden, just in a clean shaven version). I haven't seen Owen or George confirm this, but they did look similar, so I passed on Sean and went with Aiden.
Another handsome guy! And I do like the gray wig. I wish we would see more variety of wigs and hair colors with the guys (as I've noted before). Keeping my fingers crossed we do in 2023. I'd like a Scottish inspired Muse man with auburn hair and a kilt! Some pics of Aiden and Michael together.
Doing some wig swapping...............Michael in Aiden's and vice versa.
Aiden taking a load off in the Versailles chair.
Lastly Eileen made it out of her box. I wasn't a fan of the black wig (that she came with ) from the start, as her eyebrows aren't black (and that's a pet peeve of mine, lighter eyebrows with a black wig), so I found some lighter choices for her to try out.
First up was Sasha's Dangerous Love wig. I like her as a blonde.
Next up, we tried some pink on for size. I really like the pink on her too.
Choice number three was bronze, as I wanted to take a picture of her with Sabina and I had put Sabina in the black curly wig, so thought I'd give Eileen curls as well. I really like Sabina with dark hair, and think Eileen pulls off bronze quite well too!
Lastly the girls sitting together, Sabina in the Versailles chair. Look for an upcoming installment where I begin to go through the outfits I picked up from this collection as well. And in closing today's installment I just have to say, another wonderful collection. Bravo Jamieshow and Owensu! Every time I think they can't top a previous collection.............they go and prove me wrong.
