Pullips and Junk

82/365- Fairyland Pukifee and Pukipuki Alices in Wonderland

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Klein

I’m skipping ahead a day mostly because I can, that and I am trying to make up for lost time. I asked for a Nosferatu taeyang for my birthday as I wanted him and I know he is almost completely sold out, I was obliged and while I was not allowed to open him he did come with a free mini pullip. Unfortunately I received Alice who I already have, I decided to trade her for a mini I do not have but my trading partner did not want/need her stock so I decided to keep it. Little pullips and Fairyland pukipukis are approximately the same size….

I decided to try the Alice outfit on my pukipuki Ante and I was pretty pleased with the result. I decided to take a picture of my Ante, Mariette in her Alice outfit alongside my Pukifee Luna, Allie .
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80/365- Sailor Moon plush and manga

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Klein

Exciting Sailor Moon news was released earlier this week, the manga is finally being re-released in the states. The manga was released a long time ago here in the US but has been out of print for years now and well honestly it was one of the first translations done by Tokyopop (then Mixx) so it was kind of weak. Names in the original American release of the manga were seemingly taken from the bastardized American dub of Sailor Moon and a lot of references were Americanized (this was before the trend of actually explaining references within the manga in a notes section).

The new release of the manga is based on the rerelease of the manga in Japan a few years ago. It will be released bi-monthly starting in September as soon as Amazon puts up preorders I fully intend to pounce on them. In even more exciting news, Codename: Sailor V will also be released for the first time in English.

I decided to feature one of my many Sailor Moon plushes on a pile of various Sailor Moon/Codename: Sailor V manga. I actually own a lot more of the manga, I have almost all of it in both Japanese (I’m missing a volume but can’t remember which ^^;) and English (missing Stars 1 and3).

Posted in 2011- 365 Toy Project, Anime Swag | Tagged pretty soldier sailor moon, sailor moon | 1 Comment

79/365- Saber Lily Dollfie Dream

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Klein

My Saber Lily Dollfie Dream arrived mid-last week but due to various craziness going in my personal life I didn’t really have a chance to properly welcome her home. I won the right to buy her through Volk’s lottery last December, it’s been a long wait but she is finally here…..

and she is gorgeous.
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Posted in 2011- 365 Toy Project, Doll, Dollfie Dream | Tagged Dollfie Dream, fate/unlimited codes, saber lily, volks | 6 Comments

78/365- Saber Nendoroids

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Klein

I have been thinking about taking a group shot of all my Saber nendoroids ever since I got the new Full Action Saber Nendoroid from Animadness just about a month ago.

Starting from the top center then clockwise: Hetare Saber, Saber Lion, Saber Alter (Wonder Festival Exclusive), Saber Lily, Saber Full Action and Saber Armored Version (Wonder Festival Exclusive Nendoroids)

I’m kind of surprised and amused that they have released six different Saber nendoroids over the years, and that is not counting the nendoroid of Konata from Lucky Star cosplaying as Saber (who I also own but chose to leave out of the photo). Saber is wildly popular so I suppose I shouldn’t really be that surprised that she has received so much nendoroid love. I find myself wondering if they will come up with a way to release more Saber nendoroids ^^;

I think this is still my favorite facial expression of all the Saber nendoroids.

Posted in 2011- 365 Toy Project, anime figure | Tagged Fate/hollow ataraxia, fate/stay night, fate/unlimited codes, good smile company, gsc, nendoroid, saber | 2 Comments

77/365- Blythes

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Klein

Ah, blythes I have such a bizarre relationship with you. I like blythe quite a bit but while my love of pullips is nearly all encompassing (I haven’t met a stock pullip I haven’t liked) I am unfortunately a bit more fickle with the blythes ^^;. The worse part is I can never be precisely sure if I will love a blythe or not until I see it in person, as a result I have actually ended up rehoming nearly 20 blythes now. All of the rehomed Blythes were dolls I thought I would love in person (even Mondie and All Gold in One) but that I ended up not liking them very much in person.

I have noticed I tend to prefer the Blythes with orange or red hair but even that is not a guarantee, both Adorable Aubrey and Aubrena ended up rehomed. I had been wanting Aubrena for literally years before buying her earlier this year only to not like her so much in person.

Even though, my last blythe ended up disappointing me I have decided to go out on a limb for my birthday and buy myself Marigold. Marigold has been a grail of mine for quite a while but due to my fickleness with blythe I was cautious about buying her, I decided to take the plunge and at least give her a chance. Worst case scenario, if I can’t bond with her like the others I can always rehome her and then I would at least know and can quit pining for her. I hope she is here to stay!

Posted in 2011- 365 Toy Project, Blythe, Doll | Tagged Blythe, cloud bowl 9, friendly freckles, ice rune, marigold, simply mango, takara, v-smash | 1 Comment

76/365- Onegai Teacher Mizuho Figure by Good Smile Company

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Klein

I’m intentionally skipping ahead a day for now, yesterday’s picture of the day involved the arrival of my Saber Lily Dollfie Dream and frankly I have had a hugely stressful day today and I can’t give her the attention she deserves so I am just skipping her for today.My secondary vehicle broke down hard earlier this morning, I won’t know exactly how bad the damage is until tomorrow but I am pretty certain the water pump went. Getting to and from work, and orchestrating everything was a handful today especially since I had to stop at the post office to pick up some packages. Turned out some of my birthday presents actually came in the mail today, I didn’t actually get to peek at the grand majority of the stuff but the Mizuho figure was a replacement for a figure that I already had that the zilla had gotten a hold of so I was given her a bit early.

How pressed was I for time today? Well today’s 365 toy project photo was literally taken on the hood of my car while the other car was getting signed into get fixed.
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Posted in 2011- 365 Toy Project, anime figure | Tagged anime figure, good smile company, mizu, mizuho, onegai teacher, please teacher | 4 Comments

74/365- Lonely Queen Pullip (Tart)

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Klein

Lonely Queen is another pullip that I have had for a while now (gosh was it really November?) that I never shared any pictures of. It wasn’t that I didn’t try to take photos of her previously, I actually tried to photograph her a few times but I was never very satisfied with the results. After playing with my camera settings yesterday, I finally found one that didn’t distort her colors horribly.

Lonely Queen was part of the Lunatic Alice series that was released way back in October, I preordered mine though Entertainment Earth so I didn’t actually get her (and Lunatic Alice) until November.
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VolksUSA Lottery Entry- Kudo MDD

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Klein

Just about a month ago, I posted about the newly announced Beatrice DD and Noumi Kudryavka MDD. The lottery for them ran from the 13th until the 16th (it’s still open for a few hours as of this posting) and well even though, I really wasn’t supposed to I entered the lottery for Kudo. Volks lotteries are kind of interesting, you effectively win the right to buy something and entering the lottery is not a guarantee that you will get to buy the item you want. I have been very lucky and have yet to lose a Volks lottery (Rin, Sakura & Saber Lily). Let’s hope my luck holds and Illya will finally have a playmate.

On a related note Saber Lily the last DD I entered the Volks lottery for, arrived this morning via UPS. It’s raining today so probably no pictures of her until tomorrow.
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I failed to obtain Kudo through the Volks lottery system, I may still get her eventually but now is not that time apparently.

Posted in Doll, Dollfie Dream | Tagged kudo, little busters, mdd, mini dollfie dream, noumi kudrayavka | 3 Comments

73/365- Dal Drta (Valentina)

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Klein

I recently bought a Drta dal off of one of the pullips livejournal communities, she came in the mail earlier today so I decided to feature her for picture of the day. She came to me rewigged in a gorgeous pink mohair wig. I’m a sucker for mohair ^^;

I was originally kind of stumped for a name for her but I eventually I decided to name her Valentina, after the very old song “My Valentina”.
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72/365 Doll Meet & Pullip Noir Kick-line

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Klein

Requiemart came over today for a doll mini-meet. We worked on my doll room which should be ready for it’s photographic debut in time for my fourth doll anniversary/birthday later in the month.

Requiemart and I have been joking about taking a picture of all out Noirs together in a kick-line for a while, and we finally did it. My three Noirs are on the right; Madness who I got for Christmas, Anarchy who I have for about three years now and Mayhem who I bought this past fall. Madness hair has been slightly straightened but other than that she is stock, Anarchy has been obitsued and Mayhem came to me with a Wind scalp and a ton of issues, she has since been fixed up and I had her eye chips reversed. Requiemart brought along her custom Blythe Noir, her Noir and the fake Noir she made (with a few slight improvements).

Requiemart also brought along her new bjd, a Fairyland Minifee Myu as well as Cheyenne. Cheyenne was one of my Happy Birthday Pullip 2s but I traded Cheyenne to Requiemart for one of her customs (Absynthe) she brought her along to show me the improvements she had made to her (she has now been matted).