COME4FREE Bonnie Bunny

I talked about this a bit in the waiting room, but back in mid-April I ordered some Bonnie Bunny dolls. After an excruciating wait, they finally arrived a couple of days ago, so I’m going to talk about them here.

What is Bonnie Bunny? It’s a blindbox series by COME4FREE (C4F), a spin-off company of figure maker COME4ARTS.

I’m not usually into the anthropomorphic look so the older generations didn’t really appeal to me, but the latest version (Bonnie 6: Rabbit Dream Box) is all the rage in Japan now after someone tweeted photos of a Bonnie 6 doll next to 1/6 TinyFox doll.

These new Bonnie 6 dolls (lovingly nicknamed “Bonibani”) have chubby little 1/8 sized bodies, making them the perfectly sized sibling to TF.

I picked up three off Taobao for a decent price, but as soon as I took them out of their boxes I just knew I’d be getting more.

For now, please enjoy this unboxing of Puff, Teya and the eponymous Bonnie.

Here is the outer box. This generation has a funhouse/Alice in Wonderland theme going on.

Here is the side of the box with all possible character draws (including the secret hidden character, who is normally not visible like this).

Meet Puff (帕芙) the patchwork bear. This is one of the most popular characters of this gen.

Here is Teya (特娅) the teapot. She’s also extremely popular.

And here is Bonnie (邦倪) herself. Interestingly, she’s not that popular despite being the namesake of the series. I guess it’s because of the purple eyebrows and eyelashes, which limit how much she can be customized, but I think her little smile is adorable.

All of the dolls are proper strung BJDs, and come with extra hand parts, bunny paws, shoes, clothes, an instruction manual, an illustration of the character, a quality assurance certificate and desiccant (not pictured), as well as a headpiece with bunny ears. I guess despite the theme, at the end of the day, they’re still meant to be bunnies…

I haven’t opened the shoes or hand parts since I’m still not sure how I’m going to store these yet, but I did have them try on some clothes I had on hand.

A lot of people on JP doll Twitter are complaining that not much fits, and what does fits inconsistently, but I’m happy to report that Kikipop clothing seems to fit perfectly (luckily for me since I don’t own a Kikipop doll and only bought these outfits for TinyFox, which was hit or miss a lot of the time…).

Shoes are another story… Their feet are so small yet wide that not much seems to fit. Luckily they came with shoes that are quite versatile and work with many outfits, and Kaka Planet was selling the unpainted shoes that came with the all-in bundle for these dolls, so I have three additional pairs of white shoes for these girls (not pictured).

All in all, I’m really happy with these. They’re sturdy and have a hefty weight to them so they can stand on their own. Unfortunately—like a lot of dolls with molded hair—they’re a bit top-heavy, so you have to play around with them to find their center of gravity, which means they often end up standing tilted slightly forward or backward.

It is possible to put 5 or 6-7 inch wigs on these dolls if you have a headpiece. Sadly, the headpieces were bonuses for the all-in bundle, and were only available for sale in limited quantities, so there aren’t many to go around. Some people have designed their own (either 3D printed or using putty), but I’m hoping they make a comeback someday.

And if you’re sensitive to smells, watch out, because these guys had a strong chemical stench to them when I first took them out of their boxes (airing them out seems to have fixed it!).

But they’re super cute and really well made, so I’m super happy with this purchase (and may have made additional purchases that I will post about another day…)!

Edited May 3 by ragnamuffin
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I had never heard of these and now I want Teya so bad... Why you do this to me xD great pics!! 

4 hours ago, sunlightandtea said:

I had never heard of these and now I want Teya so bad... Why you do this to me xD great pics!! 

Yay! One of us! 😂 

Most places sell them blind, but you can find them open box on Taobao for a good price, or on AliExpress for an okay price.

If you think you might want all of them after all, it’s better to just order a box of 6 and then get whoever you’re missing separately. I really wish I’d just done that from the start…

In my excitement for Bonnie 6, I also had a look at the older Bonnie series and ended up picking up the secret hidden character from Bonnie 5: Dessert Kindergarten for a good price.

As the name implies, these guys are supposed to be dessert-themed baby animals.

We have a blueberry bunny, a milk cow, an ice cream wolf, a cheese mouse, a roll cake(?) cat, a strawberry dog, and the secret hidden character is a pudding bird.

*Not sure about the roll cake cat—her ears look like naruto, but that’s not a dessert. Then again, neither is cheese 🤷‍♀️ 

Meet Jiujiu (啾啾). Her name means something like “chirpy”.

This is all the stuff she comes with.

Like the Bonnie 6 dolls, she’s a proper strung BJD.

Jiujiu is 4 years old according to her student ID 😅 

Here is her school uniform.

Hand parts.

Pudding (upside down), shoes, and magnetic plate (her feet have magnets in them but are supposedly too weak to work with shoes on).

Pudding (right side up) and pacifiers… because kindergarteners still use pacifiers I guess? 🤷‍♀️ 

These guys are half the size of the Bonnie 6 dolls.

I got her a little angel outfit to compliment the angel wings on her head. I think this dress was meant for Bonnie 1 and 2 dolls, but this body is small enough to wear it.

A lucky find at a local doll store here! These heads were preorder bonuses, and I never expected to get them since I didn’t preorder and they seemed quite rare on the aftermarket. I guess this store preorders a lot of complete sets because they had a lot of them and were practically giving them away (not just for this series but for all blindboxes they carry). They came with pacifiers that are different from the ones the doll came with.

Sleepy face (with and without pacifier)

 

Aggravated face (with and without pacifier)

Mischievous face (with and without pacifier)

Normal face with back of head accessory (with and without pacifier)

With a 5 inch wig that is a bit too big for her…

Interestingly, the headback accessory has a bunny shape inside it 😃

That’s all for now. I’ll update again when the other Bonnies get here.

49 minutes ago, ragnamuffin said:

Aggravated face (with and without pacifier)

I'm dying here!!! - These alternate faces are hilarious! 🤣

You didn't get any extra faces for the taller girls?

44 minutes ago, Tam_I_am said:

You didn't get any extra faces for the taller girls?

Come4free was selling unpainted faces on their Taobao shop a couple of weeks ago, but I don’t think they ever made extra painted faces for the Bonnie 6 girls.

Gotcha.  Ah well.  The faces they have are cute.  And it kind of makes sense for a maybe slightly spoilt baby sister to have a lot of expressions.