Showing posts with label license. Show all posts
Showing posts with label license. Show all posts

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Tonner Doll introduces Jazz Jennings doll at 2017 International Toy Fair

Since last year's news that Tonner Doll was changing in a big way, there was nothing more - not even an inkling towards the new direction the company, actually the two companies now, Tonner and Phyn and Aero, will take. Until now. Next weekend, during Toy Fair 2017, Tonner will present a new doll, Jazz Jennings. But it is not just a doll. It is one based on a real person. A transgender person.


Tonner unfortunately did not even bother to email their client list about the doll, posting instead on their Facebook account the article about their press release from another website. The doll photo is from Jennings' own Facebook page. All we know is that it was approved by Jazz and her parents and it will be an 18" vinyl doll sculpted by Robert Tonner, available in specialty stores and on www.tonnerdoll.com in July, 2017.  So who is Jazz Jennings?


16 year old Jazz Jennings, transgender star of TLC's docuseries "I Am Jazz", is an honorary co-founder of the Transkids Purple Rainbow Foundation.  Jazz speaks at universities, medical schools, conferences, conventions and symposiums all over the country. She's also a You Tube Vlogger, a youth ambassador for the Human Rights Campaign and an advocate for GLAAD. Jazz is the youngest person ever to be recognised in The Advocate Magazine's, "Top Forty Under 40" annual list. She was named as one of TIME Magazine's Most Influential Teens for 2014 and 2015. She is also listed on Huffington Post's 14 Most Fearless Teens of 2014.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Integrity Toys does American Horror Story dolls in 2015

News that Integrity Toys was going ahead in 2015 with a new license from the entertainment world for a doll line had reached the W Club members ever since the convention. Spoeculation was rife and people were commenting everywhere on which movie or series or comics or books they would like to see taking a new life as dolls. Today the wait is finally over. Integrity announced that they have a license to create a line of high-end fashion dolls based on the iconic looks and characters of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN!


If you have not yet watched the series, you must know that American Horror Story: Coven is the third season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story. It tells the secret history of witches and witchcraft in America. Over 300 years have passed since the turbulent days of the Salem witch trials and those who managed to escape are now facing extinction. Mysterious attacks have been escalating against their kind and young girls are being sent away to a special school in New Orleans to learn how to protect themselves. Wrapped up in the turmoil is new arrival, Zoe (Taissa Farmiga), who is harboring a terrifying secret of her own. Alarmed by the recent aggression, Fiona (Jessica Lange), the long-absent Supreme, sweeps back into town determined to protect the Coven and hell bent on decimating anyone who gets in her way.


So you can imagine (if you have not yet seen it, just go ahead and watch it please) that it is chock-full of feisty, glamorous, vicious and brilliant ladies fighting each other to become the next Supreme, while the incumbent one tries to hold on to her throne. And a character that shouts "Balenciaga" (Myrtle Snow, above, played by the brilliant Frances Conroy) surely merits a transformation into the ultimate fashion doll.



The official press release reads as follows:

December 2nd, 2014: As audiences enjoy the debut of the latest instalment of the AMERICAN HORROR STORY saga on television, Integrity Toys, Inc., under license from Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products, is thrilled to announce a partnership to produce high-end collectible dolls based on the various characters of fan-favorite COVEN, the iconic third season of the AMERICAN HORROR STORY series.


Pop Culture enthusiasts and fans of the hit TV series alike will be thrilled to take home these intricate collector dolls based on their favorite characters of the bewitching third season of the show! Currently in development, the dolls, slated for release in mid-2015, will be based on the actual likeness of the key characters each dressed in quality miniature replicas of some of their iconic looks from the show. The first dolls are expected to be unveiled in the Spring of 2015 and to ship in Summer 2015.


Integrity Toys designer Vaughn Sawyers voiced his enthusiasm for the collaboration, "As soon as we saw the show on TV, we were mesmerized. The characters, the exciting costumes and the overall feel of the show are just a perfect fit for us to memorialize in miniature for AMERICAN HORROR STORY fans worldwide." While the dolls are being developed ahead of their official unveil next Spring, fans and collectors alike are invited to add their email address to the official notification list for the dolls. To access this list, please visit  http://www.integritytoys.com/ahs 







So who is your favourite character from this series that you want to see created as a doll? I want Myrtle Snow (above) and Fiona of course, but I am eager to see how the rest of the cast translates into the 1/6 kingdom. Maybe we even get a Stevie Nicks doll (please please please). Below are some photos from the series which showcase some of the best costumes (especially Myrtle's eccentric style, somewhere between fashion editor extraordinaire Grace Coddington and designer and style icon Sonia Rykiel).














**All text and information contained herein is copyrighted Integrity Toys, Inc. and Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC 2014 and may not be reprinted or disseminated without express written permission.**

Friday, July 19, 2013

Integrity Toys 3rd reveal for 2013: Barefoot In The Park Poppy Parker

Another Paramount Pictures license: this time from the film Barefoot In The Park, starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. Here though we have Poppy Parker and Chip Farnsworth III replacing them in the roles of Corie and Paul Bratter. This release consists of two gift-sets.


Item # 14019
Barefoot in the Park™
Poppy Parker™ as Corie Bratter
Dressed Doll Gift Set 
Limited edition size of 800 Gift Sets
Suggested Retail Price: $160.00
Estimated Ship Date: Late September 2013


Doll Tech Specs:
Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker™
Body Type: Poppy Parker™
Quick Switch Feature: No
Skin Tone: FR White
Hair Color: Reddish
Eyelashes: Yes, Hand Applied
Total Packaged Dimensions (Including Shipper): 16" X 13" X 3"


The gift-set has one doll with three outfits. First outfit (shown in the two photos above): On her wedding day, Corie has donned an ensemble that consists of a blue mini dress with a textured skirt and a fabric flower burst accent at the waist. Over this, she wears a light blue coat with dark faux fur trim, dark gray shoes, and a matching handbag. Her light strawberry blond hair is in an up-do.



Second outfit (shown in the two photos above):  The Bratters, joined by Corie's mother, are dining with their eccentric neighbour, Mr. Velasco. Corie wears a sleeveless pink mini dress with bow detail on the neckline with a long sleeved pink coat, tan purse and matching tan pumps.



Third outfit (shown in the two photos above): Corie meets her husband Paul at the bus stop after his long day at work. She wears a dark red ribbed turtle-neck and a tan striped "suede" mini skirt with matching "suede" swing coat. The dark pantyhose and black go-go boots complete her look.


The Poppy Parker™ as Corie Bratter gift set features a fully articulated 12-inch vinyl doll with rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes and comes with all that you see in the pictures and a doll stand. For adult collectors ages 14 and up.


Item # 14020
The Bratter Lovers
Barefoot in the Park™
Poppy Parker™ and Chip Farnsworth III™ as Corie and Paul Bratter
Two-Doll Gift Set Limited edition size of 800 Gift Sets
Suggested Retail Price: $180.00
Estimated Ship Date: Late September 2013


Doll Tech Specs:
Head Sculpts: Poppy Parker™ and Chip Farnsworth III™
Body Types: Poppy Parker™(Female Doll) and FR: Homme™ (Male Doll)
Quick Switch Feature: No
Skin Tone: FR White
Hair Color: Red (Corie) and Golden Blond (Paul)
Eyelashes: Yes, Hand Applied
Total Packaged Dimensions (Including Shipper): 16" X 13" X 3"


Corie Bratter, as depicted by Poppy wears her signature beige toggle coat, gold turtle-neck top, brown cropped corduroy jeans with belt and short brown "leather" ankle boots. Her long strawberry blond hair is pulled into a half ponytail and her face is framed with wispy bangs.


Paul Bratter, as depicted by Chip, is a 12.5-inch articulated vinyl fashion figure with fully rooted hair. He's fashionably outfitted in a classic two-piece gray suit with a matched light blue dress shirt, navy tie and a wristwatch. All of this is topped by a charcoal gray trench coat with black velvet trim on the collar and neck scarf accessory. His side parted blond hair finishes off his look. Two doll stands are included. For adult collectors ages 14 and up.


The gift-sets look lovely and they have so many things in them, especially the first one. I am not a huge fan of the film, or the fashions of it, so it was an easy pass for me. I can totally understand though how many will go nuts over them. I still think blonde Chip looks like Mike Vogel (from Pan Am and currently on Under The Dome).







**Please note that the photos are of prototype dolls and subject to changes and modifications. Barefoot In The Park ™ & © 2013 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved. Used under license. All photos and information contained herein is copyrighted Integrity Toys, Inc. and Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC 2013 and may not be reprinted or disseminated without express written permission.**