Dollfie Dream II

Yuki Nagato

ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!!
I finally got my first Dollfie, after a long wait spanning years.
For those not familiar with Dollfies, have a look at the quick intro to dollfie post.
You can also see more dollfies at a previous post.

If you wanna see more, read on!

Well, I’ll start with the story, don’t worry, I’ll try to keep it short.
I have a friend in Japan, who is my usual source of goods. He also attended the recent comiket where the SOS-dan dollfies were being sold.
If I was going to get one, it would of been now. The price would of been outrageous if I got one through a deputy service on Yahoo! Japan Auctions =/

My friend couldn’t find a box that would fit the dollfie dream properly, so he went ahead and armoured it up with multiple layers of paper and bubblewrap.

As you can see, the armour wasn’t enough OTL
The box has a huge dent in it, and I was pretty worried before I ripped off all the bubblewrap, but upon closer inspection, she was alright :3
I tried to restore the box to it’s proper dimensions with some success, tho it’s still a lil crumpled in some parts.

Now, I’m planning for a better photo shoot later, so enjoy these really quick shots. I went with a oldschool sepia look, if you want a proper look then you’ll just have to wait until I’m brave enough to bring a dollfie around outside……^^;

I’m still wondering about a name for her. She is a Yuki Nagato dollfie but I want to make her my own. At the moment I’m thinking of a another naval vessel name to compliment the Nagato name, which seems to be a homage to Evangelion’s naming conventions of their characters after Japanese ships (Ayanami, Katsuragi, Soryu, Langley etc.). Mutsu and Amagi come to mind, but I’m still unsure right now.

The other problem is her cardigan sweater, I’m a lil worried about it’s staining potential. It could leave ugly stains on her so I’ll need to figure out how to properly wash it.

I know I know, some of you love pantsu…I haven’t forgotten~

This isn’t really a photo shoot, but who cares, I’ll list some details here:

Details – Photo shoot

Camera
Nikon Coolpix P2
Date
5th January 2008
Location
My room!

Details – Dollfie

Character Name & Series
Yuki Nagato (長門 有希)- Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
Doll Name
Evelyn Tirpitz Mutsu (陸奥)
Birthday
29th December
Dollfie Series
Dollfie Dream II
Maker
Volks
Prototype work – Dress design
天野博士（� 形村） (Dr. Amano of Modelling Village?) – Volks’ Dress Planners
Head
Yuki Nagato original
Wig
Yuki Nagato original
Eyes
Animetic Yuki Nagato original metallic 24mm
Body
Dollfie Dream II (DDII) with Normal skin and M size bust
Accessories
Uniform top, skirt, ribbon, navy socks, shoes, cardigan, underwear
Release date
Limited edition sales at Dollpa 18 (23rd December 2007)
Limited edition sales at Comiket 73 (29th – 31st December 2007)
Limited edition sales at Dollpa18 Afterparty (12th-14th January 2008)
Place of purchase
Comiket 73
Retail price
50,400 yen
Bought it for
$565 AUD incl. postage OTL
Availability
Only really through 2nd hand deals, such as Yahoo! Japan Auctions

P.S. Today was HOT, so Yuki wasn’t wearing her cardigan… I HATE hot weather…
Anyone else have problems with heat and their figures?

P.P.S. Updated the dollfie info, Chosen Mutsu as her last name as a homage to Yuki Nagato. The Nagato class battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in World War II consisted of two ships, the obvious Nagato, and the sister ship Mutsu. Yuki Nagato was most likely given the name after the battleship Nagato , as her character closely resembles Rei Ayanami of Evangelion fame, which was also named after an IJN ship, as with most of the Evangelion characters… I’m repeating myself aren’t I? ^^;

I was close to naming her Evelyn Bismarck, both German names. Bismarck is a battleship class ship of the German Navy in World War II, seems to fit her first name more, but opted for Mutsu to ground her background with Nagato.

…than never

Upcoming Stuff!

OTL Sorry guys about the lack of updates, been busy yadda yadda~ Point is, I got a whole bunch of stuff to show you guys soon, and just in time for the xmas holiday :D Wanna know what’s going to happen? Read on!

Basically what I have lined up are the photos that I’ve still to post, some other nifty items of otaku interest from soundtracks to video games, and I’ll be starting the simple weathering tutorial for newbies as well! The current poll seems to indicate that the Soviet T-34 is in the lead at the time of this writing, which is great as I got lots of them…living up to their name of the most numerous tank in WWII. The poll will be open to the moment I start, which may be into late November, or early December.

Here’s some previews of the photo shoots I’ve still to post, in no particular order:

For those interested, I’ve been busy with final assignments with my study for the year, also I’ve been sucked into the grinding world of Lineage 2 again, along with games occupying me on PC, Xbox360 and PS2. I’ve gotten into the interview stage of my studies for next year so hopefully they’ll turn out well, otherwise it’s job hunting for me! :D

Preview

Pachira & Saber

Well, I collected my package today :3 In it was my 1/7 Pachira from 錬金３級　まじかる？ぽか～ん (Magipoka for short) by Max Factory and four Saber Revoltech 2G by Kaiyodo. Four!? you ask? 3 of them are ordered by my friends, and there’s another on the way (cause he ordered late…).

Anyway, I intend to eventually get a photo shoot with Pachira as she’s definitely one of my favs, I’ll prolly take Yuuma along with her on the future photo shoot. So this post is just my thoughts on the figures and a preview of future photo shoots…I guess preview is a lil misleading as I don’t actually take photos of the place, think of this as a “Hey! I got these awesome figures, wanna see them when I take photos of them in broad daylight~!?”

Pachira, absolutely fantastic, I couldn’t of dreamed of a better pose and sculpt. Everything is magnificent except for a few things, one being a very slight under/overpaint of the lingerie lines on one area, and also the roughened up part where you insert her clothes, I can see it rubbing off the paint should I get too fidgety with taking off and on her clothes…which is hard to resist (´・ω・)つ|・ ・

600×800 – There’s your delicious panty shot teaser~

Saber is a good poseable figure, the face and head is nice but she seems to stick her neck out front quite a bit, makes it a lil odd when standing still, unless you like the whole hunchback thing. Poseability is great tho, she’s my first Revoltech so I’m still quite amazed at how flexible they are compared to traditional action figures. Comes with two swords, Caliburn and Excalibur with Invisible Air Noble Phantasm, which is pretty cool I guess.

600×800

I’ll post details of these when I get around to the photo shoot, until then, feast your eyes on the crappy preview pics I posted :3