#kandi_yaps

[kandiland2004]

Currently thinking about Jellyfish!!!

I love love love this series!!! In general i love a lot of the older penny’s box series, especially the fantasy ones! I got this girl as a Christmas gift last year and I have been utterly obsessed with her since then! I absolutely adore mermaid dolls (and anything aquatic themed tbh). I went into this series blind (but I was hoping for the green mermaid🥲) and I managed to get jellyfish on my first pull! Out of all the common designs she was my second favorite so I was super happy about getting her.

From my perspective jellyfish has a very ditsy and sweet personality. She’s very friendly and curious, but she often tends to space out and get lost in her own thoughts. She’s a bit air-headed as well and easily becomes distracted, but she makes up for it with her sweet personality and gentle nature. I think she’s generally also pretty calm and easygoing. This girl is one of the few dolls that I named immediately after I opened her!!! I ended up naming her Serena! I’ve always loved the name and it gives me a mermaid vibe. I think I was also partially influenced by Serena Von Boo from monster high😭 In a weird way jellyfish sorta reminded me of her. I think it’s mainly just because the personality that I envisioned for jellyfish sorta reminded me of Serena (but I was also rewatching all the g1 mh webisodes and movies around the time that I got her so maybe it was a subconscious thing?😭).

I have no real issues with this doll at all. Everything from her stringing, to how she poses, and the overall quality has been perfect!!! She holds poses really well, and her faceplate and hairpieces stay together really well too. I actually had a hard time taking it apart the first time I tried to😭 Posing her is also super fun!! She’s super poseable and her tail is pretty easy to work with. She’s one of those dolls that was just perfect straight out of the box. Which I definitely appreciate! But I do sorta wish that her jellyfish theme was embraced more. Aside from her jellyfish hair decoration (and maybe her dress?) nothing about her really screams jellyfish to me. It would’ve been so cool to see a more obvious jellyfish theme for her! I’ve seen a handful of jellyfish bjd’s and they’re always so cool looking. I loveee jellyfish dolls, I wish we would see them more often. Especially from more affordable options like penny’s box!

Overall I really love this girl! I have her displayed on an old mh doll stand and every single time I see her on my shelf I have to take a moment to just stare at her! She’s truly such a gorgeous doll and she’s brought me a huge amount of joy in the time that I’ve had her!!!

I’ve also been trying to get the other girl I wanted from this series, the green mermaid, Leaf. But I’ve had a hard time finding her complete for a decent price secondhand. I was going to get her from Kika a while back but I had the same issue that I had when I was trying to Leopard wave from them. Which was that they had low stock and were therefore trying to charge me an insane amount to get her. AND WHEN I SAY INSANE I MEAN IT!!! A single doll from this series goes for $30-$35. But kika was trying to charge me over $100 for her!!!💀 As much as I want Leaf and adore her design she is nowhere near being worth over $100😭 I actually managed to find another collector who was selling their Leaf for $35 and I was so excited about it! I thought I got lucky. Until they basically ghosted me💀 I’ve reached out several times, hoping to get a response. But it’s been about 3 weeks since they’ve replied to me so it’s looking pretty hopeless right now. Hopefully I’ll get lucky and they’ll respond or maybe I’ll find Leaf for sale elsewhere for a decent price. Either way I just wanna get her!!!😔💔 Wish me luck y’all🥲

[kandiland2004]

CURRENTLY THINKING OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE DOLLS!

I absolutely adore this series! Fierce puppy is definitely one of my favorite designs from the series. Currently I have three of the six common designs. Which aside from fierce puppy includes snail gear and scarred violence bunny. I’m very fond of almost all of the common designs of this series, I think they’re pretty adorable! I’m still trying to get leopard wave, and I’m thinking of getting Lace cat paradise. Funnily enough despite her name I don’t think fierce puppy comes across as very fierce. From my perspective she has a more subdued and almost sleepy vibe. I think it’s mostly just her expression, with the eye bags and sorta blank face she doesn’t read as fierce or even moody to me. I still really love her and her whole vibe. But I do wish they made her match her design name and made her look more fierce or moody, especially since scarred violence bunny has pretty much the same expression. Sadly this girl is another doll that I don’t have an official name for.(╥﹏╥) I plan on officially naming all of my girls soon though!!! This series is another series that has such cute art! I adore the style and colors so much!!! I wish they would’ve made merch or something with the art, the character cards are cute and I definitely appreciate them, but there isn’t much you can do with them.

[kandiland2004]

I managed to get this girl secondhand last week!!!

Leopard wave was the last one from the epets s1 common designs that I wanted. Once she arrives I’ll have four of the common designs and I think that’ll be it for my epets collection. I’m super excited for her to arrive!!! I’ve been trying to find her secondhand for a decent price for agesss. I could have bought her from kika but I wasn’t too interested since the price they gave me was kinda high (apparently their stock is low and that’s why it was so high). I originally wanted lace cat paradise as well but I’ve since changed my mind about her. She’s a pretty doll but sadly I’m not 100% in love with her so I can’t justify getting her.

I’ve also seen some of the stuff for epets s2 but I haven’t been too interested in them tbh. After seeing the art and early sculpting stages the main one I wanted was the sea bunny girl and I also was interested in the wolf girl. But after seeing pictures of their prototypes I just haven’t been too impressed. I’m hoping that maybe I’ll feel different after I see more photos. Especially because I was extremely excited for the sea bunny girl (I have an obsession with aquatic themed designs). But I wasn’t super pleased with her face or the way her hair piece looked. I loved her outfit though! I did kinda wish that her top was a bit more fitted but that would be an easy fix. Her face and hair just put me off. And when it comes to the wolf girl I wasn’t super pleased with her outfit. To me it looked a bit cheap and there’s something about it that’s throwing me off. I can’t tell if it’s the shape of it or the way it fits on her, but either way I’m not interested in it. I do really like the wolf girls face and hair though, so far she’s super pretty!! The other designs were pretty interesting in the art and early sculpting phase, but their prototypes haven’t interested me at all lol

I’m hoping that with better pictures I’ll feel differently but if not I’ll be skipping s2. Either way I’m still super happy with my s1 dolls and I’m happy for everyone who’s enjoying the s2 stuff we’ve been shown so far! From what I’ve seen a lot of people are showing love for the new designs and that’s been nice to see!

[kandiland2004]

CURRENTLY THINKING ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE DOLLS!

I love love love this series!!! Snail gear is my favorite out of all the common designs! That’s mainly just due to her color palette and snail theme though😭 From my perspective she gives off a very ditsy and sweet vibe. Like she’s very air-headed and lost in her own head most of the time but also friendly and kind. This girl is one of the few dolls that I’ve actually named. Her name came to me pretty quickly just because of her colors and vibe. I ended up naming her Peony. I think it suits her, especially since I wanted to name her something nature based because of her colors and snail theme. She reminds me a lot of Mitsuri from demon slayer, I think it’s mainly because of the pink and green hair though. I will say that I had a really hard time dressing her when I first got her. Her shorts were a bit annoying to get on and her belt was a headache. It kept loosening and not wanting to stay in place no matter what I did. It was so irritating that I ended up just hot-gluing her belt to her shorts just so that I didn’t have to keep adjusting it😭 That was the only issue I had with her though. I do really wish that she had some more snail motifs, or even nature themed ones. As it is it isn’t super obvious that she’s snail themed. Overall though she’s one of my favorite dolls in my collection and i’m super happy to have her! I love just seeing her on my shelf, she always brings me joy.

[kandiland2004]

Currently thinking about Moka Lolo!!!

I loveee this girl so much!!! I bought her second hand right at the beginning of the year and I’ve been obsessed with her ever since. I was a huge fan of her design when this series first came out, but I just didn’t have a chance to get her at that time. I feel super lucky and happy that I found her when I did, she was one that I wanted for ages! From my perspective she has a very bubbly, playful, mischievous, and energetic personality. I liked her original name so I kept it and I just call her Moka. I absolutely adore the style of this doll, and the style of the older Bonnie girls in general! I especially loveee the proportions of the doll and the way that her face is stylized. I have no real complaints about the doll. Since I bought mine secondhand there’s a few paint chips on her hair pieces and her stringing isn’t the best, but that doesn’t make me love her any less! She was clearly well loved in her previous home and that makes me happy! I have thought about redressing her, but sadly I haven’t found a clothing set that I think suits her. I’m still looking for the purple girl from this series and one girl from the sweet heart party line, but I doubt I’ll find them since I’ve barely spotted any listings for them😭

[kandiland2004]

Currently thinking about Saki!!!

I got this girl back in march but I waited awhile to take pictures of her since I wanted to mess around with her and gather my thoughts on her. But now that I’ve had her for a while now I can say that I absolutely adore her! I was a huge fan of her design the second that I saw her but after having her in person that feeling has just skyrocketed. From my perspective she has a reserved personality, i don’t think she’s shy though more so just quiet and observant. Her design reminds me a lot of Homura from Madoka Magica. That was actually what initially drew my interest! I will say that despite how fond I am of her I do have some minor complaints😭 Firstly I’m not a fan of how there was no guide on how to style her bangs to look like the promotional pictures, I just eyeballed it and hoped for the best. But any guidance at all would’ve been helpful, I think that mine look’s alright but it was such a headache to do. Secondly I have noticed some quality issues. Her hat came with a ton of loose threads and came way too tight to fit on her head. When I first dressed her I tried to gently push it onto her head and it actually broke at the back so now it’s super loose, and I don’t even bother trying to have her wear it. I was initially pretty bummed out about it but I don’t mind too much now. Her dress also had a bunch of loose threads that I had to trim down and it doesn’t feel super high quality either, but I like her design a lot so I don’t plan to redress her just yet. Lastly the dolls stringing is a bit iffy, her arms don’t hold poses well and her legs are super tight so she’s a bit kicky. OMG AND I HATEEE THE MATERIAL HER GLASSES ARE MADE OF!!!😭 Despite all that though i love her a lot! She’s pretty unique compared to my other dolls and I just adore the way her face is stylized, I hope that we get more from this studio!! I actually originally bought her as an early birthday gift to myself, funnily enough though she arrived way before my birthday!😭

[kandiland2004]

Currently thinking about Moonlight Sleep…

She’s definitely one of my favorite dolls! I love her vibe and aesthetic. From my perspective she gives off a very serene and dreamy vibe. I think that although dolls from this series tend to have quality control issues and difficulty posing I’m still incredibly happy with her. Sadly I’ve yet to give her an official name, but I’m sure I’ll think of one soon. Calling her Moonlight Sleep all the time feels so silly and strange😭 I also just adore the art from this series, it’s absolutely adorable! I wish they made merch with the art.