I wasn’t going to get any dolls in the 16cm range; my itsy bitsy tinies (Lati Whites, Brownies and Puki) were going to cater for my need to take cute re-ment pics. With the arrival of Pukifees, my firm decision started to crumble, and with the release of the affordable Leffy of dollk, I was more or less doomed. This week I found myself being the owner of no less than four 16cm bjds – funny thing is, none of them are Pukifees nor from dollk…

I dropped the Leffy doll because I ended up finding her too cute, a decision which was definitely supported by the release of the Doll Leaves “Angels” dolls (previously blogged about here). Just quirky and stylistic enough for my liking – and perfect playmates for my already acquired Mui-chan (a lucky find on eBay). Said Mui-chan is sadly without her open eyes face nowadays; I wiped the faceup she came with but haven’t been in the mood to give her a new one that I wanted to keep. Must browse her flickr pool, I reckon. And then, out of the blue, came pouty little Kieran, a Lati Yellow Kuroo with slight modifications and a custom faceup. Because of their somewhat limited posability, I didn’t want to get a Lati Yellow, and definitely not a WS one, but I just couldn’t resist this little kiddo…

I am still not 100% convinced about the Laty Y body – the legs are awfully kicky (though that can be fixed), and what’s with the hilariously short arms?? The 16cm size, however, is brilliant! How did I not discover before?

On that note, my Lati White Pury and my Domuya D-1 30 Potpourri are both up for adoption..!

Finally some good news for those of us smitten by the charm of the Brownie dolls. For those of you unfamiliar with the brand, these are tiny dolls the size of PukiPukis, and with the same amazing posability – double joints in such a small doll is just amazing. Last year’s sad series of events are bygones (well, at least for those of us who didn’t lose any money during the whole ordeal), and a new distributor is doing what seems to be a great job in rebranding the Brownie. There’s a new website up; Browniedoll.jp, and there’s a total revamp of their faceups, outfits, and boxes.

The tiny BJD being made by the dollb company/group is becoming closer to reality for each day. Today they put up preview pics at their flickrstream (there are also pics of dressed dolls) and launched their new website dollk.com. Well, at least the splash page. ;)

I was a bit uncertain about how I felt about the head size compared to the body at first, and did a quick mockup comparing the dollk doll to Lati Yellow and Pukifee.

On August 1st I celebrated my first anniversary in the doll hobby – it was last year on that date, my first Pullip, a Nomado from PullipStyle, arrived. I already owned two Class Mate dolls, one from Jan 2006 and one from Nov 2007 (both purchased from Dollmore as cheap substitutes for the BJD that I longed for at the time), but none of those sparked a flame the same way Nomado did. Within a month of Nomado’s arrival, I already had three more girls; Chill, Aquel, and Latte.

Today, there were two packages in the mail. One was for the two tiny BJDs of mine, it contained two ornaments which were perfect as tricycles for the two girls. The other, well it was for the two tinies as well..!