Ranko Kanzaki

My new (well ok, slightly used) Ranko arrived today. I picked her up at DHL after the delivery guy failed to find my apartment yesterday. Standing outside their office at 8 am in the cold isn’t fun, but it was worth it.

 

I’ll add photos later, but my first impression is that she’s darn near perfect.

 

I was also surprised that her wig was as nice as it was. I’d read a few posts that made me expect it to be one of their poorer wigs, but it’s probably better than Yayaoi’s, and her’s is pretty good. The bangs need a bit of fixing, but that’s bed head from sitting in the box.

 

She supposedly had a very light stain on her forehead, but it seems to have totally faded.

Pics! Pics! Pics!

I'll post some tomorrow evening. I'm taking baby steps with her outfit because it has a ton of black in it.

 

I have all the Cinderella Girls now, so I want to dress them all up in their idol outfits and take some pictures of them together too.

Ok, a day late but dressing all of them in complex idol outfits was a lot of work.

 

Ranko by Cult-of-Athena, on Flickr

 

Here is a group photo.

Cinderella Rhapsody by Cult-of-Athena, on Flickr

Ok, a day late but dressing all of them in complex idol outfits was a lot of work.

 

I went through a similar dance with my five girls a couple of weeks ago. I feel your pain.

 

The results of your work look great!

Wow the group picture rocks!

I love the details on her dress and they look especially great together like that, congrats!

Congrats on your new girl. The group picture is truly amazing!

Nice group pic.

 

Off-topic, we discussed the stands in the other thread, but I see here you have one of the Volks straight-rod saddle stands as wel as the bent typel, on Anastasia. Aside from the obvious (straight rod being generally more visible) what are the differences or pros/cons of this one? I notice Volks lists it as for SD16 without an extension unlkike the bent one, is it taller, or more adjustable or something as well?

 

I went through a similar dance with my five girls a couple of weeks ago. I feel your pain.

 

The results of your work look great!

 

Thanks, and I am particularly fond of that photo of Belldandy in the white coat. All it needs is a snowy background and some snowflakes.

 

Congrats on your new girl. The group picture is truly amazing!

Wow the group picture rocks!

I love the details on her dress and they look especially great together like that, congrats!

 

Thank you all.

 

Nice group pic.

 

Off-topic, we discussed the stands in the other thread, but I see here you have one of the Volks straight-rod saddle stands as wel as the bent typel, on Anastasia. Aside from the obvious (straight rod being generally more visible) what are the differences or pros/cons of this one? I notice Volks lists it as for SD16 without an extension unlkike the bent one, is it taller, or more adjustable or something as well?

 

Thanks.

 

The center post stand has wider flanges on the saddle which would help with the larger SDs. It's also better for the chair stand attachments, and you can buy that one without a saddle or C clamp part for a bit less than the cost of a complete stand. I want to say about $70 or $80 total with the chair attachment.

 

With SD16 the knees lock nicely, and the divide between the upper and lower torso locks nicely. The issue is the hip wants to flop over, so I think the wider saddle is a good option for helping them stay upright. I've never had any issue with the coolcats stands on my SD16, but those you can bend the saddle a bit inward to really make it clamp the pelvis.

 

I would say Foo was very much right about the coolcats screw not being as secure as the Volks plastic clamp. I still think the Volks clamp feels a bit flimsy, but they do sell replacements.

They look so great all together like that! Worth your efforts for sure. Congrats on Ranko

They look so great all together like that! Worth your efforts for sure. Congrats on Ranko

 

Thank you.

 

Her bust is now in stain removal after wearing her outfit, and she's wearing a spare S bust.

 

Took a few hours to dress them all, and about 10 minutes after the picture was taken they were all running around wearing nothing but pantsu.

 

The My First Star sets aren't bad. The bodice is lined with white, and the only parts with color that touch the doll are the chokers. Anya's outfit is the same except for the gloves, and surprisingly they didn't stain.

 

Rin got a stain on her wrist from her gloves. The black threads on her dress have stained in the past, but recently I haven't had any issues from it. Maybe all the unfixed thread dye has been exhausted.

 

Volks seems to be doing a better job about color fixing. Anya wore her blue shorts for a long time without any stains, and I was amazed her gloves didn't stain. I'm still really reluctant to trust their blacks, or their dark blue denim. I am guessing their wig caps still can't trusted.

They're all so beautiful together!! Love the color palette of their outfits.

 

Linda S.

galatia9

They look adorable together! Congrats with Ranko!!

They look adorable together! Congrats with Ranko!!

 

They're all so beautiful together!! Love the color palette of their outfits.

 

Linda S.

galatia9

 

Thank you both. The iM@S outfits usually have nice designs.

Amazing group photo! All your girls are so well put together! Congrats on your new girl!!

Amazing group photo! All your girls are so well put together! Congrats on your new girl!!

 

Thank you.

Wow, they look so lovely together! Congrats on your new girl !

Wow, they look so lovely together! Congrats on your new girl !

 

Thank you.