I brought along my Aimerai Mr. Snowman to help me open his new friend. (Not that he was much help, with those twig arms!) I did the pointless "Ooooh! The box!" photos. Not sure why we bother to take these pics, but for some reason capturing that box is like a moment of pride for us BJD owners. So, here we go:
Pretty much just like all other boxes, where all you can see is bubble wrap and papers.
And look at the papers! Isn't he adorable!!!!
Inside all that bubble wrap was the zippered pillow that he came is, made of a gold shiny fabric. Very nice and soft for safe doll travel. I'll be keeping that one. Taking him out was so exciting. He had wrappings on his tiny little arms and all three of his legs. :D And here he is! Look at that face!
Here is the side profile. You notice that the magnet is a little wonky. That happened when I put his head cap on upside down, and it pulled a magnet out. This has since been fixed by another happy accident.
I didn't order the fullset, so I did not get the 26mm eyes that would have come with. That's okay, as I didn't want to pay the extra for the face up, and the eyes weren't my favorite any ways. The largest eyes I have here are 20mm, which you see here. I love them actually. I think the glitter fits him, and I do like the buggy eye affect. I am still looking for some bigger eyes. (Bad pic below. Lighting is atrocious at night.)
I found 2 options on DoA. One is 26mm and in black. I do want the size, but I am not sure if I want the black for him. I do like the thought....They aren't too much, so I can get them and if I don't like them in the end, I can buy some more. It would go for a nice Halloween effect, but I really like the glitter eyes! 26mm are not the most common size to find, though maybe its because I haven't really ever had the necessity to look for some, so perhaps there are more options than I presently realize.
Okay, I love him. I really do. I am going to do a quick review on him, pointing out the good and the bad. One problem that I am also having with Mr. Snowman is it is SO HARD to get the head cap off. The resin is slick, and there isn't anything to grip. With Enfield, I am pushing it off through his eye holes. With Mr. Snowman I am carefully prying it up with my finger nails, trying to not A) chip the resin and B) bend my nail too badly, but there is no other choice.
Another thing about him that is strange is his stringing. I hadn't thought about it before I got him home, but he doesn't has a separate head, meaning that his joints must have a completely different method. And that they do. You get a second set of arms with him. I am not going to try and take the present ones off. The arm holes go straight through his chest, so you basically have a loop of very thin string that each arm hook onto with very small hooks that do not come off of the arm string. His 3 legs are done the same way. Its a loop that goes through the sides and back of his body, going through the leg joints and hooking on the feet. I don't really see much trouble in the sense that he isn't super poseable any ways, and I probably will not ever need to re-string him. But, it is odd.
These aren't really criticisms, more like observations. I adore this doll. His resin color is a very nice pale purple, a color I don't have. He is cute, unique, and really not that expensive to begin with. I'm just thrilled to have found a monster BJD! Now, what to do with his face up?
