♥Belldandy♥ (Ah My Goddess! TAKARA, 1997)

[Tasuke]

((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;

[Tasuke]

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...

[zirconmermaid]

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!

[Tasuke]

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?

[Jobee]

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

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Great find - her face really is lovely

[Tasuke]

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;

[Tasuke]

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

[Tasuke]

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

[Tasuke]