Other dolls

I have always been a doll person - I had a vinyl Orange Blossom when I was little, I've had a collection of Barbies, porcelains and even for a little while some Bratz. I have had figurines, older dolls and kokeshi - and while some of my collections have gone (most of my Barbies and all of my Bratz and porcelains), I still have a number of dolls other than BJDs - which include my Kokeshi, two of my mother's dolls, a couple of Welsh dolls and a figurine or two.

Now, that collection also includes a Monster High doll. I have noticed the growth of Monster High ownership in adults around - Xhanthi customised one fairly recently - and LK has recently started collecting a few too.

I've seen them around and before now have been fairly happy with my other, extensive collection of BJDs. However, today, whilst wandering around and helping LK find a Torali and another Draculaura, I finally decided to buy into the craze.

I am now the owner of a Frankie Stein. The outfit she's wearing I'm not crazy about, but I love the shoes and the style - I also like the possibility, which white it is no wear near as good as a BJD, is pretty good since dolls of this style I am used to have no possibility whatsoever. I also love the styling and the details - the shoes in particular are a favourite of mine, Frankie's heels are bolts...

I was amused at the statement that these dolls do not stand on there own. I think it took me less time than some of my BJDs to get her standing on her own and she's been doing so for the last hour or so. Silly people who make these dolls don't realise that some of us have extensive experience in standing dolls - I think the hardest I've stood so far was missing a large section of thigh and has a habit of bending his knees the WRONG way when attempting to stand him. And I got him to stand for at least 30 minutes, if not more.

So what is in the wind for this particular start of a collection? I'm planning on getting a few more - I wouldn't mind a Lagoona Blue, a Ghoulia Yelps and a Draculaura. I am also definitely going to get a Nefera De Nile and especially I'm looking forward to getting my hands on an Operetta. Some of the styles are so cool - Operetta's shoes have treble clefs for heels and she's a 50s/rockabilly queen, especially with the classic hairstyle.

Not sure how long this particular collection will last, and I don't know about getting any customised ones, I think I am happy enough with the normal looking ones so far. And no, they won't take over from my BJD collection... I don't think anything can surpass that one now...

12 wishes for 2012

The 12 wishes for 2012 was a meme on Flickr that a few of the girls did, so I thought I'd join in. I also thought it would be a good thing to share on this first day of 2012, in lieu of a plan - at least for now, these wishes incorporate some of my plan after all. (I will complete a plan mosaic and post it up soon, I promise)

So my 12 wishes were (most of these photos are NOT mine, and all are in my favourites on flickr):

1. a body for Veja, my Sugar. (I really should have gotten that already, but RealPukis have been a bit thin on the group since Fairyland put them on hiatus.
2. Bodies for Nox and Pax - even more eager to get these now that they have returned with beautiful face ups from AngelToast (go have a look in my flickr... they are BEAUTIFUL!)
3. A Real Puki Aki... such a cute little vampire he is... I've wanted one since they were first released.
4. A Pukifee WS Sweet Bunny Bonnie - a little PKF already named Neith, to finish off the Army.
5. A Pukifee WS Zoe - also to finish off the Army (pending any unforeseen releases of extreme cuteness and I'd never put it past Fairyland to do that.)
6. A LTF El Elf... called Helios - they're just so gorgeous!
7. A Minifee Tanning Lishe - one of the few Lishes I am missing from my collection, and any "wishes" have to include at LEAST one Lishe.
8. A MNF Mirwen - she has such a cute face and one so similar to the original sculpts, my favourite style btw.
9. a MNF Seorin - my boys are currently a trifle outnumbered on the MNF front, what with another two girls (Pax and Nox) plus the 2 wish girls (Lishe and Mirwen) - more boys are needed!
10. A Delf Tanning Lishe: the other Tanning girl for my collection.
11. A Feeple65 Chloe - I thought I'd wait for a Chic-line Lishe-esque girl to be designed for the F65, then I saw all the beautiful non-default Chloes and I would love to have one.
12. A custom Blythe. I'm not massively into Blythes, but some of the custom girls are beautiful - and this girl is by one of the customisers I would love to get to do a girl for me!

So those are the wishes... and *ssh* I might have one of my wishes fulfilled in the very near future... it's so EXCITING!