I recently sold a bunch of stuff on ebay and treated myself to this fabulous Luts fashion for my SD boys to share. I just couldn’t resist it and the colors were amazing. It’s my first dollfie related purchase of 2006 and hopefully it will be worth every penny!

This reminds me that I should mention how disappointed I was with the selection of SD clothing I found in all the Volks shops while I was in Tokyo late last year. I visited 4 different Volks shops and I thought the Ginza one - which happens to be the smallest - was the nicest. The manager there was extra friendly & helpful and they had a good selection of sale items, but overall the selection of SD clothing at all the stores was disappointing. The web shops seem to have the best selection of stuff and unlike the Blythe, Licca & Jenny shops in Tokyo, there wasn’t much stuff made available from outside Japanese designers at the Volks shops.

I did manage to get a nice ZOZONE tote bag for my SD girl at the Shinjuku Volks shop, but that was all I came across that was cute and worth the money as far as designer SD stuff went. ZOZONE makes really fun fantasy themed stuff for Super Dollfies, but wings and devil tails are not really my thing. If you enjoy fantasy themed doll stuff you should really visit the ZOZONE site! They also make lots of cute accessories for Super Dollfies all with their bat design. I love bats and their accessories appeal to the goth/horror lover in me so I had to pick up one of their bags for my SD girl.

The ZOZONE bag I bought for Maki

The Akibahara Volks shop also easily had the best selection of Who’s That Girl? doll clothing and they were having a 20% off sale when I was there so I scored big time! Maybe the time of year (I was there in late Nov.-mid Dec.) made the selection seem slim due to lots of Christmas shoppers? It’s hard to tell since the Japanese don’t really celebrate Christmas like Americans do and people shop like crazy 24-7 in Tokyo on any given day of the year. If you’re traveling to Tokyo and have limited time there, I suggest visiting the Shinjuku, Akibahara and Ginza Volks shops, but skip the rest.

I finally got around to editing some of the shots I took of the doll shops I visited while I was in Tokyo. I still have some other photos I took with my 35mm camera which I need to scan, but at least I got some uploaded to my site.

Taking photos of the doll shops in Tokyo is not an easy task. I was stopped by clerks on numerous occasions and often came across “No Photos Allowed” signs, but I still managed to snap some quick pics.

Naturally the selection of dolls was amazing and you could find just about anything you can imagine there and more. I was espically impressed with the individual artist dolls I came across which cost upwards of $3000+ but you could also find great bargins on dolls at second-hand shops.

You can see more photos from the Tokyo doll shops I visited in the gallery.

I absolutely adore Luts’ Miyu. I would love to bring her home one day. I’ve been hording release pictures of her on my hardrive and thought I’d share some of my favorites.

I spent time with my Tadanobu (Isao Nanjou) over the weekend and finally took some shots of him wearing some of the Volks & Azone goodies I picked up while I was in Tokyo. I think he looks very sweet in the outfit I put together for him. I bought the little tin plane from a local Goodwill shop.

You can see the rest of the photos I took of Tadanobu in the gallery!