Great deals at begoths.com store!

The guys are too smart: they are offering a new 10 percent off coupon code! All you have to do is enter the code when checking out to get your discount. This coupon code will expire February 14, 2006... just in time for your Valentine's gifts!!!

But that's not all...
You will receive 10% off if you purchase a full set of the Series 4 7" and/or the 12" set!!!
And don't forget that if you buy the whole set of 12", you'll get 5 free doll stands, with the Bleeding Edge logo on: too cool!!! Click on the pictures to know more about these great offers:



PLUS, if you use the coupon code above, you will receive another 10% off!

This goes for the Princess Ai 7" and/or the 12" too... isn't it awesome?

This is the right time to make a purchase and become a Crypt Club member... the exclusive dolls are just amazing!

A nostalgic amusement...

This is one of my favorite Goth Toons ever.
Another brilliant idea James, you rock!



I love it cos it's funny and it reminds me of the games I played when I was a child. I owned that game, I don't know how it is called in English... it was cool!

My favorite one was "Guess who?" anyway, that's too funny!

Well, I hope you enjoy this toon just like I do!

Picture of the week - 17

The picture of this week is pretty obvious... I've chosen Angelica in that snowy day again. I wanted to choose a recent picture and the Angelica ones are the best I took this week.

So, you can admire the beauty of this dark angel again... gloomy but delicate as the snow.

Update: Rebecca's Realm Frames

I had already told you about the new frames that Bleeding Edge is going to release...
There are three frames with different designs, all inspired by the cool Rebecca's Realm toons.

I had shown two of them in a previous post; the third has been revealed these days. Here it is:



Isn't it awesome?!? This is the black&silver version, my favorite one

The guys made three/four paint versions of them, and they asked us to vote for our favorites. You can see the pictures of every version and vote on begoths.com forum:

• To vote for Rebecca with her cats frame: http://www.begoths.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3641
  
  
• To vote for Rebecca Max and Edgar: http://www.begoths.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3642
  
  
• To vote for Rebecca's Nightmare frame: http://www.begoths.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3643
  

These polls are very useful for the guys cos we are all potential buyers and we have a chance to decide what we'd prefer to buy

My prize has come... a lot of new dolls! Yay!

My prize for the blog contest has come, I'm so happy!

I have so many dolls now, my 7" collection has increased a lot! I have many pictures to take, hoping to catch the beauty of the dolls and let you see it. Some dolls don't sell very well cos people have never seen great pics of them, or they have never seen them in person. And this makes the difference!

I was very surprised to see how awesome the clear shots are... they are truly beautiful, they seem ice sculptures and now I want an Edward Scissorhands figure to make a nice scene with them

The silver Cyberella is great too, she's stunning and different... she looks like a piece of design, to me!

Stay tuned for the pictures!

It's snowing again...

Yesterday my town has been covered by soft glittered white flakes of snow. The view is awesome, I'm always so excited when it comes the snow. I love it. It has stopped snowing only in the late afternoon, there's such an unusual silence...

I wanted to take some pictures of my new doll Angelica in front of the window, here's one... to celebrate these snowing days

I hope you enjoy it!

Look-a-likes - 1

I'm starting a new topic for my blog, today.

I love creating associations with similar elements and since BEgoths often remind me of other characters, people or creatures, I'm going to post the similarities I have found (or well known ones) here.

Here's the first one... the most obvious!

STORM (SERIES 1) - DONNA RICCI



There's a strong connection between Donna Ricci and Storm, the doll is said to be inspired by the gothic supermodel!


Donna's photos are from Drac-in-a-Box.
You can read more and even purchase the gown at Drac-in-a-Box.

Visit Donna Ricci's website, if you want to know more about her too!

REMINDER: vote for Bleeding Edge in the Golden Toy Awards 2005!

Since there are a few days left only , I'm putting this post up again... Vote for Bleeding Edge!


The annual Golden Toy Awards proclaimed by Lee's Toy Review have come: you can find the nominees in the new issue #159.

Bleeding Edge Goths line was nominated in the Best Original Concept Line category.

Lee's is giving the possibility to send votes too. ONE VOTE PER PERSON!

All you have to do is write an email to this address: afn@earthlink.net
Just write the name of the company (Bleeding Edge) you are voting for and be sure to write "2005 GTA vote" in the subject heading of your e-mail. That's all, it's simple and fast!

REMEMBER YOU CAN VOTE UNTIL FEBRUARY 1!

I think that every person who reads my blog and likes Bleeding Edge should send a vote and support the guys. They totally deserve it!
Despite all the mean things that have been said about Bleeding Edge Goths, the company has brought some new fresh air to the gothic toy industry, no one can deny that!

PLEASE, VOTE NOW! SEND AN EMAIL TO SUPPORT OUR BELOVED BLEEDING EDGE!

Place your pin in my Guestmap!

I love the Guestmap, it's one of my favorite services, among the ones I have on my blog

I am from Italy but I know that many readers of this blog come from other countries... and since I'm a very curious person, I want to locate you all!

I'd really like to see a crowded Guestmap, full of people from different countries... so please, put a pin on the map and leave your sign! It's fast and easy... just follow the simple instructions you'll find once you click on the map!

Like my blog? Have something to say? Sign my guestbook!

If you liked my blog and want to write your comments, if you want to give me some suggestions or just say hello...

Sign my guestbook!

All this is pretty new to me. I never wanted to have a website, but now I'm on the web too and I'd really like to interact a bit more with the blog readers, I'm curious to know what you all think about.
I'd be very happy if you wanted to write something!

And if I convinced you... click on the image below!

Picture of the week - 16

Yesterday I got some dolls that Danielle bought for me. She is awesome cos she knows I'm picky and she let me chose my two Angelica. Thank you very much, I love you
The dolls are simply awesome, and now I have a new favorite 7"... you can see her here:



Angelica variant is definitely my favorite 7" now, I love her too much, she's so delicate, graceful and she has the perfect colors hehe
The picture is a bit dark, I know, but it may be the reason why I love this picture so much. I have more pics to show, and they are clearer... but this is particularly romantic and "old-style". I hope you like it!

New Bleeding Edge merchandise! Awesome!

A couple of days ago, Steve Varner has let us know that they are going to make 3 Rebecca's Realm picture frames.

Awesome!

They made 3 paint versions and posted them on the forum to let us express our opinions about them and tell which ones we like most.
If you want to see them and write your comment, go to the forum thread and post!
You can also express what you think here, in a comment... Now comments are open to everyone, you know!

Bleeding Edge is famous for being so thoughful and interested in their fans' opinions... I think it's priceless. I don't know any other company who acts like this, I don't think it exists another one like Bleeding Edge!!!

By the way, my favorite version is the black&silver one. Here are the two frames shown:






Aren't they awesome?!?!
The first one is perfect for a picture of my kitty, Merlino! I'm surely going to buy them hehehe...

Stay tuned for the third design!

Abcynthia Chaser SOLD OUT on begoths.com!!!

This morning I was browsing Bleeding Edge site as I usually do, I wanted to have a look at the dolls turnarounds and noticed that Abcynthia Chaser is now sold out!

She's my second favorite doll, after Divinity, and I'm so happy I already have her...

By the way, if you want her... don't despair cos you still have chances to find her on ebay or in online shops, but don't hesitate too much, grab her while you can!

Isn't she wonderful? I really love her!

Picture of the week - 15

This is a picture I took much time ago. I wanted to try and make some pics with the same style of the pics taken by another forum member, AllHallowsGhost. He's really a great photographer and his pics are more than awesome, I love them too much and I want to print some of them (when I have some money to spend!).
I'm sorry AllHallowsGhost, I know that this picture is not comparable to yours but it's just an attempt...

I hope you like it anyway, guys!

IMPORTANT: vote for Bleeding Edge in the Golden Toy Awards 2005!

The annual Golden Toy Awards proclaimed by Lee's Toy Review have come: you can find the nominees in the new issue #159.

Bleeding Edge Goths line was nominated in the Best Original Concept Line category.

Lee's is giving the possibility to send votes too. ONE VOTE PER PERSON!

All you have to do is write an email to this address: afn@earthlink.net
Just write the name of the company (Bleeding Edge) you are voting for and be sure to write "2005 GTA vote" in the subject heading of your e-mail. That's all, it's simple and fast!

REMEMBER YOU CAN VOTE UNTIL FEBRUARY 1!

I think that every person who reads my blog and likes Bleeding Edge should send a vote and support the guys. They totally deserve it!
Despite all the mean things that have been said about Bleeding Edge Goths, the company has brought some new fresh air to the gothic toy industry, no one can deny that!

PLEASE, VOTE NOW! SEND AN EMAIL TO SUPPORT OUR BELOVED BLEEDING EDGE!

Great excitement!

My dear friend Danielle sent me a copy of Gothic Beauty magazine, just to have a look at the BEgoths ad in person, with my own eyes.

The ad is this one:



I was so excited to see it and touch it!

Now I'd like to buy every magazine where Bleeding Edge appeared hehe...

It would be so great if Bleeding Edge could be more present and popular here in Italy too. I don't own the elitist instinct that many people have, I don't care about it. I'd prefer having a easier time collecting what I love, than feeling part of a little niche, with all the practical difficulties. And I'd like the guys to have the success they deserve, worldwide!

Much news on www.begoths.com!

Even if this is a very busy period for the guys, with the Toy Fair quickly approaching and the last touches to series 5, the Bleeding Edge guys have found the time to please us by updating the site with more cool stuff and news.

First of all, the contest results are shown in the Play page. While you're there, you can browse in the archive and take a look at the past contests and entries!

Then, the Goth Toon section has been renamed: now it's called Rebecca's Realm, as already pre-announced some time ago... a very cool name, isn't it?

The BEgoths Fan Sites page has been added, you can find my blog along with the other 1st and 2nd place winners ones. Have fun having a look at these cool blogs!
I love the banners that the guys made for us! Here's mine:



And last but not least... a brand new section, the Minor Misfits! It's just awesome! The guys wanted to amuse us more and created another variety of super cool and hilarious toons, involving the BEgoths plush (formerly known as Kindergoths). The guys will be putting up a new Minor Misfits Toon every month... so keep an eye on that section of Bleeding Edge site! Enjoy the first one made by the talented and creative James:




When I write these posts I feel like I'm such a proud collectionist... I'm so lucky cos we probably have the best and most updated site of the whole gothic toys web scene!

BLEEDING EDGE IS GREAT!

If you have something to say, do it with my BEgoths e-cards!

I'm very proud to present my BEgoths e-cards service.
It's active from late December, but I didn't have the chance to talk about it sooner.

I always wanted to do that, but I didn't have the ability and the right occasion to do that. I never owned a site, so you see it would have been useless.

I created some e-cards which can apply to different situations, and there are more to come!
I want to cover all the main situations, and if you have suggestions about the e-card topics, leave a comment here!
They are quite simple but funny, I really love some of those pics.

I added some music too... I hate when you click on a link and a loud music starts playing, but concerning the e-cards it's absolutely different... you expect there could be music and it's much more wanted and appropriated.
I hope you like the songs or sounds I've chosen.
If you can't hear them and you are asked to agree to the Crescendo License, don't worry! It's nothing wrong or risky, it's just a plug-in which allows you to listen to the midi or wav files in the web pages. I had to agree myself cos I wasn't able to hear a sound...

Just remember that I don't have a website and so I had to upload them on a file hosting site. This means that if I exceed the bandwidth, the sound clips could be temporary unavailable.
Thanx for your patience!

I hope you like them and appreciate my effort to find the right stuff and create the right situation to take the pictures and creating the different e-cards!
It was very fun anyway

At the moment, you can find these categories:

• Happy birthday
• You're my best friend
• I'm sorry
• I love you
• You're irresistible (a love situation too)
• Get well soon
• Merry Christmas
• Happy New Year
  

But I'm going to update the service, add new cards and replace the seasonal ones soon!

Just keep an eye on them and enjoy the actual ones!

Curiosities - 3

- There are always some changes between the prototype doll and the final version, but these are the most noticeable -

• Bonez is the Kindergoth with more prototypes, you can count three of them. The first one was cream white, the second one was dark purple but for the final version the guys chose black for him.
  
• Lillian is the doll who has been made in the biggest number of versions: two prototypes and the final version, which is slightly different from the 2nd prototype. The guys originally made Lillian with her black cape lined in red and a red belt. Then when they were making the second batch of their order, Steve Varner decided he liked her best in all black. The factory made some in all black and apparently still had some red fabric left over so they decided to make an all black one with a red belt. Recently, a 4th version of Lillian has been found. She has a black cape with red collar and red belt! The quantity of each of the three variants must be less that 1,000 of each... it is so very hard to find all 4 versions!
  
• Sinstress prototype had curly hair, she would have been the one and only BEgoth with curly hair. But the guys decided to create a different hairstyle for her, similar to Raven's one.
  
• The first version of Julia was supposed to have buns, but there were some troubles in production and the guys chose a soft ponytail for her. She looks great in both ways!

Picture of the week - 14

This week I decided to post a picture of me. I think it's the first time I show myself here, I'm pretty shy and I don't think I'm such a beauty who has to be shown hehehe.

Along with the AWESOME prize of the Blog Contest, the guys are going to advertise our blogs in these cool magazines: Lee's Toy Review, Gothic Beauty and Rue Morgue... and it's not all!

James Tomlinson, the editor of Lee's Toy Review, is going to do a special write up about the 1st and 2nd place winners in their magazine which hits the newsstands on February 1st, 2006! And he needs some pics of us to add to the article.

Here's the picture that will probably end up in the magazine. I thought that taking a pics near my "Relics" would have been a cool idea!




James is a wonderful and very friendly person, I had the chance to talk to him some times and he was very warm. You can guess how much that means to me, an italian girl who's receiving so many good vibes from the US!

All this is simply great cos many toys companies don't allow non-US people to enter contests, take advantage of promotions or join so cool initiatives. This is a lesson that Bleeding Edge and its friends are giving to you guys out there!!! Chapeau!!!

News about Comments...

Since I had some requests from my friends, I've changed the settings of my comments.

Now everyone can post a comment, I didn't set the moderation up, but remember I can always delete the rude and inappropriate ones, and spam, of course.

And now leave a comment to my blog, it would make me happy!

If the dolls could speak...

Aren't you curious to see the dolls moving and speaking?
Now you can see that with your own eyes!!!

I've found a nice way to animate the dolls, they are e-cards with a 14days life, but you can enjoy them now!

Hear Evening Storm speaking!

Hear Fiona speaking!

Hear Devastatia speaking!

Hear Abcynthia speaking!


Enjoy!!!!

I won! Yay!!!!

I don't want to be too self-celebrative but this has been a great day, I'm so happy and I want to share this moment.
Tonight (italian time) begoths told us the result of the Best Begoths Blog contest...

... I won 1st place!

I still can't believe it!
I worked so hard to create a nice blog and I'm happy it has been appreciated, contest apart.

Other great and loyal forum members won 1st place:
Sterling: http://sterlingsstars.blogspot.com/
Sericea: http://o-c-d.blogspot.com/
Mavra: http://begothsfansite.blogspot.com/

I'm very happy for them too, they deserve it! Yay for us!!!!

I want to thank Electric Funeral for her precious and creative help, I really love the games she made for me, the signature and profile picture etc... Your contribution makes the difference, in my eyes!

I want to thank Danielle too, for her help and constant support! Thanx for your important suggestions and your presence, you're a real friend!

I want you.... to vote!!!!

Among the new features of my blog you can find two polls about BEgoths.

One is the Mini-Poll you can find under the games, in its cute light purple box. It's the first question I had in mind, thinking about BEgoths. It's always nice to hear where we all started.

The second one is the Vote Caster, a poll with 5 questions that you can find right under the Mini-Poll.
I tried to select some questions that could have been interesting for the Bleeding Edge guys too... I'm sure they are curious to hear our opinions cos they are always very attentive to what the fans have to say!


You have the chance to express your opinions here, don't miss this chance, enjoy the polls and vote!!!!

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Today it's my birthday, I'm 25!






I had a wonderful night yesterday and today I've been a bit lazy cos I'm still very asleep.

I got some great presents, but I want to buy me some BEgoths too...
Well, I'd like to win the blog contest as a birthday gift, but I'm going to buy some dolls soon anyway... and I need more stands!

This year many people remembered about my birthday and I'm very happy about that!

Happy birthday to me!