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Oh, AC, why have you forsaken me
Aug. 19th, 2017 08:20 amHrmm. Pictures might have to wait til tomorrow. Our AC conked out yesterday (it still works, just... not well?) and I'm trying to get to bed before it gets stupidly hot. If I'm asleep before then, I'll likely sleep through the hottest part of the day. If I'm not, I'll never sleep again. :P This means I'm trying to keep as many lights off as is possible to keep the temp inside down. Also, I forgot to buy the batteries for the camera even though I remembered that I needed to get... something.
But while we wait for the Benadryl to kick in, let's discuss some toys, shall we? We shall!
First up, CYO AG dolls are starting to roll in. The first one I saw was... a classic mold. *facepalm* Not a classic mold with a pixie cut or any of the really different wigs because that I could get. Nope. This is basically #39 with a slightly different wig. I... why would you pay $200+ bucks for a doll that a) you already own and b) you could get said lookalike for much, much cheaper? Seriously I don't understand. o_O If you plunked this doll down and I didn't see the bottom of her foot with the little One of a Kind tattoo they do for these dolls and said, "Look, isn't #39 gorgeous?" I wouldn't be able to say "wait, that's not 39!"
Not even the pretty dark blue eyes! WHY. Universe, gift me with this person's money so I can make more interesting life choices, dammit.
Luckily, the next one I saw was more interesting. She chose a light Sonali mold with the black wavy hair and gray eyes. This doll is ridiculously pretty. I linked to her flickr account (I'd have linked the first but she uploaded directly to the board, I think) so you can peruse if that's your thing. She's also got pictures of the box the customs come in, the outfit, the accessories... it's a pretty thorough report, really.
I'm tempted to keep a folder of the various CYOs I see in the world for science.
I will say that people are being very strange about the CYO line. They keep acting like the dollmaker is going to be 100% accurate as to what the actual doll will look like. Um, no. That thing is rigged to make all the doll molds fit in the same general area which means that somehow the classic mold's mouth got super squished and it did something funky to the Jess mold as well. I'm thinking maybe it was optimized for the Addy mold or maybe that mold just happens to resist the scaling down moreso than the others. *shrug*
Anyway, they've also been losing their minds over the Jess molds on display at the various stores and... I think I've seen exactly one that I would agree is something to be wary of. But not a single person has commented my concern (that the eyes seem to be looking down and it's just disconcerting) so I'm not sure if they're all seeing something I don't or what.
This IG has a few display pictures with "I'm worried" kinds of comments. If you scroll to not!Kanani Jess, you'll see the one I'm wary of. But that's one doll out of however many. However, it's possible that there's something to the worry about the Jess molds since all the CYO Jess molds were on immediate backorder.
Moving along, Nanea's officially coming out Monday and I am ready, ready, ready. Since we're not at the official release yet, we're still lacking full promo pictures for a good chunk of her collection but since we need PR, there are articles with pictures coming out to help us along.
Nanea at her market. Behold those shoes. Apparently the market has all the shoes in her collection. :P I will be needing this dress, kthnx.
If you're a rewards member and want the points, check your email to see if they sent you this. If you click and watch from that, you'll get 10 points. This vid also gives a bit more of a look to the market but since every time it's mentioned someone screams, "It's $250!" I just let my eyes glaze over. I don't think I'd fall in love even if I did pay close attention but we don't need to find out the hardway, y'know? Also, that thing is not worth $250.
Swimsuit and fishing pole on the far left. Cute!
I believe the Benadryl is kicking in so here's my already typed up Scentsy blather to tide you over:
Ooh. Ahh. The Scentsy Halloween flier is out. Let's pick this sucker apart, shall we?
First, the fall stuff because yeah.
( Scentsy pictures and blather follow. )
But while we wait for the Benadryl to kick in, let's discuss some toys, shall we? We shall!
First up, CYO AG dolls are starting to roll in. The first one I saw was... a classic mold. *facepalm* Not a classic mold with a pixie cut or any of the really different wigs because that I could get. Nope. This is basically #39 with a slightly different wig. I... why would you pay $200+ bucks for a doll that a) you already own and b) you could get said lookalike for much, much cheaper? Seriously I don't understand. o_O If you plunked this doll down and I didn't see the bottom of her foot with the little One of a Kind tattoo they do for these dolls and said, "Look, isn't #39 gorgeous?" I wouldn't be able to say "wait, that's not 39!"
Not even the pretty dark blue eyes! WHY. Universe, gift me with this person's money so I can make more interesting life choices, dammit.
Luckily, the next one I saw was more interesting. She chose a light Sonali mold with the black wavy hair and gray eyes. This doll is ridiculously pretty. I linked to her flickr account (I'd have linked the first but she uploaded directly to the board, I think) so you can peruse if that's your thing. She's also got pictures of the box the customs come in, the outfit, the accessories... it's a pretty thorough report, really.
I'm tempted to keep a folder of the various CYOs I see in the world for science.
I will say that people are being very strange about the CYO line. They keep acting like the dollmaker is going to be 100% accurate as to what the actual doll will look like. Um, no. That thing is rigged to make all the doll molds fit in the same general area which means that somehow the classic mold's mouth got super squished and it did something funky to the Jess mold as well. I'm thinking maybe it was optimized for the Addy mold or maybe that mold just happens to resist the scaling down moreso than the others. *shrug*
Anyway, they've also been losing their minds over the Jess molds on display at the various stores and... I think I've seen exactly one that I would agree is something to be wary of. But not a single person has commented my concern (that the eyes seem to be looking down and it's just disconcerting) so I'm not sure if they're all seeing something I don't or what.
This IG has a few display pictures with "I'm worried" kinds of comments. If you scroll to not!Kanani Jess, you'll see the one I'm wary of. But that's one doll out of however many. However, it's possible that there's something to the worry about the Jess molds since all the CYO Jess molds were on immediate backorder.
Moving along, Nanea's officially coming out Monday and I am ready, ready, ready. Since we're not at the official release yet, we're still lacking full promo pictures for a good chunk of her collection but since we need PR, there are articles with pictures coming out to help us along.
Nanea at her market. Behold those shoes. Apparently the market has all the shoes in her collection. :P I will be needing this dress, kthnx.
If you're a rewards member and want the points, check your email to see if they sent you this. If you click and watch from that, you'll get 10 points. This vid also gives a bit more of a look to the market but since every time it's mentioned someone screams, "It's $250!" I just let my eyes glaze over. I don't think I'd fall in love even if I did pay close attention but we don't need to find out the hardway, y'know? Also, that thing is not worth $250.
Swimsuit and fishing pole on the far left. Cute!
I believe the Benadryl is kicking in so here's my already typed up Scentsy blather to tide you over:
Ooh. Ahh. The Scentsy Halloween flier is out. Let's pick this sucker apart, shall we?
First, the fall stuff because yeah.
( Scentsy pictures and blather follow. )
