Does Anyone Collect Tonner?

My "fashion girls " are so special and the clothes, shoes, jewelry...….if I saw Robert Tonner I would definitely take my shoe and go upside his head! Why give up on Tyler and her friends like that then make some "BJD's" and think the fans will gobble them up!?? I know I did not!

 

Some are loose in their boxes and are on eBay. God knows if I can find all the boxes for them, I know I have some early one's but I am so sad to let them go...…..

 

Hey all, what do you think of W.I./Tonner Miette? I didn't really care for her until I found this dark-haired girl.

 

She is very attractive, love how they did her make up - yellow is a good color for her.

 

Merlin's Mom: Yeah, I thought the eyeshadow/lip coloring was subtle but nice. I consider the Wilde Imagination line to be more anime inspired, I have a lot less of those than Tyler & friends.

 

Rabbit-moon: She was one of the more recent dolls before Wilde Imagination went our of business. She is in the Tyler sized group basically, but she does have a different body type, more like the 'chic body' I guess (look at her hands for instance and her shoe size is different)), She has a slightly larger head.
Releases of: Miette

 

I still have quite a lot of my Tonner dolls. I've always had quite a thing for the male dolls and in his hey dey Tonner did some awesome guys (as well as the girls)
I saw some talk about Jeremy earlier in this thread. He is a favorite of mine too.
Jeremy Voss by wizgerg3, on Flickr
I had read elsewhere that Tonner had issues with some of the Chinese factories and the molds for Tyler etc, and that is part of the reason that he moved on from them. Maybe as an artist he just wanted to do something different after many years spent with Tyler/Ellowyne/Evangeline lines etc...……………..I agree the face paint on Rayne wasn't my favorite either.
I really enjoyed his character lines over the years as well and was sad to hear there would be no more Gone with the Wind or Outlander dolls
What Could Have Been by wizgerg3, on Flickr
Ready for Versailles by wizgerg3, on Flickr

 

WOW JinCIncy you've got some stunning males there! And I love all of their clothes! Tonner really did a nice job on the clothes for the guys.

 

Thanks! Yes, Tonner did some EXCELLENT clothing for both the girls and guys! My "Rhett" is a repaint done by Jenny Sutherland of JACS, but the other 2 guys shown above are as they came straight from Tonner. Before I got into BJD's so heavily, Tonner dolls, specifically the male repaints were a focus for me.
Here is one of my repaints of Jeremy done by Tracy Weston
Ian by wizgerg3, on Flickr

 

There have been so many good male repaints! I have kept myself from buying any of them over the years but I do love to drool over them when I see them.

 

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Rabbit-moon: Thanks, they are Takara 'Shion' and Tonner 'Annora' (Annora American Beauty)

 

Had a large family of Ellowyne Wilde, but no longer.

 

Indeed, it was. Quite sad having to part with them. All were adored, and all were favourites. Ellowyne Wilde fashion was also exquisite. No, none kept.

 

:-)) indeed. One day. :-)) Awesome on your great find. :-)

 

TimebeforeDawn: Do you collect any kind of dolls anymore?

 

I collected Tonner a long time ago. I loved their dolls. I remember seeing them in a department store when I was a kid and I fell in love with them. I wish I had gotten the Harry Potter Tonner dolls at the time. I had a few older Tonner dolls and I would like to get some of the clothes as I found they did a collaboration with one of my favorite artists I wish the clothes were SD sized though :’(

 

@Jaret - it would be awesome if Tonner clothes were SD sized! The 22" American Model Doll clothes fit some (not all) of my SD girls depending on how thick their waists are as well as bust size. Tonner outfits are just so perfect and stylish my crew would love them.

 

Been to a couple of doll shows since August (been traveling for work though so no play time) and managed to find me a RTW Rouge Sydney (she did come in her original red bathing suit). She looks so good in red.

RTW Rogue Sydney (3) par Mu Shu, on ipernity

 

RTW Rouge Sydney does look good in red, doesn't she @Mu Shu ? I just had mine out to play with her brother Simon recently.
Good Family Genes by wizgerg3, on Flickr

 

@JinCIncy - I love both of those tops! Sydney's my favorite Tonner sculpt - especially with raven black hair and red lips.

 

Mu Shu: Very nice! Thanks for sharing, I like the Tonner thread.

 

JinCIncy: Gorgeous siblings

 

My Deja vu Emma

 

@MrFjmg2003 - I love the Deja Vu line! She had some of the best outfits Tonner had put out in a LONG time.

 

She is lovely - her coloring is done very well - one of the better ones.

 

Here is my Tonner Child of the Moon (Deja Vu) - she has tan skin and gold eyeshadow. She's the only one I bought. There were a few I really liked though.

 

I happened to be playing with my Tonner dolls a bit today photographing some of my Brenda's...……...I loved the Brenda Starr sculpt, especially in her incarnations where she went "Undercover" and was given a haircolor other than red. Midnight Chanteause was one of my very favorites...………...here modeling Theatre de la mode
Midnight in TDLM by wizgerg3, on Flickr

 

I love Brenda and have one. Lovely photo you posted.

 

I love the Brenda Starr sculpt as well and this is the one Brenda that I would really love to own. The dark hair, red lips... beautiful dress too.

 

While looking for any Brenda pics I might have I found this one posed under my tree - from Christmas 2012! Gorgeous Diana (Wonder Woman) and Kit!

 

@stellarphenomena gorgeous girls you have there. Wish I had hair like either one of them!!!

I finally managed to get the one EG with the painted eyes! Working on finding her something to wear and to change her wig. I like the short dark wig she came with but not with any of the outfits I have to put her in. She came wearing like a teddy or something.

Can I also say that I'm really ticked off about not having the Tonner Archive to look back through anymore! They could have at least kept that up for reference sake!!

 

Rabbit-moon: Thank you, you always have such kind words!!

 

Mu Shu: Right?? I might try to find out if there's a back-up somewhere. Now I just use Dreamcastle Dolls.

Look forward to seeing your EG. Congrats!

 

Another Rayne On Tonner's IG. Opinions?? Awhile ago I asked him to do her with a better face-up and clothing.
She's 'Rococo Nights' a one of a kind for charity.
Robert Tonner - Instagram


This is an doll I made to represent of young Jane Eyre at Lowood school. (She's an Agnes Dreary)

 

@stellarphenomena love your Agnes as Jane! You did a great job on her outfit! I have lots of Tonner's 12" crew, predominantly the Alice dolls as I loved that sculpt the most. Oddly enough, I have none from the Agnes line, although I did buy several of the outfits.
Here are 2 of my favorite Alice's from Tonner, the dark haired one was a Cherished Friends exclusive and you don't see her very often. Heck, you don't see many of Tonner's 12" crew anymore! I use the Dreamcastle Dolls reference pages all the time! IT's a great reference tool for the Tonner's!
Alice Dark and Light by wizgerg3, on Flickr

 

JinCIncy: Thank you! Your girls are beautiful. Makes me want to look on Ebay for more that size...but do I need them??

 

I found my Brenda... she's with Breathless Mahoney sculpt (Dark Mistress). Thought this was a fun shot.

 

@Rabbit-moon - I look on ebay at least weekly to see how sales of EG are doing. There are so many of the vinyl dolls that have never come up. There were a total of 17 resin EG (you really only see about 6 of those being listed) and there were a whopping 116 vinyl releases I would say only about 10-12 of those get listed. Again, this is where the EG archive would be really, really helpful. I look to see if any of those other 100 vinyl dolls ever comes up!

@stellarphenomena - I use Dreamcastle for reference a lot too but they don't really have the EG line.

@JinCIncy - love that dark haired Alice! I never really collected that size but I wouldn't mind having her. She's not cheap though so probably won't ever make it into my collection.

 

Seeing through the darkness Evangeline Ghastly

EG Seeing Through the Darkness wearing Queen of the Woodlands (1) par Mu Shu, on ipernity
She's wearing the outfit from Queen of the Woodlands Angelique (I don't have any of that doll, just didn't appeal to me) but I did want the outfit! Although those sparkly green boots she is wearing were a PITA to get on! One of my biggest complaints about Tonner - why make jewelry and shoes with TINY buckles and clasps for ADULT sized hands to try and get on!!!! I want her to have a black wig but haven't really found one that I like.

I also found this Tiny Kitty outfit (I danced all night) now being modeled by Miss Dinner Dance Kitty

Tiny Kitty Dinner Dance wearing I Danced All Night (1) par Mu Shu, on ipernity

One thing about the Tiny Kitty's that has always impressed me is how well done their factory face ups were

Tiny Kitty Dinner Dance wearing I Danced All Night (2) par Mu Shu, on ipernity

 

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I'm loving EG in this outfit! It really is her style. Happy you've been able to add her to your collection.


Agree with you on the Kitty faceups - can't recall a bad one. I'm enjoying the greenery, wish I had some for my ladies, the few outfits I've liked on Ebay have been a bit out of my range $$....

 

@Rabbit-moon - THANK YOU for that reference!!!! Gothic Mist is a very pretty doll - I was able to piece her together a few years ago. Initially bought the outfit but then eventually found the nude doll. Doll is pretty and outfit is STELLAR!

Tis the season to be green (now if only my bank account had some of that color)

 

The earlier Evangeline's were all so well done. Towards the end they really went crazy with the 80s eye makeup of shadow all the way to the brows! That just really ruined the look of the whole doll IMO. Like this one

s-l640 par Mu Shu, on ipernity
The lips are good, the plastic color eyes are good, the outfit is good but that eye shadow just destroys how pretty she actually is.

Here's a repaint of this doll

EG Dark Seas repaint 2 par Mu Shu, on ipernity
I would buy this doll! I love the little blue in her hair and she just is so much prettier in this repaint version. I'm also really liking the dress that she's wearing and wonder who made it! Poor girl is missing her hand!

 

Yikes!

I wonder if this dramatic look was imagined better on the prototype but not the production doll.