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10:48 am
[Link] | Pictures of the Rengeration Pullips are up on the Groove blog now. The pictures are small so it's difficult to make out any face-up details so I can't really make a judgement call. Of the four, I think Fanatika looks the worst. Like I said, it's a small picture, but it seems like her eye makeup is all wrong. The original Fanatika almost looks like she has upturned eyes. I call it a Cheshire Cat face and find it kind of unsettlingly mischievious. It could be the angle they photographed the Regeneration Fanatika, but it looks like her eyemakeup is a lot less bold than the original.
Moon looks very different. Not sure if that's good or bad.
I think Alice and Anne look the most like their originals, but I guess that makes sense. They have sweet faceups much like what Groove seems to like now for newer dolls. I actually am kind of interested in Anne depending on the price of these girls.
My #1 hope right now is that these sell well so Groove produces a Paja so I can harvest her outfit and wig for my original Paja. Mwahaha.
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11:57 pm
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Pullip Regeneration Series
Groove announced today that they are going to be doing a Pullip Regeneration series. They are going to reproduce popular, soldout models starting in March. All of these repros are going to be on the T4, will have special packaging, and are going to be produced in quantities of 500.
First up in March are Fantastic Alice and Fanatika. Coming in April are Anne Shirley and Moon.
I'm veeeery interested in seeing if they faithfully reproduce the makeup (especially on Moon) or if these girls are produced using the new production standards. I also wonder what kind of prices these girls are going to sell at. I guess we'll find out when Doll Show 33 rolls around because they're going to have a booth there.
Morning edit because I was thinking about this last night. The fact that these girls are being produced on the T4 mean that they're all going to have the new neck placement and two-part head. The older girls definitely have their flaws, but producing them this way makes them feel like brand new dolls and not repros of their old selves. Let's say I buy the T4 Fanatika, she's still not the same girl because she isn't going to have that spunky tilt to her head that the T2s get. Instead, she'll have that demure, looking down T4 thing going on.
And imagine if they give one of the new, highly airbrushed faceups to Moon.
I think it may have been better to call these girls something like "ver. 2" or "Neo" like they did for Neo Noir. These aren't going to be the same girls. No way. They are going to be good tributes to the originals. I wish Groove was going all the way with these girls and producing them on their original bodies as well simply because of how aesthetically different the T4 is. I always feel a twinge of sorrow when I see new collecters with all two-part head girls. There's an undeniable charm to the older girls that isn't enjoyed as much as it used to be. As much as I love my Neo Noir and Ddalgi (my two obitsu'd T4 girls) no one can ever convince me that they're more charming than my Assa or my Jupi.
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11:44 pm
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Picture Round-Up
I've been trying to get back into taking pictures. I cleaned recently and now have some decently lit surfaces to work with so that should help. Anyway, here's what I've been uploading for the last month or so. I put things on flickr then forget to put them here.
( Pictures )
Tags: abbey, draculaura, gloom beach, juliet, jupi, markus, pictures, pullips, varva
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12:37 pm
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Doll Peddlar
Merry Christmas if you're celebrating!
I just found out that The Doll Peddlar (http://www.dollpeddlar.com/index.php?cPath=1345) still has Pullip Kirsche in stock for a decent price so I, uh, bought myself one last Christmas present. What happened to slimming down my collection?
Anyway, they also have Mir in stock for $88 and My Melody for $108. Much better than Pullip Style in case anyone is still looking for those girls. They also have Haute NY and Eos for not-so-great prices. Feel free to pass this knowledge on if you know of anyone who's looking. I don't like to do announcement posts on forums because I feel like that opens the door for scalpers to scoop them all up.
Also, Pullip Style is taking preorders for a January restock of Chelsea, Naomi, and Elisabeth. Not the greatest prices on any of them but a hell of a lot better than recent eBay prices.
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03:14 pm
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Pullip Eyelashes
So, uh, I once read that you can use a hot needle to curl fake eyelashes. I'm working on Pullip rebeautification today and decided to try it on my poor Panda Stella.
It doesn't work. I singed all of her eyelashes right off. XD;;
It's a quick fix, thankfully. I was going to go to Target today anyway so I'll get some new fake lashes while I'm there. Good to know the hot pin method doesn't work!
In other news, I'm going to try Dolly Market again to sell some of my dolls. Wish me luck.
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03:48 pm
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Eeeeee
December has been picking up for many reasons. The least of which are I got Abbey, Spectra, and Torelai for retail price through Amazon and now (and even more exciting to me) I just bought a Pullip Paja.
Eeeeeeee.
Paja is pretty much the last of the currently released girls I've been searching for but I had a strict price range for her. I love her green and orange palette (my two favorite colors!) and her amazing eyechips.
She's also a good push to finish shrinking my collection to my favorites so I can buy them lots of fabulous things. Probably won't worry too much about that until after the holidays though.
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03:43 pm
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Broken Record
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I just want to say Butler, William, and my second Aquel are all currently for sale on eBay. I've made the decision to no longer sell on forums or in lj communities due to the number of problems I've had with those kinds of sales. I will still sell to people who are friends with this journal though because I know you guys aren't going to hassle me. :)
Next up will probably be Cornice, Tina, and Private Tutor Sebastian.
After that I may sell Venus, Chibi Risa, and at that point will decide what I'm doing with Filato and Panda.
Contemplating selling Chill, Timulus, Akoya, Prunella, Rayne, Street, and Blanche but I won't make those decisions for awhile. Just feel free to let me know if you might be interested in any of them. :)
edit 10/22 I've made some mental changes since putting dolls away to see if I miss them. I'd say Tina, Venus and Cornice will go up next. Akoya, Chibi Risa, Filato, and Pvt Tutor Sebastian are being considered.
Timulus, Rayne, Chill, Blanche and Panda are decisions to be made far in the future. I doubt I'll sell Panda now that I have some MSC and can fix her face issues.
Street definitely isn't leaving.
I'm having a lot of issues with Edge right now. Her stock body broke so I put her on a 25 cm obitsu and I hate it. It's making me like her less, definitely. :/
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12:06 pm
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Renada
( Pretty in Purple )
Tags: pictures, pullips, renada
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07:19 pm
[Link] | Wow, so, uh, it's been awhile since I did a regular post here.
I'm not getting out of doll collecting or anything. I've just been majorly uninspired. First, my old laptop caught a virus and took all of my pictures with it. My new laptop was supposed to come with Adobe Photoshop so I could actually do some decent editing but it doesn't have it so I've been fighting with Dell for about three weeks now to get it. Computer issues added to the fact that my camera is a little busted, I'm working more hours than ever, and I'm back in school have made my dolly time almost non-existent.
So what does this mean for me? I'm not entirely sure. I go back and forth between thinking I should sell the majority of my collection and telling myself I might as well keep them all because I can afford it. I want to rebuy Craziia, Monomono, and Kain and also get Mao but other than that none of the new releases interest me. My biggest issue is I don't really have the space for the size of my collection. Actually, about half of my dolls are in boxes right now because I can't display them properly (and that sort of defeats the purpose of collecting them). I already pretty much stopped buying all non-Pullip dolls (though MH Abbey and Spectra are at the tippy-top of my want list) and have also drastically curbed my figure buying. I'm almost at a hobby standstill.
Basically, the point of this post is to say I'm still here but I don't think I'll be more active anytime soon. I'm not "getting out of the hobby" as so many like to put it but I have slowed down quite a bit. I still love to see the pictures you guys take and read about your dolly adventures though so I hope you all keep up with it.
Current Music: Handel - Sarabande
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11:57 am
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Tangkou Doll Group Order CLOSED - Everyone's Doll Have Been Shipped!
9/6 Everything has been shipped! I will be give individual DC #s. Your dolls should arrive in about three days. Thank you everyone for doing this with me! I had a lot of fun.
9/3 I've received everyone's shipping payments and will get your dolls packed up today. They'll go out on Tuesday because Monday is a holiday. Thank you!
9/2 I am going to be away from my computer all day today. I will check emails and all that jazz on Saturday. :) Thank you!
8/31 Our order is here! So excited! If I have your address, I'll be contacting you soon with a domestic shipping estimate. If I don't, I'll be contacting you for your address. Hope to have all of that taken care of by Saturday.
8/30 No updates to the order as of yet. :(
8/24 Our order cleared customs! Hopefully I'll have it within 4-7 business days. :D
8/22 Just letting you guys know there have been no status updates to our order. It still says "Origin post is preparing shipment".
8/18 Our dolls have left the Netherlands. The site says shipping should take 4-7 business days at this point. :)
8/15 The order has been shipped. Woo! If you'd like to track it let me know and I'll email you the tracking number. :)
http://www.poppenimport.nl/categories/Bardis-Tangkou-poppen/
The duck girl and the bunny girl are preorders so they're not part of this group order.
Shipping is 25 euros to the United States for up to five Tangkou dolls. The seller accepts international payment via paypal so that's how I'll be paying.
I want to make a group order. Each doll counts as one slot.
1. Me http://www.poppenimport.nl/products/Tangkou%252dBDS03.html
2. tanz_fanatika http://www.poppenimport.nl/products/Tangkou%252dBDS05.html Shipped.
3. Zallia http://www.poppenimport.nl/products/Tangkou%252dBDS01.html Shipped.
4. nycmagenta http://www.poppenimport.nl/products/Tangkou%252dBDS03.html Shipped.
5. snailsea http://www.poppenimport.nl/products/Tangkou-%252dBDS02.html Shipped.
Order is full!
Ideally, if I can get to five each doll will have a 500 euro shipping charge. This means if you order two your shipping charge is 10 euros.
I live in California and shipping will be from me to you once the dolls arrive. I will calculate exact postage. I don't know how big these dolls are going to be in their boxes so I don't really know how much domestic shipping is.
I accept paypal payments. I will have to ask that you send it as a gift or pay the paypal fee though.
Want in? Great!
Please leave a comment with a link to which doll you want. I'll confirm your slot. I will comment with my paypal email once I know how much shipping is for each of us. Please don't send me livejournal PMs. When you pay via paypal please include your mailing address and what your ordered there. Once the dolls arrive I'll figure out domestic shipping.
Tags: group order, tangkou
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