Ah! My Goddess Skuld (VOLKS UFS Doll series, 1999)

[Tasuke]

https://ah-my-goddess.fandom.com/wiki/Skuld

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skuld

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_My_Goddess!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakura_Wars

https://sakurawars.fandom.com/wiki/Sakura_Shinguji

https://myanimelist.net/people/2467/Kousuke_Fujishima



1999 VOLKS Ultimate Figure Series Character Doll from the classic Kosuke Fujishima Manga/Anime series,
just freshly updated to a new OBITSU 26 body, (MEDIUM bust, NATURAL skin)

and given a smart new fashion update, courtesy of yet another Fujishima classic,
Sakura Shinguji's Imperial Flower Troupe uniform from the esteemed SEGA game series "Sakura Wars"















original 2001 TAKARA Sakura Shinguji doll from which the costume was derived;







original 1999 TOKYO DOLL SHOW-exclusive VOLKS UFS doll, in two packaging variants;

[Tam I am]

I still kind of boggle over the fact that instead of improving their 1/6th scale dolls, Volks just discontinued them.

[Tasuke]

indeed, these companies can be rather scatterbrained much of the time.

for example, VOLKS had initially established their "Dollfie" branding, some time around the late-90's/early-00's, for their 1/6 UFS doll line, of all the things;

[Tam I am]

Yup. I can remember when Dolfie were little plastic dollies, and eagerly accepted on the forum I don't name. Then came "Super Dolfie", and the doll world got hit hard by dolly bigots.