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[impy]

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 zallia. I wasn't set to love Abbey in any form, but she pretty much started out awesome in the webisodes and that made her doll grow on me. Plus all of the z dolls are extra special. It's a proven fact.


• 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.

Comments

[zallia.livejournal.com]

Lists! Funness! They're keeping me sane during safety trainings this week!

Aw, yours are all the specialist, too. It's why I haven't twinned DT UlaD since I'm afraid I'll get them mixed up. Not as good as you on that front! If you do want W2 Clawdeen in the future, let me know, she's currently shelf-sitting at Walmart. That's the School's Out ones right?

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Ooh! Consider this me hopping up and down saying "do want, do want!" I've been kicking myself for not snagging her at Walmart when they had her months ago, figuring she'd be relatively safe since at the time they'd had her listed for the Bad Girls wave, which I don't think she was actually in.

Safety trainings? What safety are we training?

[zallia.livejournal.com]

http://www.amazon.com/Monster-High-Clawdeen-Wolf-Doll/dp/B0058NUAKY/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1337133977&sr=8-14

This one right? She was there, but now I'm worried that she's not, but they've been so overflooded with Rochelle's and Abbey's and the Clawd set and Jackson just sitting there, that hopefully she's gone undetected. I know Cleo 2.0 was still around with Nefera.

Oh my god, it's so stupid. I guess the City f'ed up it's insurance somehow so now they're cramming a year's worth of training's into one week: Bloodbourne Pathogens, Backs and Lifting, Safety Awareness, Office Safety and Slips and Falls. And EACH ONE of those is TWO HOURS. INSANE. And sooo boring. And it's in the art museum so I can't even bring in Starbucks!!

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's the Clawdeen. :D Clawdeens are rascally sorts, so maybe she's still hiding somewhere.

Wait. They're boring you for two hours at a time and no caffeine is allowed to be smuggled in? That sounds like a nap waiting to happen. o_O

[zallia.livejournal.com]

Got her! One eye looks a liiiittle smaller, so I'll take pics when things slow down so you can judge. Didn't realize they were going for so much on amazon! geez! They'd restocked Cupids, too, but I don't know if there's any differences between first and seconds? I picked one up cause her top looked different, but I think it was just set funny.

[irishgypsie.livejournal.com]

How many Gloom Beach Frankie's do you have? Because if you have lots and are maybe willing to part with one, I'd love to have one. I don't have a lot of money, but I'd be happy to pay you something.