I was recently asked this question and it made me think a bit. There are so many dolls that I have considered getting, and many of them are worth the time to save up for. Usually my stock answer is one of the dolls I’ve been wishing after for a while (Aztec Arrival or Mondrian), but then I really thought about it. If money were truly not an obstacle, I’d probably have a Parco.

For those who are new to the Blythe hobby, or don’t pay attention to older releases, Parco was the first Blythe produced by Takara. She was the first Blythe on a Licca body and she was a pretty little thing. She doesn’t come up for sale often, and is notoriously difficult to find with stock. And truth be told, if I had the funds I’d get her. Parco is like a piece of Blythe history. The popularity of Parco helped lead Blythe to what she is today, and I really like that. Plus, she’s rather fabulous.

If money wasn’t an obstacle, which stock Blythe would you get?

Photo by Becca/Blythetastic!

Dolly lotteries are interesting in that participants put their names in to win the opportunity to purchase a doll, not to win the doll itself. I remember way back when I was new to Blythe and I heard about these lotteries and I thought it meant that you won the doll. After all, that was what my experience with ‘lotteries’ was. Get a ticket, win a prize! Not put your name in, win the chance to fork up money!

Alas, that is often what gets done via Junie Moon for new releases from time to time. After they had experienced server crashes over people attempting to purchase a doll on a release day, I can’t blame them for trying something new. With the lottery, you have people entering in their names over a period of time, which helps lessen the strain on the website by having the same number of people access it over a longer period of time. And then you can just email out to people when they’ve ‘won’ and winners get a period of time before they have to pay for it (usually a couple of days).

There are some dolls, looking back now, I wish I had at least tried out the lottery for. A couple anniversary dolls (Red Delicious!) and, if I had the funds, Cherry Beach Sunset. At least if I had the opportunity, the doll(s) would be an option.

Have you ever participated in a lottery to purchase a doll? Who have you “won”?

It’s fun to make things! Part of what the winner of the BlytheLife.com’s 5th birthday giveaway will be a doll sweater (or two, or three… It really depends on how many I wind up making). I like small knitting projects like Blythe sweaters because they’re easier to carry around. The socks (for me!) that I’m working on this month aren’t that great as a travelling knitting project because it’s stranded colourwork and at one point, I need to have 3 balls of yarn. They’re a bit better now because it’s just one colour. Blythe sweaters are a bit better in that I just need one ball of yarn (usually, unless I’m doing stripes like in the romper above) and then I just go and knit. The great thing about dolly knits is that due to the size, it doesn’t take nearly as long to complete a doll sweater as it does to complete a pair of socks that fit my feet.

What have you made recently for Blythe? (If you haven’t crafted recently, what have you bought for Blythe?)

One of my favourite doll companions for taking along with me when I go for hikes or car rides is surprisingly not a Blythe doll. It’s not even a Middie or a Petite. Who is it, you ask? My Petworks Usaggie, Kanin:

This is possibly because there’s no hair for me to worry about, and the fact that he consistently wears the same thing all the time so there’s no outfit changes necessary. If I am bringing a doll of the Blythe variety along, I tend to gravitate towards Eden Mouse (because I love her). Lately, I have also been gravitating towards one of the fraternal twins (Mollie & Moxie). Their bright hair colours are just so cheerful!

Who is your preferred travel companion?

Kanin’s wearing: shirt/Luxie Lou, scarf/chelleshocks (me!)
Eden Mouse’s wearing: dress/Monique Magnifique, helmet/chelleshocks (me!)

Blythe comes in a variety of hair styles and hair colours, and most recently a family member commented on how I have more dolls with bangs than dolls without bangs. It was in that moment I actually had to take stock of what dolls had bangs and which ones didn’t.

With bangs: 7 Neos, 2 Middies = 9

Without bangs: 5 Neos, 3 Kenners = 8

There’s just something about Middies with
bangs that make them look infinitely cuter.

Pretty even (and oh-em-gee, when did I get so many dolls?!) overall, if I do want to even it out the next doll would need to be without bangs. I do think that I prefer dolls with bangs though, because it’s just easier than sorting out side parts (or centre parts), but some of my personal favourites in the collection are without bangs.

Do you have more dolls with bangs or without bangs?

Lydia Melbourne’s wearing: dress/chelleshocks (me!)
Kitty Brighton’s wearing: dress/chelleshocks (me!)