Crossing over to the Dal - side...

After 1,5 year of being convinced that the only doll for me was the oversized pullip girls I finally opened up my eyes for JUN Plannings other dolls. More specifically, Dals. Dal comes from the same family as pullips and are Taeyeng (pullip's boyfriend) younger sister. She has a much more grumpier face than Pullip and have a shorter body. When Pullip is supposed to be around 17- year old, Dal is supposed to be around 13 year old.

So, after drooling over the Limited Golden Alice set I suddenly found myself doing my first impulsive buy ever - the limited Another Alice Clock Rabbit.

Pullip dolls? What's that?

My very first doll (as an adult) was a pullip. And now you might wonder "what on earth is a pullip?". Well, directly quoted from the brilliant world of Wikipedia a pullip is "a collectable fashion doll created by the Cheonsang Cheonha of Korea and was marketed by JUN Planning of Japan. Since the release of the original female doll in 2003, other lines of dolls have been added; the male companion dolls Namu(discontiued) and Taeyang, a younger sister to Taeyang named Dal and a miniature Little Pullip and Little Dal. Since early 2009, Pullip has been marketed by Groove of Korea".

In short, pullips are korean/japanese fashion dolls. However, as the more famous Blythe doll, pullips have also large- proportioned heads. Their eyes can both move and blink. They are also highly costumizable(is that a word??). This means that it is fairly easy to change their eyes, wigs, bodies and re-paint their face-ups. Since 2003, almost without exception, a new pullip is released every month. Each pullip release is unique and comes with different face-up, clothes, accessories and box than their previous releases. In addition to the monthly releases, limited dolls are released occasionally as well. Pullips are about 12 inches tall including their oversized head. The bodies are 9 inches (1:6 scale) which makes them similar in size as to both Barbie, Licca and Momoko dolls.

My first doll was the Rozen Maiden pullip Shinku. She is a popular doll due to her character from the anime Rozen Maiden and her price has increased a lot since I bought her in the middle of 2007. My Shinku is called Kajsa and has no resemblance to the character Shinku. I hadn't even heard of the anime when I bought her (or rather my sister bought her as a birthday present to me), and had no need for her to stay "in character".

My second doll was another pullip doll called Veritas. She was not a part of any collaboration, but a regular monthly released doll. She is dressed like an old- fashion- type captain of the sea and her name "Veritas" is "truth" in latin. My doll came quickly out of character when she arrived with me (another gift from my sister actually - this time a Christmas gift). I've named her Frida.

After these two I bought and sold two other pullips, but as they do not live with me anymore and have new loving homes now I see no point in mentioning more about them.