I confess that I have more blogs, online journals, and etc. than most people I know. Although I have many online aliases, I'm not even going to use one here. I'll simply be Nobody.
So hello, I am Nobody -
nemo, nada,
nihil.
But please, don't feel foreign. Call me what you want - I've been called so many names in the past, I really don't bat an eyelash when I get something new now and then.
Now that my introduction is done, I must introduce my buddy Thackery. Mainly, he's the reason why I set this place up. I know, just for him and my interest in BJDs: Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls. Funny I even got him in the first place, but that's a story for another time.
And in case you still aren't sure what I'm talking about - yes, Thackery is a doll. He is a Volks SD13 Tsukasa Konoe from Volk's Limited Edition Series called
Tokyo Shounen Monogatari (Tokyo Boys' Story.) BJDs isn't a light hobby, so those who are not serious in collecting should not waste their time complaining. If you are truly interested, you can go to
Den of Angels Forum, get a free account and start cruising the galleries and reading the FAQs to get a better idea. You can also drop comments in this blog for me, and I promise I will answer them to the best of my abilities.
For information just on Volks, the doll company that started the whole BJD stream, please see their
English international website. If you want to shop and you live in the US, please go to their
Volks USA website. If you can read and understand Japanese, feel free to visit
Volks' official database on all the dolls they have released. If you need help navigating the page, I may be of some help - but don't think I can translate everything. I'm not a Japanese translator. You can ask me relatively any question, and I can most likely point you in the right direction (be that a straight answer, or directing you to information obtained from the BJD community.)
About Volk's Tsukasa KonoeIn short according to Volks, Tsukasa lived in LA, USA since he was a kid (American-born Asian descent) and moved back to Japan to attend Junior High in Tokyo. There he met the rest of his friends:
Shirou Tachibana,
Isao Nanjou, and
Yukinojo Sawaragi. He's even friends with
Jun Tachibana, Shirou's little sister, who is also a part of the series. Basically, he and Shirou are best friends and they both really admire Isao, the cool guy. Yuki's not really a part of their group per say, but he is involved with all of them as classmates and maybe friends. Tsukasa, like Shirou, also cares after Jun like a second older brother - in return, Jun looks up to all of them. There is also
Olivia Morgan, who's also in the story, but she's not connected to any of them except to Yuki.
About Thackery[12.12.2011] See my blog post "Story Change" for more detail, but long story short, Thack's an American transfer student in Japan. He's 17 years old, a dad-hater with abandonment issues, and has two crazy best friends at school. He's got a younger cousin who's always trying to sabotage him, and another younger cousin who loves cats and won't let go of his leg.
I didn't say this life would make much more sense than his previous background story filled with angels, demons, and super mafias...
Moving on.
If you see the screencap on the right, that is what Thackery looks like in my mind (this is a picture of a Tsukasa Konoe taken from a Volks video documentary.) However, Thackery is still in his complete default form - and will be for some time until I can afford to get him clothes, jewlery, and a new wig that look like what's in the outfit here.
I will post new and old photo stories with him in them soon.
Sincerely,Nobody ♥
