This review is getting close to four years overdue! That could be a new record for me. You might remember that way back in 2022, I started a Blythe series that was meant to have three parts: an analysis of the imitation Blythe world, a review of a Takara/TOMY Blythe doll, and a review of a Good Smile Company Blythe doll. But I haven't done the Good Smile Company review...until now. I got the idea for this series in 2022 because Good Smile Company had recently taken over the manufacturing of Blythe dolls from Takara/TOMY, and there was some concern about whether the new dolls would be as good as the old ones. That's not really a pressing question anymore. However, I still wanted to see one of the newer dolls for myself, and I don't like leaving things unfinished. So I'm going to wrap up the series today. Better late than never, right?
I was reminded of this series last week because I got a fresh round of threats from This is Blythe, the shop where I purchased my first imitation Blythe doll. They're back to their email harassment tactics, threatening to sue me for factually relaying my experience. As far as I know, the First Amendment is still a thing, so I'll hold firm. But it's depressing because I have never, in my 20+ years of blogging and collecting, encountered such a nasty, vindictive person in the doll world. Nothing even close. It's just not who we are as a community.
But I don't want to dwell on that unpleasantness right now. Dolls are meant to bring joy and amusement--not anger and frustration. And you've already waited long enough to meet my turquoise-haired Blythe beauty from Good Smile Company, so here she is:
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| Blythe "Float Away Dream" by Good Smile Company, ~$120. |
