Went to Tokyo for the first time in my life and one of the main reasons to go at this time of year was to see the Dollshow.

Was planning to meet up with a DOA member but unfortunately her cat got sick

So, would have liked to bring hubby along inside but we could not find anywhere to park our suitcases at the station so he had to sit watch. Thank you!

It was slightly disappointing, not sure why, but maybe it was because I was really jetlagged and could not really take it all in + the fact that I don’t speak any Japanese at all and most there spoke no English at all. So having a chat with stall holders were out of the question. There was lot of bowing though and smiling which was pretty cool ^^

Best thing about it was the Araki stand. Seeing Unoa stuff for sale in real life instead of just online was really surreal. Did not buy anything though as I got a tonne of unpainted stuff floating around so could not justify it, although it was very very tempting, no shopping service fee and no customs! Wauw.
And asked the nice lady at the stand if I could either steal or buy one of the Chibi Unoas but for some weird reason she said no??? Odd woman!

Oh, and was great to see all the vinyl dolls there, so tempted to buy some Momoko but did not. Just would never use them for anything at all other than look at, which I guess is not a bad thing but one has got to prioritise ^^

All pics from the Dollshow regardless of quality lol here..

The 2nd floor – this was where people could bring their dollies. There were mostly Dollfie Dreams there but did see a few resin girls and boys as well.


View of one of the floors – there were three this size! It was absolute massive.



There were soooo many cute Dollfie Dreams there





Loved this one with her very own Dollfie Dream ^^

And loads of Momokos on display and for sale *dribble* I wish I had endless amounts of cash and space *sigh*






These were slightly strange, lifesize dolls – slightly creepy in a cute kinda way…

When only being used to seeing clothes for sale in virtual reality then seeing it up close in real life was rather surreal, and there was loads of surreality around for sure.


Another surreal thing was these trays with heads in them. There were people sitting discussing them and examining them at tables next to them. Not sure what that was all about? Looked a bit like stamp collectors to me spotting minor differences in otherwise identical moulds and paint jobs.

Some fantastic wings for sale

There were loads of Pullips and Blythes as well, so cute, ended up buying some mini ones on my last day in Tokyo – could not withstand the cuteness although I have no idea what to use them for ><





These were interesting – silicone dolls with no visible joints. They looked a little eerie with no faces though…





Mamma Chapps were completely sold out when I arrive which was late afternoon. Shame, would have loved to get one for myself as well as a forum friend. Oh well, next time I will not arrive on the same day of the show





There were quite a few Soom dolls hanging around the place




Not sure who these girls were but sexy ^^



These were interesting, not sure who they were either. Took a picture of the brand name, have to check it out.



Araki stand!!!

Put her together today and gave her a good spraying of MSC to keep her.

Managed to scrape one of her nails and damage one of her horns in this process – numb nut me!!! Oh well, just one of those things I guess. As I buy these to be used I should not moan but it is still annoying.

Took forever though O.o but so worth it and she looks stunning.

Cannot believe the difference between my experience with her and Topaz has been. Really did not want to open the box when I received Topaz, should have seen that as a sign. Where here I was ooooh, cannot wait to get her out! Of the Soom sculpts, Beryl is still my favourite but Vesuvia is a very close second.

Just some pics of the whole process.

It should have hit me here that the black paint would come off if not dry enough – oh well – bugger.






And the woman got no knickers! Kinda realised this when taking these low shots… Why did they not give her any knickers???

Vesuvia finally shipped today and has left Korea:

Date Time Location Tracking Event
15-05-2009 22:20 Delivery Agent – SEOUL – PTT Left origin country
15-05-2009 18:27 Delivery Agent – KOREA, REPUBLIC OF Collected from customer

So, a week or more before I actually get her. Hope she arrives safely.

So according to Soom’s site my girl will not be shipping until end June O.o

I paid her of end March.

Ridiculous waiting times.

Making me definitely want to consider if I want to invest in more Soom releases or if I should just not bother. Plenty of other pretty dolls out there, especially from Iplehouse and they seem to be able to ship within a reasonable amount of time.

*sigh*

I am wondering if everyone is gonna be ending up having Soom dolls and that they somehow are turning into the ‘new’ Volks in popularity terms?

Beryl outfit arrived today in three little zip lock bags nice and neat – and no customs!!! Even sweeter.

Doll, check.
Wig, check.
Eyes, check.
Outift, check.
Wings – ah bugger ><

One day ^^

Oh – and sort of just found out that Beryl is a yellow gemstone and must be the reason why Beryl is yellow *no shit Sherlock*
Anyway, looking on Ebay they seem pretty cheap so thinking it could be fun finding some tiny ones and make her a really funky yellow beryl gemstone outfit…

Was invited to come join the London Doll Making Club to come present our BJDs and for us to see what they were into doll-wise.

Turned out that they make their own dolls out of cloth and some are doing their own porcelain dolls.
Would be very interested in making my own porcelain doll…

There was a small selection brought along that the members did show and tell about – arrived in the middle of this unfortunately as they seemed to have quite interesting reasons for being made.

Won some silk in their raffle, found a nice trim on their sales table and digged out a nice piece of fabric in their boxes of stuff ^^

Had some interesting conversations with the members and was told a lot of useful stuff which I unfortunately did not write down and me being rubbish with names, have now forgotten all about. If any of you read this, please tell me again ^^

Actually, got a bit confused over the location as I did not realise the meeting place was in a Church – I kinda expected a townhall/big office building.

Oh, and had my bus from Camden break down on me half way there as well – luckily one of the other busses on the directions stopped at the same bus stop. However, managed to get of at the bus stop after the one I should have been of at resulting in me having to trek the what, 300m backwards ><

And my trip home was delayed by stupid Waterloo Bridge being blocked of by dunno what - so generally I wasted a lot of time on travel today lol - bit like a normal workday. Oh well. London traffic for you.

But despite all my travel woes, weather was fantastic today and was good to finish a good meet with MauMau and Mich at Mackie D's (I learned a knew word today lol)

Mushroom fairy

Homemade porcelain dolls dressed as 2nd world war refuges (someone correct me if I am wrong on this one)

Hilarie’s clothdolls

Love the vivid colour scheme

Close up of the face

Dollhouse size porcelain dolls, a porcelain doll in a very fancy outfit and a sweet clothdoll

And our lot – only picture of Cinnamon and you cannot even see her unless you know she is there! I should be ashamed of myself!

Demian the timelord

Lulu and the timelord

The front man from the Cult tee hee ^^ Love the hat!

Bummer, should have turned the camera more to the right!

Aaaawwwww how cute are they! Dina in my 45 minutes no hemming, oil on straps, no cover stitching, visible and not covered seams slip dress… Well she got dressed! And no knickers ><

Show and telll: And before you stand a winged creature

Mich’s steampunk cat finally seen in real life ^^

Hilarie’s? Think this and the next three were…

Blackravens crew and Chais’ girl?

Mao and Chai slumming it!

We are cute and we KNOW it!

After sort of winning her Friday afternoon last week on Ebay (winning bidder pulled out – yay!) I have been holding my breath for her to arrive.

Well, you never know with Ebay but seller had fab feedback and did not look like a scammer so thought, hey, why not throw my credit card out the window with the pin lol!

And after only five days of not being able to breathe she is here!!!

OMG is she just the most beautiful pissed of lady I have ever seen!!!
And she is finally mine!!!

After deciding not to buy her last year due to various reasons none of them money actually, I have been regretting not getting her ever since.
So actually finding one non-modded and with all the parts for a reasonable price within the EU was in my opinion a bit of scoop.

Now I just need to find her her default outfit and wings to make her complete – will keep my eyes peeled!

Came in her original Soom shipping box

Big grey box lurking inside

TA-DA!

OH, what a sight!

Certificate and stuff, might be a good thing having one of these going forward with all the Chinese copy-cats out there…

Wig with pretty beady thingys ^^

Aaaaawwww

More aaaawwww

Horns!

And hoofs! Late, long day and cannot be asked to put them on her tonight but are they cool or what?!!

Wauw!

I am very very tempted in getting this cute little couple.

Not really sure what I would do with them though…
They are just soooo utterly cute and adorable ><
And completely useless…

My main reason for starting buying these dolls were to make clothes for them.
However, as I do not seem to have as much spare time as I would like this happens very rarely.
And making clothes for something like these might just be a little too fiddly?
Allthough I like making fiddly things ^^

+ what would I make?
Cute frilly dresses?
But maybe it could be a challenge…
Hmm…

Woot! Topaz dress sold! Not really sure why I bought in the first place… Must have been all the hype. Got carried away. Guess that happens for all from time to time.

It is a really cool dress – just not for me. Very strange. I never thought I would sell one of my selected dollie things… Opening up Pandora’s box here!

BUT!!! Now I got money to burn on some hands and feet ^^ And some faceplates ^^

Yay