This won't apply to a lot of you, but for those of you on here who do collect, please take the time to check out the following website: Lady Saiyuki Copying Dolls? It compiles information taken from multiple sources, including Den of Angels, Mint on Card, and Asleep Eidolon, regarding the fact that this dollmaker has blatantly made minor modifications to an existing company's sculpt and claimed it as her own.

Why am I posting this? Because the word needs to get out. Copying is a serious issue in the fandom, and LadySaiyuki is not doing herself any favors by calling foul on everyone else but herself when the evidence is so overwhelming. Asleep Eidolon has confirmed that it is a mod of their Pear sculpt, and Mint on Card has confirmed that LS bough two Pear heads from them before she began sculpting this new doll.

I'm kind of pissed about that because I've had a fair amount of dealing with Mint on Card. I bought my first doll- a Fantasy Doll Kemi- from them at the first ResinCon, before they had their website even set up, and I've bought from them in-person and by mail. They've always been personable, kind, and very friendly. They are the official US dealer for Asleep Eidolon, so she had to go through them. LS slinging mud at them is grossly unfair, as they are merely translating and protecting the products and companies they represent.

... this is some massive tl;dr over dolls, I know, but. Take a look at the first link if you're skeptical. The photographic evidence and EXIF data is pretty damning.




brb putting on moar clothes SO FUCKING COLD KADGKJADLKJAGFKKJ

My first post of 2009 is THIS:



A Felixdoll Brownie Adela Fullset. They're just like Pukis. This one retails at 25000yen on their website... and I'm getting it for 5000yen. Off Y!J. :3 Byebye Christmas money, hello adorable.

In other news, still unemployed. Ready to sub, applying for jobs left and right, getting ready to sell some doujinshi/doll clothes/anime cels/etc. for the spare cash. If anyone's interested in SD boy/MSD boy&girl/Yo&puki clothes, shoes, etc. lemme know. Also in doujinshi (rare hentai anthologies, tons of Trigun and FFVII yaoi).

Vista isn't as bad as everyone says it is. I loves my Vista laptop, I do.

If nothing else, I'm getting more active. Maybe I'm slowly crawling out of this rut I've been in. :D

:D I finally got a good camera! Kodak C633- Mom chipped in and I got the camera/photo printer bundle. And I FINALLY have good pics of Saki! :D

( She'll be even cuter when she gets her wig. xD Image heavy~ )

I swear I'm taking that piece of shit Polaroid camera back and getting a Kodak. My freakin' EasyShare 2MP did a million times better than this 5.1MP souped-up crap. >:/ You can't make out the good details, like her freckles and eyelashes and augh! Still... she's good for my very first try at a faceup. :3