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The 7th anniversary fair for the Volks Japan website is coming at the end of the month: https://dollfie.ec.volks.co.jp/ext/7th_anniversary/index.html This year's offerings: Looks like no tan hands or gacha this year 😢, unless they'll announce those later.

https://dollfie.ec.volks.co.jp/category/D_261010_DRESS10/ Lots of interesting stuff in there, including two butterfly capes, cat masks in three colours, various shoes, and very pretty kimono (the Red Spider Lily kimono looks perfect for a Manhattan Cafe cosplay). The paper umbrella also makes a return. There also are two new pairs of glasses, various school uniforms, pyjamas, some Chinese-themed stuff, lady boss and senpai office outfits plus undershirt, vest, and trenchcoat options, and various other clothes, including a few specially for the Chibi body. I haven't linked all of the outfits, just those that I liked a lot.

Just earlier, I disassembled @ragnamuffin's DDP Mio to tighten her hip and knee joints, because she had really floppy legs. The knee joints were a routine fix, but the thigh joints felt somehow different from my Iori's and tightening the screw in the joint would only slightly increase joint stiffness. Only after looking at the joints properly, I realized they were incorrectly put together.   The fixed (correct) joint assembly is on the left, the incorrect assembly (as we found it) is on the right: The hip ball joint on the right is not seated properly in its pan, but sits in a false-positive outside of the pan grooves. The misalignment is easily recognizable by a bit of the ball poking out from the outside of the joint. This causes the part with the thigh peg to be misaligned and in turn the thigh sheath to not slide on fully and easily fall off (until now I wasn't even aware they could come off).   Here are the assemblies with the thigh sheaths removed. Now the misalignment of the thigh peg is easily visible and, as you can see, the top part of it gets smushed into the ball joint (also visible in the next photo). Thankfully, that bit isn't too important for joint stability, so even if it's a bit squished, after putting the joint together correctly it should still work properly.   In the side view, you can also see how the misaligned thigh peg causes this weird gap that just looks wrong. It splays apart the socket, so the screw can't be properly tightened.   FIX: Thankfully this is easy to fix. (The hardest part is getting the joints out of the thigh vinyl shells). Just unscrew the screw as far as necessary (don't lose the nut if you unscrew it all the way). Push the ball joint in until it pops into the proper ball pan. Now everything should look more or less aligned. Re-tighten the screw to taste.   COMMENTS: The doll came with very floppy hips and this is the first time she's been disassembled to tighten her joints. The incorrect assembly must've occurred at the factory. It's sad that something like this passes QC check, but at least now we're aware this may be a thing. If your DDP's hips are very floppy, you may want to check for this. If you know what to look for, you can peek through the opening of the vinyl shell to see if the ball joint is correctly seated, but if you're not sure, best to disassemble the doll to check. At this point I'm not sure if this incorrect assembly is also possible with other DD frame types or just limited to DDP.  

It sounds like their shipping fees are hardcoded into their website, instead of using the more sane approach of having a database table that can be periodically updated.🤔

Yes, they're type I, that's what I landed on finally after trying all the other ones I could get my hands on, they are the best for now. I'm always on the lookout for her, but I don't want to change the iris shape as I like the oval for her.  I'm happy enough for now, just have to make sure they get lightened in photoshop or she just looks a little darker than she should be.