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More doll rantings..

Lots of new and exciting changes in the dolly world.. First off I decided yesterday to do away with the chaos and completely redesigned my computer nook to open up the space more in general and to be able to have all my doll stuff be better organized. I was up until four in the morning just moving furniture and getting my desktop working again. My computer desk is now directly in front of the window which means I have more light, can watch for the mailman and I can actually see my tv while I am working without resorting to using mirrors. It will take me a few days to reshelf everyone and then there shall be pictures of my newly designed work space.

Of course in the spirit of adding to the chaos I had a few more dolls arrive and I bought another one >_<

Quin
My Adorable Aubrey blythe named Quin arrived a few days ago. I was slightly disappointed with her as all her promo pictures showed her really having red hair and she is actually kind of strawberry blond. I might end up trading her with Requiem as she recently got a PWP to customize and PWP is much more of a true redhead. Alternatively I might give her a RIT dye tomorrow and try to make her hair a more desirable color. I am not sure what my fascination is with red haired blythes..

Kero
Little Kero arrived in the mail today ::dies from the cuteness:: she is even more adorable than I anticipated even for being an old style mini pullip (the new ones are much better by the way but also a lot more expensive).

Allie
I also purchased another bjd this morning ^^; she is a tiny and roughly the same size as a puki (I think she is slightly larger). She was an impulse purchase because the company that makes her was running a special so she was absolutely dirt cheap but I think in the long run I will still be happy with this purchase. I would hate for the Sugar Shack (the dollhouse I am making for the tinies) to only have one resident.

I am attending another doll meet at Requiem’s tomorrow, lots of stuff going on at it too. I am going to be receiving some additional sewing lessons and two of my blythes are getting their hair dyed (Frosty Frock is going green because green is my favorite color and her hair color is a bit too buttery for my tastes and my Violetina is getting a more attractive shade of violet). I am also bringing home Joyette permanently tomorrow and I am also bringing home Gogo for a visit .

Checkmate

Clamp is probably my favorite manga creators so I was estatic that when they announced the Clamp no Kiseki line of art books that would come with chess pieces for you to collect. There was a serious delay with the American releases and I didn’t pick them all up even after they started releasing them again. I had kind of given up on having a full set but as luck would have it I recieved this lovely gift in the mail today via ems.
Clamp No Kiseki Chess Set
White Side (from right to left)
Tsubasa- Li (King)
Cardcaptor Sakura- Sakura (Queen)
Cardcaptor Sakura- Tomoyo (Queen-alternate)
Miyuki-chan in Wonderland- Miyuki (Bishop)
Wish- Kohaku (Bishop)
Tokyo Babylon- Subaru (Bishop-alternate)
Chobits- Chii (Rook)
Clamp School Detectives-Akira (Knight)
Magic Knight Rayearth- Hikuru (Knight)
Angelic Layer-Misaki (Rook)
Cardcaptor Sakura-Kero (King-alternate)
Tsubasa- Mokona-Modoki (pawn x 8 )

Dark Side (from right to left)
X- Kamai (King)
X-Fuuma (King-alternate)
RG Veda- Ashura (Rook)
Tsubasa- Fay (Bishop)
XXXHolic- Watanuki (Bishop)
Tokyo Babylon- Sakurazuka (Bishop-alternate)
Clamp School Detectives- Nokoru (Knight)
XXXHolic- Yuuko (Queen)
Clover-Suu (Rook)
Cardcaptor Sakura- Spinnel (King-alternate)
XXXHolic- Mokona-Modoki (Pawn x 8 )
Fear my leet Clamp knowledge as I just did all that from memory.

Spinnel and Kero were mail away figures that you had to send in coupons from all the previous releases to put in a lottery for the right to buy them. I have actually seen just Kero and Spinnel go for about $100 keep in mind the pieces are only about 1 1/2- 2 inches tall each.

They are actually quite detailed for what they are. Some were done a little better than others and some of the pieces left me baffled as to why they wanted to devote a piece to that character when there others possibly more deserving of being made into a chess piece. The duplicate pieces also leave me a bit bemused as well what the hell am I going to do with three bishops?