Heh, Mandy’s joke, not mine, but now the real song has been stuck in my head for days.

Anyway! This is my new boy. He took much time and effort, and I’m rather happy with him. :) His legs were chopped off a bit below the knee, and then I made a wire armature and sculpted his new goat legs on. He has also been heavily furred and horned…. and he has sculpted-on pointed ears. He’s the DP5 optional head.

Yay for Satyrs.

Here are some more pics of him. :) I might be doing a white-furred unicorn one for Mandychu, but we’re not sure yet. Either way, I’m out of milliput, so it’s on to Tamiya Epoxy putty cuz milliput is toooo expensive by comparison.

And Japan isn’t on daylight savings time. So you’re now another hour behind us.

Lastly! Pinky thing I forgot to mention yesterday! (click below)
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I have been unable to find the new Pinky Street figures…..

Until today! :D (Thanks Seph and JoAnn!)

I went to a neato torpedo store called Animate. It was a rather large store, and is now on my list of favorite places. The first floor was manga; the second was half character goods (pencil boards, figures, wallets, keychains, pins, etc) and half SHONEN-AI/YAOI(!)*; the third floor was dvds and cds relating to various anime. On the second floor, they had a nice Pinky Street display… very nice. They had the most recent three Pinkys, then the newest three. They had stuff for doing custom ones, and various paints… and then they also had a display case with a sample of all of the Pinkys to date… and a weird foot-tall Pinky! They also had some Pinky buttons, memo pads…. a little Pinky-sized display case… oh, they also had a box set I don’t remember having seen yet. It had what looked like a cd with it. I don’t remember what it was called, but it wasn’t the pink box or the white box, it was sort of tie-dye colored.

After making my Pinky purchases (the boy Pinky for me, a girl for Mandychu), I was starting home, and I passed by another store… that had a ton of gashapon machines in the lobby. So I thought, well, let’s see what it is. It was something like Gigastore… it was this massive electronics store. It had all sorts of computers, laptops, digital cameras, IPods… etc. It also had a hobby section with different models and modelling equipment. And…. the three new Pinkys! For the cheapest I have seen them yet – 563 yen. Unfortunately, I had just bought them! ^_^* Oh well, I know for next time! And they also had the nice white milliput and the Tamiya Epoxy putty for cheaper.

I can’t find the place I pased when I was lost the other day… I wanna get these jewelled haircombs for my mom for Christmas. *huffs*

Maybe by tomorrow I can finish my new 1/6th and post him! *little hearts* I’ve been working on him for… 2 weeks now!

*Read the rest of the entry to find out about the yaoi/shonen-ai section. If it’s not your deal, don’t. No rude comments please.
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First, a note:
MSD FCS: Yes, I may take a few orders, three at a time during at ordering period. Price is $45 deputy fee, plus $8 subway fare, then you pay for shipping and packing materials. Sunlight skin is not an option, sorry. That’s Sato only. Custom faceups also done for a fee! ;)
Regular Deputy: 9% commission + $2 subway fare, you pay the shipping and boxing materials cost. Volks, Obitsu, Azone, Pinky, used manga, limited other things. Wishlists via e-mail, I’ll check it over, then payment via paypal (bank transfers only).

Annnnyway, I wasposting about the new Tokyo “Shonen,” Jun. Jun is Shirou’s little sister. *blank look* What the f===. A girl? The whole thing, at least for me, of the Tokyo Shonen is that VOLKS MAKES PRACTICALLY ALL GIRLS AND IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW AND DIFFERENT BOY SCULPT! There are so few Standard BOY sculpts, and most of the LEs are girls…. I’m so annoyed!

Isao will be available again, though…. so I don’t know. I would really like to know what his price will be. I am VERY fond of Isao. But I believe that last time, he was something like 96,600 yen. That’s about 10,000 yen too much for me, maybe even 20,000. Most I would drop on one doll is 86,000 yen. TOPS. Because you figure, that’s before tax, too. And tax will constitute a significant amount with a price that high – tax in my area anyway is 5%. So Isao being 96,600 would really mean he’s 100,000 yen. Noooo. I’m really thinking that Link is going to be my boy this year.

Read about it on DOA.

EDIT: Anyway, to continue… if being a girl wasn’t bad enough, “Jun” is also the name of a Custom House LE doll. An LE BOY doll. Yeah. Like there aren’t ANY other names out there to use. I don’t expect Volks to thoroughly research the doll market, but I’m pretty sure that if CH did an LE and called it “Shirou,” Volks would have a fit. ^_^* I’ve mentioned it before, but Volks has kinda annoyed me lately with their almost-copies of various other companies strong sellers. For example, making squidgy boob dolls that have many similarities to Obitsu SB dolls (i.e. vinyl torso and also the soft hands, which I don’t think Volks has on any other girl doll), and then recently making an UNOA-like “Super Dollfie Cute.” And then they say “There are many imitation dolls on the market. Beware of imitations!” on every page of their website. ^_^* Heh, not that I think Volks is copying CH’s doll or trying to use their popularity [Volks is way more popular anyway]. It just reminded me of something else, so that was kinda tangental. Anyway, back to my point, Jun is a stupid name for the doll. The name itself isn’t stupid, I’m fond of the name. But they also JUST released a doll named Kun. Oh, I know, Jun and Kun are prettysoldier best friends!

Man. Isao is so pretty. But he JUST came out…. if they were going to release a Tokyo Shonen, why couldn’t it have been Tsukasa? :)

I’m rather torn.

I’m thinking about what doll I want to buy around Christmas time, and I just don’t know. I saw an UGLY HORRIBLE Black Yen on Y!Japan, and I was just so appalled by how ugly the head was, that it’s quite scared me off of wanting a Tender Yen. So… I dunno.

Right now, I’m considering a few dolls.

1. Link – I think customized, he could be the doll for me. I like a lot of things about him, like his nose and mouth. My only concern is that his eyes are to close set. It’s so hard to tell by the floor model, as his eyes are in wrong. Really crookedly wrong! ^_^* I’ll need to wait for a custom on Y!Japan to see how he’ll look. Like for example, I HATE the default paint job on Michele, but I love how he looks customized.

2. Tender Too and Bee-a set: I really rather love Bee-a’s snooty little face, and the “Yeah, wanna go?” look to Too. They wouldn’t be lovers, though, because that’s just weird. I’m trying to think if Too could be customized into the character I had originally wanted Tender Yen for. I don’t think so. Hmmph.

3. The next Tokyo Shonen doll….? I wish Volks would post some info on the last Tokyo Shonen. When does he come out? And does anyone know the date for the frelling Dolpa? I’m thinking of going, but I think it would be deleterious to the bank account and budget.

4. FCS SD13: F-16 boy with longer legs and arms. Normal skin tone. I dunno. It’s the MOST EXPENSIVE option. So that makes it the least viable. That… and… well, EVERYONE has the F-16/F-28 head. I want someone different.

What would you pick?

Oh, for deputying – I’ve been too lazy/busy to get the site up for it. The basic thought is that for stuff other than FCS, it’s a 9% deputy rate + $2 for my subway fare. Then exact cost for shipping. Wishlists takes via e-mail.

Today I went to the Volks Showroom and Tenshi no Sumika to see the new standard models.

I have to admit to being rather disappointed. None of the new standards really grabbed me, and some were downright ugly. The new standard MSDs are hideous; Hisuu and Kohaku are just… ugh. Their eyes are too close set, and they have a shelf-nose and mouth sculpt that reminds me of a pre-teen’s Sailor Moon fanart. Guh. They total lack the stylized realism of other Volks sculpts. Nagisa is pretty weird looking, on account that her eyes are also too close set, and then they are low on her face, giving the impression that he face is a little melty. She isn’t horrible, but I wouldn’t buy her. The cutest of the MSDs was by far Midori. She was actually rather cute and charming, with a sweet personality. Her default paint job wasn’t very good, though – they glossed her lips practically to her chin. ^_^* But she was actually very cute. If I was into MSD girls, I would have really been tempted by her. I’m sure that customized, she’d be adorable.

Kun… was all right. She has a slightly Unoss-ish look to her face, but her facial proportioning is really strange in person. Her eyes were also very close set, which really bothered me. Her default paint job is horrible! She had a very nice nose and mouth, though. Her face had a lot of personality. Yori is really rather pretty; I would definitely consider her if I was in the market for a girl SD13. She is very elegant and gentle looking, with a little pride to her face.

Link…. Link, Link, Link. Sigh. I’d been thinking that from the pictures, he was rather cute. In person… I’m not sure. His eyes are VERY close set, following the trend of the other new standards. That bothers my sense of aesthetics. The floor model’s eyes weren’t in quite right, so I couldn’t tell if I liked him or not. I am rather fond of his nose and mouth, though… so he might still be someone to consider for when I eventually get my SD13. I’ll need to see some customs of him first… otherwise, it’ll be an FCS with the F-16 head. But that’s almost 10,000 yen more. So I dunno. But if I’m gonna spend that much money eventually, I should get the doll that makes me happiest. Though at the moment, I am sort of thinking that maybe Volks isn’t the company for me.

So as of right now, I’m still on for ordering Tender Yen for Christmas. W00+.

Man, it’s already almost 5… where did my day go?

Oh, things people asked me to check for:
1. SD Bibles are still in stock… something like 5000 yen
2. SD-sized cellphones are 315 yen for the simple kind, 680 yen for the kind that flip open.
3. Beauty E, J, and…. F? Are all in stock. (squidgies) 1680 yen
4. There are all sorts of pre-rooted heads available in many colors.
5. Rement is all there
6. Century models Benjamin and Ashley are still sold out.

The new FCS is happening at the Nagoya branch now too. Granted, many heads are Sato only, so they are unavailable… but it’s not so bad. We have the F19 and F16, which are the ones I’m most interested in. We have full MSD FCS, yay! Mandy’s gonna be doing that in about 3 weeks?

I also finally got to a fabric store today. WOW! I went to Otsukaya in Kurumamichi. It’s so cool! I went for craft fur, and they had a whole WALL of it… in every color and texture and length you could possibly want! *starry eyed* Fur wigs may be in order.

Dammit. I forgot to get eyelashes. Tomorrow….

Today we went to Volks and saw posters for the new dolls. Wow, Link is really a cutie in some of the newer pics. His eyes aren’t as squinty, and I can see how he’s be really gorgeous with a new faceup. After I see him in person (maybe next week), I will decide what doll I will be saving up for next. *nods*

We also saw the doll blessing ceremony for an FCS SD13 girl names “Yuri Transylvania.” The girl who ordered her really went all out – she bought the wig, gown, shoes, stockings, huge black wings, hat. The doll really kinda weirded me out, though it was a neato doll. She had really intense gothic makeup and bi-colored eyes… and her fingernails were bloody! Eeek! The blessing ceremony is very short, and is in Japanese (duh) so I didn’t get much out of it. But it’s neat to watch. One of the employees (the manager, I think) dons a big blue and silver cape, then comes out with a silver candle. He says some things, lights a twisty silver candle on either side of the doll. The owner stands up beside him and the doll during what sounds like a recitation of the doll’s name and story (written by the owner, maybe?), then a little blessing thing, some bowing…. and then the guy takes the candles from next tot he doll and has the owner blow them out one after the other. There’s a little closing, then they turn all the lights back on. It’s a pretty little ceremony and now mandy can’t wait to do her MSD FCS.

I got some stuff for a project that I’m sort of obsessed with. I’m doing it as a trial run for an MSD version… though I am really hoping that this just gets it OUT OF MY SYSTEM! ^_^* I don’t want to have to do this for MSD! But as I said, I’m obsessed. *dies*

Tokyu Hands persists in being out of stock on the 100/0 brushes. *huge sigh*
And does anyone know where in Japan I can buy craft fur and other fabrics?

This is my first entry in the new journal, hurrah! :D

This is a head I painted. It will be for sale, but I haven’t decided if I want to try Yahoo!Japan, Ebay, or just see if anyone is interested. If you are interested, make an offer?

Blah.
I also haven’t transferred my dollblog links over yet. If you would like to be linked, please leave a comment about it?

And a quick note to Miva, should she read this….
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