Hello and welcome to parte tres of thrifted treasures!
Since my last blog post I have shifted from languid student life to having an actual adult job, so my time for toys has decreased significantly. Even so I'm not planning on giving up and alas - here I am!
I have not been able to rummage through thrift stores as much as I would like, but luckily nothing stops me from treasure hunting at my dad's place! He's quite the hunter so treasures keep on coming even if I don't move a muscle ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
In my childhood Hello Kitty was more so known for primary colors rather than pink, which is evident in this finger puppet trio from 1988. I cannot believe in how good condition these figures are despite their age! The Kitty herself, the mother (named Mary, I believe) and the sister Mimmy all seem brand new. I know for sure that the set is missing at least the father, both grandparents and three of Kitty's friends but I don't really mind - I'm already glad to have both the sisters (sister power!).
Zizzlinger princesses are always very very very welcome additions to my collection and I'm super happy to announce I got two more! Secondary outfits are my weak spot and Cinderella's mice-made pink dress is one of my all time favorites. So cute! So glittery! I really need to get my hands on a wedding dress one.
These tree stampers are causing me a bit of trouble. I know for sure that they are legit in my pocket merch by MEG but I can't find any information about in my pocket stampers ever been made. Any knowledge on the subject is sincerely welcome. Apparently puppy in my pockets come with a yellow stamp and jungle in my pockets with a green one.
I recently noticed that the Dolci Preziosi surprise egg pencil toppers (that I adore and collect with a passion) come both painted and non-painted (i.e. are just the right colored plastic). After this revelation I decided that I like the painted figures more just because they look better quality-wise but the figures that I had for toys before all this manic collecting and am not willing to pass on are all plasticky ones. So apparently I am now collecting both versions. The right side Clefairy and Pichu are panted and the left side figures are not. Which ones do you prefer?
Also, I noticed that Topps Pokémon figures can have color variations too. Uh oh. The Chatots in the background are clearly painted with a different shade of yellow and black/grey. I have no idea if this is common in Topps figures but as far as I know I haven't run into any differently colored figures before. For now, I'm keeping both and thinking that the other one is an accidental makeshift shiny ಠ◡ಠ.
I also got my hands on two electronic Pikachus that were made 15 years apart. The skinny-chu is a happy meal toy from 2011 and the chubby-chu is a Hasbro toy from 1997. Can you guess which one's still working? Light, sound and all (hint: it's not by McDonalds).
What else. Finnish summer has been sorta rubbish/ sorta ok thus far but I managed to compensate for the lack of photography sessions by putting my loyal Wacom tablet and Photoshop back to use. I also finally started watching Sailor Moon Crystal if you couldn't already tell. Moon prism power maaaake-up!
Until next time fellow sailor senshis! (and other people too, I don't mind if you don't enjoy magical girls [...much]).
✿Tuuli
