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impyI'm thinking I'm going to start a drinking game for AG fandom. I'll need some help, so those who have even dabbled just a little are more than welcome. (And if you haven't, go poke around and then come back with your findings!)
We'll start simple.
Shots of your favorite beverage should be taken when:
Someone calls the original green eyes "laser" green. Another shot for neon or two shots for creepy being tacked onto the description.
When the question, "What time period should AG do next?" is asked. An additional shot is required when someone says, "Japanese Internment Camp!" or "Chinese Railroad Worker!" to answer said question.
I'm sure there are others but I'm at that weird space where I'm just tired all the damn time because I spent the last three weeks not sleeping properly and I just want to sleep. But I cannot because I have to do stuff. But I can't do stuff until things are done elsewhere sooo... I'm waiting. And no, I cannot nap.
Will the laundry never end?
No. No it will not. I will be doing laundry until the day I die and then my ghost will come back, look around, and finally say, "Well, it's not Walgreens so I guess that's a step up."
I moved the furniture in Mum's room around a bit. It still needs a little more tweaking but I can't do that until she comes back. I should begin working on the eleventy-billion boxes of books out here in the LR but I'm laaaaaaaaaaazy. I'm also super hungry and I don't think we've got a thing to eat, actually.
Sigh.
Back to AG! We're less than a month away from the launch of BeForever. I'm unsure how I feel about this. On the one hand, we get new stuff. NEW STUFF. I love new stuff! In theory, anyway.
We also get the return of Samantha! Woo! And new adventure books for everyone who survived the revamp!
I might've spent one night at work basically plotting how I'm going to spend my BF money. I'm not sure I'll actually spend any of it, really, because I don't know how things will be priced or packaged, but I'm hoping we'll get the new Meet outfits as separates at least for a little while. If so, I definitely want Samantha's and Addy's. Unsure on Rebecca because I still want Bex herself.
But at the same time, I can't work up too much enthusiasm because not even the return of Sam is enough to make me give a right royal damn about the characters left. Let's be honest, Kaya and Josefina are likely to get the shaft for different reasons.
Josefina is damn lucky to have made it this far and all the signs are pointing to her not making it much beyond this year, so... yeah. I'm not sure how much they'll do for her.
Kaya, well...I'm pretty sure you can figure out why she's hosed.
I'm meh on Addy the doll (Cass loves hers so much that I would feel weird twinning her, like Addy is HERS and hers alone, y'know?) but I do wonder what else she'll be getting. Caroline the doll doesn't do much for me but I do like her stuff. I think book!Rebecca is annoying as hell and her stuff tends to either be interesting or "wow, that fell outta the ugly tree and double tapped every branch on the way down, huh?" Kit's new meet outfit makes me think they're going to age down her stuff which is weird. Julie is in 70's hell without Ivy...
But I'm not one of those people who doesn't think the line needed help. It did, it does. It's just... I'm kinda meh on the characters left right now.
That said, if you sent me a text saying, "Hey, BF's catalog leaked, want pics?" I'd answer yes so fast you'd get the answer before you sent your text. :P
And now I should stop procrastinating and actually try and unpack some stuff.
We'll start simple.
Shots of your favorite beverage should be taken when:
Someone calls the original green eyes "laser" green. Another shot for neon or two shots for creepy being tacked onto the description.
When the question, "What time period should AG do next?" is asked. An additional shot is required when someone says, "Japanese Internment Camp!" or "Chinese Railroad Worker!" to answer said question.
I'm sure there are others but I'm at that weird space where I'm just tired all the damn time because I spent the last three weeks not sleeping properly and I just want to sleep. But I cannot because I have to do stuff. But I can't do stuff until things are done elsewhere sooo... I'm waiting. And no, I cannot nap.
Will the laundry never end?
No. No it will not. I will be doing laundry until the day I die and then my ghost will come back, look around, and finally say, "Well, it's not Walgreens so I guess that's a step up."
I moved the furniture in Mum's room around a bit. It still needs a little more tweaking but I can't do that until she comes back. I should begin working on the eleventy-billion boxes of books out here in the LR but I'm laaaaaaaaaaazy. I'm also super hungry and I don't think we've got a thing to eat, actually.
Sigh.
Back to AG! We're less than a month away from the launch of BeForever. I'm unsure how I feel about this. On the one hand, we get new stuff. NEW STUFF. I love new stuff! In theory, anyway.
We also get the return of Samantha! Woo! And new adventure books for everyone who survived the revamp!
I might've spent one night at work basically plotting how I'm going to spend my BF money. I'm not sure I'll actually spend any of it, really, because I don't know how things will be priced or packaged, but I'm hoping we'll get the new Meet outfits as separates at least for a little while. If so, I definitely want Samantha's and Addy's. Unsure on Rebecca because I still want Bex herself.
But at the same time, I can't work up too much enthusiasm because not even the return of Sam is enough to make me give a right royal damn about the characters left. Let's be honest, Kaya and Josefina are likely to get the shaft for different reasons.
Josefina is damn lucky to have made it this far and all the signs are pointing to her not making it much beyond this year, so... yeah. I'm not sure how much they'll do for her.
Kaya, well...I'm pretty sure you can figure out why she's hosed.
I'm meh on Addy the doll (Cass loves hers so much that I would feel weird twinning her, like Addy is HERS and hers alone, y'know?) but I do wonder what else she'll be getting. Caroline the doll doesn't do much for me but I do like her stuff. I think book!Rebecca is annoying as hell and her stuff tends to either be interesting or "wow, that fell outta the ugly tree and double tapped every branch on the way down, huh?" Kit's new meet outfit makes me think they're going to age down her stuff which is weird. Julie is in 70's hell without Ivy...
But I'm not one of those people who doesn't think the line needed help. It did, it does. It's just... I'm kinda meh on the characters left right now.
That said, if you sent me a text saying, "Hey, BF's catalog leaked, want pics?" I'd answer yes so fast you'd get the answer before you sent your text. :P
And now I should stop procrastinating and actually try and unpack some stuff.
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Date: 2014-08-05 03:04 am (UTC)I am looking forward to the new release too, especially if they make the meet outfits available on their own. I'd like to increase my dolly wardrobe, since I now have three dolls and they haven't changed outfits in awhile. Ruthie is still in her meet outfit and I got her back in May. I want to get some cute Halloween costumes (I must have the bee outfit) and I've been contemplating the 80s-tastic skateboarding outfit, but I really hate that it comes with the skateboard and I don't want that. I just want the outfit, dang it.
As for which historical I'd like to see next I confess I've wanted to see a Chinese railroad worker for a long time if only because the line needs more minorities and that was an important historical event. The same can be said for the Japanese internment camps. More diversity, AG! But I'd also be happy with a 1960s black girl, or a more modern Native American living on a reservation. Really I'd be happy with any non-white doll, and would be even happier if they stopped using the classic mold for awhile. They've retired Marie-Grace, so why not use her mold to create some new characters? Boo on AG for being boring and predictable. They need a new marketing team, stat.
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Date: 2014-08-05 08:35 am (UTC)I've heard a rumor that I hope is true about them selling the new meet outfits for a limited time on their own, likely just online and not in stores though that bit was based on how they did things when Felicity changed outfits eons ago.
I feel like the only person on the planet, AG wise, who doesn't really care too much what they pick so long as it doesn't yield yet another classic mold doll. I think I would be happy with anything beyond that. Happier with some things than others, quite probably, but if it gets me new stories to read and a new collection to admire, well, I'm good.
I worry that MG's stubborn refusal to even come close to selling out anywhere is going to keep them from reusing her mold, though I hope they're smart enough to realize how different she looks when not weighed down by mutton chop curls of doom.