{"id":1798,"date":"2015-05-12T22:25:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T20:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eternalwinter.org\/blog\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2015-05-13T22:42:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T20:42:48","slug":"a-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/azone\/a-year-later\/","title":{"rendered":"A year later&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sorry that I haven&#8217;t replied to comments, I&#8217;ve had quite a busy week. I&#8217;m also leaving town on Thursday and I&#8217;m heading to Helsinki for the weekend (there&#8217;s a Dollfie Dream meet up on Saturday that I&#8217;m going to attend, yaay!) so I won&#8217;t be online much. Luckily next week should be a little easier, so I&#8217;ll have more time for doll stuff again. \u30fd(*\u30fb\u03c9\u30fb)\uff89<\/p>\n<p>But yeah, onto today&#8217;s topic. On May 7th in 2014, my first ever Azone doll arrived and she was a Mia. Now a little over year later, my newest neemo arrived and she just happens to be a Mia, too, haha~\uff08\u3000\u00b4\u2200\uff40\uff09I&#8217;ve been trying to hunt down the Osaka 6th anniversary Fluffy Bunny coordinate Mia for a few months now (I wrote an entry about her before: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eternalwinter.org\/blog\/azone\/osaka-6th-anniversary-doll\/\" target=\"osaka\">here<\/a>). Because I wanted to find one for a reasonable price instead of paying expensive eBay prices. In March I was bidding on one that had a price at about 15000 yen, but unfortunately I missed out on the auction&#8217;s ending as I was visiting my parents and it ended just as I was travelling back home. I was pretty bummed because that price was the best that I&#8217;d seen so far and wasn&#8217;t sure if I&#8217;d find another deal as good as that. (\u00b4\uff1b\u03c9\uff1b`) But lo and behold, a week later the same seller lists another Mia &#8211; of course I bid right away. And eventually I managed to win her under 14k, so it turned out to be a good thing that I missed out on the previous auction. Yaaay~ \u30fe(@\u00b0\u25bd\u00b0@)\u30ce<\/p>\n<p>The reason why Mana only arrived now is because I also bought another item from Y!J and wanted them to be shipped together. I also had some other auctions that I planned to combine if I won them&#8230; but eventually I just decided to have these shipped because I didn&#8217;t want to wait for Mana any longer. \u30fe(\u00b4\u25bd\uff40;)\u309d<\/p>\n<p>My pre-orders from QMagic and Sunnybobo on Etsy were also available to be picked up from the PO, so I opened those at the same time. I had some trouble with Sunnybobo, as I wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eternalwinter.org\/blog\/reference\/etsy-troubles\/\" target=\"sunnyb\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival001.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shoe boxes + Y!J box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival002.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shoes. The white &#038; blue package is from QMagic and the more colourful one is Sunnybobo&#8217;s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival003.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The black kitty shoes and bunny pumps &#038; boots are from QMagic, the rest of stuff from Sunnybobo. The white Blythe\/Azone shoes are wrong, I never ordered those shoes &#8211; I ordered white pumps with bows. (|||\u275b\ufe35\u275b.) And the 1\/3 size brown shoes are an extra pair, I only bought the mixed colour pumps. I&#8217;m waiting to hear back from the seller, we&#8217;ll see what she says.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival004.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">But now onto the Y!J box~ \u30fc( \u00b4 \u25bd ` )\uff89<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival005.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">All safely packaged!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival006.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mana and a B-type extra body. I found one for a good price so I couldn&#8217;t resist, I love this kind of cutesy sitting poses~ (*^\u03c9^*) \u2665<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival007.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unpacking~ (*\u2267\u2200\u2266*) There was a plastic wrapping with an unbroken seal on her box, I don&#8217;t think her box has ever been opened.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival008.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mana and her things.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival009.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shoes that came with her are HUGE. \u2211(\u00b4\uff9f\u03c9\uff9f\uff40*) I put them on Eru because the Lil&#8217; Fairy feet are a bit bigger than Pureneemo ones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival010.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">I had to photograph the white dress and bunny hat &#038; bag separately because they&#8217;re soooo cute!! \u30fe(\u0e51\u3181\u15dc\u3181\u0e51)\uff89\u201d \u2665 \u2665 \u2665<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival011.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">I compared the bunny hat to the kitty hats that I have. Thankfully it&#8217;s much bigger, so it actually stays on the doll&#8217;s head. This is the first Azone hat I own that doesn&#8217;t fall off constantly, haha.\uff08\u3000\u00b4\u2200\uff40\uff09<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival012.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then Mana herself~ \u2665 I love Mia&#8217;s sweet expression. (*\uff3e\u30ef\uff3e*)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival013.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">And a fullbody to show the lenght of her hair properly&#8230; because I went and cut it, ahah. (;\u00b4\u2200\uff40) I already have one Mia so I wanted to create more of a difference between them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival014.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">And some test shots~ (*\uff3e\uff3e*) \u2665 Here she already has her hair cut, but you can&#8217;t see it very well with the hat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eternalwinter.org\/azone\/arrival\/mana_arrival015.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" border=\"1\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">My two Mias and a better look at Mana&#8217;s haircut.\uff08*\u00b4\u25bd\uff40*\uff09I thought that shoulder-lenght hair would suit her well, and make her look different from Kotone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I love her, she&#8217;s so sweet and so are her clothes~ I also really love her hair &#038; eye colour. (\u00b4 \u25bd\uff40).\u3002\uff4f\u2661 Azone&#8217;s bunny girls are my weakness, haha! I gave the bunny hat and white dress to Kotori:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mizya\/17372818718\" title=\"Little ball of fluff by Mira, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7670\/17372818718_7a782bb971_o.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Little ball of fluff\"><\/a><br \/>\nSo cuuuute! o(\u2267\u2207\u2266o) \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sorry that I haven&#8217;t replied to comments, I&#8217;ve had quite a busy week. I&#8217;m also leaving town on Thursday and I&#8217;m heading to Helsinki for the weekend (there&#8217;s a Dollfie Dream meet up on Saturday that I&#8217;m going to attend, yaay!) so I won&#8217;t be online much. Luckily next week should be a little easier, so I&#8217;ll have more time for doll stuff again. \u30fd(*\u30fb\u03c9\u30fb)\uff89 But yeah, onto today&#8217;s topic. On May 7th in 2014, my first ever Azone doll arrived and she was a Mia. Now a little over year later, my newest neemo arrived and she just happens to be a Mia, too, haha~\uff08\u3000\u00b4\u2200\uff40\uff09I&#8217;ve been trying to hunt down the Osaka 6th anniversary Fluffy Bunny coordinate Mia for a few months now (I wrote an entry about her before: here). Because I wanted to find one for a reasonable price instead of paying expensive eBay prices. In March I was bidding on one that had a price at about 15000 yen, but unfortunately I missed out on the auction&#8217;s ending as I was visiting my parents and it ended just as I was travelling back home. I was pretty bummed because that price was the best that I&#8217;d seen so far and wasn&#8217;t sure if I&#8217;d find another deal as good as that. (\u00b4\uff1b\u03c9\uff1b`) But lo and behold, a week later the same seller lists another Mia &#8211; of course I bid right away. And eventually I managed to win her under 14k, so it turned out to be a good thing that I missed out on the previous auction. Yaaay~ \u30fe(@\u00b0\u25bd\u00b0@)\u30ce The reason why Mana only arrived now is because I also bought another item from Y!J and wanted them to be shipped together. I also had some other auctions that I planned to combine if I won them&#8230; but eventually I just decided to have these shipped because I didn&#8217;t want to wait for Mana any longer. \u30fe(\u00b4\u25bd\uff40;)\u309d My pre-orders from QMagic and Sunnybobo on Etsy were also available to be picked up from the PO, so I opened those at the same time. I had some trouble with Sunnybobo, as I wrote here. I love her, she&#8217;s so sweet and so are her clothes~ I also really love her hair &#038; eye colour. (\u00b4 \u25bd\uff40).\u3002\uff4f\u2661 Azone&#8217;s bunny girls are my weakness, haha! I gave the bunny hat and white dress to Kotori: So cuuuute! o(\u2267\u2207\u2266o) \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665 \u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[137],"class_list":["post-1798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-azone","tag-pureneemo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1801,"href":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions\/1801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}