Introducing ..... Part 2

Addison and Kaitlin 100+ poses came in a twin box, I’m not sure why, but I thought I would take advantage of it and make them non-identical twins.  My girls were bought 2^nd hand from Ebay, and arrived together, to help with the twin thing, on the 6^th of July 2011.  Melody and Harmony.  They have an older brother – CJ come Brandon.  They are musically inclined, which my guess is the parents realized their family potential and named the girls appropriately.  (BRANDON CONCERTO). Melody plays the Flute and Harmony a clarinet.  They also love Disney Princesses, and Barbie.  They may not look the same (one could argue face shape, but then we’d have quite a number of very close relatives) but do have a lot in common, and are best friends.  They share the same room which is in progress of being princessified, including canopied beds, and have Disney princess stickers just waiting for the walls to be papered to be adorned by their favourites (ie all of them).

 

BFC INK PENPALS…on the 6^th of November 2011 I found Amazon advertising the BFC ink Pen Pals.  I nearly fell off my chair, I was so excited as they were new characters.  The picture I found showed 4 dolls.  There did end up being a tiny little bit of a let down as the dolls pictured on the back of the boxes were not exactly what the actual dolls turned out to be, most noticeably Carmen and Elsa …

 

But I got them all, all the same, actually not ALL, as one of them was never made – Lily.

 

December 12 2011 saw the arrival of two of them, no they were not going to be twins just an arrival by the same flight.  Josephine, BFC ink Pen pals Carmen.  Apparently from Mexico (ooh, now that’s an idea for another blog, State of Origin, or rather place of origin (as State of Origin is an East coast Australian sporting term for NRL football)). Anyway, Carmen was gorgeous, or Josephine rather.  She is a tapdancer. Her best friend is her cousin Ariah.

 

 

 

Brooke-Lyn arrived the same day, BFC ink Pen pal Britt, from England (Britian – haha).   Brooke-Lyn loves fish as in live ones in the wild or as pets in a tank, and Hello Kitty.  She is friends with Kaitlyn, and her roommate Ellie, though is feeling a little cramped in there due to the increasing size of someones collection.

 The BFC ink line Summer Splashin’ had 4 dolls, Noelle, Aliesha, Addison and Kaitlin.  I had never really intended to get them, as I wanted to rule out getting too many dolls that were similar, but rules are meant to be broken, apparently.

Leisel arrived on the 7^th of February 2012.  She was BFC ink Summer Splashin’ Noelle.  Leisel is a surfie chick. Loves swimming, surfing, the ocean, water, sailing. She is best friends and roommate with Erika.

 

March 2012 became very busy with arrivals..

Victoria (Vicki) arrived on the 7^th.  A 2^nd hand BFC ink 100+ poses Yuko.  Her hair had been played with so much that it stuck out around her head like she’d had an electric shock or a lab explosion, so she got a hair cut.  Vicki loves horses.  For quite a while she and her best friend Chloe, who are roommates, were looking after the Cabbage Patch Kid ponies.

Chloe arrived on the 12^th. She was a BFC Ink Summer Splashin’ Aliesha.  She looked too similar to Georgia, they are not related, with her hair long so she got her hair trimmed.  Chloe was partly named for what I recalled from Asterix comic books of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra, and the haircut, not the nose.  Chloe loves horses.  She and her best friend and roommate Vicki at one point were actually sleeping in the stable with the horses, but I think I’ve managed to make arrangement so the horse is actually outside the building, rather than in it.

Also on the 12^th came Eleanor.  Eleanor (Ellie for short) was BFC ink Pen Pals Elsa.  Apparently Elsa was from Sweden.  Ellie loves Elephants, she also loves ice skating.  Her roommate is Brooke-Lyn and the space issue is because of Ellie’s collection of Elephants.  Its not that big (in Ellie's opinion), yet, but there is not much room for anything else.

 

Erika arrived on the 28^th.  She was BFC ink Pen Pals Nicolette.  Nicolette was supposed to be from France.  Erika has golden blonde hair and brown eyes, and to me just oozed surfy chick.  Which was good cos her best friend Leisel has similar interests.  Erika also loves dolphins.

 Juliette arrived on the 15^th of May 2012.  She was BFC ink Addison, I think from the series called Favourite things.  She loves photography, and reading books – particularly Stephen King.  She wears glasses. She shares a room with, hmm or does she, She was going to share with Josephine, but I think Josephine and Ariah have bunked in together instead.  I will need to double check my accommodation issues.  Camping! Maybe someone can live in a tent. Ah, why Stephen King? Because she came from Maine in the US.

Ariah arrived on the 6^th of June 2012, almost missed you and skipped to Jackson.  She was BFC ink Pen Pals Carmen (the second).  I just couldn’t resist the cuteness of her face, and she is slightly different to her older cousin, Josephine.  Jospehine just looks a little older, and has pierced ears, Ariah does not have pierced ears, and maybe it’s the pigtails but she does look younger.  Anyway, they are best of friends.  Ariah really loves cats.  Her name was inspired by a character from “A Song of Fire and Ice” called Arya, that I was reading at the time, who was being instructed in the art of Sword fighting and had to chase cats, well, it sounds a little odd now that I’ve put it in writing, but that’s what happened.

Jackson arrived on the 31^st of July 2012, he was BFC ink CJ 100+ poses (the second).  A friend for Brandon. There are slight differences – Brandon’s face seems rounder, but it could be that his hair is a bit more on the sticky out side, ah, and then Brandon’s hair is swept to the left, while Jackson's is to the right.  He will probably be a Skater boy, just haven’t got round to giving him anything yet.  I did try a mini bicycle that he might start a collection of, but I broke it just taking it out of the packet.

So that is all the dolls named and favoured at present. I got distracted on the 7^th of August by the JG’s, but I do not intend to forsake the BFC’s.  Maddie’s birthday is late September , I am in process of getting her a present (hopefully they fit – a pair of inline skates like Georgia’s).  Spring is upon us and as the weather gets a little warmer I plan to have the winter wear  make way for lighter clothing.

 

 

August 3^rd 2012 did see the arrival of another 100+ poses Noelle, she was 2^nd hand and very loose at all her joints.  She’s up there on the shelf at the moment in an ex-porcelain dolls outfit pending her fate. I might not even mention her yet.

Multiplicity

Hmm, I know its the title to a movie where a man duplicated himself to give himself more time, I am using it just as a title to explain why I have more than one of the same doll.

BFC ink, the original cast: Addison, Calista and Kaitlin
were joined by the twins: Aliesha and Noelle
more friends arrived: Gianna, Yuko and CJ
and the Pen Pals: Brit, Elsa, Carmen and Nicolette (and the never to be Lily)

They did release the first 5 a couple of times, so really one could use the excuse that they are not the same person, even if the box names are the same. Each release the girls did look a little different from the others, eg, Hairdo, clothes, accessories.  I have a softspot for unwanted 2nd hand dolls, so some of mine were of that origin, and well, a hair cut, a hat, a pair of glasses can make a big difference, then of course the name and the clothes, and the character, voila new person.
Hmm, really I only have 4 girls (2 of each*) that would have been identical boxed dolls, so I haven't really been bad, the other duplications are by name only (I should say "So far").

Addison:  Maddelyn, Juliette,  Harmony

Calista:  Zoe, Callie

Yuko: Yuri, Victoria *

Aliesha: Georgia, Chloe

Noelle:  Leisel, Hayley

Kaitlin: Melody , McKinley, Kaitlyn

Carmen: Ariah, Josephine *

Face Molds: In my opinion, Addison, Aliesha, Noelle and Kaitlin have the same face mold, just differing skin tones, hair and eye colour. Carmen and Calista share the same, again just with the few differences, and Yuko and CJ are unique

Whilst I am yet to do it, CJ is the only boy in this line, and my intent/wishlist includes another CJ or two, to give him some mates.  Have seen some great ideas on Flickr where others have purchased more than one CJ and wigged them.

Is it very common that in any social group there is one of everything? I mean, one blonde, one redhead, one dark skinned, one brunette, one male, one oriental?  How many doll lines seem only to release one of everything (eg Barbie, Bratz, BFC ink). So my wishlist would also include Calista and Yuko.

Pen Pal ink

The Ink in BFC Ink: this year or was it last year, time flies, anyway, recently the line of Pen Pals arrived.  Now it kind of made sense possibly why INK was in the name, ie penpals writing to each other - does anyone do that anymore considering the speed of email etc etc?  Anyway I wasn't complaining, new dolls.  Whilst I love the new girls, the ones pictured on the box weren't exactly what was in the box, and one was left out altogether.  Top picture was found on Amazon; the bottom middle, the pics on the back of the box; and the other four, the girls that arrived at my place.

The Pen Pals, from left to right: Britt, Elsa, Carmen and Nicolette

became, middle left: Brooke-Lyn, Josephine, Eleanor

bottom left: Erika, and Ariah (pictured hugging Josephine who is wearing long blue pants)