In the old days, back before I was really into pullip I used to collect anime dolls from various series. Unfortunately due to space constraints the bulk of my anime dolls collection is boxed up these days. The Cardcaptor Sakura dolls by Bandai have somehow managed to escape being boxed up and put away.
This particular line of doll was released way back in 2000, I own the entire first line of dolls but I think I am missing one doll from the second line plus there are a ton of the fashion packs I still need ^^; Trendmasters later released a similar line of the dolls here in the states based on the bastardized Cardcaptors anime but the quality suffered greatly (especially the clothes). I happened to find Sakura on a back shelf in my local comic book shop probably some time in 2003 or 2004, I picked up a few of the other Sakura dolls here and there (mostly at conventions) but I could never find a Tomoyo. I finally ended up having to resort to Yahoo Japan for Tomoyo some time around my birthday in 2007 (the same birthday I actually received my first pullip as a gift). Tomoyo was a hard fought bidding battle and she cost me dearly but I don’t regret it as at that point I had been searching for her, for years.
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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.
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?
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