Nier Automata x Dollfie Dream

I am really sad at how dead and empty this chat is. I hid away from the forum to make the time go quicker but to only return to see nothing has changed. Volks loves to take their time...

 

Yeah nothing to report so far and we've been trying to keep quiet so people don't get excited (like me right now seeing an update xD). I have a strong feeling they'll hit us with the news pretty soon and we'll all resume our freaking out.

Just saw the scan, 2b and 9s are confirmed to be in the preorder project commencing from 20th oct 2018.

 

Hopefully someone can update this tread with more info later.

Just saw the scan, 2b and 9s are confirmed to be in the preorder project commencing from 20th oct 2018.

 

Hopefully someone can update this tread with more info later.

 

Well that is something. Congrats to everyone who wanted them to be the pre-order.

I thought of this earlier but didn't mention it in the other thread to not get anyone's hopes up.

 

I know from what I've read here that preorder dolls are not normally announced in advance like these were, but with no countdown or anything else I thought this might be the case.

 

I'll wait until I see the pics but I am likely safe from these. 9S isn't for me because I don't care at all about boy dolls and won't buy one. While I like 2B's character design, a doll who wears a blindfold obscures so much of what makes these dolls appealing to me, the eyes and face. And without the mask I don't feel like it's really her. (I have not played the game yet so I don't know the significance and don't want any spoilers.)

 

Plus an all-black outfit from Volks is scary. A black blindfold from Volks is scarier.

 

Edit: I didn't realize I made almost the exact same post a little above this, some time ago. Well it verfies I actually feel this way lol.

Edited September 10, 2018 by Guest

https://www.volks.co.jp/nierautomata/ Volks has just put the site up! But still no photos of the dolls, as one would expect.

Yeah I'm gonna have to wait to see what they look like before I'll commit and start selling off my old dollfies to fund the purchase.

Well my good friend Google translate app has helped me figure out that the dolls themselves will be revealed on the 17th of September (JST) at the Nier Orchestra concert. Then they'll be shown at the Dollpoint in Akihba on September 30th. Then on the 20th of October they will be on display at all the Volks doll showrooms in Japan and preorders start on that date as well.

English page is up:

https://www.volks.co.jp/nierautomata/en/

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

-clutches wallet in fear- Please don't let me like 9S, please spare me, Volks. Have mercy on me.

It says pre order, is that the traditional pre order style or the luka pre order style? (Win/pay now, ship later)

 

:p

2B + Sakura Miku = rip wallet

I don't care what they look like, I don't care if they're perfect or imperfect, I don't care how much they cost, I'm getting both of them. I've been saving since their announcement. Even if I hate them and am heart broken and disappointed, they're coming home with me. Doubt that'll be the case, but my point is there.

 

Ever since it was released, I've been obsessed (wish I was using that word lightly) with Drakengard. I've been wanting a Caim figure or doll since then and this is definitely the closest thing I can get. Not saying I don't love Nier because Automata replaced Drakengard as current obsession in this next phase of my life (I adore robots/andriods/etc, they're my whole college major). And dolls are next in line of "things I love the most in life", so.... wow. Rambling.

 

TL;DR I'm so excited I could cry. I'm very into Idol Master and Miku (and will never not flip about Miku, but she's a given as far as purchases go) and get excited about those, but I'm super happy there's finally a release I can freak out over. It's all real now!

 

Part of me had a feeling they would show up at this Nier concert, either as part of the event or on the same day as a celebration of it.

I don't care what they look like, I don't care if they're perfect or imperfect, I don't care how much they cost, I'm getting both of them. I've been saving since their announcement. Even if I hate them and am heart broken and disappointed, they're coming home with me. Doubt that'll be the case, but my point is there.

 

I expect they will look good. I've never met a dollfie that wasn't cute, and the more mature sculpts tend to be beautiful.

 

Volks did sort of tease this a few weeks ago when they followed SE's Nier page. At the time, I did wonder if it wasn't a clue about the upcoming pre-order date. It doesn't really surprise me there wasn't a countdown. Given the announcement being well over a year ago, and the doll preview at the concert, a countdown probably wouldn't have made sense. Wouldn't really have worked for a doll reveal either, with Volks news coming out ahead of that concert.

It says pre order, is that the traditional pre order style or the luka pre order style? (Win/pay now, ship later)

 

:p

With Volks changing how they do so many things it's hard to be 100% sure until more info is out, but with the title being Limited Dollfie Dream® Pre-order Project 2018 which is the same nomemclature they gave Jeanne and Saber last year, it should be the traditional pre-order style. With changes in their rules how they charge for them could be different for sure though.

I just finally got back to reliable internet and was able to check everything after being on a train for 5 hours with spotty internet, frantically refreshing twitter. HURRAY!

I’m so, so happy they’re preorder - it sucks to wait another year but I was starting to get worried that if they did release this year they’d end up too close to the anniversary poll rereleases and if one of my wishlist MDDs came out I wouldn’t be able to afford them both ._. (That’s assuming it has the same rules as previous preorder projects where we don’t have to pay upfront, anyway...)

 

But I’m kinda annoyed about them not being in the magazine. I assume this is Squeenix’s request but I really wish they’d just delayed Volks News a week or so and had it come out -after- the concert if it was so important to show them there first. 2B should have been the cover, dammit (it’s a Vlockers cover) and I honestly really wanted to own the issue that shows them At least now I know why there were no teasers.

Total noob question but how do these pre-orders differ from the old lottery system? I haven't bought a doll directly from Volks in years!

The primary difference is if you want a doll you're guaranteed to get it.

 

As for the details, I'll let someone who has actually participated answer.

 

Volks News shows 2B's rear:

The other main points are

A) it takes a year or so before the dolls ship, but

B) you don’t pay until they do, which means you have a year to save.

Whether those two things stay the same or not is what I’m eager to find out.

ok, that's good news

 

I'll be in Japan for the 20th of October so I'll see if I can get some decent pics.

Volks News shows 2B's rear:

 

THATS IT!!! THATS ALL I NEEDED

I'm in love, this preview is perfect !! Can't wait to see her face, I totally gonna get her!! ♡

Cover of the Volks magazine:

 

 

And a 2B sneak peek!

 

 

Courtesy of Vantoria.net

Huh? But everyone on twitter is showing this as the cover:

‘It’s been ages since there was a non-doll cover!’

Unless they have her the back cover... at least she’s technically on it if so 8’)

 

It’s kinda sad that this year’s September issue doesn’t have the pretty holographic sheen the previous years ones have had, either way

Edit: seems she is on the back and not the front ;-;

I'm not sure if I'm glad or sad about the preorder. But I'm even happier now that I won tickets to the Nier Concert this year. Was not expecting to see Volks there at all. If they allow pics I'll snap away like crazy.