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I’m absolutely dying to say something about the new radiant head, having just seen it for myself. Unfortunately, I have been respectfully asked to not show photos of it or give away all the cool new details, but I must say this;

• the new headmold is definitely a noticable change from superiors.
• the new headmold introduces a new head/scalp assembly, completely unlike EBL, SBL, and Kenner.
• Team Sibley has decided that River will be Radiant!

I’ll be able to say more once Takara’s closer to having her on the shelf. You can just throw tomatoes me until then

The long-awaited “radiant” facemold has been revealed in the latest pics of “Darling Diva,” the 5th anniversary Blythe. So far, the tiny pics show that the new mold has a different mouth shape (a special lip-paint shape exclusive to Darling Diva), and larger eye holes (but the same superior far-glancing eyeballs). Darling Diva’s eyechips are dark gray, Ice blue, brown, and aqua blue. She appears to have pale purple shadow. She’ll have a jeweled musical note pull “ring” as well.

She’s a versatile songstress and so she comes with three outfits - a country cow-girl, punky singer, and elegant diva. She comes with a padded bra for extra stage presence.

She’s packed in a gift package and comes with her microphone stand and a 45 rpm record of her greatest hits. She comes with three pop-up backgrounds for her to perform in front of as well.
She will be available in september for 42,000 yen (approx. $370)

my 2 cents: I wouldn’t say she’s “kennerish,” but the new mold looks tolerable from the pictures. I can’t wait to see her in real life (because Team Sibley has to decide if River will be radiant or superior). I worry though about the future of eye carving.

source: blythedoll.com

3 New “customizable” blythes called ‘Prima Dollies’ will be released August 25th. They appear to be Superior molds, so customizing will probably still require the sawing method. They come in minimal outfits and makeup with long side-parted hair ready for cutting (although, if they were really for customizers, they would come with center-parts.)

The three girls each have a different skintone (light, normal, and tan), and come with a simple dress, underwear, shoes, and a stand.

She is likely to cost a little less than the standard-issue Blythe dolls.