Onegai Mizuho

Okay, I will admit it I have never watched Onegai Teacher or Twins, I do know quite a bit about both shows though. I love the character designs and some of the figures, Mizu tends to walk a borderline figure-wise some of the figures are cute but some are too raunchy for my tastes.
Onegai
This cold cast from alpha max has definitely got my attention. She is 1/6 scale and will cost about 15,000 yen. The only problem is though that I feel I should buy a 1/6 GT-R for her to hose down but that is even more expensive than she is >_< I will most definitely be preordering her but she comes out in January in Japan which I already have fairly effectively packed so I think I am going to try and preorder her up from an American store.

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You know if I did move to Japan this would be slightly easier

Jun Planning and their damn event exclusives…
Isolde
By hook or by crook I will get her. Not only is she gorgeous, but if I don’t get her my quest will have been for nothing as my collection would be incomplete once again. I think I have all the details sorted out and have her secured but you never really know for sure until after the event so I will be biting my nails until then.

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I got a little distracted

CustomNomado
I decided to rework one of the custom Nomados I own. She went from purple haired pirate to a rather menacing demoness. I knew I would find a use for that wig in all it’s crazy Kstarr goodness.

DorothyOZ
I also deboxed Dorothy yesterday. Please note her shoes are not stock they were made by Requiem as Dorothy’s shoes lack the necessary sparkle.

I still have three pullip/taeyangs to debox and a whole bunch of anime figures. I found a box that arrived over the weekend that I had completely forgotten about I shall post it tomorrow, all it had in it was a new Evangelion art book and a couple of older limited Pinky Streets.

I am a little anxious right now as I could possibly find out in as early as four days if I am moving, either within the United States or possibly to Japan, Singapore or maybe even in England. As much I would love to live in Japan it would be a nine hour car ride from Tokyo so Akihabara shopping would not be overly convenient. No matter what I really need to move as well the walls are really coming in on me here, far too much stuff in such an apartment.

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While I work on deboxing..

I have been busy and have not had much time for pictures but I think this is everything that arrived over the weekend and the beginning of this week.
Haul
I did actually debox a few items including this Kiddy Grade statue
Kiddy Grade
and these Gundam 00 banpresto figures
Gundam 00
I’ll post more pictures later after I debox more.

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Quin-Pap

My Papin quints.. I am getting closer to my ideal of eventually being able to have seven Papins all rewigged in different colors of the rainbow

From left to right: Eureka in a custom Kstarr that is red but gradiates to orange, Butterfly in a purple Monique wig, Clementine in a lovehaze furwig, Aspen in a green Monique wig and newcomer Tangerine in Street’s scalp and cyberfalls.

As much as having one in every color of the rainbow is my ideal I think I might waver and make this Aspen’s permanent wig as I love it on her.

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Pullip overload

I had a lot of fun at our pullip meet of two today. I acquired 10 new wigs (and a set of cyberfalls) for my girls, new furniture as well as bunch of much needed replacement parts. I have decided I definitely want Horison after seeing Requiem’s in the flesh as he is just gorgeous.

I made two decisions today during my meet with Requiem… 1. My first custom will be Chii and I have already commissioned Requiem to make me external audio receptors 2. That I regretted finding out my Paja was not stock as it caused me to remove the enhanced eye make up. After removing the eye make up though Paja just looks so plain so she went home with Requiem so she can replace the enhanced eye make up I now miss.

I did debox Dorothy and Tinman today, Requiem was kind enough to make me a better pair of ruby slippers as the stock ones are a bit lacking and well both of had skin tone questions about Tin Man and whether or not he is entirely silver (which he actually is). I’ll probably do the other two tomorrow as well as Debut who showed up today. Debut really floored me as her bike is actually metal I was half expecting cheap plastic, quality from Jun Planning O_O

Faewyn
Photo by Papermoonpixie http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/papermoonpixie/
Faewyn is a custom done by Papermoonpixie that was given away in a raffle, my friend won her and if you have been following this journal you know I am in the process of purchasing her. Somewhat surprisingly she shipped today, I haven’t paid for her in full yet so I was kind of surprised, I asked Skada and she said she trusted me besides she didn’t really have the room for her anyway.

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The long drive

Okay it is time for me to slow the aggressive expansion as there is literally no place to put anything else >_< everything is so overcrowded now it is not even funny. I spent most of the day trying to reshelf the pullips, ah I remember when they used to all fit on one bookshelf now they are on five bookshelves all crammed in the computer nook with two auxiliary displays elsewhere in the apartment. I hesitate to open the newly arrived packages that have been piling up out of fear making an even larger mess of the apartment.

I did actually buy a few more things this morning before coming to this conclusion

Ichigo Marshmallow Miu waitress figure by Konami because I have always wanted a figure of her. There is another figure that hooks on as well but I haven’t bothered tracking that one down yet, I will probably wait until I see this one in person before I decide if I need another or not.

Melancholy of Suzumiya Tsuruya-San by Alter. I bought her to match my Alter Mikuru, plus she was cheap. Alter is steadily becoming one of my favorite figure makers although my three favorite figures are all by Max Factory.

No pictures probably until Monday at the earliest as I am going to be out all day on Sunday and I have a meet with Requiem on Monday.

Pullip side- I have pretty effectively exhausted my dolly budget T_T I did successfully track down and purchase Debut off of a Japanese site. Debut is technically the first pullip all she really is Wind with a bicycle but she is limited and technically the first (and my Wind had a haircut before she came to me) so I bought her a few days ago. I actually paid less for her than I did for my non-limited Wind with a haircut go figure.

After buying Debut I had a definite plan as to what I was going to do with the rest of the money in my dolly budget, I was going to buy a custom as I don’t have that many full customs (Elphaba, Mischa, Manjula, & Platinum) and some stuff from requiem (wigs, bodies, shoes). I had, had my heart set on this custom on ebay and I placed a bid on her (the auction ends tomorrow, wish me luck). Unfortunately one of my friends (Dark_Skada) decided to sell her papermoonpixie custom Faewyn tonight. I had always loved Faewyn as she is just gorgeous, but my budget was effectively spent on the bid I had already placed (minus the bit of cash I had on me for the meet with Requiem) on the other custom. I messaged Skada about Faewyn and she agreed to put Faewyn while I gather additional funds. If I lose the auction I will be able to pay Faewyn off tomorrow, if I win it could take me as much as a week to raise funds for her.

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Updates

Ordered a few things yesterday
Fauna
I have the other version of her but I like this one too, this is supposedly fully castoff but I plan on displaying in the dress rather than outside of it.

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I always wanted this figure and I finally decided to buy it before it becomes any harder to find.

Rei
I decided to throw her in the cart when I finally found a different store with Feena in stock, Feena didn’t want to travel alone you know. So yeah I did reorder Feena at a different store and she already has shipped so hopefully she will actually be here soon.

I also bought a nude rewigged/rechipped Nina pullip her price was pretty good considering her rarity and figured I better get another now if I want one before her price goes up anymore. Dolly Closet never got back to me on my inquiry for Debut but I guess that is okay as I have fallen in love with a custom currently on ebay and I have no idea how much I am going to end up paying for her. My fifth Papin apparently got lost in the mail but is now making it’s way towards me.

Stuck in limbo-
I hate anime xing my order is still stick in processing limbo after two weeks T_T Eventually when and if they ever get around to shipping my order this is what I have coming-
Figma Series: Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Yuki Nagato Figure
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Haruhi Suzumiya 1/8 Scale Figure
Nendoroid Series: Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Mikuru Asahina Figure
Nendoroid Series: Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Yuki Nagato Figure

Kid Nemo- Saber Plush which I have also been waiting two weeks for >_<

My TL order shipped today and should be here next Tuesday.

I have a number of SAL packages inbound from HLJ but God only knows when they are showing up.

I feel like I am forgetting something…

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Mail woes and anime updates

I kind of hate these long weekends because I know invariably I will not get a single package in Saturday’s mail (later today) but somehow I will end up swamped with at least 5 packages on Tuesday. There is an EMS package floundering about somewhere but I am not sure if they would actually deliver on Columbus day or not, they are supposed to but yeah they are also supposed to deliver EMS packages by noon and last time I didn’t get mine until after 4 pm.

While out and about today I actually seen the Springfield mail distribution center, all my packages with the exception of EMS packages get filtered through that facility. So I started kind of thinking about the sheer volume of packages that have gone through there making their way to me.

Also while out and about I stopped at Big Lots (looking for older barbie clothes for the pullips and faux Gundams) I found a rather alarming amount of anime dvds. I already had most of it but they had a good number of single dvds for $3 each and a few box sets for $10. I ended up buying the Angel Tales box .

Kiddy grade
I bought this last night, I found it for a good price while looking for an anime ost I had been wanting for a while (damn you revolutionary girl utena and your numerous osts). So now it and the ost are on the way, I am a horrible impulse buyer.

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Quest complete

So you will kind of bear with me until I get the group photo done because until then I will be the super gushy pullip mode. After the photo and the set up and break down of setting up 130 dolls (probably more by then) I will be ready for a break from for a while.
Last two
So I officially have all the pullips… I still haven’t deboxed them or the Oz set for that matter, what can I say I have been busy. I now have a grand total of 102 pullips, 25 dals and 3 taeyangs. I have spent somewhere between $10,000 and $15,000 on pullips since this time last year, I am kind of glad I have them all now so I can slow down. I am not completely stopping because there are still some more pullips that I want for various purposes.

I am really trying to curb my buying but a nude/bald Tweety dal for a good price tripped me up yesterday and a Souseiseki with full stock got me today. I got Tweety because I really like her face up and well I bought a somewhat expensive custom wig for a specific pullip only for it to be a bit too small but it fits perfectly on dal (unfortunately I have no dals in need of a wig).

Why another Souseiseki… this is why she will be a perfect Suzumiya with a rechip and redressed.
Suzumiya

I want a Horison like burning but somehow I can’t quite justify buying him.

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