![]() It's a pity it stopped when it did, especially considering that the next year, Mattel's Monster High line first made it's appearance, making the idea of the 'freaky' cool. Now what? Well, overall despite their very limited colour palatte, I think the BeGoth line was actually quite a cool line. The wedding dress and veil could be a reference to Great Expectations, but that could be me reading too much into it. There's something about Divinity that reminds me strongly of stories about fairies, though I'm not quite sure why. Divinity was one of my two grail dolls for this line, the other being Annabelle Lee who I know I've got next to no chance of getting. ![]() No, I don't particularly care, but I would like to know how it is meant to sit. Yes, I know I've probably got her veil on incorrectly. And there were more out there? Yeah, I was interested.Īnd that interest led to me picking up another one, only a couple of weeks later.Īnd that brings us to the last one in my collection, and my latest find. Malice was apparently a gothic spin on Alice in Wonderland which is one of my favourite stories, btw. I did kind of recognise the doll as being similar to ones I'd once seen in Osiris, so when I came home from the convention, I took to Google, and found myself becoming very interested. (Which I did, well, a beautifully made custom one for Christmas a year or two ago from a very good friend). I only really spotted her in the passing, thinking off-hand that she had a vague likeness to Wednesday Addams - one of my all time favourite characters - and that she would make a good 'stand in' until such times as I could get an actual Wednesday. Though MCM Scotland can probably boast bigger numbers after this year, but I digress. All the way from series 1, Malice was a sheer accidental find at Collectormania Glasgow - one of the biggest conventions in the Glasgow area. This is more going to be a review on my experience with the dolls, and finding them in a market that doesn't really have them for proper sale anymore. If you are looking for something that describes the articulation and other such things in detail, I suggest going and looking at the very brilliant guest review on the awesome blog that is Toy Box Philosopher. Okay, so first all I should preface this by saving it is not going to be the most typical of reviews. Well, okay, so I'd seen pictures and quite liked them, but not enough to go out and buy. I was never really 'old' enough for these dolls during their heyday, and really only got into them a couple of years ago, by sheer accident more than anything. The line was discontinued - as far as I can tell - in 2009 and the remaining dolls can be bought on the Varner Concepts website. Bleeding Edge Goths, often shortened to BeGoths, were an alternative fashion doll made for the adult collector market by company Varner Concepts.
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