My Growing Dollfie Family

I took Kizuna to London Film & Comic Con.

There was a massive queue for entry. Mostly that was because the door staff were useless.

Once inside we went up to the gallery and scanned the crowd to ensure there were no other dolls. There were a few human cosplayers but sadly no Bocchis.

We couldn't get anywhere near the headline guest Mel Gibson.

We bought a fantastic Miku Miku tote bag. Other than that it wasn't hugely interesting. The comic stuff was good (and not crowded) but I don't know if kids today are really into them anymore.

Not many people were interested in Bocchi, but again my t shirt was the clear winner.

I think we need this photo in the "how tall are Dollfie Dreams?" thread. Mandalorians are now the new unit of scale, replacing bananas.

The best moment had to be watching a Dalek trying to cross the busy Kensington High Street. It may not look like it but it was ferociously hot and humid in London and it can't have been much fun to be in that outfit. The guy in that Dalek must have been really hot too.

I don't know if we'll go to this one again. There wasn't much to do for free and there wasn't nearly enough anime.

Edited July 7 by Xiongmao

The girls and I had a crazily busy weekend and also went to London on the Sunday.

This time I took Kakegumin to a doll meet. It was 80's themed and this was the nearest outfit we had. Kakegumin is of course DDS Megumin. It's the first time I've dressed her up in another outfit, and I'm impressed with how awesome she looked. She gets bonus points for having a default wig that's a pretty good match for Yumeko Jabami.

We stopped off in central London for a photoshoot. The Sony SLR photos are to follow, but these are the highlights from the mobile phone photos I took.

This is an excellent outfit (from dollremi) and Kakegumin got plenty of attention. Twice I was asked if I was a professional photographer, which was good for the ego.

This store was probably the best random find ever. It turns out they sell the finest weaponry known to dollkind. They're reasonably priced too, and much cheaper than importing a cheap plastic Volks katana. The store assistant loved Kagegumin too.

Local lore had it that these were human letter openers. We bought a Harry Potter one. Sadly the wands were only to human scale.

Next it was onto Animetal. Oddly they didn't have a single Yumeko Jabami figure, but they did have a tonne of Megumins.

Megumin resisted the urge to explode this pile of figures everywhere.

Another pile of otaku goods - this time mecha.

Finally it was off to nearby Forbidden Planet. We found some ecchi on sale. We'll have to see if it's been turned into an anime 😲.

Some more Yumeko Jabami.

There's a load of statues dotted around Leicester Square. The onlookers thought it was cool that we could recreate this Mary Poppins.

I thought it would be cool to get some photos in front of a casino. I didn't realise how many casinos there are in that part of London.

I would have taken more photos here but I was talking to the doorman for ages.

We're going to a doll photography workshop at the weekend so my tribe and I have to raise our game.

I seem to remember Ciel using a sword like this in the anime rather than the cheap plastic things Volks give her. Evidently it was a good buy too. They command impressive sums of money on eBay.

I'm pretty sure it's going to get us banned from a future anime convention though. We almost got a load of trouble at the weekend for Bocchi's guitar case.

Ciel in our new favourite tree. I now attach an LED light panel to my camera's hot shoe mount. This really helps with bringing some colour into their eyes.

When photographing in public I've had a lot of people find this interesting, and it makes me look more like a pro I guess.

Kazuha wearing our new Project Setail outfit, Key To Your Heart.

It does also come with matching hair attachments but for an authentic look it would involve dismantling our existing Empty Sekai wig.

My tribe are still in awe at how amazing their new sword is. Apparently they were going to call it something boring like sting, but Megumin insisted it be named chunchunmaru. I got lucky with the reflection in this shot.

Towa braved extraordinary temperatures and took a couple of her dolls (and Aqua's hands) to London Fashion Doll Fair.

After a 5 am start I'm too tired to write much. I'm also aching from carrying Towa around for a good part of the day.

This is Towa's Battle Towa outfit and she only wears it in times of household crisis. Yes we have yet another crisis 😬.

There was a lot of interest in Towa. Not many people have seen a DD before, much less a DDdy.

Being a fashion doll event I wasn't expecting to find much in the vendors area. But we did manage to find a couple of bags full of American Doll accessories. This was a great find because they're annoyingly popular items on eBay.

I know this should really go in the Azone section but Towa was too large for the photography workshop diaoramas. Polina gave us some amazing advice for our own photos - check out her amazing portfolio of doll photos here. I did take a lot more photos of my pair, but sadly the pot plant photobombed every shot, leaving the girls out of focus. The videos intended for Insta Reels are much better.

I don't know if Maya and Lycee are besties. I've never taken this combo out before. Maya doesn't normally leave the house given how delicately beautiful her outfit is. I think they're arguing about how Lycee ruined the photoshoot by totally refusing to stand up.

Well eventually they chilled and now they want me to find one of these enormous 3 floor Sindy dollhouses. Of course they might go off this idea once they find out it has no stairs, electricity or running water.

Next week it's HyperJapan. It's not a doll event but I'm intending to take Miku in her new outfit. I also heard there's a really great location nearby for photoshoots.