That is so cool! I wish I could turn the handle and watch our little blue planet in orbit there with you.
Incidentally, I was at Groove Store's US website just to see what was new, and if there were any bargains. While there I couldn't help but spot the latest release, a pullip doll for pre-order called Elphara. It's a cute doll, but what makes it especially neat is that it wasn't designed by the doll company, but a fan, who goes by the name of Yanfy. She is an illustrator, who repaints dolls and makes costumes as hobby, and never sold them before.
Groove is very encouraging to doll lovers who want to use pullip and her family to make their own one of a kind creations. You can sell dolls you have modified, no rights problems from them, and they sometimes host contests to see who can customize the best doll, letting fellow collectors vote on their favorite. During these events the winning doll will become an official release produced on mass for the whole world to enjoy, and Elphara here was the grand prize winner of a 2022 contest, going on sale this summer.
I'd be interested in buying this once the price drops.
Congratulations to Yanfy for winning, she made a sweet doll, gives me Sailor Moon-like vibes. The theme is a nurse for the human heart, a being meant to comfort wounded souls and heal them inside with her goodness and magic. She was entered into the contest under the name Nightingale, as in Florence Nightingale.
Yanfy had this to say, "There is always a Pullip on my desk. When I'm tired, depressed, or irritated, I raise my eyes and look at Pullip, and I smile without realizing it. I thought Pullip was a being that healed me."
Groove needs to get better at advertising though, because I didn't even know the contest was happening until it was over. I wouldn't have entered, I'm not good enough, but I would have wanted to see all of the different dolls, and cast a vote at least. These three I hear were runners up, and they could have all been amazing dolls too. Thought I would share some cool creations by doll makers with this club
The artist Feb.la.campanura made this one, she's called "Empress of the World"
Another artist known as Milk Revolution made this girl, it was titled "Memory Doll."
I have one more by Fois Gras No. 222, a doll with the moniker "Mon Bijou"