Nendoroid "damage" at work

I work at a friend's shop once a week, today they had a new shipment... Could I resist the Nendoroid?


Can you say no to this knife face? No. ^^;

My friend's Ryu comes to save the day....


Ryoko versus Ryu ROUND ONE, FIGHT!


Ryu: Hadoken!


Ryoko swiftly and gracefully dodged the move, so Ryu tries another move... Stinky Foot!


Ryoko: Ewwww! *Ryu's leg drops off on cue*



Omake ^^;
Hadoken versus sharp knife, who will win?


Before actual shooting started, Ryu lifted some weights to buff himself up ^^;


Non related stuff:
Some nifty shipment came in, which included this Batman & Bat-Pod figure thingie, I felt the artwork looked familiar and it turned out it IS my favourite artist Masakazu Katsura's work ^^; Feel so dumb for not realising it sooner :P (as in the moment I saw it)


fan girl squeeaaallll :P


Kakoii!!!


Near end of the day I borrowed this from my friend (aka boss).. Difficult game desu ^^; I cannot get the last piece right lol other attempts resulted in a few pieces misfited ^^;


Thanks for peeking ^^/!

Tutorial: Halloween Paper Hand Puppets

Wow time flies, it's Halloween already! I still recall the first Halloween tutorial post which was inspired by puchicollective. :) This year, I have a simple one to share too!

For this small tutorial, you will need to have access to a colour printer (preferably), paper, scissors and craft glue or double sided tape.

This template will fit blythes, Licca and dolls with similar sized hands.


1) Save this template onto your computer, and print it out using a picture editing program.



2) I included a blank outline version so for those who only have a black and white printer can choose to apply their own colours. For this demonstration I will only make 2 hand puppets from the printed colour versions, if you have coloured the other 2 images you can make all 4 at once. If you decided to just make 2 from the coloured version proceed to step 3.



3) Turn the print-out over and have the back facing you, and apply the adhesive (either craft glue or double sided tape) where I have it marked blue on the image as shown below. The main thing is to only glue around the part where your doll is going to stick her hand into.



4) When done applying the glue or tape, fold the glued area onto either another piece of paper, or if the printed paper you have has enough space on the side or bottom, you can fold in the direction as seen fit. Example as seen in image below.



5) When the glue is dried or if you're using double sided tape, cut around the ghost/pumpkin, and carefully open the bottom of the puppet, and your doll is ready to rock it out with her new puppets!







You can have the hand puppets "stand" on their own as minature Halloween decorations too!


Hope you and your dolls enjoyed this little tutorial, and have another fun and safe Halloween!

Hagu gets a new body

I came across a friend's flickr photo and realised that the obitsu body has a new type of body, and I liked what I saw, so I bought a couple off ebay to sample. ^^



After some thinking, I decided Hagu (my Honey and Clover "fan art" doll) would be the new recipient of the new 25 cm body ^^! Just realised that her blush had faded a bit over time (oops) hope to find time to reapply soon ^^

So here are some comparison pix of the new and old body:
The new body has soft bust and torso, the latter I didn't know about so it was a surprise. My only concern with soft rubber parts is sometime they tend get stained by dark clothing easier. But that hasn't happen yet -- I rarely put dark clothing on my dolls.

My older obitsu body came with a bald head, some neck parts which I never use, and some spare hands, the new body comes with a couple neck parts and a few hands as well. I think the older type of body these days do not come with the head anymore -- from my most recent search on ebay.


Different elbow joints - the new joint is easier to bend for elbows, but for knee it's a bit harder to bend to desired positions.


Front of knee joints


Side of knee joints - I noticed that the older body has more visible seamlines compared to the new one.


Similar pose ^^


Hopefully this entry is for some help for people who are considering to get obitsu body for their dolls. Thanks for reading!

Nendoroids outting part 2

Continuing from my earlier news post on dannychoo.com, we bring you more pix from the great outdoors with my current 2 Nendoroids...

Haruhi don't lick the berries! (Nendoroids are quite a handful huh -- or maybe it is just Haruhi?)


Oh noes Pastel ink is lost?!


Pastel ink couldn't find us for a moment and she got really upset...


Thankfully she managed to find her way to us, cheered up very quickly lol


Trying to find some people around... Too bad they're too busy to be curious lol


Near by is the fountain which is always on, even in winter ^^;


Too bad Pastel ink is a bit washed out/blurry in this one, was using a smaller point and shoot to take some blind shots ^^;



Pastel Ink, stay still for a picture! :P


Don't wander off without telling me okay?


I like how it seems like Haruhi is directing Pastel ink chan to look at the camera lol


Constant balancing act


Near the end of the photo session came across this... Hippie car? Pastel ink chan was not very willing to go too near it, she told me she saw doll legs on the car o_o;

Nendoroids outting

After I read this news article by Danny I really wanted to try to enter, but at present I only have 2 nendoroids... As much as I like figures, I think I cannot justify having a large collection of them just yet, with dolls at least I could make clothing for them, eventually sell some clothing and "pay them off", but with figures... *scratch head*

Nevertheless, I took my 2 nendoroids (I have a third one on pre-order) with me to work at the shop (in a Mall) I help out with once a week, and took some pix! :P Sweet Pastel Ink chan waited with me for the bus ^^ I was a bit early and thankfully bus was on time today. ^^



At da shoppu, there are some of the good smile figures tempting me...


Have a break, have a nendoroid by the fountain...


Take 2


After a long day at work, went to have Pho ^O^ Here are the girls waiting for the Pho...


Thanks for peekin! ^^

Atelier Matin glasses

I have a lot less time to play dolly this year, but once in a while I really could not resist getting something (usually made by others) for them.  It could be also because I feel guilty towards them for not giving them as much attention as last few years, but it certainly is enjoyable to get something nice for them! :P

The mail loots of the day....


Take note, this pair of glasses is extremely tiny! A quick measure tells me it's about 3 cm wide ^^; It is carefully hand made by Matin san, owner of Atelier Matin in Japan ^^/! You can see his works on his Flickr and if you wish to acquire his goods, you can join his yahoo group for latest news. Be warned tho his glasses are very popular, they're always sold out really quick!

I had the great pleasure to meet him when I went for the Blythe Beauty Contest last year :)  Too bad I was probably having cold feets so I did not talk to him (and many others) enough ;_;!

Wonderful pink rimed tinted shades :D so exquisitely made!


I personally feel that Matin's work is definitely like the branded goods in the dolly world :) he also made this tiny little Ray gun being held by the custom Blythe in the postcard below :)