Well, as my Pinky:St photos are the supposed focus of this blog (not that you'd know it recently) it's about time I gave them a dedicated post! I have so many things I wanted to post about, but my time/energy has been lacking lately. I'll try to get a few more things up soon. But back to the topic at hand - Anime Boston was two weeks ago, and it feels like it just happened yesterday! ^^; But more significantly, Anime Boston was also Suu's 'birthday'. Suu was my very first Pinky:St figure, and believe it or not, she was effectively my first toy since I was a kid. I mean, yeah, I bought a few anime figures here, a few stuffed animals there, but I wasn't doing any real collecting of this stuff. Certainly I had never thought about buying dolls - even as a kid I didn't like those! But I was at a convention, I had money burning a hole in my pocket, and lots of stuff was on sale because it was the last day of the convention. So when I saw this cute little figure with lots of attitude, on sale cheap (and not even blind box!), well... it seemed like something fun to spend my money on. I didn't think much of her, but then ended up getting a couple more at otakon. I actually can't remember the exact timing of it all anymore, but at some point after that, I started thinking I wanted to buy some more, so I looked them up on the internet. I quickly stumbled across the Pinky forum, and... the rest was history. That was the first forum I ever joined, the first time I ever thought of taking pictures of toys, the first time I saw pullips, etc. I got my first digital camera for Anime Boston too (I just can't honestly remember if was the *same* anime boston or not) and taking pictures of Pinkys started out as a way to practice taking photos (they didn't move, which was a plus. I had been taking photos of flowers, but Pinkys were even better!). I think even my Hello Kitty addiction took off not long after buying Suu. So, really, Suu was the little figure that started it all. (Poor Suu...? XD)
Here's Suu outside Anime Boston this year with her best friend Arisu. Arisu was one of the 3 from Otakon. She started off having the personality of a girl that liked to change her look a lot because she was the one I always tried the new hair pieces on, but eventually I put that grey hair on her and somehow it's stayed on her ever since. I also stopped giving my Pinkys names and personalities after a while, but the original crew still has personality for me.
Here's Suu and Arisu with their boyfriends Akito (Sakura) and Hikaru (Rui). I have a couple of 'boy' Pinkys, and these are the first two I made into boys. I never really change their outfits because there's so few 'boyish' looking Pinky outfits... XD They're hanging out at Artist Alley at my friend's booth. Arc is there too 'cause she's also a favorite. (I have 3 Arcs (!), but this is the original and favorite!)
Just for fun, here's some of my first ever Pinky:St photos - I think they still hold up pretty good!
(that's Arisu in her original redhead version)
I was sort of sad that I saw very few Pinkys for sale at this year's Anime Boston. I think they are not as popular as they used to be for sure, but it's also not helping that there's not as many new releases lately... Ah well, at least they still make them! Can't wait to get some more! XD
Ok, that's all for now! I'll try to get up a shopping post soon!
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