Buffy is home a very sad welcoming :(

Akira is back. I owned an Akira head back in 2012 for a few months. Her name was Buffy because she remind me of Shara Michelle Gellar. She was on the DDdy body. I always love her but the head was damage the joint in the neck had a few cracks and that caused the head to get loose on the DDdy body all the time. I was so annoyed that I end up selling the head. Since then I been looking for another Akira head, but they are very hard to find, and the ones I have found are super expensive. I was able to find a good deal for a 1st version Akira full set brand new. I got her today and even though I'm extremely excited and happy to have her home I'm also extremely sad. You will see why on the pictures. This is the box opening for my Buffy. That's her name 😛

 

 

 

 

Poor baby she has been trap there almost a decade. Don't worry papi is coming to the rescue.

 

Everything seems perfect, and I'm 100% sure everything is brand new.... NO STAINS ANYWHERE!!!!. Also I compare it to my Towa I got this year and I couldn't see almost any color difference. Towa is a tiny bit more pink but not much. I was scare she would be to yellow because she is almost a decade old. I can see her super cute face. I LOVE HER ALREADY!!!!!

 

Ok. My exciment as turn into sadness. As soon as I got her out of the plastic bag her arm fell off. At first I thought the arm was not put correctly but when I took the torso off I saw the tragedy. Now I'm wishing I had pay the 100 yen for the insurance. I don't think I will be able to make a claim

 

Well..... Even though she is broken I still think she is super cute. Also she is very brave because she decided to pose for the camera only with one arm. I will save some money to buy a replacement part soon. Here is Buffy with her default outfit and wig

 

 

 

 

No arm close up but still she looks so ADORABLE!!!!

 

Ohh! I almost forgot to take a picture with her super cute hat

 

Ok. Buffy was tired of posing with her default outfit and wig. She has been wearing those clothes and hair for almost a decade. Now she wanted to have her own style something that would make her happy. Also even though she only wore the default outfit for about 13 mintutes the stockings and shorts stained her legs and tights poor baby girl she has very bad luck.

 

 

I have to say I really like how Buffy looks in the DDS body. My plan was to give her a DDdy body, but I love how cute she looks in the DDS

 

 

Edited December 7, 2023 by MrFjmg03

That's a common spot for the older versions of that frame to break.

Gratz on getting her though.

Edited March 24, 2019 by BeyondTime

If you don't want to buy the entire upper internal frame replacement, Coolcat sells just that part that broke; I don't know their quality:

http://us.sk-coolcat.com/front/bin/ptdetail.phtml?Part=D2-1220-10

Congrats for getting her back! That's sad that her internal piece was broken, but at least, you can replace the part and everything else was fine. ^^

8 hours ago, BeyondTime said:

That's a common spot for the older versions of that frame to break.

Gratz on getting her though.

Thank you. Yes I have seen this happend to many people

7 hours ago, cfx said:

If you don't want to buy the entire upper internal frame replacement, Coolcat sells just that part that broke; I don't know their quality:

http://us.sk-coolcat.com/front/bin/ptdetail.phtml?Part=D2-1220-10

Thank you for the link. I already order the upper torso main frame from Volks. But I'm might get some of the reinforcement pieces later from coolcat

6 hours ago, KonekoHigure said:

Congrats for getting her back! That's sad that her internal piece was broken, but at least, you can replace the part and everything else was fine. ^^

 

Thank you. Yes she was just as describe. On the description she was level as unused, I think that might be new because other than the arm she was in perfect condition and everything was seal

45 minutes ago, MrFjmg03 said:

Thank you. Yes she was just as describe. On the description she was level as unused, I think that might be new because other than the arm she was in perfect condition and everything was seal

Mandarake is really good about declaring that kind of damage in the listing on used dolls. I bought my Haruka Amami from them, and she had the exact same break in her frame. They showed photos of the damage, and she was marked down about ¥20,000 from the other Haruka listings.

They probably never checked because she looked unopened. With a break that bad though I suspect the original owner may have taken the doll out of the box, and not touched the other stuff. 

7 minutes ago, BeyondTime said:

Mandarake is really good about declaring that kind of damage in the listing on used dolls. I bought my Haruka Amami from them, and she had the exact same break in her frame. They showed photos of the damage, and she was marked down about ¥20,000 from the other Haruka listings.

They probably never checked because she looked unopened. With a break that bad though I suspect the original owner may have taken the doll out of the box, and not touched the other stuff. 

Yes, I have seen other listing of different dolls and they do show all the parts they have damage. For this Akira it said only the box was damage. The only picture they show of the stuff and the doll outside the box she was still tied and wrap on the plastic back (never out) The ribbons make everything seem on place. It was until I remove the ribbons that the arm fell off. So, I think that's why they didn't notice. Regarles I got a really, really good deal.

Congrats at returning an Akira to your family, even with her mishaps! She is a cutie!

On 3/24/2019 at 6:48 PM, TheWhiteRabbit said:

Congrats at returning an Akira to your family, even with her mishaps! She is a cutie!

Thank you so much. I do agree with you. My plan was to give her a DDdy body and just keep the head and wig, but she looks so darn CUTE in the DDS body. I'm keeping her in that body. I really lover her even with the default wig. So she is not longer a red hair

 

here are some more pictures of my new bebe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2023 by MrFjmg03

She does look perfect on DSS.

Akira is baaaack!! Shakira looks supercute in that last outfit, it matches her ^^

It was bad luck the broken shoulder and the super fast stain, 13 min is a short time and she got it anyway. The broken shoulder happened to me, the coolcat reinforcements work well after gluing the broken part.  My Rise has them too ^^

and I love the photo family. I was expecting Shakira being called Soap though xD you have a beautiful family (and the vindoll deities)

On 3/25/2019 at 11:26 PM, BeyondTime said:

She does look perfect on DSS.

 

I do agree. I love everything about her

On 3/26/2019 at 4:58 AM, Singer Yuna said:

Akira is baaaack!! Shakira looks supercute in that last outfit, it matches her ^^

It was bad luck the broken shoulder and the super fast stain, 13 min is a short time and she got it anyway. The broken shoulder happened to me, the coolcat reinforcements work well after gluing the broken part.  My Rise has them too ^^

and I love the photo family. I was expecting Shakira being called Soap though xD you have a beautiful family (and the vindoll deities)

LOL I did consider it. But I think soap is more of a guy name (somebody is selling a Towa head).

 

Thank you. I got the replacement part and now she is like new. She is just so cute I cannot stop taking pictures of her