A doll as often as I get around to posting..... 2022-2023

*cough* There are more.

Here is Tuppence, one of my few Dals on obitsu bodies.

Tuppence coffee or tea by TrueFan, on Flickr

Oh your little mermaid dal is lovely! Mermaids are my other obsession, I just unpacked my mermaid ornament collection which I haven't seen since four houses ago! I love seeing all the different characters you have created for your dolls!

Valancy is my mini me. She has travelled a lot, and her hair has changed from brown to mixed gray.

Monkey King 1 by TrueFan, on Flickr


Photos from the first Dollinquency by TrueFan, on Flickr

We will finally be moving on from Monomono. Here is a photo I took for Groove's My Favorite Pullip photo contest.

My Favorite Pullip Monomono by TrueFan, on Flickr

And here is a funny photo that is not quite all Monomono:

One of these things is not like the others by TrueFan, on Flickr

Your Mini-You is cute with her li'l eyeglasses!

Ah yes, hair changing from brown to mixed grey; I am familiar with the concept, albeit not so much in doll terms.

davidd wrote:Your Mini-You is cute with her li'l eyeglasses!

I worry about those eyeglasses sooo much.

Fun group photos!
Your mini-you is cute. The glasses are impressive. Sometimes it seems hard to find nice Pullip/Dal-sized ones.

Tuppence's wig has such a beautiful colour! I have never seen a wig like that before.

Mini-me is a great idea and the doll looks so cute!

Pearls wrote:Tuppence's wig has such a beautiful colour! I have never seen a wig like that before.

Jpopdolls used to offer what were essentially Monique wigs in different colors. That's where Tuppence's wig came from. The style is Kana Waves in the color Syma.

Natalie - so dramatic. This is Stage Left.

Stage Left by TrueFan, on Flickr

Exit... stage left! Heavens to Murgatroyd, is that name a Snagglepuss reference?

davidd wrote:Exit... stage left! Heavens to Murgatroyd, is that name a Snagglepuss reference?

Uh, no? Since I don't know what that is.

I briefly had the nickname of Stage Left in high school.

TrueFan wrote:

davidd wrote:Exit... stage left! Heavens to Murgatroyd, is that name a Snagglepuss reference?

Uh, no? Since I don't know what that is.

I briefly had the nickname of Stage Left in high school.

Stage Left - so "technical theater" was your specialty?

Snagglepuss, a cartoon character: https://hanna-barbera.fandom.com/wiki/Snagglepuss

Munificent was another Dal I wasn't keeping but kept.

Munificent Halloween birthday party by TrueFan, on Flickr

Both are pretty but Munificent's blonde hair & blue eyes are really striking.

Yeah...I think that's why she ended up staying.

Petrichor (Phoebe)

Happy Easter from TrueFan and Petrichor! by TrueFan, on Flickr

Oh wow, I want the orange stripped dress for myself! I will have to go check out Groove's competition and join in with this months theme. Once again amazing photos

The Halloween Birthday Party is adorbs! Coincidentally, I was thinking about Halloween birthdays earlier today. My brother's birthday is in October, and I was always a little bit envious that his birthday was in the Halloween month (exactly one week before Halloween... which never actually occurred to me until, like, right now!). I thought having a Halloween birthday was much cooler than having a Christmas month birthday like I have.

Although to illustrate how slow I am on the uptake, I never realized my own birthday is exactly two weeks prior to Christmas, so Christmas and my birthday always fall on the same day of the week. I can't believe that never occurred to me when I was a kid, or at any time until somebody pointed that out to me in the last year or two.

Anyway, Munificent with her spooky purple eyes and her Halloween-themed outfit is adorable. Is she still dressed that way?

Petrichor... now there's a name! I don't know what it means (I'll look it up), but it's cool. Of course, Phoebe is cool, too. I've always liked that name, I don't know why.

(Okay... 'petrichor' is a seriously cool word and concept! I didn't know there was a word for that! This forum is quite educational!)

Thirding the love for Munificent's dress, and adding that I really like Petrichor's wig. Petrichor was a new word for me, too

And count me as another December-birthday-person who thinks an October/ Halloween birthday would be much more fun!

Ha, well, I had the "stone" and the "ichor" concepts but didn't know how they went together, so I had to look it up too. I'm glad it's not, like, petrified blood, cos that would be a really icky name concept for a doll

January birthdays are just dead-of-winter un-cool and blah.

The beautiful Halloween dress is from Mota Doll's Clothing. Her stuff is so well made. She still has a couple of Dal things in her shop. (She seems to be taking a bit of a break.)
https://motadolls.com/

I love rain so when I first heard the word petrichor I knew I'd name a doll that one day.

Pinocchio is another under appreciated Dal. This is Nocchi in Angelic Pretty.

Pinocchio in Angelic Pretty by TrueFan, on Flickr

Here's an old photo story that includes some Pinocchio nose photos!
https://thedalhouse.forumactif.org/t2057-nocchi-quercus-and-liddell

The Nocchi story you linked to is pretty funny!

Are Q and L still an item? He seems kind of low-key and casual and... not really her type.

Then there's a link to another Nocchi story in there, an "arrival story" from 2010, that's really funny -- that scene with all the single guys using their best pick-up lines totally cracked me up! And the plot to clear the shelves worked a little bit too well!

I imagine clearing a shelf is even more challenging now, over a decade later!

This forum was a lively place back then, huh? What happened to everyone? Facebook? Or... old age?

Your story was amazing, I loved the line "dratted nose" I also loved seeing your collection, that room with all the Rozen maiden pictures looks like the perfect Dolly den! I haven't really paid much attention to pinnochios face before, some dolls are really swallowed by their character.

Thank you both! Pinocchio is definitely a gorgeous Dal eclipsed by her stock character.

What did happen to everyone, davidd. *shakes head*

I used to write a lot more photo stories. Read on if you want to know what happened with Quercus and his sisters, and Liddell:
https://thedalhouse.forumactif.org/t2555-quercus-s-andrew-s-girlfriend-part-1
https://thedalhouse.forumactif.org/t2557-quercus-s-girlfriend-part-2
https://thedalhouse.forumactif.org/t2558-quercus-s-girlfriend-part-3
https://thedalhouse.forumactif.org/t2592-things-turn-around-for-liddell

And, spoiler, here is Liddell (Mir) with Peaceable (Another King). I love how they are opposites but look great together.

Liddell (Mir) and Peaceable (Another King) by TrueFan, on Flickr

That looks like a wedding photo!

I'll definitely have to catch up on the saga!

Piha. There's is that orange dress again! I still plan to rechip and rewig her.

pumpkin! by TrueFan, on Flickr