I will now describe the second part of my
birthday bonanza. These toys are more of the fashion doll variety than the
Lalaloopsy dolls I wrote about in my previous post. All three of these dolls
are from the Integrity Toys line
http://www.integritytoys.com/page/landing . If you ever look at doll photography, it will
be most likely these types of dolls that are featured in the photos. To be
honest, I had seen a lot of the Integrity dolls but had never quite been taken
by then. It was more than just the price level but also that the dolls often
had a severe look to them. I did not find their appearance appealing.
One day I came across Poppy Parker. Now this was
a beautiful doll. There are many Facebook pages devoted to posting pictures of
this doll. There are many versions of her with different hairstyles, face
paint, and clothing. But in all these version, she has that distinctive
whimsical look to her. Poppy Parker is from a past era, the 1960s, and her
style displays this. If there was any doll from Integrity that I would consider
purchasing, it would be Poppy.
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The above pictures are from the Facebook page "PoppyParkerFanPage".
https://www.facebook.com/PoppyParkerFanPage
The following are a few other Facebook pages devoted to Poppy Parker:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/151551875023804/
https://www.facebook.com/poppy.parker.980?fref=ts
However, her price can be in the hundreds of
dollars. In addition, Poppy is very popular. From what I gather, in order to
directly purchase from Integrity, you need to be a member. Then when new dolls are issued, you need to be
at your computer hitting the refresh button in hopes that you can get what you
want before supply runs out. Because of this, it was likely I would have to buy
Poppy on the secondary market, such as eBay. And these dolls would be at even
higher prices.
Because of what I heard about the prices and the
availability, I had never seriously looked into buying a Poppy Parker doll. But
this past summer, I decided to go big. Literally. I decided to buy a 16” doll.
I decided to not buy Poppy, but to instead purchase Poppy’s granddaughter
Tulabelle. As I said, Poppy is from a past era but Tulabelle is from the
current times and best of all, she inherited some of her grandmother’s
clothing. So her style is the best of both worlds.
To give you an idea of what 16” means in doll
world, I will say Barbie is 11” tall. Here are some pics of a 16” doll with a
Barbie-sized doll for comparison.
Here is the Tulabelle doll I decided on.
There are a few features I love about this doll.
Her hair is a distinctive red. She is fully articulated and comes with a stand.
I will be able to sit her down, have her stand, and pose her in many ways. I
also love her outfit. It is a nice mix of dressy and casual. The leather look
blue jacket is very stylish. With real belt buckles and a functioning zipper,
it is displays great workmanship. The boots are funky and stylish. Underneath
her leather jacket, she wears a gold dress with a mesh overlay. I wish I had
this outfit!
She also comes with a clutch purse that opens
and several jewellery accessories.
I have not yet taken her out of the box, but
I am really happy with my choice. There are collectors who do not remove their
dolls from the box. They keep them in their original packaging in order to keep
them pristine and untouched. The values of the dolls may increase in the
future. You may see terms like MIB or NRFB on sites like eBay. NRFB stands for 'Never
Removed From the Box', which means the item has never been taken out of
the original box, thus never handled. MIB stands for 'Mint in Box'
which means this item is in mint condition and in its original box. So an item
that is MIB may have been taken out and displayed or played with. Most of the
dolls I have do not cost much and I don’t buy dolls to make money from my
collection.
It seems that I have run out of time so I will end
this post at this point. Next week I will describe the other two dolls that I
purchased from the Integrity Toys line. They are from the Dynamite Girls
collection.
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