In Memory of The Brown Skirt

While I was going through my old entries here on my blog, I just realized that I haven't seen my brown doll skirt for quite a while. It's the skirt on the far right, as seen on this post:

It's a good and well-sewn skirt. I was planning to try it on Pocahontas but alas, it has gone missing.

Then I just recalled that when my nieces and other relatives came over for my sister's birthday last month, I shared some of my dolls and a few doll clothes and shoes for them to play with. It just so happened that we also opened a big box of care package from America, so the living room was filled with clothes-- human clothes. I guess, when they returned my things, the skirt was left behind. Then when my relatives cleaned up the living room, my doll skirt accidentally got bagged with the clothes they were bringing home.

I'm kinda bummed about losing this skirt. It was really a good skirt, and I don't even have a lot of bottoms. So I'm making this post in memory of the brown skirt.

Mimi was the first to model this skirt. Then Aurora also wore it some point but I didn't take a photo of her at the time.

You will be missed, brown skirt.

/Bah! I found the skirt on my bed. It was mixed up with my other stuff because I'm that kind of person that makes one side of the bed into a desk, haha.

My old doll collection photos

Remember this photo I posted here?

I used to store my dolls on my book shelf. I got more dolls afterwards, and I think it got really crazy on there.

My collection has gotten bigger since I took this photo.

I sat some of the dolls on my foldable table too.

I still aim to take a photo of my whole doll and toy collection, for posterity, but I'll be able to do that I think when I move my toys to my new place.

Mimi and Jenny

Meet Mimi.

I'm not even sure if her real name is Mimi, but she reminds me of the Juu Juu and Mimi dolls from South Korea, so Mimi it is. Her label at the back reads Saerowa, and I believe it's a name of a toy company.

I found her naked and her body has already fallen apart. I've seen her before at the thrift store but I wasn't interested at the time. I thought that because her body is falling apart, I could get her for a good price. I bought her for P50.

Finally at home, I examined the body. 

Her hair is thin but is in good condition. I gave it a wash because who knows what got in there, y'know.

Her legs were really yellow. I had to use acetone and elbow grease to remove the stain!

I was thinking I could just transplant her head to a different body. In fact, I bought a 2009 Best Friends Club Ink body for the transplant. Here is the actual doll:

2009 Best Friends Club Ink Addison

First, I took photos of Mimi in her own body:

So remember the doll clothes I thrifted which I was saving for my niece? Well, I changed my mind on 3 items: this halter top that is just too big but I can turn into a shirt, a maxi skirt, and the shorts with the pink belt.

The shoes from the Elly-chan fashion pack fits her really well!

I can bend her legs! No wire poking through the vinyl!

I like the shorts. It's so dainty and cute!

She can really bend her legs. Yay!

Here is Mimi's head on a BFC Ink body. She is wearing the room dress from Elly-chan's fashion pack and a pair of slippers that I got from a cheap lot of doll shoes.

The slippers don't fit her though. Regardless, her articulated ankles can make her stand on her own!

Her arms do not bend, but they are pretty easy to pose.

Another photo won't hurt!

Here is Mimi back in her old body. Her chest fills in the dress a bit too much but I can still close it at the back properly.

She's wearing Elly-chan's waitress outfit. It's too short!

Here is Mimi in an Elly-chan pink wedding dress. I took this in the dark because I wanted the photo to look creepy, haha.

Now meet Jenny.

I found her in this yellow outfit that reminds me of Thai monks! When I found her, I was just awe-stricken. I couldn't believe I've finally found a Takara doll of this size. I bought her for P150 which I think is a good price.

I threw that tattered fabric away when I got home. It even has holes.

Her hair was gross. It was sticky and the curls were awkward looking. Also I tried to bend her legs and the wires inside punctured them, ugh. This is what I don't like about this doll. Even my Takara Compact Doll has the same problem. (I will talk about that on a different post.)

I washed her and styled her hair to the best I could do, haha. But it wasn't enough, I guess.

I gave her curls on the side, but my god, her hair won't fall down. It just has a life of its own, haha! Volume, calm down, will you please!

I like how the curls look from this angle.

But it looks like box hair from the back!

I still like her though.

Here's Jenny and Mimi together. I like Jenny's body better because the colour is just uniform and the material used is much durable. Mimi's body falling apart earlier is an indication that the quality of the doll is much inferior. Plus her arms are made of a different material. It's definitely not vinyl.

Mimi's arms are shorter and her head is smaller. Jenny's hair is thicker and I'm just not afraid of her falling apart. However, Mimi can bend her legs which makes her more posable, and I don't think I want to attempt to bend Jenny's anymore because of the tiny punctures on her legs.

I'm glad I have them both though. They could play cousins.

/I think the Jenny doll I found is made back in 1981-1982 and is possibly the Jenny by Nice Claup doll.

From Yahoo Japan auctions
http://yahoo.aleado.com/lot?auctionID=k143829086:

So her hair is styled with volume like that, ha! I might restore it that way, now that I know. A vintage Jenny, who wouldathunk!

Quick thrift store update and Dr. Blythenstein

Ah! Yesterday I found a Jenny Takara doll at this Hong Kong surplus shop/thrift store. They had new arrival stuff and it was so timely that I dropped by because I was in the area. 

Jenny was wrapped in tattered yellow orange fabric. I lifted the fabric and took a look at the back to see the label. I read Takara Made In Japan. JACKPOT! I bought her for P150. I think the cashier didn't know she should cost more than that!

I also found some Gothic Angels dolls but their box is opened. I didn't take photos of those because they're ugly. Photo: http://fucknomhfanart.tumblr.com/post/27585278790/for-knock-off-week-i-bring-you-gothic-angels-x

It's the two-doll pack on the left and the dolls that sort of resembles Lagoona Blue and Cleo de Nile. Did I already say they're ugly? I saw them first before finding Jenny so I thank God that I left them on the shelf and moved on.

I also found a Littlest Pet Shop with a Blythe doll in a [dented] box. The cashier asks P280 for it. I didn't buy it because I don't collect Blythe dolls in this scale. I don't think I will collect Blythes but I can understand the appeal. Here is the doll set on Amazon, by the way: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Littlest-Shop-Travel-Blythe-Loves/dp/B0043WG6NG.

Speaking of Blythes, meat Dr. Blythenstein from Mexico! He has the most awesome customised Blythe dolls I've seen: https://www.facebook.com/dr.blythenstein. His yarn head dolls are so charming!! I want to try making a yarn head doll for myself. Here is a photo collage from his Facebook:

Dr. Blythenstein custom yarn head Blythe dolls

I can't pick which one is my favourite. They're all so cute!!!

Pics of Jenny later! I also have an imitation Jenny doll which I picked up at a different thrift store earlier. The maker is Saerowa (My sister read the characters on the back for me), not Takara so it would be fun to see the differences between these dolls! I think this particular doll is called Mimi. Pics of her coming up soon, too!