Dollectable 2008 Discussion Thread - Program Schedule is Up!

Bad, bad, bad, sad news on Reservations at the hotel. I waited too long to book - it's a complicated story - and found out they are sold out for that weekend, they do not have a waiting list, but they will gladly reserve you for a three night package 18JUL - 21JUL for the same price as a brand-new Dollshe boy. *wails* The Challenger Hotel is still booking and within walking distance.

*feels stoopid*

 

wow, I hope that I am lucky in that day XD

 

Oh gosh, I am so jealous of all you people who get to go-it looks like it's going to be absolutely amazing Really wish things hadn't turned out the way they had for me. Oh well, everyone take lots and lots of pretty pictures and I'll be sure to get an extra head start for next year!

 

Bummer! Well at least you still get to go! I'll be looking forward to seeing your Angles in person

Oh man, the Iplehouse MSD's announcement has got the hubby all stoked. We're Iplehouse fanatics...

 

Mule train?

 

Oh boy! Zag is coming! O happy day! Suck about the hotel, though. It's high tourist season here, things is packed. Glad you found lodgings.

Those Iple Minis are the bomb! I can't wait to meet them!

Final deadline for volunteering is July 3, by the way. I'm ironing out the final schedule right now & hope to have it done Thursday... But if you're able to be flexible about your hours, last-minute straggler volunteers are welcome!

 

if all else fails zag you can sleep on our floor or snuggle between brandy and myself, lol

 

Counting the days until Dollectable! I have a question, though. Because of my travel arrangements, I will have to leave before the Awards & Closing Ceremony on Sunday. (Dang!) I am planning on entering the Costume competition plus the raffle, etc. Do you have to be present to win?

 

Is there anything planned for Friday evening for the people who aren't attending the cocktail party?

 

It would be a great time to go out and see some of San Francisco, in my opinion. And I'm sure there are lots of places around to have some impromptu doll meetups.

 

I am so excited and nervous for my class I can't wait to meet sooo many new faces it will be so much fun!

Can't wait to see you again Zag oh and Brennil I am a fan of your clothes! I must bring my Luke in his outfit and lots of money for more

 

Gonna flag you here JennyNemesis and say that email's been acting funky as all get out and has been having serious issues sending you the emails in regards to volunteering!

Sent you a PM instead and hopefully, you'll get that one!

 

You'll be brilliant, no one has any doubts about that.

I am curious about something, as your chosen weapon is the air brush. How much could one who's firmly of the brush-n-pastels school get out of your advanced class?

 

Okay ... don't everyone flood the dollheart website at once ... but they've released the MSD fer for preorder, with pickup at Dollectable.

 

Iikaya, PM received & replied! I will contact you next time from my Netscape address. Sorry for the runaround our servers gave you.

(Kelly, for Christmas please tell Santa that I want a nice new convention domain, one that BLOCKS the spam and ALLOWS the volunteers' emails-- not the other way around. :P)

 

Just curious - how many attendees (in general) do you think Dollectable might have this year?

 

Cool!

It will be large enough to have a great turnout with lots of pretty resin and small enough so people trying to find each other can. *laughs*

I'm used to mid-sized cons in Dallas, where sometimes you never see your friends you know are there. I've never been something large like animeX but I know it's nutters.

 

I have the same question for myself There are so many awesome dealers this year!

 

Just a reminder, for those of you who want the Dollectable exclusive Blue Sky Fer for your Unoa / 40cm girl, to be picked up at Dollectable only, please go to www.dollheart.com to place your order!

Alex

 

I think that's everyone's question! I know it's mine.

 

I just have a quick question, sorry if it's been posted elsewhere, but when I looked through my issue of Haute Doll, on the last few pages I saw an ad for Contemporary Dolls and it advertised it would have its dolls for sale at Dollectable, but it listed the dates as July 25-27. Once again, sorry if this was cleared up elsewhere but I was just wondering if I could confirm the date since if it's the 18-20 as said on the website, there might be a small smidgen of a chance that I can attend

 

Yes, it is the 18th-20th

 

Yay! Awesome, thank you

 

Yes, Contemporary Artist Dolls seemed to have the incorrect dates awhile back and I guess they missed this ad. But the convention is indeed the 18th-20th.

 

yup, the infamous weekend of the 18th-20th... Dollectable, ComicCon and my LARPing event... well BJDs topped them all in the end for me

 

Hey, I have to leave Dollectable and head down to San Diego for Comic Con as an exhibitor, so I totally understand the feeling.

 

Okay, stupid question. What is everyone doing with their dolls at the show? Is there a place to display them, or does everyone just carry them around? And if so, are they carried around in open containers (not to make them sound like alcohol :p ), or does everyone just carry them in bags or their arms to show them off?

 

Wowwwww!!!! Just got news of another donation to Dollectable!
This one is a OOAK bjd from Dollfair International, customized by DOA's own Catrina!!

She is the Machina Gold!


She will be another great item exclusive to Dollectable! She will be included in our fantastic Raffle!

More details on her:

Batchix Machina Gold for Dollectable
Doll artist: Batchix
Produced by: Enchantment Doll at Dollfair
Painted and customizations: Catrina - Dollfair

Batchix Machina Gold features full body lining in pale gold on a lilac resin body. She wears Masterpiece eyes and enjoys a wool Ziggy Stardust wig, but she also has a gold painted helmet. This lovely fembot is part human and part robot, and she dreams of touring onstage with her own band some day. Her favorite type of music is electronic and industrial, of course.

Alex

 

Thank you Kellyhime! That's so sad about what happened at the NY Dolpha. I want to believe that no one in our little DOA community could ever do something like that! Okay, then I'll just bring the dolls in a big carrier, and show them off in the individual classes.

 

I really hope next year I can make it, if I am not shipped off to UK again by then.

I'm sooo jealous of those DollHeart Fer's.
I was desperately hoping to get one, but they're only avaliable there, and it'd probably be shady to order it and have someone send it to me/someone whos going to Comicon bring it.
One can dream.

I hope to see all the pictures of this though, very sad I cannot afford the tickets up there. (we had planned to, but my boyfriend was far too nerdy to resist comicon.)

 

Was there a decision on the costume contest display dolls? Are we taking them back up to hotel rooms for Sat night?

 

Machina Gold is so cool! And she's an aspiring rock-star. Dig the Ziggy wig!
I will bring her some Project Pitchfork albums, and a few nice long repetitive VNV Nation remixes, to keep her entertained in the display room.

First the two adorable Iple-Mini girls, and now this? This raffle-prize list is getting so heavy it's groaning like a treeful of apples, Alex. I sure hope we have enough attendees to win all these prizes... hmmm... ^^

 

Sounds good. Thanks for the info!

 

Since there have been some lovely dolls announced for the door prizes already, about how many prizes are there? Or is that a surprise for the opening ceremonies? I'm just curious.

 

Actually, the dolls will more than likely be part of our Charity Raffle.....but, we will have a surprise - or two, for our Door Prizes!
Details to be announced at our Opening and Closing Ceremonies!

And speaking of dolls and bjds, here is picture of the Souldoll Griffi, generously donated by Dolls and Friends!
Check out their 2 Dollectable exclusives on their website at www.dollsandfriends.com.





Alex

 

Oh my goodness... the convention is so soon - I'm so excited!

I have a suggestion for the photography contest... well, for the awards ceremony, really.
Last year, when they announced the winners, I had no idea which ones most of the winning photos were.
Is there any way someone could just take a digital picture of each of the photocontest entrants, or at least of the winning entrants, and then show those pics during the awards ceremony? Or maybe post them after the convention, so we could go back and see who the winners were?
just an idea...

 

There's a charity auction? I totally missed that! When is it?

 

We are planning a Charity Raffle, where all the ticket proceeds are going to Dollectable's pet charities! The Doll Raffle tickets will be $2.00 each, and the Goody Bag Raffle tickets will be $1.00 each. Winners will be drawn at the Closing Ceremony.
There will be discounts for folks who wish to purchase lots of chances!

Dollectable will also have Door Prizes drawn throughout the weekend and these tickets will be free to all paid registrants! We have many exciting donations from our vendors that will be given out as Door Prizes!

Alex

 

Has the committee decided if you have to be present at the closing ceremony in order to win a raffle. I made my travel arrangements before the schedule was announced and will have to leave on Sunday before the Closing Ceremony -- would really like to try for some of those dolls!

 

aww...I was so looking forward to them being there I wanted to show off my lovely cue and let them know what an amazing job they did on her
Well at least Dollheart will be there

 

Thanks Kellyhime -- that's great news, there are so many great donations -- I plan on spurging big on raffle tickets, and wouldn't mind covering shipping charges at all!!

 

Well, this is a pathetic request, but does anybody still need a roommate? My plans seem to have all gone to hell, and short of sleeping in the hotel lobby I'm not going to be able to come unless I find a roomie. I'm willing to sleep on the floor.
plmk!
Maggie

 

edit: Oops, never mind Kellyhime already posted the link to the roomate/carpool finder.
Good luck Maggie.

Just over a week away! I can't wait

I remember there being a larger thread w/ tips for traveling w/ dolls but can't seem to find it now.
Am I imagining it or can someone please link?

 

This time next week we will be in SF! We're coming in early and will shlep around the city on public transport with dolls in tow. Last time we were there, the crepe place in Japantown was closed on the Monday we were there so we WILL be going there at one point, probably the Thursday we fly in.

It's so exciting!

And we get to see kellyhime and jennynemesis again - yay!

We'll also be carrying dolls around the hotel before and after the con, because we do that around town at home, too. My guys will be in a baby carrier strapped to my chest - hard to miss.

 

me, I'll be the girl hopefully dressed-up but in pain or on drugs... I'll of had my wisdom teeth out that Thursday and so I'll be there but on the down low... *sigh*

 

Aww, well its still a week away so I hope you feel better by then!

 

Eep!

I had my wisdom teeth out recently too and the most important tip I can offer is take the medicine every x hours that your oral surgeon tells you to so you don't end up in agony when you take the painkillers too late and wait for them to kick in Don't forget to get a syringe to clean out your sockets!

At least it's in a hotel so you probably can get ice easily if you need some ice to reduce the swelling :p

*hughug*

Just can't believe Dollectable is so soon! Or Dollopia as my mom calls it I'll be the deaf girl trying to carry two SDs. That reminds me, I need to finish fixing the hot glue sueding and possibly restring my girls before Dollectable

 

Heh, my boyfriend keeps calling it "Dollapaloosa".

 

Was this it?

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=197