Decided to start anew... now with occassional special guest blogger sumomo.kotoko. I'm Klein, Hina Ichigo, Klein Beere or St Jimmy (well about 1/2 of the time) depending where you know me from. 

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Rin arrived on Monday along with Estel, she was actually Estel's senior by a few hours as UPS delivered her and I am fairly close to the UPS distribution centers so they tend to deliver fairly early in the morning. Rin has the distinction of being my cheapest dollfie (so far anyway) as I actually got her from Volksusa's site, I managed to acquire a preorder slot for her via lottery so she was only actually $528 plus shipping . She was also the only dollfie that upon opening reaked of new plastic smell >_<   
 
I love Rin she has almost a cat-like quality  about her, the shape of her eyes and the shape of her lips only adds to that impression. I love her eyes and her wig is absolutely dead-on to her character design. 

Estel was my mystery dollfie. I had always been fascinated with her and Feena but after really studying photos of them, I discovered that while they shared the same headmold I much preferred Estel's face up.  Something just seemed to be missing with Feena. I had a hell of time finding owner photos of Estel so that further drove my ambition to get her . Oddly when I was picking out my first dollfie I was looking through a compiled character list of all the Dollfie Dreams and I remember looking at Estel thinking  somehow, someway I was going to end up getting her. 

Her eyes seem to be noticeably more wide/open than any of my other girls. She is also on a normal dollfie dream body which when compared to the other girls makes her seem a bit younger or childlike. I love her eyes and her pale lavender hair. 

Her stock is really beautifully made, the dress is especially well done the pleating is amazing and her bracelets are real metal. My only regret is that her stock kind of makes her stick out a bit too much compared to the other dollfies. 

All and all I am very pleased with her although getting her and Rin made me realize I wanted even more dollfies T_T 

I am once again flumoxed by the arrival of two dollfie dreams on the same day despite the fact that they shipped on different days, by different sellers and in this case different countries. Rin came from Volks USA via UPS a little earlier than I antipated her, I had won the preorder lottery for her through Volks' site. My mystery dollfie, Estel came from one of my agents in Japan.

I know some of you are wondering why I chose Estel out of all of the released dollfies the truth is I really loved her face up and thought she might make a good match for Ryomou (there are no male DDs and I am sure as hell not buying a male bjd as most of them come anatomically correct and resin dick= do not want). She has a really lady-like aura around her and  I was unable to find many owner photos of her so that kind of motivated me even more. Oddly when I first started looking at Dollfies I always knew I would somehow end up getting her. 

I plan to start deboxing both girls once I get back from the post office (I am shipping my half of a blythe trade off today). I was supposed to ship on Friday but all the post offices closed at noon >_< 

My second Charlotte dal arrived today as well, I am currently trying to sell her stock on dolly market as I have no use for it (if anyone is that interested in it reading this shoot me an email at atashi.saikano@gmail.com ).  Charlotte is more than likely going to become my Mad Hatter dal as the Drta I was going to use is getting customized into a dal Froggy. That reminds me I should email the girl who I commissioned for the Mad Hatter outfit and see what is going on with that.

I didn't actually preorder all that much this week ^^; Part of it is I am waiting for other sites to start taking preorders for a couple of additional figures I want as TL wants way too much over the yen price for them (especially on a Kotobukiya figure wtf? ). 

HLJ


Series: Phantom Kingdom
Character:  Pram
Company: Griffon Enterprises
Scale: None
Link-  www.hlj.com/product/GRFPK-01
Comment- I love Nippon Ichi character designs


Series: Ikki Tousen
Character:  Kanu
Company:  Griffon Enterprises
Scale: 1/7
Link-  www.hlj.com/product/GRFIK-1K
Comment- Always kind of partial to the original decided to preorder the re-release might end up canceling though.

Toyslogic 

Series: Ikki Tousen
Character:  Ryomou
Company: Alter
Scale: 1/8
Link-  www.toyslogic.com/index.php
Comment- I am deveoping a taste for the lovely Ryomou..

Series: Vocaloid
Character:  Miku
Company: Max Factory
Scale: 1/7
Link-  www.toyslogic.com/index.php
Comment- Miku <3


Ps. Somewhat hilarious UPS sent me an automated call informing me that I had to be here tomorrow to sign for Rin.  

Pullip- Angelique and Charlotte are still kicking around in the post I hate SAL sometimes.  I am also awaiting two other dolls; a custom dal named Jupin who is a dal customized to look the pullip Jupi and I am trading one of my Ridas for a Latte. I am in the process of commissioning another custom dal, with a different customizer this time, as much as I love Requiem's work I wanted to try a different customizer as a couple of my friends have customs by her and really speak very highly of her work . I am having a custom dal made up of the little pullip Froggy, Little Froggy is my absolute favorite mini and I have already seen a few customs pullips of her then I thought she might be even cuter as a dal. 

Blythe- I have fallen head over heels for next month's release Punkaholic People.  I absolutely must have her. I currently in the process of trading my Love Mission to make a space for her (I don't want to have too many with dark hair or anyone hair color for that matter plus I am trying to keep a close eye on their number). Speaking of the trade I am acquiring a Primadolly Saffy so I am rather pleased as she is one of my favorite blythes that I don't own.  



Dollfie Dream- I just checked tracking it looks as though the mysterious Dollfie Dream just arrived in the States a little earlier this evening which would normally mean that she would be delivered tomorrow. Unfortunately there is no mail delivery tomorrow because of the holiday so it looks as though both the mystery DD and Rin will both be arriving together on Monday. Oh the irony.. Ryomou and Kanu showed up on the same day despite the fact they were purchased a few days apart from very different sellers. I wonder if this is a sign that I should buy another when Yoko is due.  

I actually got this one a few weeks ago but just got around to deboxing it a couple of days ago. I think this might be my favorite figure of Suzumiya herself although honestly I have always been more of a Mikuru fan myself. This figure has a very vibrant feel to it. The detailing is lovely, the guitar and the stockings are especially well done. I love the fact that she is actually holding a guitar pick. 
 
I love Suzumiya's joyful expression in this figure. This figure to me outshines the other iconic Max factory figure  of Suzumiya. The iconic figure of Suzumiya in the school uniform is one everyone that collects anime figures seems to own, oddly I myself no longer own that figure but I do have the Wonder Fest limited version with short sleeves. To me that figure doesn't even hold a candle to this one. 
 

I received my fourth bjd in the mail today. She is a tiny (roughly 10 cm) bjd- she is roughly the same size as little pullips, pukis and pinky streets. She was made by Felixdoll, she is part of their brownie line and she is an Allie. I have decided to name her Bea- I don't know why I have decided to name her Bea but I have named her Bea ^^; . She is quite cute and I love her stock but I don't like her as much as my other two tinies ^^;  

I knew she was going to be approximately the same size as a puki but I didn't just how similiar they would actually be... 
Nude side by side photo-  www.flickr.com/photos/pullip_junk/3681947555/in/set-72157620743966461/
Their boxes are even very similiar- www.flickr.com/photos/pullip_junk/3681945121/in/set-72157620743966461
They are similiar but not identical.. the head shape is the most obvious difference between the two of them. The knees and torso have different joints than the puki as well but they are still remarkably similiar. 

 
I had been wanting this Saber figure for a while, something about the combination of a kendo sword and a swimsuit really attracted me to this figure. I had lost the previous battle of Alter vs. Clayz Saber but I  was in a Fate mood and decided to indulge myself and go ahead and get the Clayz version as well. As a figure I like it, I am not so sure of this figure as a Saber figure though as much as I like the face something just doesn't seem Saber-like to me. I do find the bathing suit itself to be very Saber-like though it fits her personality perfectly.. it has a quiet elegance. 

October's pullip was lineup was announced some time during the night. It looks like Groove has decided to go forward with their collaboration with Disney. 

On the whole these seen to have lost some of the sparkle that was there in the prototypes. I am very ambivalant about these as a set on the one hand I want to buy them all, on the other hand I am not entirely happy with them. 

Taeyang- Captain Hook
The removable mustache cracks me up, not sure if he is cool enough to hang with pirate crew or not yet though hmm.  

 
Pullip- Peter Pan
Traditionally in the theater productions Peter Pan is portrayed by a female, pullip has continued this tradition. 


Dal- Tinkerbell
I love Tinkerbell but she seemed to be hit the hardest  hit in the changes from prototype to announced release. I miss her trademark red lips.

Byul- Tigerlily
I really, really wanted to like this release T_T I love Tigerlily but the byul is somewhat disappointing I would buy her and steal her stock for a dal or a pullip but I am unsure if I will actually buy her or not at this point.