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Behold the long-awaited update! This one's a big one, so buckle up. First thing's first—I had been calling the Bonnie 6 dolls the Rabbit Dream Box series because that's what the Chinese name (兔兔梦匣) literally translates to, but shortly after my post on the Sweets Kindergarten series, I realized the actual name—Bonnie's Dream of Toy Box—was written on the back in plain English! This is the name Kika Goods uses, so for ease of reference (in case anyone is influenced to buy these hehe) I've gone back and changed my older posts. Next, I had originally planned to make posts for these dolls as they arrived, but two of them were stuck in customs inspections for two weeks, one of which was the secret hidden character. Since she cost more than the other three combined and was the one I was most excited for, I really could not relax from the time they were seized for inspection until they were finally released. On top of that, I had a bad feeling that something would get broken or lost during the inspection, and lo and behold, it seems the hidden character was the one to be inspected and, as expected, her extra hand parts were missing when she finally arrived… Thankfully the store I bought her from was willing to get a replacement from C4F, which I'm still waiting on, but of all the things to go missing, I suppose the hand parts are the least valuable for reasons I'll get into later. For now, enjoy these pictures of the remaining dolls! Here are the remaining three normal dolls. If you're new to blindboxes and the culture around them, some models are considered 'hot' and others are considered 'cold'. 'Hot' models are the popular ones people will try to pull blind or pay a premium for open box, while 'cold' ones are considered to be the crappy pulls nobody wants. In the case of this series, Puff, Teya and Tilly (the secret hidden character) are the hot pulls, while these three and Bonnie herself are considered the cold pulls. While I can admit that these three are not quite as cute as the previous three I reported on, I still think they're super cute and I'm happy to welcome them into my doll family 🥰 You can see everything they come with under the spoiler tag below. In addition to the secret hidden character, I also picked up the hanging card. For those of you unfamiliar with blindbox culture, a hanging card is a standalone model, usually a remixed version of another model with unique features (hair, eyes, makeup, and clothes). They're released in limited quantities and sometimes cost a bit more, but you always know what you're getting instead of taking a gamble. Tilly (the secret hidden character) is on the left and Blanche (the hanging card) is on the right. Check the spoiler tag below for more commentary. Blanche also came in a special box with a window you can use to display her in. I'm also going to spoiler these because they're huge. Since Blanche comes with all available hand parts, I took a picture so you can see them all: There are seven hand parts and two feet parts. All dolls come with the hands on the right (open hands, gripping hands and paws), both pairs of feet, a plastic washer and one pair of semi-unique hands on the left—Puff and Isil come with the pointing hands, Teya comes with the closed fist, Yata and Tilly come with the overlapping hands, and Lancy comes with the peace sign hands. Interestingly, the paws for all dolls are flesh-coloured, except for Puff, who comes with white paws for some reason… Tilly and Blanche came with these key staffs (gold and silver respectively), which I guess goes with the whole funhouse/Alice in Wonderland theme. Blanche came with this back of head accessory. These were originally a preorder bonus for the all-in fullset so there weren't many of them to go around. Unlike the Bonnie 5 back of head accessory, this one does not have a bunny shape inside it 😢 I mentioned this in my opening post, but these dolls have seriously taken off in Japan because some Twitter users were spamming pics of them in wigs next to TinyFox dolls. Everyone and their dog wants these dolls and the back of head accessory, which were being scalped for insane prices on Mercari. At one point, this tiny accessory alone was going for 10,000 yen!!! 😱 Thankfully, C4F flooded the market with surplus stock last month and prices have come down a lot, but there's still not enough supply to meet demand. I bought a bunch on Taobao for the rest of my dolls, but my warehouse refused the package for copyright infringement(?!) and returned them to the seller, so no accessories for me I guess… 😭 Interestingly, C4F is selling these in different skin tones—super white, flesh, and tan—despite these dolls only being available in super white skin, which makes me think they have different skin colours planned for the second generation of this series. I'm super excited to see what they have up their sleeve! So on that note, here are pictures of Blanche actually using the back of head accessory: And to finish glazing Blanche, here is a comparison of all the different parts that were repurposed from other dolls: As mentioned earlier, hanging cards are usually remixed versions of other dolls in the series. You may have noticed that she has the same face, hat and shoes as Teya, and also has Bonnie's bangs and Yata's twin drills. For funsies, I put the bangs and twin drills on Teya too: And here is some unadulterated photo spam of the whole collection, in order based on the numbers on the blisters. I tried to recreate the poses on the packaging while also using the different hand parts they came with. Enjoy! 1. Puff the patchwork bear 2. Teya the teapot 3. Yata the telephone 4. Isil the March Hare 5. Lancy the jack-in-the-box 6. Bonnie the gachapon machine 7. Tilly the funhouse Bonus Tilly with eye patch: 8. Blanche the ghost The whole family: That's all for now, but expect some more updates in the coming days. C4F has started making clothes specifically for this series and I may have ordered a couple… and plan to order more as they become available…

Almost 3 years later 😆 and I'm back with an update!  That project I mentioned is now live as a reference guide for Dollybird magazine patterns by volume. You can find it here Each entry covers the doll the pattern is for, the pattern type, the designer, and the page number.  A quick, handy reference. It's been a slow build, but it feels good to finally have it out there in 2026.  Hope it comes in handy!

The best site to watch is Mandarake.   https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1331817395&ref=list&categoryCode=020114&keyword=Sailor venus&lang=en Looks like the last one they sold was 120,000 Yen, or about $750 USD.  The sold Venus on Manda had some box damage.  Most Japanese sellers will offer a significant discount for box damage, which I've taken advantage of when shopping for dolls or figures.   As far as what to expect to pay, around $1000, possibly more.  Keep in mind shipping, insurance, tariffs, etc.  I wouldn't go over $1500.  

Always love to try different products. I typically use got2b glued hair spray, but I might give this one a go. (As an aside, this is the brand of sunblock sticks I get for my hand tattoos lol. So I'll buy a bottle next time I restock on that.)