No updating to blog till Mid May

Yes, I would not be posting any entry to my blog till mid May. I'm too busy preparing for my Japan trip (2 May till 10 May).
I am surprised at the number of items on our shopping list submitted by Z. It consists of burberry blue label bags/wallets, agnes B bag/wallet, even uniqlo t-shirts, legging from a certain harajuku shop, and some dunno what japan's sauce. But of course, i do not really mind helping them, as the fun in shopping is the process of buying things.
It would definitely be a shopping spree at tokyo like my last trip though this was not our original plan. It is a pity that the cherry blossom started to bloom a bit earlier this year, and by the time we reach Japan, the flowers should be all gone.

Uniqlo is coming to Singapore!!

Yes, Uniqlo is coming to Singapore. There have been a number of media coverage on this over the past few days in the newspapers, media coverages on TV. Its first store is open on 9th april at Tampines one. I was with my friends on this Friday at Tampines with the intention to visit the store, however we were surprised to see the long queue outside the store. Instead of waiting in the line like the rest, we decided to go to orchard to do some real shopping.

For those who are not aware of the background of this company. uniqlo is a japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer. It is a bit like giordano in Japan as their clothings are "affordable" for the mass. Comparing to giordano, their designs may be slightly better.

We have been to Japan Uniqlo stores at different parts of Tokyo. The one near takashimaya - shinjuku is like a warehouse sales with great discount - 3 for 1000 yen. While the one at harajuku is for the younger generation, it is like a convenience store for t-shirts. Each t-shirt style is displayed on a stainless steel display cases, with individual t-shirts packaged in clear plastic canisters resembling tennis ball cans (which i call them tubes).

It was a disappointment to me when I saw that the outlet at Tampines one is nothing like the one in Harajuku. Just hope that the next outlet opening in Orchard be something more appealing.

Uniqlo Singapore website http://www.uniqlo.sg/

Clearance sales - 12 Apr 09

Before my trip to Tokyo, I would like to clear my balance stock of momok0 dolls, blythes and other doll. So anyone interested to get any of them, please email me. For serious buyers only.
List of my balance stock (**price exclude shipping charge):

1. VOLKS Super dollfie Iris (NRFB) - usd 1500
2. Bloomy Bloomsbury (NRFB)- usd 475
3. Wake up momoko doll (NRFB) - Black hair Wu003 - usd 60
4. Momoko Alice in Snow forest - usd 168.80 [she is from the second batch so she is of a much better quality]

Pictures can be provided on request.

New momokos coming Spring 2009

Yipee.. finally Sekiguchi is coming up with new releases of momoko dolls for spring 2009 on their website.

1. New wake-up momoko WU005 and WU006 (Apr 2009)
2. Spring Forest (Apr 2009)
3. Love a La Mode (Apr 2009)
4. Preppy Girl (Spring/Summer 2009)
5. Natural days (Spring/Summer 2009)
6. Fruit of Passion (Spring/Summer 2009)
7. Honey wild (Spring/Summer 2009)
8. Lacy Modernist (Spring/Summer 2009)

More details can be found at http://www.momokodoll.com/en/lineup/index.php

09SS - Spring Forest and Spring Forest Sky version

Wakeup momoko

Wakeup Momoko - WU005 (brown hair) and WU006 (blonde hair)

Sunshine Holiday Blythe Picture

Pic of sunshine Holiday Blythe:

I quite like her dress and her tanned skin tone. I need to see more pics of her in her other two outfits before deciding whether to buy her or not. My fund is running low with the numbers of new releases over the past few months.

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