2012...

so 2012 in dolly terms...

So my 12 wishes were:

1. a body for Veja
2. bodies for Pax and Nox
3. RealPuki Aki
4. PKF Sweet Bunny Bonnie (WS)
5. PKF WS Zoe
6. LTF Elf El
7. MNF Tanning Lishe
8. MNF Mirwen
9. MNF Seorin
10. Delf Tanning Lishe
11. F65 Chloe
12. Custom Blythe

Did I get everything I wished for? Hell no, but then I never expected to! I did fulfil a few of my wishes,  4 in total: the bodies for Veja, Nox and Pax - buying a RealPuki Aki and having a delightful person sell me their beautiful MNF Tanning Lishe. Plus I paid off an received my two SOOMs - the Clozel and the Arkose. (quicker than expected.) and I other than that I have had a SOOM-free year... lucky they stopped doing MDs. I also finally got Arum Mk III, who has been in the planning stages for a while.

So the expected arrivals and completions this year are as follows:

1. Vesna - SM Clozel
2. Rasmus - SM Arkose
3. Ankou - Real Puki Aki
4. Veja - Real Puki Sugar
5. Pax - MNF VE Chloe
6. Nox - MNF Eliya
7. Arum - DZ Stramonium

The Surprise dolls this year, ironically enough (for those who have arrived) were all Lishes!

1. Magna Dea - MNF Tanning Lishe
2. Sulis - new release F60 WS Lishe
3. Aveta - Delf Art My Dear Lady Lishe

Then there were the two event heads, who I originally wasn't planning on keeping:

1. Mor Mumain - F60 Nanuri A
2. Nic Naomhim - F60 Nanuri A

They should have their bodies soon enough - I'm still amazed that they haven't been shipped yet, considering how fast Sulis arrived.

And 2012 was the year of the Blythe, I picked up four... All stock though, no customs. (whoops, forgot to get a shot of Corrigan into my mosaic!!)

1. Magnolia - Very Vicky
2. Jet - Simply Mango
3. Devlin - Love Mission
4. Corrigan - Gentle River

And to top the year off, Fairyland and CP release not one, but two Itals - the new name for the BA - a Chicline - along with the CL Chloe (who is beautiful) and an F65 version with three heads... when it rains, it really pours. So heading into 2013 - I have paid one installment on my two new Chiclines - an Ital and a Chloe, both fullsets. With them I get two Chicline Nanuri heads (which won't stay) and hopefully I'll get the F65 Scar Ital (eye) head along with it since I spent enough.

Then I'm looking to get an F65 Ital, probably in basic, but I might have to capitulate and get his fullset to make sure I can get the Scar Ital (nose) head since there aren't many splits going (currently there's one) where I can get his scar nose head. I have yet to decide if these three heads means that I will end up with three F65 Itals... (its always a possibility.)

So that was the year in dolls - admittedly I left out the kerfuffle over the F60 Scar Ital, which was replaced with a F60 version of the Juri 05. If you want an original modded Juri 05 or a new F60 Juri 2012, tell me, I now have two to get rid of. (somehow I think the profusion of Itals is FL/CP making up for the fact they gave over to the complainers over the F60 Juri 05/Scar Ital kerfuffle. I still want my F60 Scar Ital... or basic Ital. And always will.)

OMG OMG OMG!

I thought I was overly safe from Fairyland events recently (other than of course for the kerfuffle over the Juri head...) But now Fairyland/CP have lived up to their reputation and completely done me in.

This was the twitter release:

FairyLand ‏@FairyLand_EN

FYI, FL is no longer able to use the sculpt name 'Breakaway'. 'Ital' is the original Korean name that had been translated into ENG as BA.

*sighs* I did originally see the BA in the release of the teaser shots, but forgot about it when they called him "Ital"... but now Fairyland has really done my biscuit.

So I can see myself buying three new dolls - the Chicline Chloe (cause she's beautiful), AND the Chicline Ital (BA) and the F65 Ital (BA)... I damn well hope they're doing a basic version!!

Chicline Ital (BA)

F65 Ital (BA)

Fairyland Event cont

I just know that I'll be posting again tomorrow when the details finally come out (and when the identity of the F65 boy is finally released - I still see BA when I look at him)... but FL/CP finally released some new teasers... this time of the Chiclines, which are listed (along with the F65 Lord of the Ice) as 68 limited sets.

So there are two new Chiclines - but one sculpt that's appeared in everything else!

The boy is a new new sculpt - Ital.

And Chloe... which looks so good I think I'll be planning for a new Chicline girl...

Angel Toast does it again!

I cannot sing AngelToast's praises high enough. Not only have I been hearing stories of faceups which take months (literally about 3 months before the first head is started!!), when AT is telling me my November kiddies are done and answering questions about a completely un-related doll question at the time!

This time, I sent the Horrible Three - Hades, Poseidon and Zeus, to AT so that they'd finally be finished rather than sitting in various stages of incompleteness (only Hades' had a finished face up) and just not looking right!

This is what the boys used to look like:

This is what they look like now: (Their faceups are based on Arawn's Midnight Blue)

I almost can't believe just how fantastic they look! AT has outdone herself once again!

I also got lucky and was able to snag a spot during November for my two Nanuri As - to have their eyes opened, faceups done and in Mor's case, her ears pierced. Their photos also came back.

The girls look fantastic and I love the expression on Mor Mumain's face, it almost makes her look like Vesna!

The temptation is now of course, to have AT redo all of my non-default dolls... oh so tempting! But the most tempting is to have my final BA's face up redone so that he matches his brother. But, if Vulcan has his faceup redone, that means his twin brother Gallagher has to have his done as well! (G of course belongs to my friend LK, so she would have to agree too.)

Yesterday, while I was handing over another AT masterpiece to LK for her birthday, I mentioned this, and she is happy to have G's faceup redone by AT!

So watch this space, V is going to get himself a new face up, and new tatts!

Fairyland Event

Ah Fairyland...

Dear customers,

We are happy to announce that Fairyland will have a Winter Event on December 21.

There are new dolls - FeePle65 and ChicLine - planned to be released on the same day. 

Detailed information will be released on December 21. 

Thank you.

Interestingly enough, they've caved to pressure again and are doing something for the F65 and Chicline this time.

I do like both Chiclines and F65s, but at the same time I'm not overly fond of a lot of the sculpts which have been released in these two sizes.

I did start writing this a day or so ago and there has already been a teaser shot...

His title currently is "Lord of the Ice" and he's the new F65 boy.

Now, due to other developments (see next post) I've had BA on the brain today, and that's what I can see in this boy's face. The eyes and the nose fit and there is a possibility that he has an open mouth. If he is a BA (and I could be wrong, like I have before), I'll be dead and the new owner of an F65...

I'm not massively stressed about that though I have to admit. Otherwise, I love the arm, it looks really cool and I bet he'll be released with a normal arm too. plus the faceup looks interesting, although I'd like to see him without the blur to have a look at that scar? on his face.

Can't wait to see what the other F65 looks like - will it be a Mirwen? Lishe? There was a hint about popular sculpts on the twitter feed, which suggests that the new releases will be "older" sculpts. If the girl is a Lishe, I'll also be dead.

As for the Chicline, I already have a Lishe and an El... BA is unlikely because of the CL/LTF release - but could it be Shiwoo, Chiwoo? Chloe or Mirwen maybe? 

Who do you think it could be?

Note: Who does the hand in the front of the shot belong too? Those are very feminine fingers and in a very awkward position if that is his hand/arm...