Thanks to kochan I found that frickart claims the Sep 09 Tae and Dal releases – “on popular demand” – will be the second Kuroshitsuji set seen on a couple of doll shows. This would mean cross-dressing Ciel and tutor Sebastian, with eyes even more evil than before. I am happy to be cured for my Kuroshitsuji craze, there’s no way I would let that Tae inside my house..! *spooked out* The Dal is cute, but I am not convinced. Too heavily into BJDs right now, any new Pullip related purchases would have to be _must-haves_..!

Gah, I have just left the Kuroshitsuji LJ comm. I just couldn’t take the amazing ignorance shown by so many members anymore. “Wow, did you know that there was actually a man called Sebastien Michaelis? Who was into demons and such?” “Wow, how cool of Ciel to name him after that man!” Err.. I believe Ciel named Sebastian after his cat – however, the _manga-ka_ may have heard about the real Michaelis before… Ignorance, ignorance, ignorance – as was the case with some fans’ bright moment on the Jack the Ripper ark, previously blogged here.. Combine this stupidity with a constant wank over the anime from the “hardcore” fans – who all are reading the manga, mind you, and really detest the anime (mainly, from what I understand, because it’s got fillers, oh noes, and deviates from the manga storyline..!), and you’ve got a really weird (and immature!) fandom community. Says I.

Gah, my Lati White is _still_ “being prepared”, and it’s been 36 working days since I ordered her, weekends and Chinese New Years not included..! I have her bed ready and all (I got the cutest, tiniest, bunk beds from Kaja™ yesterday). I was hoping so much for her to be here by now, as I am off in a couple of hours for a Doll Convention in Oslo. It’s a mini convention, we’re meeting at the photo studio of one of the girls (skumringslandet), but still – three days of doll fun! I will be there all Saturday, hopefully my poor Shin will get new eyebrows and even a round with a glue gun! I had ordered him a new fur wig as well, but of course I chose to do so with one of the merchants infamous for their lateness (coco_doll_work), so that one’s not here either. Nor is his new sweater, which was custom made and shipped by Sunny’s Wonderful World a week ago (however, I still have hopes it’s arrived at home today).

I do have something new to show off tomorrow, though: my mint Zuora has arrived, and she’s really gorgeous! She and Nomado were the two girls who turned me into Pullips, and Nomado was my first doll to arrive (and 15th, and 16th, lol!). Somehow I never got around to getting Zuora, there were always other girls tempting me – but now she’s here, and we’re both thrilled about it! Thank you, sis cutsiedotnet, for helping out when the seller hesitated to ship internationally! <33 As per usual, I crashed on the couch the day she arrived, and yesterday was my overtime day at work, so no pictures yet. I reckon this will be remedied during the weekend, though - along with the zillion bjd photos I expect to be taking..! I am looking forward the most to see U-noa girls up close, yay.

Oh, and to meet lorentine, my co-admin at ShopaDollic, and fellow Pullip lover, of course! It’s not like there’s a huge community of Pullip owners here in Norway, which means it feels extra special finally meeting another “weirdo” face to face..! ;) Plus, she will make sure to broaden my doll collection, as I am adopting a J-Doll from her – a big sister for my Class Mates.

Other expectations for the DollCon: get a new bjd carrying bag, since the one I’ve got is stuffed when I put Simon, Ceres and Pi inside, perhaps a top or two for Shin, see how faceups are done, get a can of MSC, hopefully sell off some of my Barbie/playscale outfits, and above all: take lots and lots of pictures (I have three memory cards, and my camera batteries are fully charged!) and admire all the pretty dolls..!

And on Monday I will be able to pay for the Prunella that I have on hold, and a twin Butler. Getting closer and closer to a “complete” collection now, only RIDa left – plus any future releases which may trigger my interest.. Like Sebas-chan! <3 Heeeh, which makes me think of a recent topic at the kuroshitsuji community: why, WHY, is it ever a bad thing that your favourite series become popular? This would mean that your precious manga-ka will be able to earn some hard deserved money for his/her effort, doesn’t it..? And more merchandise will be made, too. Elitist fans never cease to amaze me, lol…

Sue at plasticpop.de visited the toy fair in Nuremburg last weekend, and has posted loads of pictures on Dollie Mixtures! There’s Andrew, the Neo Angelique~Abyss collab dolls, Angry, the Kuroshitsuji collab dolls, Clarity, Lizbel and Pollon. I didn’t notice before how similar Angry’s faceup is to that of Prunella! They need to be sisters! *adds doll to wishlist* And ouch, Sebastian’s wig looks like it’s going to be hard to style – I am already planning on getting him a fur wig replacement…

// Edited: Her photos are also found on flickr, for those of you who aren’t registered on Dollie Mixtures. First picture of the series, click left-wards in her main photostream (not the TY set) to see the rest.

Today, these two arrived!

My youngest, the 6 y/o, is the vinyl toy collector extraordinaire of the family, and promptly demanded to get all the Prop Plus Petit figurines – three Sebastians, three Ciels, a Grell, a William and a Lau..! We’ll see, I might get a full box, but chances are bigger I won’t. ;) Funny fact: my son is also named Sebastian, he became rather thoughtful when I told him that they share the name (right after I’d told him that butler Sebastian wasn’t really a human, hehe..).

For other Black Butler fans: there’s now a flickr group, created by yours truly! Please join Kuroshitsuji – Black Butler if you’ve got pictures of merchandise, or cosplay, or want to share your fan art. Original art and screen caps will be deleted!