Let's Start 2012 Off Right

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Since it is a new year, I thought we would start the year off with a few changes.  New families, new hair, new eyes, new lips, new pictures, etc.  Yesterday was a marathon day that started at 7am with me washing, conditioning, boiling and styling hair for about 10 dolls as everyone was getting prepared for the New Year's party (no pictures of the new hair are included).  I then decided I didn't want to shoot the next video with side glancing and otherwise wonky-eyed dolls.  So repainting was the next task on the list.  So just about every adult doll with crazy eyes, now has new eyes.  I had a few dolls in the sell pile that now have makeovers, and they are staying in Morristown.  New bodies arrived just in the nick of time for two new men to join the ladies at the New Year's party.  Last, but not least, I was inspired (at 3:45am) to scope out and set up a new photo taking area.  It didn't make sense to do all that work making over the dolls and then have totally crummy pictures.  I found a great area, but I still have to tweak the lighting, etc.  For now, it will suffice.

Good lawd!  There ought to be a law against action figures that look this good.  Racquel's husband is now on his permanent body and happy to be here.  Doesn't she look happy?  Trust me.  We are all very happy to have him on the scene.


The other man who joined his family is Sam. (He reminds me of Samuel Jackson).  He got a lip and eye repaint job upon arrival to make him look a little less mean.  Remember Jacquelyn and Robin from the bridal boutique?  This is the family, without the grandkids.  The three daughters are Chandra, Tanisha (the youngest) and Robin (the oldest).  Chandra  and Tanisha both received eye repaints.

Just a reminder of the previous side glancing eyes.

This is Luminescence Adele. She is one of the original Jason Wu Adeles.  She is Barbie sized, not tall like the current Adele dolls.  She is on one of those strange bodies where the legs are articulated, but the arms are not. This is not my picture.  This doll is listed on ebay for a really good starting bid.  Click the picture to see the listing.

This is my doll. I bought her in her original condition, nude, about six years ago.  I paid $35 for her and she just sat on the shelf undressed for years.  She was sitting in the sell pile because I wasn't bonding with her.  A couple days ago, I decided to take her hair down and try to find her a new body.  The older Jason Wu dolls, like Janays, are extremely hard to rebody.  Their heads do not fit on the current bodies too well.  Rebodying this doll proved to be challenging.  She started with a new Pop Life body.  She was pretty happy with it, but she quickly lost it to Top Model Nikki.  I remembered from my recent body comparison post that the Pop Life bodies are really tall.  Nikki would have no problem sporting that body with her handsomly tall man, Darius.

So, "Linda" is temporarily on a gymnast body.  She received an eye repaint  to get rid of her little beady eyes.  She is a single mom of two little girls... 

...and the older sister to Adele.  Even though she is the older sister, Adele seems to have it a little more together. 

This is Marisa, Pretty Young Thing.  This is not my picture.  This is an ebay listing for $18.  I've had this doll ever since she came out.  I never really liked the one I had.  I think she had  a bad facial screening.  The one here even looks better than the one I had.  Mine was sitting in the sell pile.

Yesterday, I played around with her a little.  I gave her a new body and a new lip color.  I think the lip color is too strong for an every day look, so I will be changing it to something else.  I at least like her now, and she can stay in town.  She is pictured with her brother Pierre.  Pierre got a haircut and new eyes, too.

This is Pierre before. 

A few more ladies received eye repaints.  Two of the three Trichelle dolls I have, AA Pop Life and  Rod's, ex-wife Melanie all got new eyes.  Melanie is not pictured because she is out looking for a new body.

We will end this post the way we began, because this brother deserves more camera time.

Again, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!