Beautiful girls! I recently got Cornice as well, and I just adore her.
I've wavered back and forth on Wind. I love that she sometimes comes with a bicycle, and her faceup is charming!
Do your girls have names? Wind has always struck me as a Fiona. Anyway, congrats and welcome!
Totally agreed, Kira. The older girls are all so well-thought out, from the overall vibe/concept right down to the tiniest details (earrings! a suitcase! little metal tools! a snake puppet!). They each have such a distinctive personality. Like Assa, for instance -- she is hands-down my favorite doll ever, partially because so many people were like "WTF?!" when she was released, but mostly because she's the most subversive, boundary-pushing Pullip they've ever made. She's queer! She has dreadlocks! She's wearing a mechanic's jumpsuit, for maude's sake. The Jun Planning designers were just like "F*** ALL Y'ALL" when they made her -- she is who she is, they don't care if you don't like her.
Something tells me that Groove would never take such a risk with a new Pullip nowadays. Apparently all the Lolita styles sell well globally, but ::yawn:: they get kind of tiresome after a while. I don't find myself interested in many of the newer Pullips because of that. The ones that appeal to me most are those that are startlingly unique.
I've wavered back and forth on Wind. I love that she sometimes comes with a bicycle, and her faceup is charming!
Do your girls have names? Wind has always struck me as a Fiona. Anyway, congrats and welcome!
(06-14-2013, 05:08 AM)KiraKira Wrote: It's great to see the older girls around--to me, they have a charm about them that the newer releases don't.
Totally agreed, Kira. The older girls are all so well-thought out, from the overall vibe/concept right down to the tiniest details (earrings! a suitcase! little metal tools! a snake puppet!). They each have such a distinctive personality. Like Assa, for instance -- she is hands-down my favorite doll ever, partially because so many people were like "WTF?!" when she was released, but mostly because she's the most subversive, boundary-pushing Pullip they've ever made. She's queer! She has dreadlocks! She's wearing a mechanic's jumpsuit, for maude's sake. The Jun Planning designers were just like "F*** ALL Y'ALL" when they made her -- she is who she is, they don't care if you don't like her.
Something tells me that Groove would never take such a risk with a new Pullip nowadays. Apparently all the Lolita styles sell well globally, but ::yawn:: they get kind of tiresome after a while. I don't find myself interested in many of the newer Pullips because of that. The ones that appeal to me most are those that are startlingly unique.