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

davidd wrote:Did you custom sew the entire Big Humpty costume? It looks better than the little one!

Heck no. Angelberries, who I think left the doll community long ago, made the costume. It is very cute.

I also rarely bought L'Eggs, they WERE expensive.

davidd wrote:...I thought the egg-shaped plastic package would be fun to play with. (She said they were way too expensive, so I never got a L'eggs egg to play with.)

They were.  I think I only ever had the one, but I remember thinking it was neat.

The two Humptys are a great matching pair.

And so we reach Monomono. This will take a few days.

Djamilla is my backup mini me, as poor Valancy has gotten very fragile.

at Castel Nuovo - Maschio Angioino in Napoli, Italy

at Castel Nuovo - Maschio Angioino by TrueFan, on Flickr

in the ruins of Ercolano


in the ruins of Ercolano by TrueFan, on Flickr

Castle ruins in Italy! What an exciting start to another year of action-packed Action Dal photos!

You're setting the expectation level pretty high with a kick-off like this!

Is Djamilli a seasoned traveller?

She has become a seasoned traveler pretty quickly!

Always fun to see dolls out and about in touristy places, and I'm always curious to know whether the photographers get any comments from passers-by.

Alliecat wrote:Always fun to see dolls out and about in touristy places, and I'm always curious to know whether the photographers get any comments from passers-by.

So far as I know people don't make comments to me in Italy, but I don't speak Italian, so maybe....? And applecandy normally also has dolls and is taking photos, so that helps.

Elinor, one of my oldest and most favorite Dals, who arrived missing half a leg and gained a whole backstory.

Mine me dolls 5 by TrueFan, on Flickr

Cute little doll's doll!
That must be a PUDDLE headband...?

Alliecat wrote:Cute little doll's doll!
That must be a PUDDLE headband...?

Correct, that is a PUDDLE headband!
Applecandy made the mini doll.

Yay love for monomono! She looks beautiful in that wig and her little doll is so cute!

CatDragonStorm wrote:Yay love for monomono! She looks beautiful in that wig and her little doll is so cute!

Thanks! Here is Exemplar. I bought her from the Groove sample sale and I like to tell myself she is one of the original Monomonos.

Exemplar by TrueFan, on Flickr

As you see, she is wearing a monkey dress and monkey boots!

Is the monkey-themed costume her stock outfit?

Because... if her name is Exemplar, shouldn't she be an exemplar of her type, meaning complete 100% original stock?

Or... is she an Exemplar of the versatility of the type?

Oh my! You couldn't find a more fitting outfit for monomono! My EPs was a sample and her certificate doesn't have a number I don't know if that makes it more or less rare?

I'm afraid she is an exemplar of the versatility of her type! She's probably just one of the many Monomono who were left over when Jun Planning overproduced the first three Dals - but we'll never know.

Felicitations was my tenth Monomono who I was not supposed to be keeping. I got her cheap NRFB to customize, but she is the palest least orange Monomono I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot!).

My tenth Monomono by TrueFan, on Flickr

I got her parrot at Tuesday Morning. It came with an ugly little pirate girl and a sword, and the whole thing cost $2. They had two - I wish now I'd bought them both! But it was in another city I was visiting so I couldn't just run back and get the other one.

She does look spectacularly pale!

Yeah, nice parrot, too bad you didn't nab them both.

Hilma

quidditch 3 by TrueFan, on Flickr

That is a super-fun custom costume!

Marianne, my oldest Monomono, portraying the Ghost of Christmas Present.

Christmas Carol j by TrueFan, on Flickr

Marianne and Elinor are cousins.

cousinly love by TrueFan, on Flickr

Traditional Christmas nuts and fruits, I like the arrangement, and that miniature bent sapling chair is super cool!

Plus, Candy Canes! Gotta have those candy canes!

Pyrena's faceup has been modified.

A closer look at Psyrina's faceup 1 by TrueFan, on Flickr

She is a mermaid and my second doll in a wheelchair.

it's not too late to enter the PUDDLE contest! by TrueFan, on Flickr

Spring Picnic - one of my very first non-stock Dal purchases! January 2008!


Spring Picnic by TrueFan, on Flickr

To me, the impression of the overall look was 1870s era, but I'm by no means well-versed in such things, so it could be an earlier look. The multiple layers of skirts is reminiscent of the 1850s.

I especially like Hilma's hair. And the little parrot is cute. Did you stop at 10 Monomonos or are there more?