What's Nuevo???

New junk I just got around to scanning

Boy, there was so much neat new stuff this month, I don't even know where to start! Almost any of these items would have been my featured item in a normal month.

Sailor Moon in Tunisia!

Petty Soldier Sailor Moon watch

I adore this piece! It's not just that my charming (and good-looking!) husband bought this bootleg watch for me on a recent trip to Tunisa. And it's not just that this unlicensed item has the usual amusing spelling errors ("Petty Soldier Sailor Moon") and inconsistencies (although the card says "Sailor Moon R," the watch clearly says "Sailor Moon S"). I am just blown away that you can buy Sailor Moon merchandise in freakin' North Africa!

Jenny-o-rama!

Happy Color Jenny (Yellow)

I guess the big news in Jenny's World this month is that I finally completed my set of Happy Color Jenny dolls. Here's a glimpse at MoteMote, the yellow-haired happpy doll. Her hair is actually not as yellow as I'd thought, but more of a light blond.

Licca Castle Jenny!

This flaming redhead was offered only at the Licca Castle. She looks kind of like a lost Happy Color doll.

School Coordinate Kisara

.....or, as I like to call her, "Kogal Kisara." Isn't she cute? I love the pale lips. Takara really has a knack for making school kid dolls that really look like school kids.

Doll Knight Licca

Remember Super Doll Knight Licca? This is the other set of three dolls from the new anime about Takara's favorite little fashion doll.

Doll Knight Isamu

Infinite recursion time: these are actually action figures based on a cartoon based on a fashion doll. I wonder if some evil person will take it one step further, and write an anime based on these action figures coming to life? And would toys for that show be dolls???

Doll Knight Izumi

OK, OK, I know I promised to cart these puppies out and play with them when I got the last set, and that's been months ago now. What if I take out my wind-up Pikachu and play with him instead?

Howling at the Moon

Ami in school fuku

This doll is from the R series, and had been high on my wants list for a long time now. As far as I know, Sailor Moon R (the second season) was the first time Usagi's buddies, the sailor senshi, were produced as dolls. Bandai produced on set of senshi in fighting outfits, and one wearing school uniforms (or in Rei's case, a temple outfit). Here's a close-up.

SukiSuki Rei

Another really amazing early doll. This Rei is from the Sailor Moon S series. The SukiSuki dolls were a series of the five inner senshi wearing street clothes. To my surprise, this box still has its seal intact, which is why I was too compulsive to open it up for a close-up shot. Thanks again, Corky!!!

Milord

Yet another doll that's been high on my wants list for a million billion years, this is the Giochi Preziosi version of our pal, Tuxedo Kamen. However, in Italia, we learn he is "Il misterioso amico di Sailor Moon." Remember how Darien calls Serena "meatball-head" in the English dub? Check it out: this guy is a total watermelon head!

Professor Tomoe

Woo-hoo! The 11" version of everybody's favorite mad scientist. This doll is from the unstoppable Irwin Toys of Canada.

Magic Knight Rayearth UFO Dolls

Remember how I said that this month every toy deserves to be a special feature? That's definitely how I feel about this wonderful set of SD plushies from Magic Knight Rayearth.

Set 1

I think the first character is Presea (although her outfit looks wrong, Mokona, and Primera. Do I really need another Mokona toy? YES!!!!

Set 2

Fuu, Umi and Hikaru wearing some alternate outfits.

Set 3

Fuu's honey Ferio, Emeraude and Ascot. I love getting SD villains (even though Ascot is already kinda SD).

Set 4

Hikaru with a kendo sword, Fuu with a bow and arrow, and Umi with a fencing epee.

Set 5

Fuu, Umi and Hikaru with their level 1 battle armor and swords.

Set 6

A frowning trio! Lantis, Guru Clef and "Mr. Smiles" Zagato.

Set 7

Here are the two "hidden" plushies in the set--they didn't make it to the tag: Eagle Vision and Asuka.

But wait, there's more....

Pikachu wind-up surf board

I am desperately trying to avoid all things Pokemon-related, but I just melted to this little hang-10 Pikachu.

Mikage doll

Never thought I'd find a Miracle Girls doll, much less one that actually has an action feature. This Mikage doll evidently talks or sings when you press a button. The back of the box shows yet more dolls in the series.

Gendou puzzle

This great item (from my buddy Corky's recent shopping trip to Japan) features everybody's favorite evil EVA guy, Gendou. Corky and I have pretty much given up hope of ever getting a Gendou doll (they won't even make a Shinji doll, unless it's a stupid limited edition just intended to drive us crazy), much less Gendou plushies, Gendou keychains, Gendou gentle conditioning shampoo, or all of the other brilliant merchandise we coule imagine.

Star Wars puzzles

Some nice artwork on these teeny Japanese Star Wars colletibles. But wait, there is another! And another, this one attractively carded.