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Name: Nico (short for Nicolaus)

Sculpt: Miyadoll Baby Mocha Bluebell (cream white)

Arrived: 8 October 2018

Provenance: Purchased on Miyadoll website

Nico is very interested in the natural world and likes animals, birds and insects of all types.  If there’s a strange animal in the classroom, it’s quite possible that either Nico brought it in, or it followed him.  He’s also a tender-hearted little tike: when he found out what his favourite Japanese hamburgers were made of, he cried and refused to eat them for months, until his mother persuaded him that they came from “happy cows who didn’t feel pain when they died.”(Shh... he hasn’t realised what his new, leather, shoes are made of, yet. ^_^;)  (*based on a true story from my childhood XD;;)

Nico’s image colours are light blue and lemon yellow.  He’s good friends with his kindergarten classmate Peter, who is always eager to drag bring him along on new adventures.  Nico isn’t terribly keen on adventures, but neither does he want Peter to find more trouble than he has to (or for trouble to find him), so he usually tags along to try and hold him back from his more risky endeavours... (like the one time they saw a suspicious man outside the kindergarten gates and Peter decided that it was a good idea to tail him back to his supposed “hideout” instead of telling a teacher....O:)  They do make a good team: Peter is a dreamer and trail-blazer at heart, whilst Nico provides a well-advised dose of caution and self-preservation. XD

My thoughts: I’d been thinking for a while that Peter, my Volks Yo-SD Puff, needed another little boy to be his adventuring buddy. My two other Yo-SDs are little girls, and not really the adventurous type.  So I looked and looked but nothing felt “right”, until I saw that Miyadoll was offering her Bluebell sculpt (which I had liked on first sight, months before) with a Baby Mocha body option, for a limited time.  ^^  As with all my Yo-SD purchases thus far, I decided to buy pretty much on impulse.  

Name: Sui (翠) (short for...?)

Sculpt: Volks Yo-SD Kanon 1st ver.

Arrived: June 2008

Provenance: Purchased un-used from Ayase on Den of Angels

One of Laurie and Peter’s classmates in Small Wonder’s kindergarten division and a thoughtful girl who keep her words to a minimum.  She tends to be very cautious around strangers, and will keep her distance and quietly assess someone she’s meeting for the first time, before slowly deciding whether to get more comfortable around them.  (She hasn’t met most of the MSD’s yet, so I’m not sure what she thinks of them....)  She lets her guard down and gets a bit dorky when presented with her favorite thing (books), though. XD;

Besides books, Sui likes her family, Laurie and mildly-sweet tidbits like Japanese wagashi, rather than anything too sugary or rich.   Her image colour is dusty purple/ lavender and she usually wears her hair in a (slightly messy) ponytail.

My thoughts: I recall going through a drawn-out period of name-less-ness with regard to Noel (my MSD Enn), too, but nothing like what this little one has had to experience. XD  I guess that’s what happens when you wait ten years to “bond” with a doll and find her her name...   She has been a difficult one to pin down, and not just name-wise.  I honestly expected a sweet princess in lace and frills, and instead I got a serious little thinker with a messy ponytail...!! @_@  But I can’t complain, since I’m glad she’s finally filling out as a character.  :) 

Name: Hisagi Tatsue

Sculpt: Volks SDC Ren, on an MSD boy body

Arrived: August 2006

Provenance: Purchased online from Volks in May 2006.  

Tatsue is fourth generation Japanese of Scandinavian ethnic descent.  His great-grandfather settled in Japan with his wife in order to devote himself to the Japanese art he loved, and was eventually adopted into his teacher/ master’s family (in Small Wonder’s world, it was difficult to obtain citizenship in those days by any other means).  Despite being an anomaly in the field, the family has worked hard and made a name for itself, something of which the current 3rd-generation patriarch is fiercely proud. Unfortunately for Tatsue, he has an eye disorder which makes it difficult, if not impossible, to continue in the family tradition, which is as disappointing to him as it is to his father.  He’s a sweet-natured and gentle child who really wishes he could better live up to his family’s expectations.   When he first comes to Small Wonder, he rarely meets people’s eyes, even in conversation, as he’s very self-conscious about his odd-looking eyes, so it’s hard for him to make friends, at first.  Gradually, Noel notices his disability and begins to befriend him and draw him into the wider community, which helps him to grow as a person and begin experimenting with new forms of art. Tatsue likes traditional arts and crafts, especially tactile items like pottery, and is nervous in poorly-lit places, where he can be virtually blind.  

Name: Mitchell “Micchi”

Sculpt: Volks FCS MSD F-10, normal-legged body.  Nose sanded very slightly; neck and neck aperture slightly modded to improve poseability.

Arrived: October 2004

Provenance: Ordered from Volks via Domuya in August 2004

Micchi becomes Shiina’s roommate after summer break and immediately makes it his goal to teach Shiina the important life skill of Having Fun. XD  He is many things Shiina is not - extroverted, playful, talkative, well-socialised.  From Shiina’s beleagured point of view, he seems to have a perpetual party going in their dorm room (or as much of a party as a twelve year old can orchestrate, anyway). Although his carefree attitude makes him seem like a typical hyperactive pre-teen, Micchi is also surprisingly smart.  He breezes through his homework, especially math and science, when no one is looking.  His parents are researchers and he's the youngest of four kids (all geniuses D:).  He is weak against tickles and likes orange, yellow, blue-green, collecting a variety of toys and accessories, and how easy Shiina is to wind up. XD

name/成Naru

model/Migidoll C-Faith Type Chubby

birthday/2017.4.23

eye/default

meeting/I・Doll Tokyo49　Migidollブースにて。良の里帰りを検討していて、幼以下のサイズをもう一体増やそうと考えていて、実は違う子に飛ぶ予定がこの子に一目惚れをして購入。この子のほうが私好みだったが正解。幼サイズが並ぶ中で、小さいのにすらっとしてずいぶんと余裕顔の男の子がいるな、が第一印象。下がり眉なのに口角あがっててにこっとしてるのはツボだった。口角の上がり具合もちょうどいい感じ。一つ問題なのは服難民の恐れ。ぼちぼち探したいところ。名前の由来は、良にすごく似た感じの子で、また良と同じく一目惚れして買った子なので、平野沼の入り口の成実から。あれはしげちゃんですが、うちはなるちゃんです。

LK-23(えるけーにーさん/KDF LITCHI)

VZ(ヴィゼット/SD リゲル)