New Girl

I just wanted to welcome the newest addition to my collection.

This is the Tangkou Girl - Gap Year.  Tangkou was the doll type that started my collection of dolls that are larger than what i consider the  typical dolls house scale of 1/12th.

She has a pretty face and eyes that change by pressing a button at the back of her head.  This photo shows my favourite eyes.  With each eye change, not only does the colour change, but so does the direction that the eyes are facing.

My apologies for not tidying her hair before taking the picture.  

She has a lot of accessories compared to a lot of the other Tangkou girls in my collection.  She comes with a hat, rucksack, sunglasses and shoes. and if more modern as well, sporting a t-shirt and jeans.

This picture shows her in her box.

All in all, I am very pleased with her.

I am looking forward to when I can have space to display all my dolls and doll houses on shelves so that I can enjoy them more easily.  At the moment, due to space restrictions, a lot of my dolls are having to stay in their boxes and my miniatures are scattered in a couple of different rooms.

Well, I am off again for now to have a read of some of the blogs of other people I follow.  I am still building up to starting to sew clothes for some of my dolls and I am afraid to say that blogs are one of my favourite forms of procrastination at the moment.

See you all again soon with an update :)

Two down, one to go :)

I am pleased to say that Pullip Noir has arrived.  I am so pleased with her.  I was worried as Pullip dolls are dearer than Tangkou.

Here she is...

There is a lot of detail in her clothing although her hair is a little tangly so that could be something that I will be looking into.

As you can see in the photo, she comes with a little teddy, stand, card, shoes and accessory for her hair.

Her eyes are a lot different to my Tangkou dolls.  Pullip eyes move from side to side and she can wink but, her eyes do not change colour.  She is soooo pretty though.

I would definitely think of buying a Pullip again.  Now she has arrived, I can state with confidence she is worth the cost and wait.

The only doll I am waiting for now is MSD Elsa.  I am hoping she will arrive by the end of February.

My only other idea for my doll collection this year then will be to consider purchasing a Hujoo doll, possibly the Hujoo basic that I can start from scratch to build up a complete character, but those plans will be waiting another day.

Fairy arrives

While I was at work today, Tangkou Fairy arrived.  I am relieved as my Pullip still appears to be missing in the system somewhere and there is no sign of Elsa.  I was beginning to be paranoid about none of them turning up and then my parcel arrived

She didnt look too pretty through the window of the box she came in.

But she is actually very photogenic.  She has a removable wig which looks and feels a lot better than the hair on the dolls I have previously bought.

And the blushing on the body looks good too.  Her wrists feels a little more difficult to pose but all in all she is lovely.  I will be making new clothes for her though.

She also has magnetic horns that I have not photographed yet.  I will take more pictures another day to show these.

Waiting update

The bad news is... I am still waiting lol.  I have no news except things are no further forward in my dolls arriving.  But that can be the drawback of hobbies sometimes isnt it? To get exactly what we are after, we sometimes have to order specially, and that can mean waiting longer than we would ordinarily want to.

This is my Tangkou Aussie, she is quite photogenic and I thought I would share her again.

I must admit, I have been looking round on the websites again and am hoping to start saving up for another Dollzone doll called Miss Kitty.  She is very pretty and looks so different from the others I have been considering.  I have been looking at images of her that other people have posted of her not just the promo photos and she seems photogenic.  Looks like I am saving again.  

That Monday Feelin

Unfortunately, I have been feeling wiped out all day so I am unable to show any mini progress so I thought that I would share one of my Tangkou dolls that I do not think I have shared yet.

But first, I am going to admit to being a little naughty... I am currently awaiting 3 dolls.  They are all on order and I am feeling a little impatient.  Details of the dolls are as follows;

1. Tangkou Fairy
2. Pullip Noir 2012 Regen
3. Elsa who is a dollzone MSD

I am looking forward to them arriving and taking photos.

Now with that admitted, I am going to show one of my Tangkou dolls that I have not yet shown.  Today is the turn of the Tangkou doll, Chinese.

She seems more sophisticated than the others somehow.  I am presuming it is the clothing.

The one this I would say is that her hair is harder to keep looking nice than the others.  She does suffer with the same weakness at the others however, and that is that she can be quite difficult to pose realistically.  She is lovely though and I am glad to have purchased her.

The one positive point of Tangkou dolls is that they do seem to be good value for the money.  They are a lot cheaper than similar makes of doll on the market.  I am looking forward to when the others arrive so that I can start comparing the different makes.

Tangkou Heaven

It has been a very chilly day today.  I only left the house long enough to sort out buying cards and even then I was glad to get back home.

I spent some time sorting out my Tangkou dolls today.  I was mainly looking at my Italia doll.  Since I bought her last Christmas, I have always slightly overlooked her as she is so similar to one of my others, the main difference being clothes.

She is still pretty though

Her eye change is better than the France doll, which seems to get stuck on one colour every time.

Unfortunately, I then made the mistake of looking online and there are more releases coming out. I must admit here that I did not do very well as I have ordered the Fairy doll.  She looks very pretty and according to the description, she has a removable wig and horns held with magnets.  I am going to be very interested to see what she is like when she is released at the end of December.

Catching up

Hi again everyone,

First off I would like to apologise for it being so long since I last posted anything. Today I am just going to give a quick catch up with everything that has happened recently.

First off, I have a job and I am loving it.

Then I have recently had another new arrival and here she is.

She is the vampire Tangkou.  Her hair is a lot longer than I thought but, I am very happy with her.

Today I FINALLY managed to make it to my local Dolls House Shop.  I found another new bookshelf that I don't have a photo of but, it is normal looking and unstained wood.  I also bought a tiny floral bowl which I am using in my 1/24th cottage and a 1/12th first aid box and fruit bowl.  The fruit bowl is going in the terrace house and the first aid box is for the pet shop.

I am now off to have a catch up with everyones blogs.  It looks like everyone has been so busy recently.

Expanding Interests

Doesnt time fly?  This year is going by so fast and I cant believe how long it has been since I last posted on here.  My mini time has gone haywire the last few weeks.  My time hardly seems to be my own and I have been having problems finding time where I can just sit and do my hobbies.

Today I would like to start off by introducing new additions to my home.  They are Tangkou dolls.  Both are 1/6 so not my dolls house size but, I love them.

The first doll is the Aussie Tangkou.  My apologies because I do not think my photos do her justice.

I think these dolls have very pretty faces.  Also, their eyes change colour by pressing a button on the back of her head.

Next is the England Tangkou.  She is wearing a very feminine dress in contrast and has longer hair.

The eyes can also be kept closed with a different button press.  The eyelids have patterns on.  This is the England Tangkou eyelids.  I really need to find fitting names for them both now.

Tomorrow, back to minis but today I just wanted to share another of my hobbies.