It’s been well over 3 months since Dollfie Dream DD Sakuya arrive at my home from HTDP Kobe After Event lottery … those of you who who read my blog after the Kobe doll party announcement probably remembered that I didn’t plan on adopting DD Sakuya at all, courtesy of Volks’ poor presentation of their Dollfie Dream (as usual), luckily I was able to catch one of the owner’s pictures with a Miruya wig before the after event lottery and that was enough to convince me that I must bring DD Sakuya home somehow.
I didn’t plan to wait this long before introducing DD Sakuya, but somehow I got pre-occupied with other tasks and I just couldn’t get to it. However, the fact that I took this long before introducing Sakuya doesn’t mean she isn’t important to me! On the contrary, I actually believe Sakuya is the most beautiful dollfie dream released “this year”!
Being one of the first two dollfie dream to come standard with DD III body, I was quite impressed with Sakuya’s ability to strike various poses and being about to stand on her own without a stand. However, I have came across a few people where they inadvertently broke some of the leg joints. Upon testing the joints myself, I have concluded that while the DD III has a much greater freedom of motion but since the leg joints on the DD III are much tighter than that of the DD II; and therefore, it is possible to bend the joints the wrong way (due to the improved degrees of motion) and cause permanent damage to the skeleton pieces (it’s just plastic after all). My conclusion is that while DD III is indeed superior than DD II in terms of pose-ability, however, one must be very careful when handling the leg joints on the DD III, even more so than when handling DD II.
Sakuya has such a beautiful face when you look close up to her, I seriously don’t know how Volks can possibly screw up her introduction pictures, they look nothing like she is now! It’s also very convenient to be able to bend the arm without having to pull out the secret joint.
While Sakuya came with a short wig, and I was never a fan of short wig in general; so I decided to get the same Miruya wig that my friend did. While they are located in Japan, they would gladly accept oversea order, which is a big plus since they have a very nice collection of wigs that are suitable for DD.
Soon after Sakuya arrived in August, I actually took her out to Chinatown for a photo shoot with twitter friends Tsunamidelta, Faustband and Anonymous_object, more on that in a later post ~ Here is a shot taken when we took a break at the nearby restaurant.
I guess that fact that I have delayed Sakuya’s introduction post by so long, she got to try out the my newly acquired Nikon D7000 first XD
That’s it for now, I really wanted to get the introduction of Sakuya out there before the Thanksgiving holiday end, which I am just about done. Hopefully I would have more time to do more photo shoot in the upcoming Christmas holiday ~
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She looks completely different, in a good way! I really like dolls with sharp eyes, (like Rin) but as you said volks promo’s were not convincing. Glad to see she is such a beauty, especially with a better wig.
Your collection of bishoujo is reaching epic proportions!!!
Keep up the great work, you really do bring out the beauty in the character models without sacrificing their original look.
Your comment just made my day! Since Volks’ almost always fail to highlight the true potential of their own dolls, I just sort of take it upon myself to do it for them. Besides, when I am interested in a character doll, I am interested in their character as a whole, so I very rarely want to change their default look…. so I have a tendency to try to seek out that inner beauty while maintaining their original look.
Sakuya does look lovely and with a face and make-up that looks like it can very versatile (though the light purple eyebrows might be a hindrance there if exposed with some various color wigs). She is a cutie though and quite oddly you don’t very often see her in DD owner photos (at least at the online places I usually visit).
Looking forward to more photos!
Sakuya is most definitely one of the beauty, I personally think she is the best package DD released this year. I do know a few people have Sakuya but you’re right, you don’t get to see her very often. Volks did a very poor job of presenting her, I am starting to wonder if Volks actually use a different/early prototype head to do their photoshoot since their promo shots almost never look like the end product!
Sakuya really looks great with that long wig you bought for her. It definitely looks better than her default wig, plus I love the various shades that show up in the longer wig. I’ll need to be careful with the leg joints on Saber Nero when she arrives now that I know they can be broken if manipulated the wrong way~ Definitely loving Sakuya’s look, especially since I absolutely love purple <3 Nice job introducing her!
Sakuya is definitely a beauty! Yeah, you got to be careful when handling the DD III, the knee joint is especially prone to pick up damage.
Sounds like Volks needs to hire you to do their promo shoots XD It seems like the initially underappreciated DDs tend to become gems after a minor change (like Airy) or just some good photos. I will now go to Y!JA to hunt for Sakuya head…
Hahaha, Volks is notoriously poor in doing their own promo shot, they really do need to hire someone who share the love for DD in order to uncover those hidden beauty. It’s true that Airy is under-appreciated due to her default eyes but that’s part of the fun for me to seek past Volks’ trick to identify those true beauty
Wow, the Volks pictures really did not do her the justice she deserved. I am glad her papa-san was able to bring her beauty to light.
Volks just fails miserably when they do their own product promo shots, I am even wondering if they even use the final product for photo or not since Sakuya look nothing like she once was!
Gorgeous, I also didn’t realized she is this good before see some pictures on Flickr and some blog’s review
Thanks for stopping by and leaving comment~ indeed Sakuya is like a hidden gem, has a gorgeous head sculpt that isn’t obvious by looking only at Volks’ website
She’s lovely
Congrats on your new girl <3 Is the second saber also coming in ? you have to make a new video with all girls, the one on youtube is so old ^^
regards and merry x-mas to you!
Thank you much :3 The Sabers are coming in Feb. next year so I might as well wait until then before I do the new video XD I have no clue what so ever on how I am going to fit everyone in the same space XDDDDD
Merry Christmas to you and your family as well
Congrats! Sakuya is really pretty, and I was missing seeing your posts!
after some months, finally I am confident to pose DDII the way I want. Looks like I will have to learn everything again with the arrival on Nero… Can’t wait for it!
Do you plan to do some post about the differences on DDII and DDIII, specially about the handling of the new joints?
Thank you :3 Sakuya is really a gem and I love her lots~ Missing my posts? How so?
I have been planning to do a DD2 and DD3 comparison but I didn’t really have enough material to go with, but now I have acquire a new aftermarket bust, I think I might just work on that post sooner or later~