Thursday, October 21, 2010

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

I fell in love

Remember how I said I was apt to change my mind about the type of doll I wanted at any point in time? Well- ha! I did it again- sort of. While perusing the Volks mini sized dolls (hey there are a heck of a lot more of them than I thought!) I found two very good "matches."

First, I did track down a website detailing the choices available in the Full Choice System (here). Wow what a lot of choices! I've had the hardest time deciding which head mold I love the most, but I've got plenty of time. A FCS doll is going to cost a hell of a lot more than just the base cost of the doll, I have to go to California to purchase this doll- unless I majorly luck out and somehow get into a NY dolpa to order one. New York is still quite a ways to go though! First must come the funds to get such a doll, so I'm just going to worry about that bridge when I come to it.

The second doll that I loved it Tsubaki- a genderless "angel" type Volks mini size doll. I loved "him" at first sight! Took my breath away... you have to see him yourself! Two major problems with Tsubaki 1) Tsubaki is a standard doll in ONE STORE in JAPAN. Yeah, nuff said. 2) Tsubaki is not Plum. Nope, this doll that I've been "creating" in my head for a very long time just doesn't quite match to what I see in Tsubaki.
    Tsubaki is quite affordable, if I could just get him- around high 300s, not bad for a Volks- in line with the price of the standard MSDs. I like him, I really do, but he's not my Plum... hmm

More of me just rambling hehe... Who knows what I will actually end up with. For now, I'm just trying to put my thoughts together...

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Why yes, I am posting back to back!

But I really wanted to take a moment and give this blog a bit more back story- one day (in the very distant future) there will be lots of entries, and those who wonder in should hopefully be able to get the full picture by just reading through, but for now....

So close, but so far away...

I thought that I had really gotten lucky today- a Volks Myu head came up for sell in the DOA marketplace for just $25 (this is a doll that sells for upper $300), and of course I jumped on it, even though there was damage.

 I wasn't the first to spot that little pretty though, and off it went to somebody else. ughhhh! I definitely counted my chickens before they  hatched. Even though I knew that it might go to somebody else, I was hoping for the better part of the afternoon that maybe this time I had gotten a break, but nope.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Waiting on an "another me."

Hi there! Maybe you found me somewhere online, or maybe you followed a link from my regular blog, or maybe you saw the link on a dollfie related page... however you came to be here, welcome! This is my dollfie related journal.
Whats a Dollfie? you ask?
   Well in the most technical way, Dollfie is a doll created by Volks that is between 22 and about 27 centimeters tall. There are several different body styles and types availible. You can see the whole lineup on Volks USA page here.
   In the more broad and often used sense of the term, Dollfie is any Asian ball joined doll (most commonly used to name the Volks lineup, but occasionally used to lump any bjd into one category).

 So, why do I have this Dollfie related blog? Well, I'm waiting on a very special little doll! I have looked high and low, and thought quite a bit about the various dolls on the market, but I keep coming back to the Volks EB Beauty model Midi A or B. I haven't quite figured out which of the two I'm purchasing yet, and I don't actually have any money to purchase said doll, but soon!

So there it is, hopefully one day quite soon I will be able to introduce all of you to my new doll, but until then, well, I guess you will jut have to be patient!