Heather Sky Sold Out

Hi all, please note that Prima Dolly – Heather Sky blythe are sold out.

Do not worry, I would be getting next batch from the supplier soon. However the price would be slightly more expensive at 199usd (exclude shipping).

For those who have ordered (and received confirmation from me) and/or paid me for her, I would be shipping her out on this wed and tracking number would be issued by email.

Actual photo of Heather Sky

Enjoy!

Photos of customised Snow Forest Alice Momoko

Finally, the long awaited Alice Momoko has arrived. Nobody knows of the mystery behind the delay, as this doll was supposedly released in Dec but the mainstream market only got her now. Anyway, her hairstyle was slightly different from the promo photos, as in her bangs are straight instead of curled. So it actually covered part of her face. I decided to give her a reroot of her bangs so that she has long centre parted hair. For the rest of you, a slight trim will do to reveal her pretty blue eyes.
This doll is slightly different as in she is using a Petworks head instead of a Sekiguchi head. The Petworks head is smaller and uses saran type hair fibre. Sekiguchi heads are bigger and they use a stiff kind of hair fibre.
Without furthur ado, here are pics! :D I have an NRFB one for sale too, at US$160.00 Do let me know if you are interested!

Prima Dollies Heather Sky

I managed to get Prima Dollies- Heather Sky for sale at 150USD (exclude shipping). Interested, please send me an email or leave a comment and I would get back to you.

Photo of bloomy bloomsbury blythe

Photos of bloomy for sharing with my friends :)

My Iris and her broken finger Part III

Update from my earlier post
Finally I managed to get a closure on this and a replacement hand for Iris is coming to me soon.

A few days after the Singapore post staff visited me for the inspection of Iris, one of the officers called to say that the report was sent to Japan Post Office side and ask me to inform the sender (i.e. Volks) to contact them if they want to seek compensation of the damaged item. The officer also informed me that no report will be provided to me.

I drop an email to Volks explaining the whole thing and also telling them that I was not able to obtain a report from my post office side. Volks instructed me to send the broken hand to them once they received the hand, they would contact me for follow up action. Volks is also very nice to offer to pay for the postage fee incurred.

Within a few days of sending out the hand , I received an email from Volks informing me of the delivery of a replacement hand to me and the tracking number. In addition, they also refunded me the postage through paypal.

I am very happy that this thing finally come to an end and I can have a COMPLETED Iris very very soon.

Shop Limited Edition Neo Blythe "Sunshine Holiday"!

The new shop limited blythe is coming out in Apr 09. There are 3 different outfits for her,
(1) The marketing look: A fresh light sundress with a basket
(2) Outing look: Yellow and white boarder cami and shorts.
(3) Bench look: Bikini !!!!

It was also stated that her skin type is going to be tanned like Neo Blythe "Star Dancer."
So looking forward to see the actual doll. It is rarely that blythe has tanned skin tone.

Bloomy Bloomsbury's Special Charm

I was looking through photos of Bloomy on Flickr and realized that she comes with a special charm. And apparently, only 1000 dolls out of the 3000 released come with this special charm. It is a JM logo. I very much want to link you to the flickr photo, but worry about copyright issue. So for those who want to see the photo, please do a search on flickr for bloomy bloomsbury's special charm.

There is a YJ Auction for this special charm starting at 500yen that is closing in 3 days time. I so tempted to buy if the price stay that way.

It seems that collectors in Japan have got their hands on Bloomy and started selling her on YJ. The one auction that I saw (going to end soon in another 7 hours or so) already reaching a bidding price of 70,685 yen (~S$1,200). I also managed to find one ebay auction just listed, quoting a BIN price of US$1,200. I wonder would anyone buy it at that price.

Pre-order for Bloomy ended on 13 Mar 09

Please note the pre-order for bloomy blythe ends on 13 Mar 09. If you want to order, please email me by 13 Mar 09.

Happy 50th Birthday Barbie!

My Iris and her broken finger part II

Continue from previous post.
The post office staff was here yesterday to do a check on Iris and her broken finger. He took photo of the packagings - the bubble wrap, the external box, Iris's box, and the cushioning in her box. He intitally wanted to take her back to his office, but I stopped him from doing that.

The inspection took about half an hour, mainly spent by the post office staff taking photos of the packaging and her damaged finger. I was informed that Singapore Post Office would do up a damage assessment report and send it together with the photo to the Post office in Japan. The Japan post office needs to endorse the report. After that they would provide me with the damage assessment report. This would take about one week or so.

Actual photos of Prima Dolly series

The actual photo is finally out for them. I think they look nicer than the illustration. A bit regretted that I did not get them. The eye colours are the same, the only different is their hair and skin tone. My favo is the one in blue (Adorable Aubrey).

They look so nice. I regretted not ordering them. Their eye chips colour looks the same.

Better photos of Candy and a new fairy

My Iris and her broken finger

I received my SD16 Iris after such a long wait. Upon inspection I noticed that she has a broken ring finger. I almost want to cry when I show Iris her broken finger. Poor gal

I sent an email to Volks with picture of Iris and her broken finger asking for the possibility of getting a replacement hand. Volks replied me within one day asking me to get a damage assessment report from my local postal service provided – Singapore Post Office before they can advice me on the next course of action to take.

I was taken aback with Volks’ reply. I contacted other Japanese suppliers before on a number of occasions and their after-sales service never fail to wow me. My friends and I encountered problems with momoko dolls before, for examples – two left shoes, two left hands, and the supplier normally would send us the right shoe or replacement hands to us without much questioning. I also bought a 2000 piece puzzle from Japan during my trip previously and at the completion of the puzzle, there was a missing piece. This particular supplier only sell their products within Japan and I am trying my luck to request for the missing piece from them to be sent to Singapore and to my surprise they sent me the missing piece to my puzzle.

Since Volks required a damage report, I had called Singapore Post Office asking for a damage assessment to be done on Iris. As expected, Singpost told me that their staff would contact me to arrange for an physical inspection on Iris to investiage whether the damage is caused during the transit. However, they are not able to commit when this can be done. The Singapore post helpline office also told me not to unpack Iris until they complete the damage assessment.

It is just an unlucky day for me.

New photos of my dolls

Here is Tohya and his new big sister Iris [my friend's bjds from volks]. Then there is kuro [latest addition to my momoko family] and her silver hair twin (Neko-belongs to my friend). Enjoy!

My little Candy

My little candy reached me earlier than expected. She was there waiting for me to play with her when i got home. I tried to take some photos of her in her box using my handphone camera, but the lighting really sucks and the photo turns out to be quite bad.

I would try again tomorrow in the afternoon when I have better lighting condition.

2008 Fans voted Momoko

I deboxed my Kuro (2008 fans voted momoko) from her box today. Kuro mean "black" in Japanese, a name that suits her prefectly because of her black hair.

Kuro in her box, waiting to be be-box by me.

Kuro in office. She is happy that everyone in office is saying she is pretty.

Space Rendez-vous

Just saw a update on momokodoll.com on the new momoko doll that is coming out in Mar 09. I am in love with her outfit and purple stock and that pair of shoes. Though my friend commented that her face is too big, I quite like her face and overall look.

Update to my blog

I decided to use my blog as a channel to update friends and buyers on any dolls pre-order or dolls for sale that I have. I find it is a better and easier way to reach my friends and potential buyers rather than sending out emails randomly to both interested and non-interested buyers.

I have recently announced the pre-order for CWC Limited Edition Neo Blythe “Bloomy Bloomsbury” and the arrival of Doronjo x blythe.

I am surprise at the selling price of Doronjo x blythe current on ebay now. It is selling at 650 usd (S$975) which is 40% more than my selling price. This current price is making Doronjo xblythe out of reach for some of the blythe collectors. For those of you who sent me an email asking for Doronjo x blythe, I am so sorry that I no longer have stock of her with me. I am trying my best to source for her and informed you if I managed to get stock of her.