irwin toys sailor moon find :)

a couple of months back my mum and i found a full set of irwin toys sailor moon dolls at a yard sale/car boot 

;o

i was so shocked and excited to find such rare dolls for such a great price.

 here they are, in pretty good condition for 10+ year old dolls. They still had all their earrings,tiaras and chokers which is amazing. The only accessories that are missing are sailor Venus's bow and shoes and all of the gloves (excluding sailor mars' gloves).

 as you can see here the absence of a missing bow.

 their hair was a mess total disaster, look at sailor mars for an prime example of bed hair  >-<

 here you can see sailor Venus's missing shoes  

 a nasty pink mark on Jupiter's leg. : {

 and a small mark on mars's ankle/

 here is a closer look at the gloves.

now to restore them :)

 top:after

bottom:before

now they look much better. for reference i removed the marks with acetone(thoroughly rinsing afterwards) and gave the girls hair a good brush and boil wash. i will eventually get round to making some gloves for them but that's a project for another day ! 

My pullips

Hello again, today's post is showcasing my pullip collection .

I will (eventually figure out how to) put this on a separate page on this blog soon, I also have new doll coming to join my girls but more on that in a a later post ;)

Now let me introduce my girls:

Here they are ! I don't keep any of my dolls in their stock outfits and this is what they usually wear, however I do change their outfits periodically :)

I added names to the same photo so when I talk about how they are connected to each other you won't get too confused ;}

Here is the family tree so you can see how they are/aren't related! I hope it isn't too confusing :) Yuki is the new girl who you will meet in an upcoming post !

I am now going to make a small fact file for each doll:

In order of arrival

ALICE

Stock name: shan-ria

Personality: Alice is cute,fun and an attention hog; but not in a bad way she is always the life and soul of the party! She and her sister,Lucy,round out each other so well. She loves to cheer up her friends and make people laugh.

BFF: everyone ! It's too hard to choose

Likes: pink,parties,cake and bunnies

Notes: Alice was my first pullip and has received a new wig

LUCY

Stock name: pullip Peter Pan

Personality: sweet and shy. Bashful and hard working she is the brains of the bunch and spends

multiple hours documenting the days adventures in her journal. However sometimes she does need 

someone to get her to come out of her shell.

Likes:manga,science,anime and sugar

BFF: Luna, they both share a love of comics and pop culture.

SOPHIA

Stock name: classical white rabbit

Personality: cute,sweet and a dreamer. Quiet and imaginative Sophia loves to delve into a good book. Although she may be a little shy she will speak her mind. She is super generous and loves to share.

Likes: books,flowers,pie and ramen

BFF: Asuna, well someone has got to keep her out of trouble!

LUNA

Stock name: SDCC exclusive toki doki superhero, super Stella

Personality: caring,excitable and loving. Although she may not look like it Luna is a comic book / pop culture addict, know a comic convention she will have attended it (or at least spent hours browsing its website). She will do anything for her friends.

Likes: comics,pocky,cosplay and pugs

BFF: Lucy, she will bring her out of her shell, eventually.

ASUNA

Stock name: pullip midnight velvet

Personality: creative,persevering and loyal. Behind her hard outer shell Asuna has a soft core and a heart of gold. An amazing guitar player she devotes her time to hard work and practice. Asuna is very protective of her friends and is loyal to the end. She also dotes on her younger sister Luna.

Likes: guitar,bats,meringues,kawaii characters and pranks

BFF: Sophia, she is so sweet and generous it takes Asuna to stand by her to make sure she isn't walked all over. Plus opposites attract.

So that is all my pullips so far !  Stay tuned for a review on our mystery girl Yuki :)