I was so excited to attend my first Integrity Toy Convention. I was finally able to make it and it was on the east coast. I was going to Baltimore Maryland. A month before the convention they send you a number for your purchase order. I was number 508. While some people went shopping on Thursday morning, I had to wait to purchase the same items on Friday Afternoon hoping they did not sell out. They created 500 Darius dolls and he could have sold out but he did not. A couple of dolls did before my number was called in the souvenir room. The new system was to avoid long lines.
I am glad I went and was able to get dolls that might never hit the website. But I was a little disappointed in that there were no Convention activities to get to know other conventioneers. No lectures, talks or presentations. No dancing at the parties and no after banquet fun.
They had 4 centerpiece dolls for the lunch and dinner events and none were African American.
This Convention is about buying the dolls than celebrating the collectors that buy the dolls. Good thing I was next to the inner harbor and could go explore.
They were generous with the doll gifts at the events. You got one doll and could win the right to purchase another.
It was good experience and I came home with some great dolls.
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| Lady Aurelia Gray, Darius, Adela, Poppy Parker (style lab) |
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| Poppy Parker came nude and you had to buy one outfit |
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| Event gifts |
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| Baroness Agnes Von Weiss, Jason Wu Spring Collection |
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| Poppy Parker Pink Powder Puff, Tatyana Alexandrova |
