Anyhow, I finally got around to reposting Aysel's arrival/box-opening thread from DoA onto this blog. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season, and started off the new year on a good note. Cheers, and enjoy!
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I never thought I'd get Rowan, my Yo-SD Kakeru a twin. But a few months ago, I stumbled back into the BJD hobby after a few years of hiatus, and fell in love with a Dolpa 30 photo of Chika's 2nd release as Cyborg 003. I thought I was too late to place an order for her, but she was still available! After almost two months of waiting, she's finally home.
And she arrived in the nick of time... One of my college friends just passed away from cancer earlier this week, and her arrival gave me something to look forward to. While Aysel can't close the void, she has helped make things a little easier to bear. So in a way, she remains a little super hero in my eyes.
I actually opened her box after work, so the lighting was horrible. No nekkid photos or bubble-wrapped mummy unfortunately (or fortunately in her opinion). So instead of posting the initial box-opening photos, I'll just include the daytime photos - most of which I took this weekend :)
Just got home from picking her up from the USPS in downtown Honolulu
Green Yo-Box
Papers and instruction book.
The goodies!
Cyborg uni.
Superhero boots!
*squuuueeeeeee*
Swooping in, billowing cape/scarf and all!
New shoes and socks!
Cute little bag ^^
Default wig fits under the hat, which has no give but is better than any hat I've ever worn on my person...
Dollheart - the detail blows me away!
Now time for the outfit that inspired this shopping spree... I was done for when I saw her in this outfit on Volks' website. Just had to buy the ponytail wig and yellow sneakers to match!
Replacing the default 14mm HG green glass eyes with a pair of 15mm Hitomiya gray glass eyes... Hate removing the hot glue that Volks is so notorious for using. ><;;
Not too sure which kid will get to wear these eyes (Aysel, or her big brother Rowan)... I have another pair Hitomiya eyes in green that I'm waiting for, so we'll just have to wait and see :)
Wearing an infinity scarf, fashioned from a hairband that my grandma knit for me a long time ago.
Just wanna hug her all the time :D
And finally, here's Toothless in a box. I have no cat, so a dragon will have to do!
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And that concludes the box opening. However, there are many more photos to come. After Aysel arrived, we traveled to Taiwan for a short vacation and met up with Rowan, whom my dad carried with him in his carry on from Philly to Taipei - just so I could bring the twins back with me to Honolulu. Needless to say, many pictures (of food, scenery, and resin siblings) were taken during our too-short family reunion in Taiwan.
Giving the rough 2014 year some closure, here's a cute photo of the twins watching the fireworks light up Taipei 101 on New Year's. Till next time!
Sincerely,
Nobody
