Irwin 2000 Super Sailor Moon doll arrives!

So, awhile ago I was very lucky and I was able to purchase a Super Sailor Moon doll! I payed $80 for her, including several other dolls. When I got them, they were pretty dirty - it looked like they might have been lightly played with at some point, and then set somewhere where they got kind of dusty. So, I ended up cleaning them all up. First I started with my two Mercury dolls, Tuxedo Mask, and Sailor Venus!

Four of the dolls in the "sauna" to to speak - soaking in some soap before they would get some conditioner and washed off!

I feel like Sailor Mercury really never gets any love. It doesn't help that her dolls tend to have really weird hair - both the 90s and 2000s Irwin dolls in particular, and especially the Mercury on the left in comparison to the one next to her. 

So many bald spots! 

I decided to finish those four up, clean off their clothes - the clothing, as it turned out, did have a fair amount of stuff on it over the years!

It was a lot darker in person - the flash is on! Yuck!

And then I finally focused on the prize of the lot - Super Sailor Moon!

After cleaning her up and letting her dry, I dressed her back up.

I'd say she cleaned up quite nicely! I also have her wand, but that's not currently displayed with her - once I get her onto display, though, I'll be attaching it with probably some string so she can hold it properly. :)

Unfortunately, when I bought the lot, I intended on keeping Venus - Venus and Jupiter are two of the inner scouts I'm missing! (well, that and the basic Sailor Moon, oddly enough) However, Venus actually has a small nick on her nose - it's a bit difficult to photograph, though. I planned on selling some of the dolls in the lot to recoup some of my money since I don't need them, so maybe I'll be able to buy a Venus in better condition with the money. 

That's it for now, I'm signing out!

It's been awhile - but the collection hasn't stopped!

As much as I hate to say it, for awhile, I stopped posting - it's not so much I forgot about this blog, as much as it is that I kind of dropped away from the Sailor Moon collecting scene to a degree. I'm in a lot of anime buy/sell/trade groups on facebook (which if anyone is interested in a list of such groups, I can compile them; most of mine focus on Sailor Moon in particular though), and with the influx of 20th anniversary and Sailor Moon Crystal merchandise, it got kind of overwhelming - so I ended up disabling a lot of notifications on the groups and to a degree I stopped buying stuff for a few months.

I say "to a degree" because if I said anything else it would probably be false -- but a lot of my purchases were pretty scattered, and I feel with how infrequent it would be, it probably wouldn't be worth posting about. Right now I'm trying to sell a few things that I feel doesn't quite fit into my personal collection (Bandai Twinkle Pegasus figure, Bandai VesVes doll, and a variety of Irwin dolls that are duplicates or the older ones I don't particularly collect); however, before I do that, I'll probably take some photos to post on here to discuss them. They're pretty interesting, and as far as Pegasus and Vesves go, they're pretty rare - and it's difficult to find anyone talking about them. If I had a good video recorder, I'd probably make some kind of youtube video... Unfortunately, while I do have a pretty nice camera, I doubt recording would be in it's forte - I don't have a tripod. :P

I'm going to be busy with school so my posts will probably still be slow (though I guess they always were - alas!), but I plan to do a few custom projects and I have a few items in the mail, some things I'm watching, and some things I'm deliberating on buying in the near future. For those curious about the mentioned custom projects, I'll probably be posting them on my deviantart, but here are the current characters (and some of the doll bases) I pan on doing:

Princess Small Lady - Bandai Chibimoon doll (already have it!)

Adult Princess Small Lady doll - 2001 Wicked Lady doll (don't currently have it; looking to find a reasonably priced one. Will probably use Starlight Studio's Princess Serenity gown on her)

Helios doll - Prince Diamond doll (don't currently have it)

Sailor V - Currently deliberating on the base. Ideally one of the sweeter faced Bandai Japan dolls, but I might settle for a different Bandai Venus doll or a 2000s Irwin Venus - if not a different Bandai doll altogether, which I have possibilities for. I do plan on doing a 6" version with the Bandai America doll, though!

Sailor Cosmos - some kind of Irwin doll. I have some Serena/Serenity dolls I could use, but the basic Sailor Moon Irwin doll seems to sometimes have some kind of hair condition where she gets nearly white-blond hair (materials aging? sun bleaching? no idea), so I might keep my eye out for one of those dolls instead. They're more common and cheaper than Serena/Serenity, anyways.

Sailor Saturn - Bandai Europe/Asia Mars doll. Already have the doll! I just need to find boots to use (probably some Takara Jenny boots; I imagine they should fit) and the materials I'll need. I'm altering a Irwin fuku and hopefully fabric paint will work since I'm not exactly the most gifted with sewing - SailorSamara used fabric paint for her Sailor Cosmos custom, so I'm hopeful. Eventually I will probably do a reroot since for some reason this particular Mars doll is a brunette, but until I get all of my crafting supplies for my eventually EAH/MH dolls, this probably won't happen anytime soon.

Sailor Chibi Moon & Sailor Moon - I'll be using a Cupid EAH and Blondilocks EAH dolls for these two; these will be farther down the road though, since there is a lot of materials I'll need to get together - I have more plans to do customs with EAH & MH dolls for other series, so this is a "down the road, but likely not anytime soon" kind of project - especially since it's pretty cold outside and I wouldn't want to spray sealant inside my house without being experienced with it. Eventually I might possibly do a Sailor V in this style, along with a Human Luna and Saturn.

Human Luna, Princess Kakyuu - Other Bandai dolls.

Chibiusa & Chibimoon - I want to make a very "chibi" Chibiusa and ChibiChibi, so I might use other Bandai dolls (the smaller Marmalade dolls maybe...?) or some of the knock off Ddung dolls on ebay - I'm inspired by a deviantart user who used the Ddung dolls for hers, so we'll see what is in store! These will probably be under similar conditions as the EAH customs, though.

I'm also hoping to put together some custom Sailor Moon Licca dolls, as well - and also acquiring a Licca doll body for my still-headless Chibimoon doll, and see if that's a suitable replacement body.

For those interested I'm also working on setting up a video game collection page as well... It'll probably mostly be about League of Legends and the Legend of Zelda.

Super Sailor Moon Henshin Doll

Hi guys! Sorry it's been awhile. I got this doll awhile back, but I ended up getting pretty busy with college. Good news? I got good marks! I'm also on summer vacation too, whoo! Depending on how things go, I might end up creating another blog, focusing on OOAK ("One of a Kind", otherwise known as Custom) dolls. I'm hoping this summer I'll be able to get some art supplies and some Monster High/Ever After High dolls to make customs, which will (hopefully) help me develop some skill painting on 3D objects and technical skill in general so I might be able to eventually do resin kits.

One day, resin kits! But today, nor tomorrow, or the next day will be that glorious day. However, what will be happening today is that I'll be going over a purchase I did awhile back. On ebay, I ended up getting a Super Sailor Moon Henshin doll for a relatively cheap price - "cheap" might be variable to each person, but I paid $23 + shipping (which was a bit pricey but it was fast, tracked, and needed a signature - I think the total was about $35, give or take).

Spread out, this is what my doll looked like.

Not really the best quality, since I took this photos with my phone's camera, but hey!

Right now, she looks decent. Her hair isn't in the best possible shape, sure, and she has those really annoying upturned bangs that so many dolls Bandai dolls unfortunately seem to have.  

So annoying! But otherwise, she looks fine. But, looks can be deceptive,

She has some marker on the back of her head, along with on the bottoms of both of her boots. I was aware of this - her owner had her listed as 'junk' for a reason, after all. However, I figured one of two things:

1) That I might be able to bleach it out or be able to rub it off (if I was lucky), or

2) Worse case scenario, it's on the back of her head (and the bottoms of her shoes), so it isn't readily visible anyways. 

I tried using a magical erasure, rubbing alcohol, and nail polish remover, and none of them worked on removing the marker on her vinyl or the boots. Using the acne cream treatment, however, I have seen some progress.

I can't read Japanese, so I can' tell what it says exactly, but I assume it was the name of a little kid who owned this previously - it was probably a pretty beloved toy, and their parent probably wanted to make sure the kid wouldn't have their toy stolen or lost easily, if I had to wager a guess. I think in a few more treatments, though, the marker will disappear or barely be noticeable.  

For what it's worth, the bangs are... slowly coming together, I think. It's still a bit messy, but atleast they're finally pointing down, so that's progress in my book! I'm going to focus mostly on getting the marker out for now, though, before I really start to mess with the hair. 

This is what she looks like, assembled with the clothing I got her with:

I think the outfit is really cute! Speaking of the outfit, those extra boots?
Score! 

I'll be working on getting the marker out of them, but awhile back, I bought another "henshin" Sailor Moon doll - what makes her different form this one, though, is that she is mostly made of plastic... And she's the first kind of Sailor Moon doll ever produce. She's in pretty rough shape, too, but I was really glade when I got her. However, one of the things she was missing, was her boots - chances are I'll never be able to get the original boots, which I'm okay with. However, her legs are pretty similar to the other Japanese Sailor Moon dolls, so I had hoped that I might eventually be able to get another pair and that they would fit her. 

I think they look pretty nice! In worse case scenario, I was just going to but some Irwin Sailor Moon boots on her, but they were rather loose and looked a bit clunky on her, so I was hoping for a tighter fit. Luckily though, these boots do just that!

When I get the doll finished, I might either update this, or make a new post altogether - I'm not sure yet, though hopefully I'll get it fixed up the best I can soon. 

Excellent Pose Eternal Sailor Moon Doll (Bandai Japan)

So, there is a lot of different kinds of Sailor Moon dolls out there. Some are "infamous" for being really ugly (ex: the old Irwin and Igel dolls, and the Bandai North America dolls that probably often get confused with the old Irwin dolls), whereas some others are known for being really pretty (like the 2000 Irwin and Bandai... "Everywhere else besides America" dolls)

Now, for Bandai Japan in particular, a lot of the Sailor Moon doll face molds are really sweet, youthful... However, there is atleast one Sailor Moon doll that is easily probably the most unique. And, without further adieu, that would probably have to be the Excellent Pose Eternal Sailor Moon doll.

She was produced alongside the Starlight dolls (Healer, Fighter, Maker), and they all share a common face mold. This face mold easily makes this Usagi doll probably the most mature looking - she's really quiet pretty. 

However, like the Starlight dolls, she has some "issues" that seems to run common with them. That is, quite frankly, she tends to act like an acrobat - she seems to be rather top heavy, and her top tends to fall backwards. I've heard this is pretty common, and I guess a lot f people who don't have her in the box tend to display her sitting down. When I first got her, she was acting like that - I was really surprised she was behaving as much for these pictures as she was. The stand originally comes with the Super Sailor Moon Crisis doll (and maybe the regular version, I have no idea), so I don't know if maybe it was the stand itself or blind luck or what. 

So, instead of "Excellent Pose" maybe she's more apt to be called "Bedtime Usagi"!

The doll has wire in her arms to make them bend (although I wouldn't suggest it; mine are rather stiff and it is a pretty old doll, so I would rather not wear them out or test anything), her hips have joints so her legs can pivot, and her knees can snap into place. 

I bought her off of someone on deviantart for a small fortune. Unfortunately, when they took her to the post office, something must have happened where she lost her headband! In the future I might make some hair clips myself (I have a Super Sailor Moon Henshin doll in the post missing the headpiece anyways...), although I am kind of tempted to jack my Super Sailor Moon Crisis headband and just make her clips too (since, well, I have to make her choker anyways...)

...Thoughts for another day, I guess? 

Chibi Moon Doll Hell

Or, if you're like me and actually like Sailor Chibi Moon, it's actually quite nice!

I recently bought several Sailor Chibi Moon dolls. The first one is a Super Sailor Chibi Moon doll by Bandai Asia. As for the other three, I have no idea - Bandai Japan, Bandai Europe, and Bandai Asia* (I assume?) I believe all produced that doll - their markings are all the same as well. I know the Italian company Giochi Preziosi also produced a look-alike doll as well in the "Chibi Moon and Pegasus set." As for the last one having the same kind of markings as these dolls, I have no idea, since I don't own that set! Anyways, I noticed the doll in the middle had the same hair quantity as the Bandai Asia doll when I was brushing it out, so I think she might be a Bandai Japan doll. The two other dolls (or, doll and head I guess) I bought from Europe, so I think I can safely assume they're the Bandai Europe release, and if there is any difference, the thicker/thinner hair might be it. Or, it could simply be a manufacturer difference between batches - I honestly have no idea, but it doesn't really effect the quality of the doll (and the naked Chibi Moon has a brightest pink hair out of the lot, too!)

Unfortunately, this doll doesn't have a body. Or rather, she does - but it's pretty damaged. I got this doll from Spain, and it turns out when I got her, one of her boots wouldn't come off. When I did finally get it off, however, it turns out that her foot and her leg were in two different pieces and were superglued together. The superglue must have leaked out, covered the leg, and sealed the leg and the boot together. In theory I could have kept the boot on and everything would have been fine... unfortunately, the boot was at an angle, so it looked really weird.

So, right now, I need to get her a body! I still have her old one and I've considered getting maybe some clay and fusing the foot and body together for the meantime, but eventually I'll probably get an obitsu body for her.

What do you mean this qualifies hardly as "Chibi Moon Doll Hell"? Well...

...Does this change anything?

Okay, not really all of the Chibi Moon and Black/Wicked Lady dolls I have, but it's most of them. (I also have the 6" old Irwin Mini Moon & Wicked Lady dolls that are not pictured, along with a really well-loved old Irwin Mini Moon)

(The other dolls pictured are the Irwin 2000 Wicked Lady, Irwin 2000 Mini Moon, and the older Mini Moon and Wicked Lady Irwin dolls)

Oh, and for fun -

Super Sailor Chibi Moon and the Twinkle Bell Pegasus Figure by Bandai Japan!

(totally forgot to give her the headband in the group shots, whoops!)

Super Sailor Moon Crisis Doll by Bandai!

So, awhile back, I won an auction for a used Super Sailor Moon doll by Bandai Japan. This doll is the "Crisis" version of Sailor Moon - basically, they took the butterfly wings motif at the end of her transformation, and they put it on a doll. The wings are removable, but they look quite pretty on the doll!

This the doll right after I removed her from the delivery box! The seller packed her really, really well - with pink bubble wrap! The seller also included a small Sailor Moon figure and paper crane, which are really cute. When I won the lot (or, rather, bidding I should say), I also noticed the pink wand - I figured it was one of Chibi Moon's wands. I'll get to that at the end, though.

I'm not 100% sure where the figure is from, but I think it's from a candy toy released in Japan; from my understanding, a lot of candy toys had small figures like these ones, larger painted ones, compacts, and there was even a set that had pieces to build a small Moon Castle with!

Sailor Moon's hair was a bit of a tangled mess, so I went and have her a nice clean to untangle her hair as much as I could. Unfortunately, I did get it as clean as I wanted (there is decent bit of broken hair/frizz on her), but I figured that'd probably happen. All well, she's still super pretty!

I couldn't get a picture of her that I liked by herself, so here I have her with another Bandai Japan doll I own! I think they might be the same doll, actually; they look identical to me, anyways. I got the other doll naked and dressed her up in a Super Sailor Moon Irwin 2000 outfit I had!

Oh, as for the extra wand?

Well, I think it might actually be from a Chibi Moon Petit Solider or some other kind of figure like that. My Chibi Moon didn't have a wand though, so I think it suits her just fine!

For future posts, I might go over dolls I bought before making this blog. I do have some dolls that should be coming in the mail though, so once I get those, I'll probably talk about them too! 

Hi! Welcome to my blog, Sailor Moon Collections! This is my first blogspot, so it might be a bit rough for now. Here I plan to talk about my collection (which is composed primarily of dolls and figures), about new stuff coming out, and maybe some other non-merchandise related Sailor Moon stuff.

My name is Erin, and I've been collecting Sailor Moon stuff roughly since I was eight or nine years old. Some of my collection is pretty beat up because of that (being a little kid and all), but it is what it is. I mostly collect vintage and used stuff; Sailor Moon stuff is pretty expensive, so it's a lot easier getting stuff used for a bit cheaper - some of the things I have, if they were mint in box, could go for $100+!

Nothing here is for sale (unless otherwise specified)!