Soooooooooooo. I wanted to do an All Yer Dolls thing, but with my propensity for twinning and my backlog of deboxing and the serious lack of space in my room and my complete disinterest in lugging all my dolls downstairs for a photoshoot, I decided it would be in my sanity's best interest to compromise. But how? Do I photograph each type of doll separately? Again, deboxing backlog, but an interesting idea. One I might go ahead with next weekend.
And then I found my little notebook of lists I make when I'm winding down at the end of the day. (you lot call this "1pm) In it, I'd listed each of my favorite versions of the dolls available that I owned and I decided I'd go with this. I left Holt out because he's still in his box and I didn't want to take him out of my closet since he's actually safely hidden from Widget there. So, Holt isn't present for this but he does exist.
Some of these were easy choices in that there's only one version of the doll and I didn't twin them. So easy! Purrsephone, Meowlody, Nefera, Howleen though she'll be twinned if Target ever gets her back in stock, Cupid, and Gil all fall into this category.
Some were almost as easy because while there are more than one version available, I only own one. Jackson and Deuce, I'm looking at you.
Next tier of ease? Those who only have one available but I twinned them and YES. I can tell the difference. :P Operetta, Rochelle, Toralei, and Spectra.
Which left everyone else. Y'know, the main cast. And that was also pretty easy, aside from Lagoona who is always chosen as favorite because of sentimental reasons and yet each time I feel compelled to consider another version of her. *shrug*
Ultimately I decided on these versions.
- DotD Cleo is by far my favorite. There aren't any serious contenders to her throne, actually. She's just beautiful and none of the releases since have come close to shaking her from the top spot.
- Dead Tired Ghoulia is pretty much the only doll version to not look exceptionally mean and thus she's the closest to webisode Ghoulia. Since I've always been a little disappointed in the transition from webisode to doll form for Ghouls this is very important to me. So yeah, she's got a twin out there. :P But she's so pretty! *flails*
- Wave 1 Lagoona: First doll is first doll. There's just something very sweet about W1 Lagoona, but I'll be honest: I love every Lagoona. Every. Single. One.
- Basic Abbey from
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- W2 Clawdeen: This is HBIC Clawdeen. Let's not even try and pretend otherwise. She brings additional claws to the party just in case she needs to throw down. It's why she's pretty much the only fav version listed without a twin (because I can't find one, k?) but still makes the list, flaws and all.
- Sweet 1600 Clawd is by far the better Clawd. Don't even try and kid yourself.
- DT Draculaura. Closed mouth. Cute pigtails. Adorableness!
- Gloom Beach Frankie. My expectations were her were relatively conservative and she surpassed them. She's one of the few I don't mind having a gazillion doubles of that I didn't even plan to have. (Stupid GB 5pack!) She's so purdy! She also breaks the rule I have about the twinning (one stays absolutely stock!) and I don't mind at all.
Oh, and Sharpay snuck in for the photo. I like to think she's Candace from the books. If you get why she'd be Candace, I love you that much more.
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