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.