Monday, November 23, 2009

The HotBuys Article.

The First HotBuys Ever.

Have you ever wondered how the first HotBuys that were released looked like?


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Yes, these are the first ever HotBuys that were released on Stardoll. As you can see above, all the accessories - excluding the bow belt - were actually being sold from the MiniShop! These HotBuys are probably very rare, since they are the very first HotBuys and maybe only 2/4 of Stardoll have joined when it was still PaperDoll Heaven.

I've only seen a very few users with these HotBuys accessories in their MeDoll Editor. As Kaylen (Wrong.Number) had already explained in her 'Evolution of HotBuys' post, these HotBuys are very different from today's HotBuys.

I consider these HotBuys very '80's, with a touch of quirkiness. My favourite HotBuy there is probably the Bow Belt from Hola, the Plaid Beret by Burberry, and the Heart Necklace by Chanel.

These September HotBuys were followed by the October ones, as seen below.


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The HotBuys Craze
Ever since then, HotBuys are must-haves in each and every girl's wardrobe. There are no doubts to collectors that HotBuys are every girl's best friend! Everyone was so happy of the new ideas of HotBuys, but as the years passed, HotBuys became more and more expensive, and almost all the HotBuys are SS.

Presently, the prices of HotBuys range from $6 to $20. Nowadays, there are no HotBuys that are $5 or under - unless they are free, of course!

The HotBuy History

September 2006 (seen above)

October 2006 (seen above)
November 2006

December 2006

January 2007
February 2007

March 2007April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007 (NO HB RELEASED!)
August 2007
September 2007
October/November 2007 (Seen on Wrong.Number's post, Evolution of HotBuys)
December 2007


Credit for old HotBuys Pics: The Stardoll Insiders

I've only stopped at the end of 2007. But if you wanna see the whole HotBuy History, click here.

So what do you think?
Which HotBuy did you like the best?

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14 comments

DeSushiTimes said...

I Liked may 2007 hotbuys the best ^^

The post also is well written, but not very "original" I've seen a lot of "hot buys history" posts lately.. but still great post and you definitely put a lot of effort in it :D

Cali_Beauty said...

Well, as Joyce said a lot of Hotbuys History posts have been made BUT you went farther back.
Well done.

AND, I remember most of these, I am an early 2007 member.

Heart Newbridge said...

Thanks, guys.

Cali_Beauty, I love your posts, too (:

<3

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Chicago3 said...

Not to be a Negative Nellie, but someone just posted about this on the blog 2 posts before you, with less pictures, but the same concept. Other than that I like the post :) I was on stardoll in 2006 and I remember the hotbuys in the shop, but I had no money to buy them :(

Ooglefish said...

Rather long but i found it interesting, was good to see the hotbuys before i joined! Didn't realise the Scuba dress was a hotbuy, i thought it was just DKNY!

Kaylen said...

I am really glad you extended my idea because you have done such a great job!

HAHAHAHA x 10000 at the doll for the first hotbuys.

26jen said...

I thought it was kinda too long, maybe split it into a few posts, like a whole timeline of hotbuys, like season by season?

Anonymous said...

Well,I laughed as soon as I saw the post - not about the format of writing or the writing style or anything offensive, however this post has been written by most writers in all blogs, such as Gossip-Stardoll's practice blog and much more, you should think original. I like hotbuys but Hotbuys History Posts are WAY OVERUSED!

Caroline said...

Well-written well done :)
You could have written a little more about each of the pictures, your opinion about them, and included less pictures. You could do what 26jen said and maybe split it into years, and then you could write more about each.

Caroline [crazycaz07]
x.

thatgirlsophy said...

i did this a while ago on my collectors blog

nicole24-7 said...

I prefer the more recent hotbuys to the older ones. HAhaha, the faces on the older ones are really disturbing. haha.
:p
Now, the hotbuys are mainly purple, which is kind of odd :o

Wickeed_ said...

There's some hotbuys I don't rember. But it's a really good post!!

sd_is_da_best / Sinead said...

the doll is so scary in the first few Hotbuys! What were stardoll thinking????!!!

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