Thankful IV

Well, looking through my photos of all of my lovely dolls, I came across a series of pics I took exactly a year ago today, which I called "Conan Logic."

I love reading Robert E. Howard's Conan stories, and while I was growing up, I collected Conan novels, as well as collections of short stories by various other writers. What I found the most interesting about these books, was the cover illustrations, painted by such great fantasy artists as Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo. Many times, the strong, hunky hero is shown standing over monster he has just vanquished, with a scantily clad lady on his arm. The funniest covers had to be the ones depicting deep winter conditions, with the hero wearing a loincloth and a bunch of pelts tied together as boots, while the scantily clad lady, usually a plucky escaped slave girl, lounged at his feet.

My point, and yes, there is one, is that I am glad there is no snow on the ground THIS year. In the meantime, please enjoy Steffanie (Blush and Bashful Sydney Chase) as the plucky escaped slave girl, looking for the hunky barbarian hero, an homage to the great cover illustrations of Messrs. Frazetta and Vallejo.

I am a plucky escaped slave girl! I do not want to be the Evil Dude's love toy!

Oh, no! The Evil Dude has sent his monster minion to bring me back and make me his love toy! Can no one save me?

Thank you, oh, thank you, hunky barbarian hero! Uh, do you have any brandy? I'm kinda chilly in this getup!

Here's hoping all of Fashion Doll Review's readers have a nice, warm and snuggly Thanksgiving! Or at least warmer than the one poor Steffanie had this time last year.

She's Arrived Poppy Parker

She's arrived Poppy was from the 2010 mainline collection and was part of a giftset which included a pink and white 3 piece suit, a muli-colored print blouse and skirt, suitcase, a Miss Teen New York shopping bag, purse, white gloves, white spikes, and pink sandals. Her edition size was 350. Pieces of the giftset do show up periodically on the secondary market but she is rarely found as a complete set. Poppy has short blonde hair, forward-glancing blue eyes, and pink lips.

Endless Summer Poppy

From the 2009 Jason Wu event is this Poppy Parker doll, Endless Summer. She was a limited edition of 325 and is a bit difficult to locate today. Poppy has long brown hair, brown eyes which are right side-glancing, and pale pink lips. Here she is wearing a Randall Craig Yahoo Group exclusive red dress.

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Thankful III

Well, at the risk of sounding exceptionally greedy, I passed the mark of 100 Tonner dolls in April of this year. Not bad for someone who started collecting these lovely ladies in 2007!

Anyway, the doll that pushed me over the so-called "Century Mark" actually might have been a denizen of my so-called Bluebeard Drawer. I purchased her as a head, but decided that she had to have a body as soon as I could arrange it. One of my other dolls, whom I wanted to Frankendolly onto a different style of body "volunteered" to "donate" her body to the cause, and doll number 100 became a "real live doll," and not an occupant in my Bluebeard Drawer.

Kalypso Hart, formerly Egyptian Gold Betty Ann

I have long been a Greek mythology fan, and one of my favorite names from mythology was the name of one of the goddesses mentioned in The Odyssey, who tried to keep King Odysseus with her and make him Her immortal consort.

Oh, and for those of you who wonder what in the world a Bluebeard Drawer could POSSIBLY be or look like, here is your answer:

Gruesome, isn't it?

And don't worry - I am already planning my New Year's Resolution for 2012, and that is to get bodies for all of these lovely ladies.