Tonner Doll Company Store photo contest!

Each week during the month of February, Tonner Doll will hold a photo competition. The idea is:

Come to the Tonner Company Store (301 Wall Street, Kingston, New York, 12401) and take your best picture of your favorite doll. Post the photo on Tonner's Facebook page.

Winners will be chosen weekly, and presented a doll at the Tonner Company Store by Robert Tonner himself.

New Tonner Doll preview

Jupiter Ascending 

Tonner Doll Company has previewed several new dolls today. It looks like there are more dolls arriving, and several new lines have been announced. I'm noticing a few price increases with this release. You can preorder dolls from the collection from your favorite dealer, and see the complete release on Tonner's website here.

In addition to the dolls released today, more dolls are coming soon, which include the brand new Marley Wentworth collection, Patsy and Patsyette, American Models, a new DC Star category, more Wizard of Oz items, Sindy, and Deja Vu.

Above, from the new collection Jupiter Ascending, is the name sake doll. She uses a new sculpt, modeled after Mila Kunis, with green eyes and mink rooted hair. She is limited to 300 and retails for $239.99. She's scheduled to arrive February 2. Two other dolls have also been announced: Jupiter Jones (LE300 $199.99), which uses the same sculpt, in stock now, and Caine, LE300 $189.99. No photo of Caine is available yet, but he will use a new Channing Tatum sculpt on the 17" Matt O'Neill body.

Perfectly Pink

A single new Tiny Kitty doll, Perfectly Pink, is scheduled to arrive February 26, retail $149.99, LE500.

Golden Princess

There have been more additions to the Diana Prince collection, as well. All of these dolls use the Tyler 2.0 sculpt on the 16" Fit body. A new basic doll, Diana Basic, has wigged brunette hair and green eyes, retails for $99.99 as an open edition, arriving February 26. Three new dressed dolls have also been announced. Golden Princess, shown above, retails for $179.99 and is in stock, limited to 500. Diana is a wigged platinum doll, arriving February 2, retail $189.99. Special Agent Diana, with rooted black hair, also retails for $189.99 and is arriving February 26. Two new outfits are in stock: Beauty and Strength (LE300 $94.99) and Winter Princess (LE300 $99.99). The final outfit, Stars & Stripes (LE300 $109.99), is scheduled to arrive on February 26.

Evening Evil

One additional doll has been added to the Wizard of Oz collection, LE125 retail $209.99. Evening Evil uses the Wicked Witch sculpt on the 19" Wilde Imagination Evangeline body. I really love her outfit. She is scheduled to arrive February 26.

I'll Never Be Hungry Again

Two Vivien Leigh dolls have been added to the Gone With The Wind collection. Above, I'll Never Be Hungry Again, is limited to 500 for $199.99. Shanty Town is limited to 500 and retails for $214.99. The release date of these two dolls is to be announced.

Fashion First Snoopy and Belle

Last but not least, it's an adorable gift set, LE100, retail $274.99, called Fashion First. The set features two dolls, Snoopy and Belle, and they are scheduled to arrive February 2.

Photos are property of Tonner Doll.

Tonner Doll fans: Check out Dreamcastle Dolls' consignment corner!

Consignment Corner at Dreamcastle Dolls

Looking for older, hard to find Tonner Dolls? Check out Carol's Consignment Corner at Dreamcastle Dolls. She has many new items--and will often offer splits, too. She also has several Genes, Barbies and Fashion Royalty dolls listed.
Plus, Carol shows actual photos of the doll you will receive in addition to reasonable shipping charges.

Tonner Doll West Coast Event souvenirs available!

New Year, New Look Ellowyne

Limited supply is available now--Wilde Imagination and Tonner Doll Company (whoops--I posted too soon!) has posted several West Coast Event souvenir dolls for sale. Dolls are limited to one per customer (each 24 hours), and will ship on January 23.

• Long Ago, Far Away Evangeline Ghastly is limited to 100, retail $225 
• New Year, New Look Ellowyne Wilde, limited to 250, retail $160
• Singing the Blues Emma Jean Deja Vu, limited to 150, retail $184.99

Long Ago, Far Away Evangeline

Singing the Blues Emma Jean

Photos are property of Wilde Imagination and Tonner Doll Company.

Diana Prince - Undercover

This Tonner Doll is called Undercover and is from the new Diana Prince collection. She's a blonde Tyler 2.0 sculpt on a 16" Fit body, and I'm really quite pleased with her. Her outfit is great, too--white slacks, sequined tank top, a belt, necklace, earrings, bag and faux fur trimmed coat.

I think it's cute that when Wonder Woman goes Undercover, she wears all white, with sparkles and fur!

Virtual Factory Sale at Tonner Doll Company!

15 Years! Tyler Wentworth dressed doll

It's going on now--don't delay, as it's one day only! I think it's happening now through tomorrow, noon, EST.

Here is the link. While supplies last. And based on my last post--check out Tyler Wentworth, 15th Anniversary convention exclusive for just $99!

Happy 15th Anniversary, Tyler! (Dedicated to Carolyn!)

Tyler Wentworth, Robert Tonner's signature fashion doll, is one of the founding models and dolls of his company. She has a large fan base, and also a signature style, as you can see in this doll, Signature Style Tyler from 2009. She wears a white blouse (this one sateen with rhinestone buttons) and a black skirt. She has celebrated her fifteenth anniversary this year.


Classic doesn't get more classy in Soir de Fete, a Theatre de la Mode style from 2002.


Also from 2002, Reflet d'Argent is a second Theatre de la Mode fashion. I adore the ballgown and the silver beading on the dress and gloves.


Metro Styl Tyler was a convention exclusive (from the 2006 Metropolis luncheon) with gorgeous black curls and a lovely red and black outfit. She includes two skirts, I believe, for multiple styling options.


Mademoiselle a la Mode Tyler is a Paris Fashion Doll exclusive from 2008, limited to 100 dolls. She was in my collection for quite a while, and just a lovely lady. Her softly blushed cheeks always did something special for me.


Fire Opal Tyler is a wigged dressed doll released in 2011. I love her bright matte lips, and that she retains a classic style, even in her edgier fashion.


In 2013, Tyler and Sydney were released as wigged basics. I love Tyler's peachy brown shade. It sets off her bold blue eyes.


You can't mention Tyler without bringing up the controversial 2.0 sculpt. To many collectors, this will never be Tyler, but I've always loved her face. My favorite issue is Au Milieu de l'Hiver, a 2008 limited 100 edition from the Paris Fashion Doll Festival.

 
Along the same lines, in 2009, Celebration a Paris was released with short blonde curls. This Tyler 2.0 is simply adorable, and is also limited to 100.

Wonder Woman 52 uses the new Tyler 2.0 sculpt on a heroine body, but I never dress her as a super hero. Her hair is soft and full--right out of the box--with minimal styling needed, which I appreciate, as most of my regular readers know. She's dressed in a slightly too small Theatre de la Mode gown called Amethyst, and jewels handcrafted by my friend Tracy.

Tyler also made an appearance (several, in fact) in resin. This is the first, Ultimate Basic Tyler. Mine has had a faceup by Overnight Flight, which really softens her features.

Tonner ballet dolls on sale - last day!

All of the ballet dolls in Tonner Doll Company's current collection are on sale for just $89 each. That's a pretty good bargain--but a little annoying for those of us who bought these from the dealer at full price.

There are three available--and they include both ballet feet and high heel feet:

Classical - Tyler head sculpt
Spring Time - Daphne head sculpt (real life photo of my doll is shown here)
Starlight - Kit head sculpt

These dolls would make a great gift for the dancer in your family. And they sure are priced right!

Tonner fall releases continued

Several other new releases were also announced as part of fall collection, including four new items as part of Tonner's Wizard of Oz line. Above, it's Blue Butterfly - Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. She is on the 19" Wilde Imagination PVC Evangeline body with strawberry curls and blue painted eyes with lashes. Her dress is blue crinkle chiffon, and it includes a petticoat, lace tights, gauntlets, glitter canvas shoes, a choker, earrings, and hair decorations. She's limited to just 250 and retails for $224.99. She's available for preorder with a stand sold separately.

Fiery Skies - Wicked Witch of the West is limited to 250, in stock, and retails for $224.99. She is also 19" with painted green eyes and applied lashes. Her dress is red shantung with black net overlay, and includes lace and faux fur trim. She also includes tights, black shoes, necklace, earrings, and hose. Her stand is sold separately.

Oz Stroll is an outfit expected to arrive on October 10. It is limited to 250, and retails for $139.99. It's sized for 19" bodies, and includes a pink and silver embroidered dress with a tulle bodice and crinkle chiffon skirt. (Lots of crinkle chiffon this release, Tonner!) It also includes a purple velvet shawl, necklace, satin shoes, and glitter tulle gauntlets.

No photo is yet available, but a 22" American Model Glinda is in production called 22" Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. She's limited to just 150 dolls for $324.99, and she will use the AM head sculpt with blue inset eyes and a non-removable saran red wig. She'll have a pink mermaid gown in pink glitter tulle (man! all the glitter!) with a detachable train (cool!), with gauntlets, bracelets, and a pink horsehair hat and shoes. I can't wait to see a photo!

No Tonner release is complete without a nod to the Gone with the Wind collectors. Sewing Circle is a 16" Vivien Leigh doll in a white blouse with lace trim and blue bows, a blue shantung skirt, and white underskirt and white attached petticoat, and matching shantung shoes. She's limited to 300 and retails for $199.99. (No ship date is yet determined.)

Several new Patsy dolls have been released--one to note in particular is The Ultimate Patsy, who is actually a resin version. She retails for $294.99--not bad for a BJD, I have to say. She includes changeable brown eyes and wig, plus a cute outfit. 

Additionally, some vintage doll fans may be excited to see a new addition to Tonner's line with Sindy. She's quite adorable, though not exactly up my alley. The basic doll is certainly priced right, though--at just $69.99 (wow!). She's 11" tall and uses the original Sindy head sculpt, and has rooted eyelashes and a pink and white checkered bathing suit. She's limited to 1000. She has the original shoulder, hip and waist articulation of the original doll--but I'm sure you'd be able to rebody her to another body, if you like. (I wonder how close she is to the Tiny Kitty skin tone?) It looks like two dressed dolls and three outfits are available as well.

Photos are property of Tonner Doll.

New fall release from Tonner Doll Company: Diana Prince collection

The new fall release from Tonner Doll was revealed yesterday, and several new dolls have been added to the Diana Prince line. I'm impressed that Tonner has managed to make Wonder Woman into a fashion icon as well, plus I'm a fan of the Tyler 2.0 sculpt (though I have her original edition already).

One basic doll and three dressed dolls have been released, plus three additional outfits. These are sized for the new "fit" body--I find that my doll can wear traditional sized Tyler clothes, but her arms and bust are slightly larger, and her hips might be, too. I haven't tried pants on her yet. I saw another collector described the fit body as the Starlet body with larger biceps--but I thought the bust might be slightly larger as well.

Above, Diana Prince is a dressed doll price at $179.99, limited to 500, and is in stock. She has a black rooted updo, painted blue eye, and is wearing dress with a red bodice and black velvet skirt, with gold chain detail. She also includes gold jewelry, black shoes, and a stand.

Princess of Paradise Island is sure to be a hit with Wonder Woman fans and fashion doll collectors alike. She is limited to 500, retails for $199.99, and is available for preorder. I don't see an estimated shipping date yet. She also has painted blue eyes and long black waves, with a gold headband. She's wearing a light blue (not white) crinkle chiffon dress with gold chain belt and accessories.

Undercover is limited to 500 and retails for $189.99. This is a blonde version of the new Tyler sculpt (some collectors call this sculpt Tyler 2.0) with blue eyes. I love the outfit! It's an ivory sequin tank, with slacks, coat with faux fur trim, belt, pumps, bag and silver accessories. She's also in stock now.

Diana Prince Basic is the basic doll, priced at $119.99, limited to 500, and includes a stand (which probably explains her additional price increase). She has raven rooted hair, blue painted eyes, and is dressed in a red cotton tank with blue panties. (I find her outfit amazingly adorable--it reminds me of underoos from my childhood.) She has a red ribbon headband as well. This is a great doll promo in which to see the new body. She expected to ship on October 10.

Beyond the Stars is an outfit, scheduled to arrive on October 10, LE 300, retailing for $99.99. It includes black satin pants, a silver bodysuit, jacket with sequin cuffs, faux fur headband, sunglasses, bag, silver earrings and black and silver sandals.

Modern Day Princess is also scheduled to arrive on October 10 and is limited to 300. It retails for $109.99. It includes a silver and grey knit dress, grey tights, platform shoes, earrings, purse, and bracelets.

Wonder Woman 52 outfit is limited to 500, scheduled to arrive on October 10, and retails for $99.99. It's a nice Wonder Woman costume, including a red bodice with silver trim, blue panty, silver gauntlets, an armband, a choker, headband, lasso and boots.

These dolls can be ordered from your favorite dealer--and many are in stock or will be in stock soon. I highly recommend Dreamcastle Dolls for excellent prices and service!

Photos are property of Tonner Doll Company.

Modern Doll exclusive Deja Vu: Moonlit Ball from Tonner Doll

Moonlit Ball, a limited edition of just 100, is now available from Tonner Doll. Her retail price is $225, and she was an exclusive to the Modern Doll convention.

She uses the Deja vu head sculpt and body, and has rooted platinum hair and painted blue eyes with applied lashes. She's in the cameo skin tone, and includes a glittering tulle mermaid gown, faux fur capelet with rhinestone brooch, rhinestone necklace and earrings, gloves, black faux leather shoes, hose and stand.

Her eyebrows remind me a little of the Ghost of Christmas Past--she looks a little concerned or worried. I think she's cute, though I could do without the glitter.

Photos property of Tonner Doll.

Virtual Factory Sale at Tonner - Tips

This are directly from a recent email from Tonner - don't forget to set up your account in advance if you've got your eye on something!

Coming Soon:
- Virtual Factory Sale -
August 12, 2014

Only on
www.tonnerdoll.com
Here's some tips for your shopping ease:

• Check to make sure your login and password are working prior to the VFS.

• The site may run slow due to the intense volume of happy collectors getting their shop on - we thank you in advance for your patience!

• Check out as often as possible - items are sold on a first come, first served basis, so items may go missing from your cart if someone else with the same item checks out before you do.  

• We accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express as well as PayPal for payment.

• Items are sure to go quickly - shop early, if you can, to get the best selection. 

• Due to the extreme volume of orders, we cannot combine multiple orders to ship together.

• It is fastest and easiest to shop online, but if you need us, we are here to help:  1.800.794.2107.  Please be aware call volume may be heavy - leave us a message and we WILL call you back!

• Factory Sale Items are sold AS IS, and all sales are final.

• Watch your inbox - an email will go out launching the sale.  An announcement will also be made on Facebook and Twitter.

Tonner's first Pop-Up sale

It starts now--enter the promo code POP14 at checkout and save 25% off your order and enjoy free shipping. I think you can only save the 25% on the items listed at this link. Plus free shipping applies to domestic ground only. Here are the exclusions:

Promo not valid on Renesmee, Twilight Dance, Pink Peppermint Patsy.  Expires 7/2 at noon eastern.  Free Shipping is domestic and ground only.  International friends, email your order number to tonnerdirect@tonnerdoll.com for a $9.95 shipping credit.  Not to be combined with any other offers.  Please note any discounted or sale items are NOT eligible for Layaway.

So you saw that, right? It expires tomorrow, July 2, at 12 noon, EST.

Macaw - exclusive Antoinette on sale

Tonner Doll's FAO exclusive doll, Macaw, is on a terrific sale (save 40% off the original retail price!) at Toys R Us. If you love the Antoinette body and the Flights of Fancy convention from 2012 was your look, this doll belongs in your collection.

Her sale price is $134.98 (down from originally $224.99) with free 2-day shipping from Toys R Us. You can hardly pass her up!

She uses the Antoinette head and body with light brown painted eyes, and rooted red hair. She includes a red dress with red, blue, blue, green and yellow ruffled cape, and includes blue beaded earrings. She also includes yellow and blue hair decoration, and silver platform shoes. She was limited to only 100 dolls, which is a pretty low edition size!

If you want to save even more, you can go through Ebates and receive 2% cash back from your purchase. When you sign up through my link, I get a bonus, if you haven't used Ebates before (you do, too, when you sign people up!). I think you also get a $5 bonus just for signing up--active with your first purchase. And every little bit adds up! Currently, my lifetime cash back is at $222.18--however, that does include my rather excessive Ulta and Sephora obsession!

Photo is property of Tonner Doll Company.

New Pin To Win 2014 contest from Tonner Doll!

Check out the latest Pin To Win contest from Tonner! (And you can use Alison Rasmussen as your referral if you heard about it from me, LOL! We both will get an extra chance to win if you do!)

All you have to do is:

1. Visit the 2014 Tonner Pinterest board
2. Pin 3 or more dolls from the 2014 release to a board of yours (one board per person).
3. Email the URL of your board to tonnersocialmedia@gmail.com with the Subject “2014 Tonner Pin To Win" and my name (Alison Rasmussen) as your referral. (We both get an extra entry if you use me as a referral, it turns out!)

That's it. A random name will be drawn on July 15, 2014. The winner will receive the doll or outfit that is pinned the most! Five runners up will receive a 15% off coupons for use at TonnerDoll.com.

For the complete details and rules, check them out here.

Tonner launches GWTW souvenirs tomorrow!

Tonner Doll will be offering the 2014 Gone with the Wind exclusives from the Atlanta mini convention tomorrow. Watch your inbox and Facebook for the link announcement, as quantities are limited.

Tonner convention dolls for sale!

You can pick up several convention dolls from Tonner's website today. I've noticed increased prices (or maybe I just haven't been paying attention), but they seem to have more accessories (jewelry, hats and more detailed outfits) and slightly smaller edition sizes.

As of this post, Cinderella is in stock and available to ship. She's part of the Re-Imagination collection. She uses the Kay face sculpt on the new 16" Chic body in the cameo skin tone, with rooted blonde hair and painted blue eyes. I think she's quite pretty. She is wearing clear pumps under her huge gown. She's limited to 150 with a retail of $215. If she weren't quite so pricey and her dress were just a bit smaller, I'd pick her up for my own collection.

Next, the Victorian Social centerpiece dolls are available. The centerpiece set of three is in stock for $495 (shipping on 5/27). Victorian Social Jon is $185, LE 100, with raven hair, brown eyes and the honey skin tone. Victoriam Social Cami is also $185, LE 200, with a blonde updo and blue eyes. Victorian Holiday (Captain Paul sculpt) is on the Matt O'Neil body with rooted mink hair. He is limited to 100.

Victorian Basic Cami is in stock for $129, and she's limited to 250. She's the Antoinette body with green eyes and rooted chestnut hair. I think she's very sweet, and I'm tempted--I think she'd be fun for redressing. (I love updos!)

American Model Milady is limited to 100 and retails for $350. She is dressed in a renaissance era gown, has green inset eyes, applied lashes, and wigged raven hair. Her gown will also fit Peak's Woods Absolute Beauty BJDs and similarly sized dolls with small waists.

The debut of Tonner's newest collection is Carmen Dell'Orefice. She is limited to 200 for $210. She's on the new Chic body, cameo skin tone with platinum hair and blue eyes. Her outfit is a grey knit dress and matching jacket with faux fur cuffs and collar, jewelry, satin shoes, silver necklace, and rhinestone earrings. I'm excited to see what else follows in this collection.

The convention doll is Lady Arabella Bertran, featuring the Deja Vu sculpt and body in cameo skin tone, strawberry hair, and blue eyes with applied lashes. She's limited to 300 and retails for $215.

Lady Action is another brand new body, the 16" Fit body, in cameo skin tone, with the Tyler 2.0 head sculpt with blue eyes and mink wigged hair. She comes with weapons: a gun with holster and a sword. She's limited to 1000 (a large edition size) and retails for $199. I think she'd be great for redressing--and check out those fabulous boots!

Limited to just 150, this Wonder Woman outfit is sized for the 16" Fit body, and retails for $99. It's based on the original DC Stars look, and include a wig, gauntlets and lasso, too. I'm thinking that this wig (and outfit on Lady Action would pretty much make a perfect Wonder Woman doll!

Correcting my earlier post--Fifteen Years, the 15-year Tyler anniversary doll, uses the original 16" BW body in the cameo skin tone. She has rooted copper brown hair with painted blue eyes, and a lace gown. Tonner's description reads, "red lace dress with glitter and rhinestone decoration at the waist," but I don't see much glitter--maybe just a little in the tulle belt. (I'm not a huge fan of glitter--it gets on everything!) At any rate, she's limited to 250 and retails for $225.

I think these dolls are quite lovely--my favorites are Carmen and Victorian Basic, but I haven't decided that I need to add any to my collection at the moment. I'm interested in hearing more about the new body styles, though!