I do not understand the appeal of Latidoll Lati Yellows.

They all look like depressed bobbleheads to me. And why do the special edition ones command such ridiculously high prices [at least double their initial price tags] on the secondary market? Do they shit diamonds? Is that why they look so uncomfortable -- because they have extremely hard substances moving through their excretory systems?

The dolls go in; the dolls go out...

They eat your bank account and spit it out.

In BJD news, Nathaniel is leaving, and Béatrice [that's bay-ah-TREECE, the French pronunciation], a Tinybear Bonbon, is arriving in partial trade. As I've mentioned before, while I do have 1:3 scale dolls, 1:6 scale is my first love. Swapping a 1:3er for a 1:6er benefits me, as well as the buyer darthmissy, who is extremely excited about having a Volks Emma.

I now have a nice chunk of change in my Paypal account, some of which will go toward bubble wrap and s/h for Nathaniel [who is going unstrung in a large flat-rate priority mail box to save on shipping], the rest of which will go toward...

Jareth: "...My wardrobe, obviously! You'll have enough to get me everything on my wish list and then some!"

FLE car: "STFU noob. $350.97 of that is mine."

Theophany: "Yeah, plus she still owes Andrea $106.50 toward me. Wait your turn, person who cost an ungodly amount of money to put together!"

Putative doll based on Elfdoll Doona Ryung: "Yeah, quit pissing and moaning! I don't even exist yet. I am definitely a higher priority than another pair of demandypants for you."

Me [thinking]: I should take a picture of Jareth looking at my checkbook with the caption "SOON..."

Béatrice as she is now

Here's a picture from darthmissy of Béatrice as she is currently. As you can see, she has very pale skin, a very pale wig and a very light faceup. I'll have to change her faceup and wig, at least to ones that really bring to life her lively smirk.

MINES!!!

With the money from the sale of Nathaniel that is not going toward paying the shit out of my auto loan, I made the first of three layaway payments on a bundle from the Crack Peddlar. Just so he won't feel excluded and therefore become too demandypants, I tossed in a long, center-part, bright pink, wavy wig for His Royal Pointyheadedness, but the bulk of the layaway is...

An Elfdoll Doona Ryung and a long, center-part, deep violent pink, wavy wig for her! Have I mentioned that I've admired the 60cm version of Ryung for years? And that I've hankered after the 20cm version [=Doona] for years as well? In any event, the best of both worlds -- Ryung in 1:6 scale and with faceplates! -- is coming home whenever I pay her off.

I have plans for mini Ryung [as yet unnamed]. To execute these plans, I'll need a Xagadoll Lara [we meet again, Mint on Card!], though I'm not sure what color resin she'll be. I will put mini Ryung's head on Lara's 27cm body. Since, as I have previously noted, Lara has a childish face in comparison to her mature body, Lara's head will go on mini Ryung's 20cm body.

Furthermore, I'd like to try sculpting a headback to make another head out of at least one of the faceplates. Then I can get another body, most likely an Illusion Spirit Spirit one because it is fucking cheap [hey, Mint on Card...], and get at least two heads out of one doll. A set of identical twins may result from this experiment.

And that, my rapt audience, is how the purchase of a single BJD actually ends up yielding three dolls.

BJDs: not only srs bzns, but also advanced math. :p