I stumbled upon these photos of my Yo-SD Tanpopo, Beatha, again today while looking for a file in my computer. I did not publish these photos on my site before as I planned to re-shoot but I have not got to it yet.
Here she is anyway looking so cute and yummy. I was not very fond of dolls these size but I changed my opinion when I got her. She is my very first Yo-SD and I brought home 3 more after she arrived. I do not know what got me to bring her home in the first place. Maybe it is those cute chubby cheeks and big puppy eyes.
Beatha is wearing wig from Can Can, outfit and shoes by Dollheart and her eyes are 16mm/8mm custom Gumdrops eyes.
Many people seem to be very fond of the new four sisters yo-sd. I am just glad I do not really like them. They are very cute dolls too of course but I just do not feel like I have to have them. I heard they are pretty pricey on the secondary market. All my dolls were acquired directly from the makers or agent of the makers except for one which is my Hypermaniac Choyangbi, Dumuzi. I got him from Michelle who was the first owner and also I was the first and only one to do face up on him so I know his history quite well and I know he was very well taken care of. Otherwise I would have not adopted him. I do not really like paying secondary market price and also I like my dolls brand new when I get them.
Well, I used my $50 Google adwords coupon from my web hosting service to promote Dolly Post. It is a new Asian ball jointed dolls forum. Actually it is the replacement of Ethereal Angels Forum and started around the end of May. Instead of just upgrading and keeping everything, I decided to just start new and with a new domain too. So if you see Dolly Post ad on the right hand side when searching about bjd on Google, do not be surprised. I check in on Dolly Post whenever I can to help keep it going. The beginning is the hardest part, specially getting people to register and participate since we do not really have any kind of big exposure like in a doll magazine or anything. I made it my browser homepage so I can keep up with things otherwise I might forget to check in for a couple of days.
Dolly Post has a very small number of members currently. Hopefully we will have more soon. I do not mind it being small as long as the few members we have are fairly active. Smaller groups usually have a more intimate feel and better camaraderie because you get to know each other better.
Anyway, Gumdrops March pre-order are not all finish so I can not do face ups on my dolls yet. We are getting late on the orders again. *sigh* I wish there is an easier and faster way for us to make the eyes. But we just keep on going and soon they all shall be finished.
After the eyes are done, I plan to take 2 weeks off and do face ups on my dolls and just have lots of fun with them. It has been a long time since I have done face ups and I miss it.
Also finally ordered and sent payment for Alice in Labyrinth Daryl and Bertram. AiL said they will be shipped in a few days. It says on their website that they will be releasing their white skin version heads. Not really fond of white skin and I much prefer the normal skin. Dollstown 15girl body or 13girl body might be a match for Alice and Chloe.
Yes, today, Alice, Elijah and Chloe came! The postman delivered them this morning before 10am. I like getting EMS mail. They are always delivered earlier than regular mail.
The heads are exquisite. They do not have faceups but already they look beautiful. It is very exciting to receive dolls made by a newer company. Or in this case, doll heads made by a newer company. The postman must think we are so weird for ordering only doll heads as it says so on the customs forms, “Doll heads - Qty. 3″.
AiL dolls have smaller eyes than most Asian ball jointed dolls I have seen. All these 3 uses 14mm eyes. Their quality is really very good and they have magnets on their headcaps just like Volks Super Dollfie. Their faces have an old world look to them. This is a big plus as I love these type of dolls so much. They remind me of Koitsukihime dolls. Oh and Alice in Labyrinth bjd is made in Japan too. So it is good that there is another ABJD company in Japan besides the well known Volks that can ship international.
A quick photo
I am placing my order for Daryl and Bertram this week. I will not be able to paint all these heads though until around the end of July as I am currently finishing this order of Gumdrops eyes. There are a lot of dolls I have to paint. One of them had been waiting almost a year now to be painted. It is my Hahanbi by Hypermaniac. I ordered her with no faceup and she has been in her bag since the day she arrived last year in July. Then there are my 2 U-Noa kits I got last December, Heath, U-Noa Zero and the new AiL heads. It is about a year now since I last repainted a doll. I am bit rusty I think and need more practice. The production of eyes has taken over my time. I want to catch up with my dolls so I am trying to finish the orders on time.
It is very shocking that this happened and to Volks too. They have been such good people to the US bjd community.
The dolls apparently were stolen overnight and not during the Dolpa when bjd people are there. People each have a speculation of how and who could have done such a thing and everyone hoping that the seven dolls that went missing will be found. I doubt very much that they can ever be recovered unless the crooks were videotaped during the act. If this is the case, then maybe there is hope of finding them.
List of dolls that were stolen:
SD16 Girl “Ruby” w/black swan dress
MSD Girl F-21 Fairy w/blue dress
MSD Boy F-13 Fairy w/blue outfit (2 and 3 have matching outfits and long elf ears)
MSD Girl F-22 Fairy w/yellow dress
SD13 Girl F-29 w/yellow dress (4 and 5 have matched dresses)
SD13 Boy F-31 Fairy w/dark green & red outfit
SD13 Boy “Irvin” (FDQ Limited Model) w/Fairy default dress
I was not very fond of dolls these size but I changed my opinion when I got her. She is my very first Yo-SD and I brought home 3 more after she arrived. 
I do not know what got me to bring her home in the first place. Maybe it is those cute chubby cheeks and big puppy eyes. 
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It says on their website that they will be releasing their white skin version heads. Not really fond of white skin and I much prefer the normal skin. Dollstown 15girl body or 13girl body might be a match for Alice and Chloe.
Then there are my 2 U-Noa kits I got last December, Heath, U-Noa Zero and the new AiL heads. It is about a year now since I last repainted a doll. I am bit rusty I think and need more practice. The production of eyes has taken over my time. I want to catch up with my dolls so I am trying to finish the orders on time.
They have been such good people to the US bjd community.