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I prefer feral freckled Maomao so I'm on the fence for this release. I think if I got her I'd customize the faceup to show some more personality. I did some photoshop mockups for editing her faceup, and also tested out how Kotone would look since I was originally thinking of making her Maomao 😄

Nina looks lovely! As one of those people frequently changing my hair in drastic ways over the years, I fully support Nina doing the same! I also love the set up you did for her. I actually have some of those leaves at work (the strange life of a Children's Librarian, haha), and you've tempted me into "borrowing" some to use with my own darlings!

The long-awaited update! It’s Double 11 in China (basically the Chinese version of Black Friday), so I snagged ALL of the Bonnie 7s like I was planning to. I learned my lesson and just straight-up bought a giant six pack this time. No point in ordering each one separately and risk having some of them get lost or opened and inspected by customs again. This series is officially called 'Bonnies On The Land' in English, but the Chinese name (万象兔与) is a lot cooler, translating to something like 'Rabbit Island of Myriad Wonders'. Word on the street is that C4F threw these together to capitalize on the Bonnie 6 craze in Japan, while also promoting Chinese culture internationally. Idk if that’s actually true since these must have been in the works for a while and there was no way to predict that they would go viral on Japanese doll Twitter when they did, but they’re beautiful and I love them, so I’m not complaining. Each character is meant to represent a Chinese intangible cultural heritage. C4F did not bother to explain what they are or their significance to Chinese culture, but I’ll try to provide a bit of context where I can so you can appreciate how much detail was put into these dolls (disclaimer: I am not Chinese). Unlike the other series, these characters don’t have individual names, they’re just named after the heritage they’re based on. This one is Jianzhi (剪纸), or Paper Cutting, where red paper is cut into intricate patterns and used to decorate doors and windows for good luck. Her outfit consists of a collar, a sleeveless dress, detached sleeves, socks, and shoes. I really like the clothing and shoes for this gen. They incorporated a lot of different fabrics, colours, designs and cuts that weren't present in the previous gen, and this particular one incorporates paper cutting designs used in real life. The hair accessories are also generally much smaller and nicer (imo) this time. I like that they used gradients on semi-transparent plastic. Closeup of face. The eyelashes are more intricate this gen, and the hair has a pearlescent sheen to it (not just true for Jianzhi, but for all characters in this series). I like that they incorporated paper cutting decorations into her hairstyle, but I’m a little disappointed with the how low the dress sits on her. I don't think the actual outfit looks as elegant on her as they intended. I've also noticed that the facemasks for this gen seem to be a mashup of the characters from the previous gen, and Jianzhi here looks like a mix of Teya, Isil and Lancy. This series also comes with bookmarks that have poems on the back. Here is the one for Jianzhi (translation courtesy Google Translate):   Here is Zhiyuan (纸鸢), or Paper Kite. These are flown at the Dragon Boat Festival and used to adorn mugwort door hangings, often including special phrases wishing academic success. This one was a big brain learning experience for me. When I think of kites, I just think of quadrilaterals being flown in the sky. This was the first time I made the connection between the fact that kites (the toys) are named after kites (the birds of prey) because these toys were shaped like birds when they were first introduced from China to the West. And while the word zhiyuan in Chinese is used to refer to the object flown in the sky, the characters literally mean 'paper' and 'kite' (the bird), so these words for the toy and the bird are historically and conceptually linked in both languages. Zhiyuan comes with a choker, a tunic that doesn't sit quite right on her, shorts, socks, and a bow that clips onto the Velcro strips on the back of the tunic (C4F really likes to do this with their outfits). She also comes with a kite decoration you can have her wear like a purse and these clunky shoes. The shoes themselves are nothing to write home about, but I like that they've included other colours and designs to liven them up a bit. Her hat, propped up on a stringing tool since it was hard to photograph on the table. I guess this is meant to be a kite (bird), but surely I'm not the only one who thinks this looks like the Duolingo owl's evil cousin? Maybe this one actually goes through with the threats if you don't log in... Closeup of face. It's giving strong Teya and Blanche vibes. Here is the poem for Zhiyuan:   Here is Yudeng (鱼灯), or Fish Lantern, which are lanterns shaped like fish that are paraded during the Spring Festival for abundance year after year. This one comes with a choker, a dress, detached puffy sleeves, socks, and another bow that attaches at the back. The bow is really exquisite and seems to be made of gradation organza to mimic the colours of a goldfish. The clunky shoes are a colorway of the other dolls' in the series. Another gradient hairband. It really does add to her goldfish vibe. Closeup of face. It's giving Puff mixed with Yata. Here is her poem:   Here in Qingci (青瓷), or Celadon, specifically the blue and white variety. Green pottery originated in China during the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BCE). From there, it spread out to surrounding areas and eventually made its way to the Middle East, where the blue and white variety was developed as Islamic pottery, and eventually re-introduced to China by Muslim traders. This technique of adding cobalt blue glaze to earthenware birthed what we now know as fine china. This one comes with a very frilly one piece dress, furry wrist cuffs, socks, and yet another clip-on bow. Her shoes are not the clunky ones, but the low heel ones like Jianzhi. I like that the dress and socks incorporate traditional design elements from the pottery while still keeping them looking fresh and fashionable. Her mouse ears, which look a lot more blue in this picture than they do in real life. Irl these are white with a blue sheen. I'm still not sure how these characters are supposed to be both rabbits and other animals. I guess they're humanoid rabbits cosplaying as other animals? Closeup of face. As I mentioned in an earlier post, Bonnie 6 and 7 only have three faceplates: the half-asleep, sleepy-eyed, and square-eyed faces. The sleepy-eyed faces have round eyes while the squared-eyed faces have, well, square eyes, and these two faceplates were used for all of the regular designs and the hanging card. The half-asleep faces have much smaller eyes, and this faceplate was only used with the hidden character last time. For some reason, the half-asleep face was used on one regular design this time around: Qingci. I'm not sure why this one in particular got the special faceplate, but I guess it's meant to add to her delicate image. Her faceup reminds me of Yata from the previous gen, but she's still pretty distinct. This is her poem:   Here is Majiang (麻将), better known as Mahjong. I don't think I need to explain this one! This one comes with a tunic, a vest, shorts, leg warmers, clunky shoes that stain(!), and a panda hat. They went hard with the panda theming—her tunic has a black tail on the back and one of her leg warmers has little panda ears (or eyes?) on top. The hat is humongous, on par with the headpieces from the previous gen. I also find it really amusing that they sewed mini mahjong tiles onto her outfit like this! Not only did she come with a ginormous panda hat, but a pair of googly glasses as well. The artwork has her wearing both at once, but I can't get them both to stay on for the life of me. Closeup of face. Every series comes with one character that is clearly meant to be 'Bonnie' and I think this is it. Here is her poem:   This one is Bulaohu (布老虎), or Cloth Tiger, which is a folk toy made of cloth meant to ward off evil and protect against illness. They often include the character for 'king' (王) on their foreheads, demonstrating how tigers were traditionally considered the king of all animals in China. This one's outfit is particularly intricate. It comes with a white dress with red, blue and yellow accents at the tips, a colourful vest, furry wrist covers, leg warmers and a neck warmer, and a red clip-on tail that loves to shed. She also has colorway shoes that stain. I really like the colour scheme for this character. Here is her headband with cute little tiger ears. Closeup of face. She's giving Isil and Lancy, and like both of them, she has a painted open mouth and uses the square-eyed faceplate. Unfortunately, Bulaohu is one of the cold/unpopular designs, much like the other two from the previous gen, but I think she's super cute! Here is her poem:   And last but certainly not least is Baiyelong (百叶龙), or the Hundred Petal Leaf-Dragon. The petals are lotus petals, which form lotus flowers that come together to form a massive dragon that is used in a distinctive dragon dance which is quite different from the usual one you may be familiar with. I recommend reading the related legend, which is a bit too long to post here, but is quite interesting as an origin story. Her outfit is somewhat similar to Jianzhi's, in that she comes with a sleeveless dress and collar that looks a lot more elegant in the promotional art than it does in real life. I was quite disappointed with this one. She also comes with two pairs of detached sleeves (the white ones go underneath the sheer pink ones), a pair of sheer socks, and a floating green shawl (called a pibo (披帛)). The shawl has a wire inside that you can use to make it "float" in the air or pose however you want. She also has this unique pair of shoes that are raised in the middle so she looks like she's floating. The design simultaneously gives off both lotus and rabbit vibes. Her hair accessories are these beautiful lotus dragon horns. Closeup of face. Like Tilly, the hidden character from the previous gen, Baiyelong uses the half-asleep faceplate. The marks on her face are a style of makeup known as huadian (花钿), specifically mianye (面靥), which are small dots that were originally worn by nobles. Supposedly the flowers in her eyes are meant to be lotus blossoms, but they look more like cherry blossoms to me... Here is a full-body view of her fullset. Even though I don't like the collar+low rise dress combo, I still think she's beautiful and she is probably my favourite design in the entire series (and that's saying a lot because I think they are all very well done!) Her poem, of course:   She also came with this comically large packet of desiccant. C4F took a lot of small measures this time to prevent people from identifying the hidden character through the box, which was a huge problem with the previous gen (the box bulged in certain areas that made it very obvious). This time, they lined both the front and back with pieces of cardboard, and threw in various sized desiccant packets to throw off the weight of each design, making it hard to tell who it is before opening. Now for items common to all (or most) designs: the instruction booklet is now bilingual, with instructions in both English and Chinese. The base bodies this time all came with this notice strapped to their arms explaining how to use the S-hooks with the grooves in the wrists. I'm not sure why this warranted an explanation considering the design is pretty standard for blindbox BJDs... Here is a body comparison: Bonnie 6 on the left and Bonnie 7 on the right. It's hard to see in the photo, but Bonnie 6 was slightly more yellow irl. Not sure if that's from age and oxidation or if the pigment was actually changed between generations, but otherwise they're pretty much identical. On the right are the hand parts (+silicone washer) common to all designs in this series, which are the same as those from the previous gen. On the left are the new option hand parts unique to this gen, and unique to certain dolls in this series. The top left gesture (left palm against right fist) is unique to Majiang and is called baoquanli (抱拳礼), or fist and palm salute, often seen in martial arts and sometimes used as a greeting. Underneath that is the yizhichan (一指禅), or one-finger zen. I'm having trouble finding a reliable source for this, but it seems to be a Buddhist gesture for absolute truth and a martial art for focusing energy. The gesture below that is the jianzhi (剑指), or sword fingers, and of course these are Jianzhi's alternate hand parts because this word is a homophone for paper cutting. I can't identify the third set of hands but I'm sure it's some sort of Buddhist mudra or Daoist hand seal. If anyone knows, please let me know. Finally, the bottom left gesture (left hand wrapped around thumb of right hand) is called chashouli (叉手礼), or crossed hand salute, and was used as a greeting during the Tang and Song dynasties (618–907 and 960–1279, respectively). Like the previous gen, all designs come with these rabbit paws, usually in beige, but Qingci comes with white paws and Bulaohu comes with red paws. It's kinda fun that they change things up like this. You may have noticed this underwear in some of the outfit flatlays. All of the dolls that came with dresses got underwear, which is nice because these weren't included with the previous gen and some of those dolls really needed them. These are better quality than the ones that came with the Fluffy Goodnight dolls I reviewed a few months ago, but I don't like these ones because they're not as stretchy and can be difficult to get over the Bonnies' bubble butts... Also, the characters that came with shorts (Zhiyuan and Majiang) did not come with a pair even though they kind of need them since their shorts are dark-coloured and likely to stain... And now for some photo spam showing off the alternate hand parts for your viewing pleasure: 1. Jianzhi (剪纸) - Paper Cutting 2. Zhiyuan (纸鸢) - Paper Kite 3. Yudeng (鱼灯) - Fish Lantern 4. Qingci (青瓷) - Celadon 5. Majiang (麻将) - Mahjong 6. Bulaohu (布老虎) - Cloth Tiger 7. Baiyelong (百叶龙) - Hundred Petal Leaf-Dragon Group photos: The whole gang: That's all for now. Idk if C4F is planning to do a third generation of these, but given their track record of only using each body for two generations, it seems unlikely that they will. Bonnie 8 has already released and uses a Special 1/6 body like Minty 4, and we already know from the China Toy Expo that was held in October that Bonnie 9 and 10 will also use a Special 1/6 body. Idk if they'll ever revisit this fat 1/8 body before the molds are discontinued, and interest for these dolls in Japan does seem to be waning since Bonnie 7 never caught on the way Bonnie 6 did. I'm a little disappointed that they never made use of the different skin tones they developed, but who knows what the future holds... I suppose I should be grateful that my wallet gets to rest (for now...) 😆

Welcome! Creating doll clothes is so fun! I've made a few lolita dresses in 1/4 and 1/3 scale and I really enjoyed designing them. They get a lot of wear from my crew, too! I hope to see some of your creations!

She looks so lovely! ♡