Cardcaptor
Sakura / Giochi
Preziosi/Italian stuff
| If you've seen my Sailor Moon section, then you might be aware
that some of the best Moon dolls were not produced by Bandai Japan, but
rather and Italian company whose name means "precious gift." Now that
Card Captor Sakura is appearing in Europe, Giochi Preziosi has produced
some stunning 11" scale dolls and toys for the show.
| | All the dolls and things in the following section were
purchased
from Pietro
Muscara's Collectibles.
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- Talking Cardcaptor Sakura
- Not only does she talk, she talking in ITALIAN!!! Here's a picture of
the back of the box, so you
can see the packaging. Here's an image of the doll herself, and a close-up
image of her face.
- Plush Kero-chan
- Kero-chan check! This vicious beast guards the gates of Hell.
But in his spare time, disguised in a form that suspiciously resembles a
plush teddy bear, Cerberus plays the cel-phone-gabbing, cake-chomping
mentor to Sakura-chan. Here's a look at the critter in box.
- Sakura in her pink outfit
- Giochi has made an 11" scale (ie, Barbie-sized) Sakura-chan doll in a
variety of outfits. Unlike other magical girl characters like Sailor
Moon, Sakura doesn't magically transform into a power-up outfit. Instead,
her Card Captor costumes are lovingly sewed by her friend, Tomoyo. This
doll is dressed in one of Tomoyo's best known creations, a fluffly pink
outfit with little kero-like wings.
- Sakura in her roller
skates
- Like most shoujo heroines, during her off hours, Sakura is a
Japanese school girl. Here is Sakura ready to roll off to class in her
inline skates. Note that she also had knee and elbow pads.
- Sakura in pajamas
- Sakura is ready for bed, and she even has a pillow with her name on it
(in English). If you look really closely, you'll see what I think is the
best feature of this outfit: a pair of tiny Kero-chan slippers!
- Sakura with plush Kero-chan
- Awwww, Sakura has her own plush Kero-chan toy! Maybe she just had
good luck at the UFO catcher machine? Though this is darn cute, if you
take a close look at the back of
the box, you'll see that the doll's prototype had a tiny plastic Kero-chan
that hung by a thread from Sakura's hand, to simulate a little flying
Kero-chan!
- Sakura in school uniform,
with extra outfit
- This deluxe set (which is supposed to be limited) includes an extra
Card Captor outfit for Sakura-chan: the one that reminds me of a little
jester.
- Sakura with wand
- This magnificent deluxe set includes Sakura in her red-caped Card
Captor outfit (my fave Captor costume) and a kid-sized Clow Wand.
If you look closely at the back of
the box, yet another outfit, Sakura with the kitty ears, is pictured. I
haven't yet seen this doll, so I wonder if they decided to substitute the
second Sakura in her school uniform for this one.
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