Each Integrity Toys convention has an exclusive collection of dolls, designed according to its theme and available only to attendees for purchase. Let's see the official photos of this year's Tropicalia collection.

Item #91308

Haute Société
Véronique Perrin Dressed Doll
2012 Tropicalia Convention Exclusive   

This is a beautiful Veronique, both doll and outfit, with the exception of the mumsy coat, ate exceptional. I love the design of the dress, the colour and the fabric used. The accessories are gorgeous. She would have been perfect without the nondescript, boring coat.

Item #91309
Main Event

Adèle Makéda Dressed Doll
2012 Tropicalia Convention Exclusive   

Ehm... Apart from her gorgeous face, I do not like anything about this Adele version. Crinkled hair, dreadful dress, boring accessories. Meh.

Item #91310 
Peak Season
Kyori Sato Dressed Doll

2012 Tropicalia Convention Exclusive  

Item #91311

Sweet Victory
Natalia Fatalé Dressed Doll
2012 Tropicalia Convention Exclusive

The Saturday night ballroom looked spectacular as guests entered for the final event of the Tropicalia convention. Anticipation was high as to who the official convention doll would be. But first there was another lovely surprise. The centrepiece doll was none other than Eugenia Perrin Frost in "High Profile". If guests had not purchased any of the other centrepiece dolls offered during the convention, they definitely wanted Eugenia to add to their collection.

Attendees were surprised by a new updated version of Vanessa as an additional gift (who wouldn't love Vanessa as a gift?). This Vanessa looks very much like the original sculpt: open mouthed again. The photos below of High Point Vanessa have her modelling the fashion that guests were given on Thursday at registration. I guess she was given either nude or in a swimsuit. Now I wonder what her previous sculpt will be used as. She now reminds me a lot of Nicole Kidman in all her botoxed glory.

Raffle prizes were handed out and one lucky attendee each won the exclusive OOAK Fashion Royalty and OOAK 16 inch doll. After yet another fabulous meal, the moment that all had been waiting for had arrived. Most members had been guessing that Agnes would be the convention doll since it was her party, after all. But, it was Imogen who took the honours this year! Guests were thrilled to receive a fabulous gift set as this year's convention doll. The gift set is called "Fame by Frame" and was a wonderful mix and match set.

Alain Trembley of Integrity Toys had one more surprise for all of the guests. He announced the location of the 2013 Integrity Toys convention: mark your calendars for the fall of 2013, October 31st to November 2nd, at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Next year will be the 10th convention that Integrity Toys has presented, so this convention will be a very special event. More information about how to register will be announced in the Spring of 2013. 

Saturday morning: a few more workshops to attend, the Souvenir Shop to visit for those last minute items, the raffle room with all of the fabulous goodies available, the museum and the Style Lab to do some incredible creating. And let's not forget the always popular competition room. Guests could view all of the entries made by their fellow attendees and vote on which doll they liked the best. But, everyone would have to wait until the final gala event to find out which entry won.

One of the perks of being a W Club member is being able to attend the popular W Club luncheon that takes place during the Integrity Convention. W Club members had already been given a clue that a very special collector favourite character would be making her appearance at the luncheon and no one would want to miss out on this surprise. It was an FR2 centrepiece doll, none other than...Elise Jolie! Each member also found a beautiful FR2 shoe pack as their thank you gift for attending at each place setting.

I love this one! Elegant and ethereal, she would look great on any couture catwalk - again no tropical connection for me here (which is not necessarily bad). With the right posing, she will look amazing. The FR2 shoe pack again was really a great gift as shoes matching these ladies are hard to find.

Then it was the turn of Carol Roth and Chris Stoeckel to unveil the mystery doll to the members and everyone was thrilled to see that it was Victoire Roux. Keeping to the theme of the convention (someone should tell them that Saint Tropez is far from tropical though), Victoire sports a golden tan and wears a cute lavender fashion. All W Club Luncheon attendees were not only able to purchase the Elise Jolie doll, her being a centrepiece, but they could purchase Victoire.

Members were also given a sneak peek at the latest collection that Integrity Toys will be offering to collectors from the movies! Funny Face is the latest classic movie that Integrity is bringing to plastic! Photos and information will be coming soon! Good news there (not for my wallet) - after the success of Sabrina, the Funny Face is a natural sequel to the Audrey theme.

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Friday afternoon: The "16 at 1600 Tea Party" was held at the hotel's Cascade American Bistro for fans of Integrity Toys' 16 inch dolls. The Cascade American Bistro was the perfect location for this event with its waterfall, 35 foot mermaid fountain and the cooling trees of the atrium. This breakout event was for collectors to get together with friends, show off their favourite 16 inch dolls and just have fun. Guests were able to chat with the Integrity Design Team and find out more about the 16 inch collections. On each table was the beautiful FR:16 Elsa, "Sheen Siren", as the centrepiece doll. Once again, each guest had the chance to purchase this beauty which was raffled to them.

Item #78006
Sheen Siren
Elsa Dressed Doll
2012 Tropicalia Convention Exclusive Table Centerpiece Doll  

Each table not only had the 16 inch centrepiece doll displayed on it, but everyone found a gift that was designed just for their 16 inch dolls. Guests received a FR:16 shoe pack to add to their big girls' accessories.   How very useful, as shoes for these beauties are not always easy to find! There were three pairs in the pack, each with their own lovely box. They look great and I wish I had them for my Avant Guard dolls.

During the day, guests were able to attend the new "Color Infusion: Style Lab", as mentioned in my previous post, to create their own dolls from a huge assortment of dolls, fashions and accessory packs. Here are some photos of just a few of the different dolls and fashions available for the "guest designers" to choose from.