Licca 2004 Catalog

I have the sniffles! I probably caught a cold over the weekend :/  So it's back to daily Vitamin C until the end of the cold season!  I hate being sick because I can't fully function and I can't give adequate care to my children! Thank goodness Hubby is there but I feel bad letting him do all the chores.  I love autumn and winter but if only it didn't come with colds and flu, it would be great.

 

I had planned many fun posts but due to being glued to the bed for practically the whole day yesterday, I couldn't finish any of them.  So today is Lazy Monday: I am showing you something without a photoshoot of my dolls.  I hope you don't mind!

 Remember my Licca wardrobe?  I forgot to tell you it came with a 2004 Catalog.

I am drooling over the awesome furniture selection and pretty dolls!  I actually prefer the white furniture serie but the pink serie is not bad either. Very cute and compact design.  Licca's outfits are so pretty! 

And don't you think the mommy doll in this catalog looks younger than her more recent version?  Although I must say I like the polka dot dress better! I am not sure I want to buy the mother and father doll because my dollhouse won't be big enough for the whole family!

 

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But what I want most from this catalog is the furniture!  The furniture made by Takara Tomy are a lot more compact and functional than Barbie's furniture nowadays.  I say nowadays because back in the 70s and 80s, Mattel released fantastic furniture collections for Barbie.  Now it's all so cheaply made and poorly designed. 

 

For example, the back of the kitchen or armoire are cardboard instead of hard plastic.  And even when it's hard plastic, the structure is flimsy (>.<)   Plus they hardly have any drawers that can open as oppose to back then when you could actually store items in them!  

 

That ends my little rant about Barbie's present furniture.  I just wished Mattel would come up with a better collection!

 

I hope I'll feel better today so I can finally post the stuff I had planned for this week!  I have a ton of books to show you and there are more Orcara miniatures to come :)  If you hadn't have a chance to enter my Orcara giveaway yet, you can still leave a comment on this post!

Have a good week y'all! :)

One Is The Loneliest Number

One is the loneliest number.  My Licca-chan is just so alone by herself.  I have been thinking about giving her some friends :)

The Licca dolls are unfortunately only available via online websites for me because Takara Tomy, the company that produces them, does not sell them here.  So I looked at their official website to choose the next dolls.

There is a Takara Tomy Licca Official Website in Japanese and a Takara Tomy Licca Official Website in English.

The Japanese website has much more to show (including awesome videos!) whereas the English website only has three main sections: Profile, History and Products (and I can't even view images from that last section).  But it's a good start to read about Licca, her history, family and friends.

I looked into the Profile Section to choose a friend for Licca and decided for Hina and Sakura!  Of course, I want them all but the lack of space and a limited budget will only allow two extra dolls for now.

(Photo Credit: Takara Tomy Licca Official Website in English)

The dolls I chose look a little different from the picture because the dolls featured above are the Hair Color Change Editon for Hina and for Sakura.  Instead, I chose the models shown on the picture below because I like their hair and outfit better.

(Photo Credit: Takara Tomy Licca Official Website in Japanese)

Hina model LD-30

Hina's profile: She loves to make her own sweets!  At the moment, she is dreaming of becoming a pop idol.

 

Sakura model LD-29
Sakura's profile: She is from Japan.  She is the same age as Licca. She loves girlish fashions and hairstyles.  Her dream is to be a makeup artist.

I love the dolls for their sweet face and great outfit, but I think their profiles are boring; their interests are all centered around fashion, modeling, hair styling, etc. They seem like a rather superficial bunch :P Well they are supposed to be 11 years-old children so can we blame them for dreaming of being fashion models and pop idols? 

However, I remember being 11 years-old and dreaming of becoming a nurse for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and travel to poor countries to help the defenseless or becoming a teacher to help the illiterate.  But hey, maybe I'm the weird one :P

Do you like them? Which doll would you choose?