{"id":1136,"date":"2014-11-27T13:28:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T11:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eternalwinter.org\/blog\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2014-11-27T17:32:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T15:32:03","slug":"early-christmas-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/azone\/early-christmas-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Christmas present"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eheheheheheheh~ (\u00b4\u2200\uff40) \u2665 I ordered myself something cute as a Christmas present and the package arrived today. As usual, I made a box opening and took some silly extra photos as well. But first, here are the box opening photos…<\/p>\n
A box~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Lots of bubblewrap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Now you can see a bit of what it is, haha – still a lot of bubblewrap, though!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
It’s Usagi-san Miu from Azone, eheh~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Yay!!! \u30fe(@^\u25bd^@)\u30ce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\n

The box had been opened, but all of her stuff was still originally packaged and she had her hair-protection-wrap-thing on as well. I think the doll may have been taken out once and then put back in.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
Miu and all of her stuff~ I didn’t know that she comes with normal, uhh, shoulder parts. I don’t mind the flection shoulders, but I guess some people would prefer to use these for aesthetic reasons? I prefer better poseability, ahah.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Oh my god my heart — she is SO cute! \u30fd(\uff1b\u25bd\uff1b)\u30ce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
I love, love, love her blue eyes! This version of Miu was a must because of the eyes~ \u2665<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then a small “story”… because she’s Kotone’s little sister. \uff08*\u00b4\u25bd\uff40*\uff09 \u2665 
\n 
\n
\n\u3055\u3066… \u3053\u3053\u306f\u3069\u3053\uff1f\uff08\u2312\u25bd\u2312\u309e
\n… \u5bff\u7483\uff1f\uff01\u03a3(\u30fb\u0414\u30fb)!?
\nNow… where am I?
\n… Kotori?!<\/em><\/p>\n


\n\u3042\u30fc\uff01\u304a\u59c9\u3061\u3083\u3093\uff01( \uff9f\u25bd\uff9f)\/
\n\u307e\u3042\u3041~\uff01~(\u2070\u25bf\u2070)~
\nAh-! Big sister!
\nOhh~!<\/em><\/p>\n


\n\u5bff\u7483\u3044\u3043~\uff01\u4f1a\u3044\u305f\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3067\u3059~\uff01(\uff89\u2267\u2200\u2266)\uff89
\n\u3042\u30fc\uff1f\uff01\u03a3(\u309c\u309c)
\nKotoriii~! I’ve wanted to see you~!
\nAh-?!<\/em><\/p>\n


\n\u304a\u59c9\u3061\u3083\u3093\u306f\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u5bc2\u3057\u304b\u3063\u305f~\uff01(\u00b4\uff1b\u03c9\uff1b`)
\n\u304a\u59c9\u3061\u3083\u3093… \u307e\u3060\u3046\u3055\u307f\u307f\u3092\u88ab\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u304b\uff1f\u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068\u6065\u305a\u304b\u3057\u3044… (^^\u309e
\nBig sister has been so lonely~!
\nBig sister… do you still wear rabbit ears? It’s a little embarrassing…<\/em><\/p>\n

A bit later…<\/p>\n


\n\u304a\u30fc\u304a\u59c9\u3061\u3083\u3093\uff01\uff01\u30fe(\u00b4\uff65 \uff65\uff40\uff61)\u30ce\u201d
\n\u3075\u3075\u3075~\uff01\u3046\u3055\u307f\u307f\u306f\u5bff\u7483\u3092\u3088\u304f\u4f3c\u5408\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u306d~ \uff08*\u00b4\u25bd\uff40*\uff09
\nB-Big sister!!
\nFufufu~ Bunny ears suit Kotori so well~ 
\n <\/p>\n

Yeah, so this is Kotori.\uff08*\u00b4\u25bd\uff40*\uff09\u2665 She’s Ex\u2606Cute Komorebimori no Doubutsutachi Usagi-san Miu. In Japanese: \u3048\u3063\u304f\u3059\u2606\u304d\u3085\u30fc\u3068\u3053\u3082\u308c\u3073\u68ee\u306e\u3069\u3046\u3076\u3064\u305f\u3061\u266a \u3046\u3055\u304e\u3055\u3093\/\u307f\u3046. I’ve been hunting down this particular version of Miu since April or so… before I seriously started looking for one, I had no idea that she’s so difficult to find on the secondary market – at least if you want to buy her for a reasonable price. So it took me several months checking various (mostly Japanese) websites daily looking for one that didn’t cost a fortune and was in mint condition. I’m really particular about the condition of the hair and clothes, but I don’t mind any damage to the boxes since I’m not a collector-collector who only keeps them in boxes. <\/p>\n

But yeah, there were a few good deals occasionally on Y!J or so, but they were either on days when I gave up looking OR they were listed, like, on Friday evening and the auctions ended on Sunday. (~_~;) I have no means of transferring money to my PayPal\/credit card on weekends. Basically every other Pureneemos they listed for sale on every possible days of the week, but the few Usagi-san Mius were ALWAYS put up for the weekends. Always. So I was quite bitter when I had to sit back and watch the auctions end… and I was especially bitter when I’d taken one day off from stalking, of course she popped up for sale and then somebody had already managed to buy her before I noticed that there even was one for sale. \u30fd(\uffe3\u0434\uffe3;)\u30ce<\/p>\n

So I’ve been going quite insane trying to get one… well, there’s been one for sale at 42000yen for a long time, but I thought that I’d rather not pay that much, considering the original price for these dolls is around 12000yen. But after so many failed attempts (I’m sure I’ve missed out on her five or six times during these past months) I started thinking that I don’t even care anymore, I just want to get her home because I’m so tired of doing the daily stalking. And when I was close to deciding to buy the really expensive one, behold– Usagi-san Miu popped up at Mandarake for 30000yen. So I snatched her up right away. I just don’t have the energy to keep stalking for cheaper deals… and well, they’ve usually been around 25000yen anyway, so it’s not like I ended up paying a lot of extra compared to that. Especially since she slipped through customs, eheheh, luckyyy~ \u2665\uff08\uff89\u00b4\u2200`\uff09<\/p>\n

It was my first time ordering from Mandarake, but everything went smoothly… I’d emailed the Nagoya staff once before asking about Usagi-Miu so I was familiar with contacting them in case I needed help. But I finished the check out with no problems, received the invoice on the next day and had five days to complete the payment. Once I paid, they shipped her out the same day – and she arrived in Finland in two days ’cause EMS from Japan is pretty fast most of the time. And as you can see from the photos, she was very carefully packaged and in great condition. (*^\u25bd^*) They’d listed her as “unsealed, box damaged” but I didn’t really see any damage on the box, lol. <\/p>\n

That’s pretty much all I had to write, I think… I’m sooo happy to finally have this cutie home! \u3002(\u2312\u2207\u2312\u3002) And Kotone is happy to have her little sister here, too, haha~ Sadly we’re still having gloomy rainy days, but hopefully this weekend the weather will get better and we get some snow, so that I can take Kotori out for a proper photoshoot~ ( \u00b4 \u25bd ` )\uff89 She does have an actual coat, after all.<\/p>\n

I posted one photo in flickr already:<\/p>\n

\"White<\/a>
\nShe’s so cuuuuute! (\uff89\u2267\u2200\u2266)\uff89 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665<\/p>\n

Oh and because I’m a linguist (nerd), I have to talk about her name! \u30fe(@\u00b0\u25bd\u00b0@)\u30ce I wanted a name that would be similar to Kotone since they’re sisters. And Kotori can mean “a small bird”, so I figured it would be an appropriate name for a younger sister. But for the kanji, I didn’t want to make the obvious choice, ahah… and I chose the writing “\u5bff\u7483”. The first kanji is the same as in Kotone’s name, and if I’ve understood right, it means long life or something along those lines. And the latter part is the kanji for lapis lazuli, which is a beautiful blue semi-precious stone. I thought that it’d be really appropriate for her, because she has those pretty blue eyes that I love so much, haha~ (\u00b4\u30ee`)<\/p>\n

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Eheheheheheheh~ (\u00b4\u2200\uff40) \u2665 I ordered myself something cute as a Christmas present and the package arrived today. As usual, I made a box opening and took some silly extra photos as well. But first, here are the box opening photos… Then a small “story”… because she’s Kotone’s little sister. \uff08*\u00b4\u25bd\uff40*\uff09 \u2665    \u3055\u3066… \u3053\u3053\u306f\u3069\u3053\uff1f\uff08\u2312\u25bd\u2312\u309e … \u5bff\u7483\uff1f\uff01\u03a3(\u30fb\u0414\u30fb)!? Now… where am I? … Kotori?! \u3042\u30fc\uff01\u304a\u59c9\u3061\u3083\u3093\uff01( \uff9f\u25bd\uff9f)\/ \u307e\u3042\u3041~\uff01~(\u2070\u25bf\u2070)~ Ah-! Big sister! Ohh~! \u5bff\u7483\u3044\u3043~\uff01\u4f1a\u3044\u305f\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3067\u3059~\uff01(\uff89\u2267\u2200\u2266)\uff89 \u3042\u30fc\uff1f\uff01\u03a3(\u309c\u309c) Kotoriii~! I’ve wanted to see you~! Ah-?! \u304a\u59c9\u3061\u3083\u3093\u306f\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u5bc2\u3057\u304b\u3063\u305f~\uff01(\u00b4\uff1b\u03c9\uff1b`) \u304a\u59c9\u3061\u3083\u3093… \u307e\u3060\u3046\u3055\u307f\u307f\u3092\u88ab\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u304b\uff1f\u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068\u6065\u305a\u304b\u3057\u3044… (^^\u309e Big sister has been so lonely~! Big sister… do you still wear rabbit ears? It’s a little embarrassing… A bit later… \u304a\u30fc\u304a\u59c9\u3061\u3083\u3093\uff01\uff01\u30fe(\u00b4\uff65 \uff65\uff40\uff61)\u30ce\u201d \u3075\u3075\u3075~\uff01\u3046\u3055\u307f\u307f\u306f\u5bff\u7483\u3092\u3088\u304f\u4f3c\u5408\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u306d~ \uff08*\u00b4\u25bd\uff40*\uff09 B-Big sister!! Fufufu~ Bunny ears suit Kotori so well~    Yeah, so this is Kotori.\uff08*\u00b4\u25bd\uff40*\uff09\u2665 She’s Ex\u2606Cute Komorebimori no Doubutsutachi Usagi-san Miu. In Japanese: \u3048\u3063\u304f\u3059\u2606\u304d\u3085\u30fc\u3068\u3053\u3082\u308c\u3073\u68ee\u306e\u3069\u3046\u3076\u3064\u305f\u3061\u266a \u3046\u3055\u304e\u3055\u3093\/\u307f\u3046. I’ve been hunting down this particular version of Miu since April or so… before I seriously started looking for one, I had no idea that she’s so difficult to find on the secondary market – at least if you want to buy her for a reasonable price. So it took me several months checking various (mostly Japanese) websites daily looking for one that didn’t cost a fortune and was in mint condition. I’m really particular about the condition of the hair and clothes, but I don’t mind any damage to the boxes since I’m not a collector-collector who only keeps them in boxes. But yeah, there were a few good deals occasionally on Y!J or so, but they were either on days when I gave up looking OR they were listed, like, on Friday evening and the auctions ended on Sunday. (~_~;) I have no means of transferring money to my PayPal\/credit card on weekends. Basically every other Pureneemos they listed for sale on every possible days of the week, but the few Usagi-san Mius were ALWAYS put up for the weekends. Always. So I was quite bitter when I had to sit back and watch the auctions end… and I was especially bitter when I’d taken one day off from stalking, of course she popped up for sale and then somebody had already managed to buy her before I noticed that there even was one for sale. \u30fd(\uffe3\u0434\uffe3;)\u30ce So I’ve been going quite insane trying to get one… well, there’s been one for sale at 42000yen for a long time, but I thought that I’d rather not pay that much, considering the original price for these dolls is around 12000yen. But after so many failed attempts (I’m sure I’ve missed out on her five or six times during these past months) I started thinking that I don’t even care anymore, I just want to get her home because I’m so tired of doing the daily stalking. And when I was close to deciding to buy the really expensive one, behold– Usagi-san Miu popped up at Mandarake for 30000yen. So I snatched her up right away. I just don’t have the energy to keep stalking for cheaper deals… and well, they’ve usually been around 25000yen anyway, so it’s not like I ended up paying a lot of extra compared to that. Especially since she slipped through customs, eheheh, luckyyy~ \u2665\uff08\uff89\u00b4\u2200`\uff09 It was my first time ordering from Mandarake, but everything went smoothly… I’d emailed the Nagoya staff once before asking about Usagi-Miu so I was familiar with contacting them in case I needed help. But I finished the check out with no problems, received the invoice on the next day and had five days to complete the payment. Once I paid, they shipped her out the same day – and she arrived in Finland in two days ’cause EMS from Japan is pretty fast most of the time. And as you can see from the photos, she was very carefully packaged and in great condition. (*^\u25bd^*) They’d listed her as “unsealed, box damaged” but I didn’t really see any damage on the box, lol. That’s pretty much all I had to write, I think… I’m sooo happy to finally have this cutie home! \u3002(\u2312\u2207\u2312\u3002) And Kotone is happy to have her little sister here, too, haha~ Sadly we’re still having gloomy rainy days, but hopefully this weekend the weather will get better and we get some snow, so that I can take Kotori out for a proper photoshoot~ ( \u00b4 \u25bd ` )\uff89 She does have an actual coat, after all. I posted one photo in flickr already: She’s so cuuuuute! (\uff89\u2267\u2200\u2266)\uff89 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 Oh and because I’m a linguist (nerd), I have to talk about her name! \u30fe(@\u00b0\u25bd\u00b0@)\u30ce I wanted a name that would be similar to Kotone since they’re sisters. And Kotori can mean “a small bird”, so I figured it would be an appropriate name for a younger sister. But for the kanji, I didn’t want to make the obvious choice, ahah… and I chose the writing “\u5bff\u7483”. The first kanji is the same as in Kotone’s name, and if I’ve understood right, it means long life or something along those lines. And the latter part is the kanji for lapis lazuli, which is a beautiful blue semi-precious stone. 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