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Andrew’s Arrival

GUESS WHO I FINALLY GOT

So for my birthday I got some money which I immediately spent on a a new doll (and another exciting surprise that’s coming soon~) I’ve been aching to finally bring Megan’s twin home, so come watch me unbox him!

“Can you hear me in there? Don’t worry, we’re getting you out!”

As per usual for Junkyspot orders he came with a bunch of swag. In this picture you can see some candy, a little squishy bunny, and...

...A pack of Justin Bieber trading cards?!

...Well ok I guess.

(They have little trivia questions on the back that are each answered on a different card (a pretty smart trick for a collectible card series tbh), and one of the answers is, without any context, just “Donald Trump.” Ominous af.

ANYWAY, onto the main event!

He has the 11cm Obitsu body in white skintone. They were sold out of the ones with the magnets in their feet, so I’ll probably replace it at some point.

His head is the Angela sculpt (not to be confused with the ‘Nano Angela’) and I took a bit of a gamble on getting a different head than Megan’s but I really, really like it.

It’s a little smaller than hers (a Petite Hime sculpt) which makes him easier to balance, and it has nicer details around the mouth and nose which gives him this lovely soft, melancholy expression. Her face is much flatter.

I know they’re fraternal twins but I still want them to match, so I’m absolutely switching her head for one of these in the future. If i can only get it it white skin I’ll just blush to match.

LOOKIT THIS SASSY BOI

I ADOOOORe his eyes. They’re SO NICE for acrylic.

Time to dress him up!

eeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEE

His little hands don’t quite fit into his hoodie sleeves but honestly I love how it gives him that cute sweaterpaws look. He’s such a goddamn waif. >3<

A touching sibling reunion.

This is the little squishy bunny junkyspot sent. It’s kind of serendipity since rabbits are kind of Andrew’s thing and I haven’t got him any toys or accessories yet.

A boy and his bun <3

Thank you so much for reading! i’ll try and post more soon as I’m trying to get back into this hobby on a more regular basis. I’ll have at least one reallly cool thing to show you guys soon...

Bonus;

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I made a twitter for my dolls and figures @ThePaulverse :3

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Hobby Lobby Haul/Megan’s Room

sMy mom dragged me out on this aggressively cold day to check out the miniatures at Hobby Lobby, and boy am I glad she did, because they have some SERIOUSLY cool shit!

I’ve been working on a room for Megan for some time, so I got her some stuff to flesh that room out. Let’s take a look!

Ok, so the bed is from Dollsdelight on Etsy. (https://www.etsy.com/shop/DollsDelight?ref=l2-shopheader-name) I’ve been consistently impressed with the quality of their furniture.

The elephant, bears, cupcake, and soda are all from the Mayberry Street brand.It’s not the best quality but it’s certainly good enough for amateur camerawork.

THESE BOOKS! My camera can NOT do them justice. I have the whole Lord of The Rings trilogy + The Hobbit, and I bought them from LittleTHINGSInterest on Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleTHINGSinterest)

They’re absolutely gorgeous, actual bound books with actual text and illustrations from the books written on them. I love them more than I love myself.

The drawer is another find from Hobby Lobby, and the bear is sitting on top of The Hobbit.

Aaaand this is a cardboard bookshelf I made myself. The little seashells were bought from an occult/spirituality shop in Iowa City.

And here’s the selection of soda bottles I got!

Thanks for reading. ^_^

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Sorry for the long break; have Megan in her adorable Halloween costume to make up for it~

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Does anyone have reccomendations for good 1:12 dollhouse kits?

I’m looking for something that would be a decent size, large enough to fit several dolls in. And something that I could furnish myself.

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Megan’s Makeover Highlights

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Megan’s makeover

MY EYES FINALLY ARRIVED IN THE MAIL!

Ahh, it’s nice to be back in the hobby and saying creepy shit like that all the time.

Anyway, Megan has eyes now! I also made her eyes and a wig! C’mon, let’s go see!

Junkyspot was great, when I told them I didn’t have the eyes in my original order they sent them along in a separate package at no extra charge, with some extra swag~

These are really nice for acrylic eyes, they have a lovely dark color with some great highlights and fit what I had in mind for the character pretty darn well.

Also they’re modifiable- if you don’t want the entire bulb and stem, you just unscrew that bit aaaand-

- You can just use the front dome!

The swag was some candy and another animal eraser! I’m gonna have a real collection of these if I keep ordering from Junkyspot, lol

They look really nice in her head. Not as lifelike as glass, but still very pretty, and she looks much less eerie now. ^_^”

Oh, I also made this little dress for her! It’s kinda crap; I need to unscrew her head and take off her arms to get it on, and it’s freying along the bottom. But it looks cute for now until I can get something better!

And here’s her wig! I made it with this tutorial I found; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwG2Pfa_iuA and it works great for the Obitsu 11 cm head.

It’s kind of rough; the cap is uneven and the yarn is WAYYY too bulky. But I’m very proud of it for a first attempt, and I want to remake it sometime soon with better materials.

Thanks for reading! Megan is very happy to be looking a little more like herself now.

Bonus: my lovely assistants~

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Having magnets in her feet makes for some interesting opportunities

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Megan Unboxing highlights

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New Doll!

Now, instead of BJDs, I want to start collecting their much cheaper cousins, the vinyl Obitsu dolls. I plan to get a set of 11cm Obitsus to represent some of my characters

The first one I’ve gotten is Megan (Who may be familiar if you follow my personal account) and much to my excitement, a little package from Junkyspot arrived in the mail today~

First thing I pulled out was the wig I ordered. It’s the perfect colour, but unfortunately the correct size was sold out. I ordered the next size down thinking I might be able to rig it to fit, but no such luck.

Her little bloomers fit perfectly, however!!

My only disappointment is that for some reason they didn’t send the eyes I ordered. I’ve e-mailed them and hope they get sent separately.

Of course, the best part of any Junkyspot opening is the SWAG!

I got this adorable little frog eraser, who will be happy to find a home with my hamsters~

Some candy, which was greatly appreciated

And... the ad for these Happy Tree Friends figures, but no actual figure. I’m... I’m gonna count that as good luck.

Eeee, there she is!!!

She comes with extra hands, which was a happy surprise, and a metal base (i ordered the body with the magnets in its feet)

VERY well modeled for such a little vinyl doll! I honestly like these a lot better than the Hujoo babies, they seem to be much better constructed.

It took a little DIY to get her head on

There she is!!! Weird little alien child

And she poses FANTASTICALLY

Thanks for reading!! I hope to do a lot more with her in the future, and buy her many friends. ^_^

Bye-bye!!

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In Memoriam

I dunno if I’ve even mentioned this on my personal tumblr before, but when I was about 15 I started collecting BJDs.

I bought two of them, made up to be twins.

(excuse my messy bedroom :P)

On the right is Kii, a Boy and Girl Afra head on a B&G body. On the left is Cedar, a Boy and Girl Afra head on a Fantasydoll body.

I’ve had a lot of good memories with these boys, but now that I’m older I have more expenses and less extra money, so I need to sell them soon.

I thought that before I do, I’d like to make up a little post of some of my favorite pictures of them.

I don’t have as many pics of Cedar, so I’ll put them first.

And here’s Kii;

Well, thanks for indulging my little wander down memory lane. ^_^

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Figure collection highlights

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My Figure Collection

Well, since it’s been months since I last posted, I figure it’s finally time to introduce you to my slowly growing figure collection!

C’mon, I’ll give you the full tour.

In the front right corner is my stash of animal erasers. I believe the company is called Iwako? They were all over the place in the late 00s/early 10s. I found them in a Dick Blicks (the best named art supply store in the history of the world) and had to have them.

Left to right in the back we have Brown, Yellow, Pink, Purple, Blue, and Green the Hamsters, with Pinkhat the Penguin in the center. (you can thank my brother @mortimerblue for that joke.)

I also have a little plastic figure of Bijou from Hamtaro I used to put with these guys... she’s a little worse for wear but I may put her back on this shelf eventually.

The Pokemon section. Definitely something I want to expand in the future; I especially want Charizard X and Meowth. But Eevee is my eternal fave, and Pikachu- well, who can resist Pikachu?

Here’s an edgy angle on Captain Phasma. Yes, Yes, I know Funko Pop figures are public enemy #1 at the moment, but I desperately wanted some Phasma merch after watching the movie, and this was the only thing I could afford.

And here’s my favorite angel boy! @tucker-draws-things bought him for me sometime last year. I meant to get the Shinji side of this an AnimeIowa but forgot to look for it. ^_^”

He’s very handsome from this angle, but from the front..

heeeee’s a bit derpy. What does this remind me of?

Oh, right.

Oh? What’s that thing in his lap, you ask? Why, that’s his boyfriend, of course!

This weird little shinji came with my Unit 01 kit. He’s not to scale with her at all, and doesn’t really seem to be made out of a readily paintable material, and there were no decals for him, sooo... I have no IDEA what he’s supposed to be for. But Kaworu loves his strange, nude little BF anyway.

Here’s Char’s Zaku that I got at AnimeIowa last month. @mortimerblue helped me assemble him when we were bored in the hotel.

The OG Gundam (Rexy as I call her) was my first gunpla kit, another gift from @tucker-draws-things . Pictured here with her girlfriend Yui. They’re very much in love.

I won’t dwell too long on my Digimon collection, since they got their own little spotlight last time. But gosh, aren’t they cute? ^_^

This little guy is just something I picked up for like $5 at Wallgreens because I wanted a reference for drawing cars. He may not stay on the collection table once I need space for more stuff, but he’ll probably migrate to my drawing table at that point, so don’t feel too sorry for him.

GROOT

I’m not going to let ANYONE hate on baby Groot, no matter HOW vile you think funo pop is. Not only is he a gift from my dear friend @damepounce, just look at him! He’s Groot! How could you possibly hate his sweet little face?!

Alright, that’s enough for now. I’m hoping to be more active on here soon- I’m buying some cools stuff for my brithday~ I’m also considering doing a similar spot on my plushies, but I have fewer of them (that are nice enough to photograph, anyway,) and they aren’t all in one place like these guys are.

Anyway, thanks for reading!

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Digimon Haul- Highlights

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Digimon Haul!

Kicking this new blog off with a post about the Digimon data figures that I bought!

I originally got the Data2 Plotmon and Nyaromon figure out of a blind box I bought from Amazon. But I’m not a huge fan of blind boxes, so I decided to just get a set of my favorites from Ebay, which ended up being the Data3 set.

Pics and unnecessarily detailed descriptions under the cut~

The gangs all here! I was a little worried because they weren’t extremely well packaged, but other than some small manufacturing faults they were all fine.

There’s Plotmon and Nyaromon, who I forgot to take pictures of before I got the rest of them assembled. ^_^’

And there was indeed some assembly required...

yeesh

First up was Patamon, who has always been my favorite. A big part of the reason I bought these was so I could have a nice Patamon figure again, since the one I had and adored as a child is kind of... destroyed at this point.

Who can resist that sweet little face? UwU

Gatomon was next. It blew me away as a kid when I realized that she was actually a champion.

Her stand pole is cleverly connected to the back of her head. Let’s just say that this saved her an indignity that other figures did not escape...

Next up was the wormmon line!

...Why do I feel like sobbing uncontrollably whenever I see his baby form?

OH RIGHT THAT’S WHY

Good lord Wormmon, your head!!

Much better. ^_^

“Hugs please, Ken-chan!”

Next up, the V-mon line!

Yeah... this is the indignity I was talking about ._. I mean, I know it’s the easiest and most logical way to display him, but it’s still awkward to see him with a pole up his butt.

But he doesn’t seem too bothered by it! Lookit that smile~

BABIES

And finally, Lopmon and Terriermon!

More awkwardly places poles. >//_//< Oh well, look at how cute they are!

“Wonder twin powers, activate!”

And that’s the shoot!

I’m so happy to have Digimon merch again, since I got rid of most everything I had as a kid. And this stuff is so much nicer than the dub merch they sold back then, anyway.

Thanks for reading! Follow me for more silly toy talk in the future. Have a good day!