Dollieh Sanctuary

((12/25/14))

i've a Goddess coming home for Christmas; (though a bit late, as she will arrive from Malaysia early/mid JAN.)




Belldandy, of Ah My Goddess! fame. there were blue and red versions available, i chose the blue.



being a late-90's TAKARA/YELLOW SUBMARINE product, her body, of course, will be the quite dismal (IMHO)
TAKARA JENNY design of the time, so an OBITSU BODY replacement will immediately be in order;

she showed up late yesterday (1/2/15) and i've only recently had time to mess with her. that lovely hair is a PAIN to work with!
first things first; get her over to a decent doll body such as the OBITSU i had for her, complete with undies. that wonky stock TAKARA body she arrived with simply will not do!!









there are all manner of gold-plated metal hoop rings meant to be attached to her outfit, a pair of hoop earrings, and a fairly hefty solid die-cast gold plated choker/necklace thing.
lots and lots of gaudy little plated metal accoutrements to finish her outfit up with before i can dress her back up with it all,
and a somewhat unclear series of instructions on how to do it all, tucked into the inner packaging.
she definitely is not a "plug and play" doll, i even had take some X-ACTO surgery to the base of her skull to make it more natural looking around where it meets the neck.

she's looking as sweet and lovely now as Bell-chan should, but it sure took a bit of somewhat scary work to get her there, to my personal impossible-to-please standards, anyway.
facially, she's certainly the most accurate three-dimensional depiction of a KOSUKE FUJISHIMA character i've ever had the pleasure of owning,
her darling little face really conveys the Fujishima look surprisingly well, IMHO...

Oh I know! I have her! I think I have the red one, but she isn't wearing her outfit. It's all packed up. I didn't replace her body, but that is a great idea! Nice to see this gorgeous girl!

the red version seems far more common, then and now. i had an old "PREVIEWS" comic shop catalog from the late 90's
that had the red version available for around $200, definitely no bargain at all by any standard. i paid around $80 shipped for mine, from HK. in any case, how do you have yours dressed? you have any pics?

Grats! She's a good find. And I always love your little underwear sets!

Great find - her face really is lovely

thanks, whomever had sculpted her face had really put their heart in soul right into it, and somehow managed to capture the Kosuke Fujishima look dead-on. a rare, rare feat for character dolls, then and now.

at any rate, i guess this will be the outfit she dresses in most often, as she seems quite find of it;

BTW; the same HK seller i got mine from still has copies available, at the same sale price i paid; http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ah-My-Goddess-B ... 27f469d16e

i just might have to find her one of these too, or make it myself;