davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2025

[davidd]

That's awful about your camera disappearing from the shipping tub; do you mean, like, someone in the moving crew stole it??

What's a "mail-away plush cat figure"? 

Yes, my DSLR gear was apparently stolen during the move. The move was chaotic and the movers were disreputable at best and... it was a long time ago and I still get all worked up when I run across reminders of that process.

The Ashton-Drake Emily the Strange doll included a certificate that could be mailed in to receive a small black plush kitty figure. The kitty is visible inside the box in the photo. In my previous ex-perience with Emily figures, either the coupon was not mailed in (I believe there was a postage charge to receive the cat figure) or the kitty has been lost.

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17 October - A Doll A Day 2025:

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Pinky Street Messerschmitt Car

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Another "nostalgia buy," and I'm pretty stoked about this one: the Pinky Street Messerschmitt car.

Even back during my peak Pinky Street collecting days, circa 2005 - 2008, I could never bring myself to pay the necessary price to add this fun little set to my collection. Recently, however (it's 2025 now), while scrolling through Pinky Street listings on evilBay, I found this Pinkymobile listed for far less than what the going price was in The Olden Dayes, even with shipping! Factoring in twenty years of inflation, this was practically a steal -- the equivalent of about $19 in 2006 money... when back then they were selling for, like, forty or fifty!

And after all these years, it's never been opened!

Of course, that fact results in a dilemma: open it, or keep it sealed up as a memento of the fun times of peak Pinky passion?