Times they are changing..

It’s been a month now since I have moved on to http://hinaichigo.wordpress.com/. I don’t really regret leaving as my focus has changed, over time people meet and people part, tastes change. I am not really interested in anime figures that much anymore. For the most part they are static, I love the ones I have but I am so burnt out on them that I don’t really want anymore at this time. I don’t get the same enjoyment out of them that I used to. Eventually I will probably start actively collecting again but for right now, I am pretty well set. There is a bit more to it, but things are better left unsaid for now at least.

My doll collection still brings me a lot of happiness, it had suffered recently and when it did I realized that it had actually made me quite unhappy. My doll collection is currently thriving and I couldn’t be happier. I love photographing the dolls, the sheer variety of them that I have and the fact that I never actually get bored with them. Since my last post here I have had an influx of dolls: 8 pullips, 2 dals, 1 taeyang and 1 blythe. Plus I am awaiting another dal, another taeyang and my 7th Dollfie Dream (a twin of my Yoko- I loved her so much when I seen one for a good price I decided to buy another one). To me the dolls are just a lot more versatile and they are customizable (for the most part anyway) so you can really make them your own versus most anime figures that just kind of sit there (except figmas and nendoroids but I never really played with mine).

Follow the White Rabbit

Got bored here.. moving on

Doll Meet

I had a doll meet with Requiem yesterday as it had been a while since our last one and we both needed to catch up on the latest dolly happenings in each other’s lives.

I got to see her newest custom dal and one of my personal favorites of her Princessa again.

I also fetched back a handful of dolls that had been with her for a while now.. including Lady Murasaki who passing through several owners was starting to look a bit worse for wear. Lady Murasaki was originally a custom named Selene by requiem but she had passed through a lot of different owners and each one decided to tweak her, here and there plus general wear and tear made her ready for a spa vacation. Here she is in her renewed form…

One of our original intentions was to make a kimono for one of my dollfies only we failed hardcore as we didn’t have a piece of fabric big enough but it was not entirely fruitless as we did make a skirt for Yoko and when I got home I made a matching shirt.

I had the hardest time making the top fitted around Yoko’s massive bust >_<

For having like no aptitude for sewing I think it worked out fairly well

New arrival- Pullip Mir

I had one new other new arrival the other day, the pullip Mir. She’s my first new pullip in a while opening her up reminded me why I liked pullips in the first place and made me want to catch up (I am currently seven behind in the great quest to collect all of them, I did have all of them then fell behind on the newer releases while I pursued dollfies). I have decided to name her Oni.

She is by far the palest pullip I have ever seen, she is so stark white that people in the pullip community have had trouble rebodying theirs but I personally don’t rebody unless something goes horribly wrong (my Street for example just got rebodied because her neck broke) so I don’t think it will effect me. Her stock is actually pretty well made if not a bit bizarre (I am told it is something like a hanbook (sp?) a traditional Korean dress).

Photographically speaking she is so pale she tends to wash out especially in non- close up photos like the one above.

As striking as she is, her face up reminds me so much of other pullips, her eye make up greatly resembles Fanatica’s for example and her lips Cinciallegra’s. I love the kanji in her eye although at this point I can’t even remember what it means (ghost? demon? can’t remember).

I am going to a meet with Requiemart today (blowing off work) so anticipate another doll post either today or tomorrow.

Suprise- 1/4 scale Asuka Figure by Aizu

An old friend of mine had called me somewhat out of the blue last week saying that he had found an Asuka figure that he thought I might like and he needed my address so he could send it to me. As happy as I was to hear from him, my heart filled with dread when I heard it was an Asuka figure as I own lots of Asuka figures and there is a greater chance of a duplicate than a non-duplicate at this point. I was pleasantly surprised when I finally fetched her from the post office today though..

Once I opened the box and seen what the figure was my jaw dropped. I was not expecting a 1/4 scale Asuka from Aizu project. Tokyo Kid had one of this same figure in their window the last time I was there and they wanted $400 some for it and I had seriously thought about it but relented and bought a bunch of different stuff instead (including my Piaway statue from Vandread). I had always kind of regretted my decision not to get her when I had the chance.

She was a most delightful surprise, not only is she huge (she’s 1/4 scale) she is absolutely gorgeous.

Last Dollfie Shoot and a DD update

This will probably be my last dollfie shoot for a little while. My partner in crime is away on business for indeterminate amount of time and the dollfie shoots only work if someone is running defense against the Godzilla baby, otherwise she asserts her dominance over the dollfies.

I had really wanted to take all six of my DDs out but I was convinced that would just too much time and effort and I didn’t have much time to work with so I grabbed the dollfie dream dynamites as a compromise (in retrospect I have less photos of the other three so I probably should have taken them instead >_<) I also decided to change all of their clothes before taking them out. Yoko put on Ryomou’s school uniform, Ryomou went into her gothic outfit set and Kanu went in Yoko’s outfit.

I actually had a few people tell me that they didn’t recognize Yoko with clothes on lol.

I cheated on the outfit and used Kanu’s floppy socks, I have a great fondness for floppy socks ^^;

Kanu’s knees are extraordinarily bad so posing her can be a bit tricky unfortunately.


Kanu’s skintone does seem to nicely compliment Yoko’s outfit though.

and finally my darling Ryomou.. I think she will always be my favorite.

Now for the update, I have a blank head on the way as we speak. I plan to have a custom Mahoro of Mahoromatic made as she is one of my favorite anime characters and I think she would make a good DD plus I think her and Yoko would be epic when photographed together especially given Mahoro’s dislike ecchi though inducing outfits like Yoko’s.

Doll Updates- BJD edition

Fairyland announced about half a dozen new little fees including a new version of Ante and the super adorable Bisou. Little Fees are the perfect sized resin bjd for me and I really love my 1st edition Ante but none of the other releases until now really lived up to her in my opinion. Now I find myself torn between the two of them.. Ante!elf on the left and Bisou on the right.

I plan on asking for one of them for Christmas, but I am torn between the two of them. I love both of their face ups so it is a hard choice. Ante!elf is gorgeous, I utterly adore my 1st edition Ante but I fear she may be too similiar in a way. I love her stock outfit but I am not sure how useable it really will be and her wig worries me a bit (looks high maintenance). Bisou is more casual which is kind of a double edged sword, you seem to get less for the price but the outfit is adorable and I have a weakness for hoodies. I am not sure how well Bisou would match Marie but at the same time she might offer more versatility. I am sure whoever I choose will make me happy but since I can only get one for Christmas I hope I choose the one that represents my greatest chance for happiness.

December Pullip Releases Announced

December’s releases were announced and I have to say, I am for the most part not impressed.

Pullip- Aya



I am sure she will be gorgeous redressed but I am not impressed with her stock at all and her wig looks like a nightmare waiting to happen. Her entire stock seems cheap and like something that would come off of a barbie, worse yet one of her gimmicks seems to be that she has a removeable skirt to take her outfit from formal to semi-formal, kind of like the new Barbie and Three Muskateers dolls it bothers me that they are using such a cheap gimmick.

Dal- Sakura


By far my favorite of the three dolls. She is kind of cute and she has the nicest stock of the three

Byul- Maya


The Byul scares the living hell out of me, she looks a cariculture of the Olsen twins. I am semi-desirious of her shoes but that’s it. I am not a fan of byul in general but none of illicited the kill it with fire response that this one has in me.

More Yoko DD photos

I took my new Yoko DD out yesterday and again today for photos.

Yesterday, I went to a location with a waterfall. I hopped the fence with Yoko in tow and climbed out on the rocks for a few photos, I also learned to think ahead-five inch heels are not exactly the correct footwear for this endeavor.


Unfortunately I arrived right at dusk so I didn’t have much time for photos so I decided to take her out again today.

Today, I took Yoko to one of my favorite dollfie shooting locations.

I also decided to bust out Yoko’s shades for today’s shoot.

This is the same tree that I previously took pictures of Rin in.

It took me a good half an hour to set up this photo and to get her to actually balance in the tree with the gun.



Getting her this pose was well worth the effort though as I loved the photographic results of it.

Not a whole lot to say to say today, spent most of the day playing Batman: Arkham Asylum ^^;

More photos in Yoko’s Set .

More comics and Arkham Asylum

The stuff I got other than Yoko yesterday and Arkham Asylum which arrived this morning via UPS.

The Legends of the Dark Knight Gift set arrived probably some time over the weekend it came via Fed Ex I just happened to notice it sitting on the porch yesterday, it looked like it had been there a few days >_<. I visited a semi-local comic book shop (ie. about an hour away) and purchased Gotham: City Sirens issues 1 and 2 as well as the Joker bust. The semi-amazing thing is I got all three items (both issues of the comic and the bust) for $25 before tax, the owner let me have the 1/4 scale Hot Toys Joker bust for $20. At that price the bust needed to join my growing Joker display. I read both issues of Gotham: City Sirens last night and really enjoyed them, plus it answered the one of the age old mysteries for me about the rogue's gallery. That particular mystery was how the villains found their hideouts..

It’s such a throwaway little thing but it amused me to no end as I was also intrigued that the villains never seemed to have any trouble finding new hideouts (or my other big one is where and how do they recruit henchmen, the ones where the villains are motivated by money I can understand but the ones where there true goals are just chaos and anarchy make me wonder what their pitch speech is).

Arkham Asylum also showed up today so I have been busying myself tearing through that, I am absolutely in love with the game. I love everything about the game, I am having way too much fun with it ^^; Normally I would have opted for the 360 version (I own pretty much every video game system retro all the way up through modern) but the ability to play as the Joker brought me over to the PS3 side, I guess it is good that it is finally getting some use other than a blu-ray player ^_-