A Couple of Firsts

 I unboxed Summer in Taormia Vanessa this morning. Integrity collaborated with Magia2000 in 2022, and Vanessa is the second doll in that collection. She is my first Magia doll, and my first Vanessa v.3 sculpt as well. I've always loved Vanessa, but I've been a V.1 girl until Summer in Taormia.  There are a lot of mix and match pieces with this set, but for this first set of photos of her, she's just wearing the dress as it comes right out of the box. There is also some lingerie and a train to create a day to night look.

I just love her earrings and the over the top sunglasses.

And that stunning face. I love the Fashion Royalty line for it's classic elegance, and Summer in Taormia has that in spades. Magia really outdid themselves with this version of Vanessa, which is why I had to resort to Ebay to obtain her after I missed out in the lottery. After I started seeing owner pictures of her, I knew she was the version of Vanessa 3.0 that I wanted in my collection, and I imagine she will hit grail status for a lot of collectors fairly quickly.

I'm not sorry I resorted to the secondary market to add her. She really is one of the most beautiful versions of Vanessa that has been done IMHO. I'm really glad I added her to my collection.

Bonjour Paris Sean

A few shots of Bonjour Paris Sean modeling Look 4 from the Dangerous Love collection paired with a tank from Integrity. I passed this guy up in the preordering period (what was I thinking???), but as is often the case with this line of dolls I was kicking myself when I saw owner pics of him.

Luckily a very kind member of the Muses Facebook group offered me a chance to purchase him, and he arrived home this week. While he may very well be the same sculpt as Aiden, who I did preorder, they are different enough that I'm very glad to have both. I'll get some shots of both of them together later.

Sean came with the white wig he is wearing here.

Maybe he will be the one that sticks with light hair. Most of my other guys somehow always seem to gravitate towards dark hair.

More Looks

 Got a couple of my dolls from Mattel's Signature Looks line out this morning for some playtime. I had ordered a few things for my Mattel made to move guys from Clear Lan a while ago, as they are slightly slimmer and shorter than my Integrity and Jamieshow men in the 1/6 scale, so I decided they needed a few "nice" things of their own. They can share some of the shirts/sweaters/coats with Integrity, but the pants  are not a good fit so nice to have some things from Clear Lan actually made for them.  Heide, is wearing a sweater dress from ElenPriv's line that is on Amazon.

These dolls are just pure fun to pose and play with, and I always enjoy spending time with them when I get them in front of the camera. I don't do it often enough.

I'm looking forward to the new Wave of looks dolls, which I believe are due to release to the US the end of this month. I hope so.  

Sean looking dapper in his fitted shirt, which really suits him I think.

And a couple of Heide by herself. She's just a beautiful new sculpt and I hope we see more of her in the line.

Aiden and Eileen

When the Bonjour Paris collection was introduced I was immediately drawn to Aiden. I love the male dolls, I love facial hair on the male dolls, and I loved that he was a new sculpt. The salt and pepper wig he came with was also a draw. It was an easy choice for me to put him in my cart. Eileen was a last minute add. Sabina was my first choice for the ladies from the promo shots, but when they arrived home and I got them out of the box, Eileen really surprised me with how lovely she was, and I actually like her more than Sabina if I was forced to choose one. Luckily that isn't the case! So this morning as I was lookng at my shelf and Aiden and Eileen were standing next to each other I decided I wanted to get some pictures of them together in their Bonjour Paris finery. Aiden is wearing Look 15, Eileen is in Look 2.

Aiden is wearing the Style 4 wig in white from the Bonjour Paris collection and Eileen is wearing a wig from the Dangerous Love line in hazelnut, a newish shade or red between bronze and red.

I like Eileen quite a lot as a redhead.

And I was really surprised by how much I liked Aiden in the white wig.

The degree of versatility the wig caps add to play with these dolls is a huge drawing point! I am totally addicted to them and if I could own each style in every color I would! I am really hoping we get more colors and styles for the mean in 2023.

Spring Colors

 Sharing a bit more of the Jamieshow Muse Bonjour Paris collection today. Two of my favorite looks for the men were Looks 14 and 15, these gorgeous pink and yellow spring suits. Alejandro from the Dangerous Love collection models Look 14 and Aiden from the current Bonjour Paris line models Look 15. 

I love the each suit has slightly different details. Alejandro is borrowing Aiden's wig here, and Aiden is wearing one of the new wigs introduced in the Bonjour Paris line.

And one of Alejandro in a black wig. I do still love him although he doesn't seem to get as much love as the other guys.

And Aiden with a wig change as well. 

I love the versatility with these dolls, and how different a wig change can make them look!