Happy New Year from the Lightwaves Production Team!

  Even though Lightwaves hasn't officially started shooting, the cast has started to get to know each other during pre-production. Carina organized a New Years Party to help with that, along with a photoshoot.

 

Jennifer: "I feel kinda awkward being the only one here besides the host, Mom.
The photographer keeps following me."
Carina: "Don't worry, other people are going to show up. Have a little faith."
Jennifer: "I hope you're right."

       She was right! Eventually, other guests started trickling in. The photographer quickly snapped pictures, eager to impress these possible future TV stars. First, a complete stranger.

"My name is Felicity. I was told by the casting director to be here...this is the Lightwaves cast party, right?"

     Felicity and Jennifer struck up a conversation by the appetizers. Four more guests arrived, in shimmering, metallic gowns. Carina was delighted, it was the rest of her bar staff from the show, in matching outfits! All aside from Melody, who was dressed all in silver.

Melody: "I hope we're not late! We swung by the Costume department to pick out some evening wear! Those are our new uniforms!"
Carina: "I hope you got permission!"
Sarah: "Of course we did...we did, right?"

     Next, a Cadillac SUV pulled up and these guys piled out, reluctantly shoving each other into line for the photo, laughing and mostly good-natured carrying-on. 

Sam: "So, this is where the party's at, right?"

    Andrea walked in, alone. Melody rushed over to get in the photos with her.

Andrea: "Mel...is that my necklace?"
Melody: "I was keeping it safe for you!"
Andrea: "It was in my jewelry case!"

Melody: "Come on, smile! We look hot tonight!"
Andrea: "We sure do!"

    A blonde woman stepped up to the door in a magnificent ball gown. Sam walked over to help her get the door open, and she walked in. The room fell silent as her skirt billowed across the floor, and then people started to recognize her. It was Celeste, who would be playing the firefighter!

Celeste: "Hi, everyone! Happy New Year!"

    A few more unfamiliar faces showed up. Clearly, the casting director had been busy!

"Just point me to the champagne, darlings!"

"Am I at the right place? I thought Charlene said this was going to be a costume party?"

"I can't find my glasses."

    Carina was kept busy trying to corral everyone into a group photo. She finally gave up on dragging the boys away from the banquet and managed to get some of the women in one place...

    But then Jennifer had an idea. She texted the casting director, who texted everyone else. Within minutes, people started making their way into the main hall. The boys were still nowhere to be seen, but...

Success!

Happy New Year everyone! May 2017 bring you love and lovely doll things!

Undressing The Men (and a lady)

Oh no! Doll nudity! Today, I went through the GI Joes and other assorted dolls to sort of take inventory and figure out who/what all I had. I spent most of the afternoon undressing soldiers, doctors, surgeons, and firemen! As many as there were, I was pleased to find that they were all unique and in mostly good shape.

Also, they were not quite as creepy as I had initially thought. Although...

Glowing eyes?

I'm not sure why that guy's eyes look like that, but the second I took off his goggles, I had inspiration. Lightwaves LA may take a decidedly darker, more twisted route than I had anticipated!

There are 17 GI Joes in all (and two very cheap hollow dudes).


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This guy is missing an arm and both his feet. He's the worst off, though.

Each one of them has a different face and a different story to tell, I think.

I've started calling this one "Jarod"

It's embarrassing to admit how confused I was by this guy until I realized he's a lifeguard.

I have plans for this one. Oh yes. Look at those wonky eyes!

This one looks bored. Ho, hum.

There were also several lady dolls (only one was GI Joe though, the rest were Barbie or off-brand). They all want to get their hair done before they are presentable! However, this one I thought was very interesting...

I did a little research on her and found out that she is an American Girl Barbie. I don't know enough about them to be able to tell if she is original or repro, however (there were some made in 2010 apparently?) To me, she does not strike me as a repro, she has the "feel" of having been around much more than 6 years. Also, I'm pretty sure that my uncle stopped buying dolls at least 10 years ago. So...could she actually be a real vintage AG? Here's where I wish I had some doll-savvy  followers to help me out a bit. I'd love to restore her, but I don't want to ruin her if she really is old and needs special handling. 

Additional photos:

No markings on the back of her head aside from this.

Her butt mark says 1958. All indented aside from Made in Japan.

Painted fingernails

Legs click fairly well, joints are a bit loose and swingy though.

She's not in mint condition, and to be honest, I'd be just as happy if she is a really cool repro. Either way, I think she's awesome and I'm glad that she's a part of my collection now! I'd just really love to make her pretty again, without damaging her.

Today's Ladies

Another package arrived! This one contained dolls! I'm so excited! I'm using exclamation marks to end all of my sentences!

Since I forgot to review my first Made To Move in the excitement, this will be my first official "welcome to the Lightwaves Mob" Made To Move post.

In her packaging

Compare/contrast to stock photo:

Pretty similar!

 Right out of the box, she had this weird white goo in her hair (residue from the product they used in her hair? It was also a bit stiff).

Unbind me, I am made to move! (I couldn't resist)

 Other than that, awesome, gorgeous little doll! I love her freckles! It goes without saying that these gals are super-pose-able and I absolutely love that. The clothing is not bad, either. I like how stretchy it is to move with them (and also the pants allow them to sit! yay!). By far, the most pose-able 1/6th fashion doll that I own. And adorable to boot. 10/10.

And now, my very first of the new body Fashionista line...

I admit, at first I was a little disappointed that she didn't look exactly like her stock photo...not because I didn't like her, but because that is not the character I had in mind for her. She looks a bit softer in the stock photo than in reality.

However, as I took photos and posed her, she really grew on me.

If I could be half as fierce as this doll...

 I may even be able to do something about the shoes?

In other news...an article of clothing arrived and my other girls were rather puzzled over it.

Celeste: "What are you wearing?" Barbara: "IT LOOKED PINK ON THE WEBSITE!"

The last bit of news today is that the very awesome, super generous person who so kindly gave me the GI Joes (I verified that they are mine to keep/repair/mutilate as I please) also had a pair of vehicles. I've now got a great medic Jeep and a Humvee! (in my opinion, so much cooler than the pink Barbie Jeep, sorry Barbara!)