Crazy body swaps?

We're always looking for that better doll body...

It seems like no matter what doll we have, we always wonder...

Is there a better body out there?

I'm curious,

What are some of your most crazy body swaps?

What was a success?

What was an absolute failure?

Recently, I decided to try out an Azone head on my Unoa Light body...

because I LOVE the Unoa Light body and was just wondering if it would work.

Well... if you use a White Skin Azone head, it does!

Now I have a tall, willowy Bambi Raili XD

Here she is next to my Rabbit Miu on a S body and a Lil' Fairy.

The Unoa Light body actually fits great into Pure Neemo shoes,

shorts and shirts... quite a few of the dresses too... and well... 

most of the Pure Neemo clothes!

The jeans she's wearing though, are from Clear-Lan for Poppy Parker.

That's the cool thing about the Unoa Light body, she'll fit into other stuff as well, thanks to her more shapely, taller form. :)

Azone Clothing Review: Knit Cap & Off-Shoulder Knit One-Piece Sets

Time for an Azone clothing review!

This time around, we'll review these cute little sweater/hat sets!

They are called the

Knit Cap & Off-Shoulder Knit One-Piece Sets

It's not easy to tell, but the middle one is actually cream with a white pompom.

Ok, so, let's start off with the good!

These are INCREDIBLY cute little knit pieces.

I always love when Azone does delicate knits!

These particular sweaters are lined on the inside with a more sturdy fabric as well,

so they are not as delicate as they look!

The colors are lovely, and the fit is cute!

They do fit some bodies better than others though, let's take a look:

First let's take a look at Mio, the gal with the Large Bust!

(I have put my Mio torso on an L body)

I really like the fit of this sweater on her...

it works with the curves XD

Next up is Mia, on an M body!

Still a cute fit!

 Now for Miu on the S body!

Even on the S body, where it starts to bunch up a little,

it's still awfully cute looking... although none of them really were able to pull off the "Off the Shoulder" claim... the sweater would just pop back up again.

Now for the bad.

If you look at the pics above, you'll notice that the hats sit high on the head, and the hems on them are unrolled a bit... that's because of this:

The inside gathering of the hat fabric is not the most well done. It's lumpy and bulky, and pushes the hats up higher on their heads. If I didn't unfurl the hat hems a little, the hats would pop off all the time... which is a little disappointing.

I have other winter pompom hats that were made in earlier years from Azone, and they do not have this problem, so I'm wondering if it was just too rushed of a production schedule? Or maybe just the difference in fabric types? I don't know.

All-in-all though, not a huge deal, and the outfits still look super cute in pictures!

 

 

Happy Chinese New Year!

Is it the year of the goat, the sheep, the ram?

I've seen sheep getting a lot of play (cuz they're cute and fluffy XD)

so I'm giving the goat some props! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I'm not sure Miu is old enough to drink...
hehehehe

Friday Azone Update

  Time for Friday's Azone Update!

 

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New Pure Neemo Girls,

New outfits

and some good news for folks who missed out!

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Pure Neemo (1/6 scale)

 

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To celebrate the reopening of the Osaka store, there will be two exclusive dolls 

released in the Azone stores.

One will be exclusive to the Osaka store, the other will be available at all the shops for the affordable price of  9000 yen (roughly $90 USD)

Available on February 22, 2014

Majokko ☆ Himeno / little witch of starlight princess

 (Osaka Store Only)

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Majokko ☆ Miu  / Little Witch of the Water

(all stores... except online store) 

 

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 New Catalog Items

for 1/6 and 1/3 scale girls 

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Aren't these cute?

I have got to get my hands on...

uhm...

all of the 1/6 stuff in this collection XD

 

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Good News if you missed out on Aoto and Yuuta!

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Azone has announced a second release of these two boys!

No date on when they'll go up, yet, though!

 

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Azone Friday Update

  Time for Friday's Azone Update!

 

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The Tokyo Doll Show brings lots of Azone news!!!

Plus the next Lil Fairy girl's preorder info.

 

Also, January clothing lines are now up for preorder

on sites like HLJ, amiami and Hobbysearch

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This year at the Tokyo Doll show, Azone had quite a few dolls in store for us!

Not to mention a preview of upcoming outfit releases!

 

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February

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These two boys will be released in late February.

 Watch Rabbit / Yuta "Tea Party March" 

Reservations start February 13!

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Mad Hatter / Aoto "Tea Party March"  

Reservations start February 13

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March

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♪  Forest Girls / spring bunny Mia
Both will be released in late March!

Normal Sales Version: 

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March Outfits

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April

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 April Outfits

 *grabby hands* <--- this is my own personal reaction XD

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♪ Yui high school sophomore of 17-year-old is aiming to idle (provisional) will be released in spring!(She is 1/3 scale)

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Ex ☆ cute first 10 bullets at last!(which I think we can translate to us soon seeing the 10th Ex☆Cute themed series, lol)

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Ex☆Cute Pico Neemo Himeno has a spring release

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Ex☆Cute Pico Neemo Miu has a spring release

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A new girl will also be released in spring,

Ekkusukyuto family ☆ Mio!

She is the big sister of Miu and Mia 

 

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Lil Fairy News

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Lil' Fairy / Vel

  

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Price: ¥ 8,300 (roughly $83 USD)

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February 4, 2014 (Tuesday)

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What to do with those stains?

I recently received a Pure Neemo body with very stained lower legs.

Yes, I can hear your shouts and cries now.

"Oh no! What are you going to do?! That Pure Neemo is ruined, Heather!"

Ok, so maybe you weren't shouting and crying...

maybe what you were really thinking is,

"OMG... where is she going with this already?!"

I wouldn't blame you, lol.

Anyhow, I decided, since the legs were already ruined,

I'd try drawing on them with Sharpie.

YES.

SHARPIE.

It's like the most big, bad taboo "no-no" word in doll history,

and I uncapped it and colored it all over this doll's legs.

 

Don't skewer me yet, hear me out.

The legs were already ruined, right?

 

So I was wondering if the hard plastic of the Pure Neemo

body is going to react more like softer My Little Pony plastic,

or if it's going to react like Munny plastic 

(in which you are encouraged to color on them in Sharpie)

Only time will tell... but in the meantime,

however long or short that might be,

my gal has some pretty cute leg tats.

Enough wordy-wordy,

on with the pics!

 

On the left is a leg showing the original staining...

the leg on the right had staining just like it, but Harry kindly covered it up.

I couldn't just leave the other side stained, so it got a little Patronus XD

Evidently, Yuzuha could care less. LOL.

Prue: Good to see ya all again!

Prue is really getting herself a new look, LOL!

All the Tinies are belong to us!

Don't ask why...

but I brought all the Neemos, as well as the other Japanese 1/6thers

and put them all on my desk.

I think my pneumonia is getting to me.

(although, technically, I should have a pic of the Misakis in here too)

So, here's EVERYONE:

You can actually see two of the Misaki on the left, and my Blythe... those guys always sit on my work desk, so they were just hangin' where they always do.

Here are my three Sahra A La Mode girls, left to right:

Alisa, Yuzuha and Anna (Lycee)

Here are my two Pipi-Carat girls, Left to right: Peapod and Carrot

Here are all my Ex Cute girls:

Left to right, starting in the back row:

Smiling Chiika, Miu #1, Aika

Kana (Chiika), Sabrina (Lien), Luna (Raili)

Miu #2, Himeno, Alice (Koron)

Squeak (Chisa), Pip (Pico Neemo Koron)

The K-On girls :)

The Character Girls, although the Oriemo girl on the far right doesn't belong to me, she's just visiting, and my two Madoka girls are missing, as they are off in California visiting :)

The Mamachapps :)

The Unoa Light

and the three little Obitsu cuties.

The blue and black haired girls have Retrograde faceups,

the red haired "Mini-Me" has a combo of decals and face painting by me.

So... there you have it.

My desk full of tiny folk, dragged along with me in my pneumonia delirium.

Weehoo!