:: Volks Dollfie Dreams Discussion Room : Part XVI :

Nop, it was a lottery for Rin and Len Kagamine. I just checked my conformation e-mails to be sure, and they are about lottery entry, winning and final order conformation.

 

Oh, I guess I must have remembered wrong then... I somehow remember preordering him but must have mixed him up with another doll... maybe Snow Miku.

Edit: Ah, looks like I found someone to help me buy one from Dolpa back then (wow, it's been 6 years already?), that might be why it felt like a preorder to me!

 

How exciting! I wish Volks would rerelease more of the dolls that have crazy aftermarket prices

 

I recently went on vacation to Japan and visited the Volks store in Akihabara! Kaito's even lovelier in person.

 

Oh my, he is so handsome! Definitely looking even more forward to him now.

 

Thank you for sharing. He is so cute. I’m anxiously waiting for him. Also, I kind of regret not pre ordering his second outfit :p

 

I’m wanting to try for Yor this weekend but am getting nervous! I’ve never tried to order a doll from the international site. If I figured it up right, she should be released at 8pm on Friday EST, right? I want to be ready for the click war!

 

You might want to get some people to help you snipe if possible. A lot of big auctions and limited time buys are botted these days. It's hard for legitimate people to compete.

 

I got my new girl last month and I haven’t shared her yet. She is so cute.

She was brand new. She is a White Christmas Alna made in 2010

 

I don’t really have anyone that can help me unfortunately. My husband will be at work and no one else in my life knows anything about dollfies.

 

I'll have a go at getting Yor Forger later. I'm not optimistic given the Volks website usually displays the overloaded sign when there's the slightest chance there might be a lot of traffic. I wish they'd increase the server load like Lego do... they easily handled the Bricklink Designer sets sales frenzy last May.

My experiences with the Kaito preorder day was that I couldn't really get their website to work at all for the first hour, then I managed to get through, add him to my basket and go through the checkout procedure. I then went through the same to get his extra outfit.

I do have mixed feelings about Yor. I love the anime, but on the other hand I do already have a Dynamite with red eyes. I'm also suspicious of pleather outfits as they tend not to last. On the other hand, if I don't get her in the clickwar I might still be able to find her. As you can see in my avatar, I now have Mytyl. I missed out on her lottery last year but she popped up on Mandarake a year later (albeit at a significant markup).

Oh well, good luck everybody.

 

Good luck! Hopefully both of us will get her! From everything I’m hearing though sounds near impossible.

 

Did anybody get Yor or Arcueid? From 09:55 - end of sale the Volks site was inaccessible for me. How frustrating .

 

I was on the final step of order process for Yor for 40 minutes but it kept crashing not going to confirmation. Then it took me back to cart saying she was sold out. So disappointed.

 

Miku came home December 28th, and I have gone a bit crazy trying to find snow outfits for her. I managed to find a couple...with a hefty markup, oof, but I'm keeping my eyes open for more nontheless. I'm hoping to someday find her a Sakura Miku outfit. Not the doll, just the outfit.

In the meantime, here is a quick pic I took of Miku wearing the Fluffy coat outfit I managed to find for cheap. I'm so thrilled to finally get my grail vinyl doll!


Miku's Fluffy Coat outfit by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr

Ryu

 

I've ordered Yor. Now I'll have the mad scramble to try to find her other outfit.

Your Miku is really cute - I have that outfit but nobody's worn it yet. I liked the idea of getting this outfit as it's one of the few Miku outfits that doesn't have a lot of pleather/vinyl material in it.

I did recently acquire what could be Miku's rarest outfit. The price was high but it's an outfit I really like the look of. It should arrive this week and I've nominated Kizuna AI to wear it since she's the closest girl I have to an actual Miku. We decided we needed a standout outfit to take to conventions.

Incidentally, for anyone seeking Miku style wigs, the Dollpoint wigs in Miku melon green are fantastic. Here's DD Asuna (Titania) cosplaying as a Miku style Erika Sendo. The wigs are difficult to get hold of as they're only sold in store, but they do pop up for sale from time to time.

DDS Uzuki is wearing a Cotindoll wig. Their wigs are a superb fit on Dollfies and Smart Dolls, and they do a lot of styles in Miku colours.

 

My Buyee haul arrived. I don't have a Miku so Kizuna is standing in for her. Now I know which types of outfits suit my girls more, I've decided to focus on acquiring a few really awesome outfits, rather than many they might not want to wear much. First up is Miku's Ribbon Girl outfit. This set is just so amazing, and definitely worth every penny. The only downsides are that the shirt material is thin and the buttons are really fiddly. Also the necktie pin doesn't fit very well and I was paranoid it would snap. The socks and sneakers are super cute too, and it's so cool they thought of including a headphone lead.

Uzuki (on the left) has a new wig too. She is a little unsure about it, but loves the colour.

I have a lot of Dollfies now, but this pair are two of my absolute favourites after Towa [DDS Uzuki Shimamura Smile & Sweets version and DDS Kizuna AI].

 

Kizuna's sculpt is so cute as Miku!! I see it sometimes and I love it. Also ugh that Ribbon Girl outfit is adorable!!!

 

@Xiongmao, your girls are super cute! Ugh, now I want that Ribbon Girl outfit for my Miku!

I'm going to end up getting Miku some of the Cotindoll wigs, I love the idea of her being able to change her hairstyle.

Ryu

 

I’m very tempted to pre-order DDS Len, but I’m already waiting for Kaito and I’m afraid they will ask for the rest of the payment soon. But another DD boy is so tempting