Recent Acquistion- Saber Figure by Clayz

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Klein


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 notso 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.

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First Look- Peter Pan x Pullip October releases

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Klein

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.

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Here's looking at July

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Klein

Lots of fun stuff is already lining up for July even though I am only an hour into it >_<

I have  somewhat surprisingly already received shipping notification from Volks for my Rin Dollfie Dream from the VolksUSA store, I could have sworn she was not coming until late July. So Rin and my other incoming Dollfie Dream are racing to my mailbox as we speak both should be here by early next week expect pictures and lots of them 😛

I was also somewhat surprized to see shipping notification for my fourth bjd, an Allie from Felixdoll’s Brownie line. It’s been so long since I paid for her I almost forgot about the poor dear.

My goal, in light of everything is take July a little slower. I bought a lot of stuff last month including another DD which I didn’t absolutely need so I am taking time off from the hunt  as a means of penance for June’s over enthusiam…. Don’t get me wrong there will still be a bunch of stuff arriving in July as I still have a whole ton of preorders which I am anticipating an invoice for any time now.

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Month in Review- June 2009

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Klein

Looking back over this past month I had thought that I hadn’t actually got much in the mail… then I really started thinking about and well I had actually accumulated quite a bit of things over the past month.

From left to right row one:
1. Evangelion- Kotobukiya- Rei
2. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS- Good Smile Company- Nanoha, Fate Stay/ Night- Clayz- Saber and Pixel Maritan- Good Smile Company- Maritan Nendoroid
3. Pullip- Raphia (custom)- Nyx by Requiemart
4.  Top Row: Kingdom Hearts- Square Enix- Cloud, Melancholy of Suzumiya- Max Factory- Suzumiya chearleader figma, Gundam 00- Banpresto-Mileina Vashti
Bottom Row- Melancholy of Suzumiya- Kaiyado-Mikuru, Melancholy of Suzumiya- Max Factory- Suzumiya, Melancholy of Suzumiya- Max Factory- Mikuru chearleader figma, Strike Witches- Good Smile Company- Miyafuji Yoshika nendoroid
5. Little Dal- Cat
6. Moe-tan- Kotobukiya- Ink Nijihara TV color version, Code Geass- Banpresto- CC, Code Geass- Banpresto- Shirley, Code Geass- Banpresto- Kallen
7. DC Direct- Black and White- Joker statue by Jim Lee
8. Top Row:  Beat Blades Haruka- Volks- Narika, Gundam 00- Banpresto- Wang Lui Mei, Fate Stay/Night- Alter- Saber & Illyavasal(Wonderfest LE)
Bottom Row: Fate Stay/ Night- Alter- Illyavasal, Final Fantasy VII- Kotobukiya- Sephiroth, Rozen Maiden- Animage- Shinku doll
9. Takara- Blythe- Goldie, Takara- Blythe- Rosie Red (Marilinda), Takara- Blythe- Love Mission (Natasha), Pullip- Papin (Lacy)
10. Fairyland- Puki- Lily (Buttercup)

So all in all about 20 new anime figures, 7 new dolls and a Joker statue not bad.

I haven’t been buying as many figures outside of preorders. Partially because after all these years I am running out of stuff that I don’t own that I still want. I think that is partially what is drawing me more and more to the dollfies if for no other reason then to have the thrill of the hunt again ^^;

Oddly I haven’t yet purchased this past month’s pullips :O I really don’t care for Neo Angelique all that much plus I was saving up for the new DD so I figured they could wait a little while. I have Angelique coming from HLJ now, I haven’t ordered the dal yet and I am not even going to bother with the taeyang. A bit of apathy as I near the 200 mark I guess ^^; On a somewhat related note I feel I am okay with blythes for a while at the moment unless I find a jaw dropping deal on My Little Candy.. I eventually want more but right now I am happy with who I have and I have full shelf.

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Recent Acquisition- 1/4 scale Nanoha by Good Smile Company

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Klein

I had originally planned on getting this figure for no other reason than to go with what I hoped would eventually be announced a 1/4 Fate figure ( needless to say I preordered Fate as soon as she went up last week). I don’t actively collect figures from Magical Lyrical Girl Nanoha as I  have only seen a few episodes of the show. I rather like Fate’s character design though so I  do own the original 1/8th Alter figure of her and I have the 1/7th by Alter preordered.

Somewhat ironically  this 1/4 scale is my first figure of Nanoha herself. It turned out to be an excellant selection as I was pleasantly surprised by just how beautiful this figure is in person. I love her expression. The sculpt on her is really lovely, her body looks especially nice.

Even from behind she is pretty nice. She has a rather cute bum.

This is one of the few scenerios where I approve of plumber’s crack ^_-

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Small haul

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Klein

I got two packages in the mail today one from HLJ  (the lovely 1/4 scale Nanoha) and one from my  Yahoo Japan agent (the Saber figure and Hobby Japan Pixel Maritan nendoroid).

I opened both of the larger figures today lest they become permanent residents in my to open pile of figures… Yeah I have a lot of backlog building up again ^^; Staying home tomorrow so hopefully I will actually get around to opening up some of my other figures…

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The return of the wicked witch of the west

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Klein

About a year  ago I was reading the book "Wicked" and I seen this custom Wicked Witch of the West pullip on ebay for quite cheap. I had remembered that Requiemart had previously done an Elphaba custom but  because of the pictures I was not sure if was the one she did or not.. I ended up bidding on and winning her and it turns out she was in fact a Requiemart custom. Full body repaints on pullips are kind of rare as they normally do not hold up to normal wear and tear well, Elphaba was in surprisingly immaculate condition especially considering her age save a small chip on her nose. Requiemart  offers free repairs on all her customs no matter how many times they change hands so I sent her out for repair recently. She came back looking better than ever. I decided to celebrate her return for taking her out for a photoshoot today. 

My personal favorite photo Elphaba gloating over her victory of finally stealing back the ruby slippers over the now shoeless ulta-limited pullip Dorothy. 

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Dollfie Dreams

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Klein

In anticipation of my new DD (who should be here late next week/early the week after) I decided to take both of my current girls out for a shoot today.

I put Ryomou back in her maid uniform as it occured to me that she hasn’t been in it in quite some time. I  have a very strong preference for Ryomou maybe I just have a soft spot for a doll that comes with handcuffs and an eye patch, maybe it is because her hair is so low maintenance than Kanu’s or maybe it is because she actually had a few changes of clothes… She just seems  lot more photogenic to me .

I decided to put Kanu in Ryomou’s school uniform mostly because well I have never changed her clothes ^^; It actually looks rather nice on her. I actually really like Kanu as well but I always seem to blank on poses when I photograph her.

More pictures in my DD folder on my flickr

I’ve been thinking a lot about DDs the last few days…. I really do love them but I have started wondering how many of them I am actually going to end up with as we have previously seen with pullips I can not not set a limit for myself otherwise I will have a massive collection very quickly plus the dollfies take up a lot of space. I think I am setting a limit of 7-8 this year, I am getting Illya come hell or high water in October so that leaves me with the possibility for one or two more this year which I think is more than reasonable.

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Oh no the dollfies are up to something…..

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Klein


Kanu: What are you doing?
Ryomou: I am sick of our dysfunctional relationship, first you hate me and want to fight and then you love me I just can’t deal with it anymore so I decided to order myself a kinder, gentler companion with which to share my shelf with.
Kanu: Oh so you mean you are getting a weakling, ::scoffs:: I don’t even recognize her couldn’t you get someone more famous?
Ryomou: Look I am the one ordering and this one appeals to me most at the moment and she is for me anyway so just deal with it 😛

In other words another dollfie dream is on the way…….

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First Look- Comic-con Exclusive Pullip- Lala

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Klein

Comic-con is getting an exclusive pullip O_O. Her name is Lala and she is apparently the first of three new exclusives, all three are limited to 300 each and each will be limited to a different country according to Jun Planning’s USA Rep all three will be the same basic doll only the lips, wig and eye chips will change from model to model.

I personally find her lovely she reminds me of Fantastic Alice and Panda a bit, I really want her.. I really want multiples of her she is just so gorgeous.

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