Vocaloid Pullip Meiko

I haven’t blogged the arrival of a new Pullip in quite some time, it’s not that I haven’t bought any lately I have had several new arrivals unfortunately  I just haven’t had much time/energy to devote to photos of them. Vocaloid Pullip Meiko arrived earlier this week from Pullipstyle, she is the eighth Vocaloid collaboration doll released so far (not counting the Miku little Pullip).  Since I had some free time today, I decided to take photos and post her review.
Vocaloid Meiko
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Pullipstyle Exclusive Big Pullip Froggy

Little Froggy was always one of the most popular of the original mini Pullip releases, so popular that many people have been wishing she would make the transition from mini to regular sized Pullip as Paja had. Pullipstyle had been rumored to be getting their own exclusive this fall, they made the official announcement last night their long overdue exclusive shall be Big Froggy.
Pullipstyle exclusive Froggy coming in the fall
Big Froggy is scheduled to be released some time in the fall, her preorders will open shortly after SDCC (San Deigo Comic-con which PS will be attending by the way). She will be a limited edition of only 400 and her preorder price will be $95. This post will be updated with more information as it becomes available.
Pullipstyle Exclusive Froggy
Froggy was always one of my personal favorites as she is adorable, she combines my two favorite colors green/orange and well I really like frogs. I liked Froggy so much in fact that I already own a custom Froggy Pullip as well as a dal and of course the classic mini Froggy herself. I am beyond excited about this release, quite possibly the best pullip release in over five years (I am not quite ready/willing to say I like her more than Papin yet but that could change). I am also super excited for Pullipstyle, they finally get their own exclusive after years of not only being the major source of Pullips in the US but also having an impeccable reputation as a seller (I’ve personally bought 100+ dolls from them without complaint).
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SDCC Exclusives Announced Batman Taeyang and Wonder Woman Pullip!

I love Pullips and I love DC comics, it’s a beautiful thing when Groove decides to combine these into DC themed dolls. Last year, Groove released Catwoman and Batgirl exclusive Pullips for SDCC this year they have announced a Batman Taeyang and a Wonder Woman Pullip. No word yet on pricing/ availability outside of SDCC (though it is worth mentioning that Groove does have their own shop in the US now and Pullipstyle has been to able to stock the SDCC the past three years so it is very likely they will be able to stock these as well) or if there will be a variant set for overseas markets (last year there was an alternate set for Wonder Festival). As soon as I get any additional information I will update here.
P063-2 T231-1
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica Little Dal Kyubey

I really love mini pullips and dal but I find that I don’t really do all that much with them, they have the nasty tendency to just sit on the shelf, look cute and well not much else honestly. I hadn’t actually bought a mini pullip or dal in quite a while, the last one I got Penpen was received as a Christmas present I was starting to think I was safe from their adorable siren song then they had to go announce a Kyubey little dal as a part of their docolla series of collaboration dolls. Needless to say I was powerless to resist and bought him from Pullipstyle (he seems to be out of stock at the moment but they restock pretty frequently).
Kyubey
Kyubey is a magical little creature from the Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime/manga series, despite the fact that I don’t really care for most newer anime Madoka has managed to become a favorite series of mine as it turns the entire concept of a magical girl anime on it’s head.
Kyubey
I’m glad I bought Kyubey as I think she may just be my very favorite little dal, she is just way too adorable but also a little bit creepy as it almost appears that instead of dal wearing a Kyubey suit her head is being eaten by Kyubey which in a weird way kind of suits his very much adorable but also a bit sinister character.
Kyubey
The micro-sized Kyubey is actually the Kyubey that comes with the Madoka figma which I own but have somehow neglected to take pictures of properly, I actually still have to photograph most of the anime figures I bought at Anime Boston ^^;

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Coming Soon- Touhou Project Cirno MDD

Volks announced the results of the Dolls Party 27 after event international lottery early this morning, I woke up around 4 AM to a confirmation email from Volks informing me that I had won Cirno. I had entered twice each for Rise of Persona 4 and Cirno from Touhou Project and only one of the four entries was actually successful.
Coming Soon...
Cirno was not available via VolksUSA at all but much to my surprise and delight she was eventually offered via the international lottery. She has the new and hopefully improved MDDIII body. Hopefully she will be here within a few weeks (this is my first time buying from Volks’ international site so I am not entirely sure).
Coming Soon..
In other DD news, I also got shipping notification from VolksUSA yesterday for Lucy she should be here next Tuesday.

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Dolly Round Up- BJD and DD edition

…or how Fairyland, Latidoll and Volks conspired to completely empty my wallet. Lots of new and interesting things have popped up on my collective BJD and DD radar in the past month or so; as I am so backed up here rather than devoting a post to each new and interesting thing I have decided to do a collected post.

First some Maria spam, which admittedly doesn’t have a heck of a lot to do with the rest of this post but I have really been enjoying photographing her recently so I felt like sharing some pics was in order.
Maria & Illya
With my other MDD Illya, they are both wearing wa-loli kimonos by KeelyVH.
Maria
and then a solo shot. As soon as I saw this kimono I knew it would be perfect for Maria as it matches her eyes so beautifully, luckily I was able to arrange a trade with KeelyVH for it.

Enough picspam time to move on to to how various companies are in on an evil conspiracy to completely empty my wallet!

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Arrival- Regeneration Fantastic Alice

Way back in January, Groove announced a new series of Pullips called Regeneration which are basically just new versions of sold out popular old pullips. Groove stressed that they were not reproductions of the originals but more refined versions of beloved old releases. The Regeneration dolls are limited to 500 and well frankly, I’ve paid more for the new Regens than I have for some of the original releases… The first four dolls announced were Fantastic Alice, Fanatica, Moon and Anne. I love Alice in Wonderland so of course, I had to have Regeneration Alice.
Regeneration Alice
I bought Regeneration Alice (and Fanatica) from GrooveUSA’s new shop, this was my first time ordering from them. The dolls were packed really well and they sent me a bunch of little extras like mini notepads featuring different pullips and a 2012 pullip sticker calender. One other kind of interesting thing to note about Groove’s new shop is that they have a points system if you get forty stickers you can trade them in for a new pullip which is great in theory until you realize you only get one sticker per a purchase under $100, two if an order is over $100. They are now also available on Pullipstyle (for a bit cheaper).
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Arrival- Mini Dollfie Dream Maria from When the Seagulls Cry

It has been a over a year since the arrival of my last Dollfie Dream (Saber Lily). I will admit that though I have not had any recent arrivals I did preorder Saber EXTRA and Saber Alter II through VolksUSA and more recently I got lucky with their lottery and won  Lucy from ToHeart 2. I had been desperately wanting a new DD  but since I have the three coming in June I was trying to be good…unfortunately for my wallet I happened to be browsing on eBay and spotted this darling at a price I could not resist.
Maria
Maria is from When the Seagulls Cry (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)  which was originally a murder mystery visual novel game, that eventually became a manga before finally getting a twenty six episode anime series.  Continue reading

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July 2012 Pullip Releases Announced

It’s been a while since I have actually blogged new Pullip releases as they were announced but I am really excited about July’s releases so here we go…
Merl and Lir
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Anime Boston 2012

I attended Anime Boston this past Saturday, this was either the fifth or sixth year that I attended; can’t quite recall if I attended in 2009 or not. I went with Requiemart again this year and we both helped out at Animadness‘ booth in the afternoon (I was  wearing a Joker/Harley Quinn tshirt).  I did not attend any panels or the bjd meet this year, my main focus was hunting for various things in the dealer’s room and photographing cosplayers on occasion.

I took quite a few cosplay photos this year.. Racing Miku

Lots more cosplayers behind the cut
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