Anyway, that little aside out of the way, on to business!
In addition to my ever-expanding Pinky Army, I do have a couple of other dolls and assorted anime figures, altho the emphasis for those so far is "couple". It's only the Pinkys that have taken over my life! However, they shouldn't get to hog up all the glory, so I try to periodically feature some of the others. I guess I'm up to number 3 in this particular series... :)
Today's featured girl is my mame momoko. Momokos are 1/6 scale dolls, which is the size of Barbie. In fact, according to the histories I've read, Momokos were created to be a more Japanese-looking version of Barbie. They're actually much nicer than Barbie, however, because they are jointed. They're really well-made and their clothes are lovely. I assume they were always meant to be collector's dolls, rather than children's toys. I have one Momoko, but this isn't her turn! ;) Mame Momokos are very small dolls made by the same company. "Mame", my Japanese dictionary tells me, means "miniature" when used as a prefix. So these dolls are miniature momokos. They don't actually look all that much like the bigger Momokos, and they are not usually dressed in the same costumes (with exceptions), so I'm not sure what the connection is meant to be, but there you have it. I actually find them to be sort of weird looking, and yet there's something about them that appeals to me... They're a little shorter than a Pinky, and have removeable clothing. They come in lots of strange and interesting outfits, and they're relatively inexpensive - maybe running a little more than a Pinky. So I ended up buying one while I was browsing ebay for a full-size momoko. I've seen her referred to as "Northlands Girl" and "Yukin-ko". (Actually, I have seen her referred to by other names too, but I like these two, so that's why I remember them...)
Here she is in her package:
I'm not sure exactly what sort of costume she is wearing, but I assume it is traditional to some group... (Does anyone know? I've tried to look it up, but I don't think I ever found an answer) She's meant to be dressed for snowy weather, as you can see by her boots and the little snowman and coffee cup on her sticker sheet. (all mame momokos come with a little plastic thing shaped like a caption balloon in a comic, and a little sheet of stickers to stick on it... A strange gimmick, but sort of cute!) I assume this is how her name got translated as "Northlands Girl". "Yukin-ko" actually means something like "snow child", which I think is adorable, so I've kept it as her name! :)
Here's some more pictures of her removed from her box:
I'm looking forward to some snow to take a picture of her in her "native element". (Of course with the weather so warm so far, that may be a while in coming...)
Fun (aka pointless) Fact: Yukinko was my very first ebay purchase!
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