New announcements? SAO and Emilia Dollfie Dreams

It's Ruri that's cancelled. Awkwardly enough she's printed on the Dolpa tickets so I wonder if they're gonna change those...

 

Anyway still no new info on how the website orders will work for those getting her. (the button is currently greyed out) I'm really curious about it because I joined this hobby after they changed the way lotteries work.

Personally I really like her a lot and I feel like selling one of my elf BJDS for her lol!

I don't really get what the problem is here? She looks just like the character and if anything looks very similar to the Anya DD sculpt. I can understand in comparison to Asuna she might be a little underwhelming (kind of wish they released her first) but, If anything, I think she's at least nicer looking then Kirika's sculpt for my personal taste. Hoping to go for her that cat hood is too cute too ;w;

Oh I like her a lot more than asuna (who I find extremely underwhelming, DD or otherwise) but the weird half-painted mouth and stunned mullet expression don't really suit her IMO. But I'm guessing she looks better IRL and am interested to see that. Good luck to those who want to try for her.

  Torino said:

Oh I like her a lot more than asuna (who I find extremely underwhelming, DD or otherwise) but the weird half-painted mouth and stunned mullet expression don't really suit her IMO. But I'm guessing she looks better IRL and am interested to see that. Good luck to those who want to try for her.

 

 

I really do think the majority of Emilia's issues are in the faceup; in fact, now that I've been thinking about it, I personally have been pretty underwhelmed at best with Volks' default faceups the past 2-3 years. In fact, I would like to see some custom Asuna Titanias when those start shipping, because I bet there's some nice features hidden in her mold that her faceup doesn't play up.

Am I reading that right, that she's sold during click war and not lottery in the web store?

http://www.volks.co.jp/newdollfie/2017summer_en/

  Kitsune said:

Am I reading that right, that she's sold during click war and not lottery in the web store?

http://www.volks.co.jp/newdollfie/2017summer_en/

 

Looks like they don't have the exact details for the website sales up yet. Knock on wood it's just a bad translation rather than click war. I remember the last time Volks tried to sell DDs on the international site via click war (original Moe and Natsuki) and it completely crashed their servers. It was BAD. Unless they've seriously upgraded their back-end and server load (which I very much doubt) a click war doll sale would be a disaster.

For anyone who missed out on Asuna Titania or Kirito, it looks like volks Usa will be accepting pre orders for them both starting July 1st as part of their Anime Expo promotion.

  hats said:

For anyone who missed out on Asuna Titania or Kirito, it looks like volks Usa will be accepting pre orders for them both starting July 1st as part of their Anime Expo promotion.

 

Whut? Are you serious- pre orders? Meaning everyone who goes to anime expo gets one???

  Oni-Chan said:

  hats said:

For anyone who missed out on Asuna Titania or Kirito, it looks like volks Usa will be accepting pre orders for them both starting July 1st as part of their Anime Expo promotion.

 

Whut? Are you serious- pre orders? Meaning everyone who goes to anime expo gets one???

It looks like you can order them right from the volks Usa website starting on the 1st. Like the lottery dolls they also don't ship till August.

Wow, that's really interesting. I wonder if they have a limited amount of preorders? (EDIT=looks like it is a limited number so I guess you guys better be fast)

Great news for people in the US who didn't win, anyway.

Have they done something like this before?

Edited June 24, 2017 by Guest

Here is the link.

 

http://volksusastore.com/webstores/dollfie/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=1314

 

They also have all the Vocaloids and Santa Alter stuff too.

Oh man. That is something I wasn't expecting at all. That is really cool that they are actually going to do that for people.

Hmm I wonder if they will be lotto or selling any dolls at AX like they did last year?

 

And yeah Torino I understand and agree most of her problems seem to be with her faceup. I think once we get some clearer photos that will help a bit too. If I miss out on her I look forward to owner pics.

 

I do think Asuna has kind of a 'easier' to work with face shape but I do like that Emilia is SWS and she has a more mature look then Asuna. But truth be told I like Asuna's ears as they poke out more for a OC? I wonder if Asuna with a new faceup would look better?

 

I might go for Asuna though if I happen to be quick enough. If not I'll go for Emilia. Crossing my fingers i'll land one of these elven maidens!

Oh my gosh, Emilia is super cute. I really need to see Volks' 2B because now I feel a little torn between the two. Her face-up is a little awkward, though. I feel like her lashes are tilted and her mouth is like nonexistent lol, even though the sculpt itself is cute. Her nose is a little strange, need some profile pics.

  Kitsune said:

Am I reading that right, that she's sold during click war and not lottery in the web store?

http://www.volks.co.jp/newdollfie/2017summer_en/

Agreed, looks like a clickwar to me;

 

 

But maybe they will throw a bone later on, still pondering about her faceup

Ok, the faceup aside, I am bewildered about her ears. She's a half elf, why are they rounded like a regular humans? Or are they doing something similar to Kirika's where they can be attached? ._.

 

Unless I'm not finding some photos of Emilia, in the Volks New spread it looks like the pointy tip could be covered up by a lock of hair. I'm pretty confident that Emilia will have pointy "Spock" ears, just like Melty, it's just a bad photo.

  Galvatim said:

Unless I'm not finding some photos of Emilia, in the Volks New spread it looks like the pointy tip could be covered up by a lock of hair. I'm pretty confident that Emilia will have pointy "Spock" ears, just like Melty, it's just a bad photo.

 

I dunno...both in the spread and their website, it's the same photo used and looking at the top of the ear it looks like it's rounding out, it doesnt look like her actual elf ears at all. I hope they'll show some more photos D':

I also thought they looked pointier than a normal DD ear but the lock of hair is hiding the pointiest part? But it's kinda hard to tell and it'd be pretty disappointing if they were just regular ears.

 

Back on the SAO front...I honestly thought they (and Renee) would be released today. :C I mean you can't get more 'mid july' than july 15th... and they tend to release things on weekends so I assumed it was a no-brainer. Maybe next weekend?

They are pointy, but not Melty-pointy. It doesn't matter much because I can never see Melty's cute ears anyway, it's always hidden by a wig

Update: Someone on DOA said they got a call about Renee and she is coming out on the 29th of July, and I just checked on twitter and people are saying the same about Kirito and Asuna.

 

...that's...not what 'mid' means, Volks Just kinda bummed because I could have picked Renee up myself (I had my friend enter on my behalf because I'm currently in Australia and I would have been disqualified if I couldnt pick her up in the event of me winning - since I have to do over the counter payment as I don't have a credit card, and assumed she'd be out on the 15th as opposed to the 29th which is literally the day I arrive back in Japan 8') I coulda swung by on the way home from the airport...! Argh whatever.)

Oh well - looking forward to everyones owner pics of Kirito! Dunno how long it could take because it sounds like there was a lot of winners so they might be staggering it a bit and not unleashing every one at once. Also can't confirm what the exact date for VolksUSA is, hopefully they dont make you wait too much longer if at all.

Edited July 17, 2017 by Guest

So I ordered Asuna during the AX pre-order event. Super looking forward to her arrival !!

 

I'm sorry Torino. That's quite soon wow! But also not exactly mid either I agree. The 15th/16th made more sense as that's the actual middle of the month. O.o

 

As far as Emilia's ears go i'm glad i'm not the only one who noticed that they look a little rounder then in the anime. Yes she's a half elf so her ears are not very big and pointy to begin with. I guess it's nothing a little bit of sanding can't fix to sharpen the tips a bit? Still a little disappointing but my bf loves her so he's going for her over me sense I went for Asuna. I'm getting my Asuna a new faceup and hoping that helps her out a bit.

 

Hoping Emilia is prettier in person :]

I deal with this in the model train world, when they say mid month, that's when the items is done, aka boxed up and ready to leave the factory. So it still takes a couple weeks, or more, to get to the shelves. Just be glad it the dolls aren't 2+ years late like some trains are. We had a 5 year dry spell for new track as the manufacture was trying to find a new factory to have it made at.

Hey you guys! Friends in Japan right now and stopped by volks to take these cute photos. Really digging her from the angles. He said her eyes seemed to follow you around. and that her eyes are deep set and she's much prettier in person! Said the ears couldn't see due to the wig.

https://i.imgur.com/UjHb7id.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/25DQscD.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/JOEg2gn.jpg

  pandy said:

Hey you guys! Friends in Japan right now and stopped by volks to take these cute photos. Really digging her from the angles. He said her eyes seemed to follow you around. and that her eyes are deep set and she's much prettier in person! Said the ears couldn't see due to the wig.

https://i.imgur.com/UjHb7id.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/25DQscD.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/JOEg2gn.jpg

 

Ugh, bless. Thanks to you and your friend. I don't doubt she's beautiful, I thought so, even though her face up wasnt the best. It's just her ears *clenches fist*