Minions of Cuteness, Part II

Two more Ddung dolls arrived in the mail today. I got them from an eBay seller in South Korea called Legendeux. ... They mailed them with signature delivery required, which sucked because I had no idea when they would be arriving, and if I hadn't been home at that exact moment they arrived, I would have had to pick them up at the post office with a lively 4-year-old in tow, in an ancient car that barely runs.  I just happened to be home when they got here, though.  Whew!  I'd still buy from that seller again, though.  They sent them SO FAST.  ... It only took two weeks to get to the southern USA all the way from South Korea. It takes the same amount of time to get something here from Canada, I swear.  Plus, I sure can't blame ANY seller for insisting on a signature delivery.  It's the safest way to go.

I got two of the 18cm Ddungs, "Sleeping Bear" and "White Rabbit."  Ooooohhh ... the cuteness!  Yes, "White Rabbit" has pink hair.  Who can resist that?!  She comes with panties underneath the dress.  "Sleeping Bear" comes with an extra shirt and a big stuffed, striped rabbit (at first I thought it was a puppy), and a small brown bear-thing tucked into her pajama pocket. It's like the designers try to figure out ways to get the maximum amount of cuteness in one package.

I have to admit, I have a thing for animal-ear hats.  If my favorite doll company, Integrity Toys, started producing their own brand of minions of cuteness wearing animal-ear hats, I would fall over from WANTS.

I'll be posting more pictures of these girlies on the Ddung forum in the next few weeks. 

The Minions of Cuteness

I've been noticing this adorable, chubby Asian doll on the Doll Epic blog.  (A very good blog, if you've never heard of it).  I was enchanted, but of course the dolls aren't available in my part of the world.  I learned they're called Ddung dolls, and these abominably sweet minions of cuteness come from South Korea. 

There are two sizes:  18cm (7" ) and 11cm (4.3").  This is the 18cm version.  They're easy to find on eBay, and if you're in North America like I am, that's probably one of the few places you'll be able to find them to purchase easily without a huge markup.  And then you have to wait ... probably forever, or at least it will seem like it ... for them to be delivered all the way from South Korea.  Totally worth it.

This one is my first, bought secondhand from a very nice lady on a forum dedicated to Ddung dolls.  (You can find the forum here.)  I somehow managed to buy a few more, that are currently on their way to me.  I'm not sure how. ... I think they just jumped into my online shopping cart all by themselves last time I was on eBay.  It's like the cuteness drugged me and in my cute-induced stupor I forgot what I was doing and the "BUY IT NOW" button was all I could see.  LOL.

There are some counterfeits and look-alikes on the market, so if you get one, just make sure you are buying an authentic Ddung.  They're cuter than the fakes, anyway.  There is some info on the Ddung forum about how to tell the authentics from the fakes.

This one is called "Earplug Santa," which I believe is just a bad translation of "Earmuff Santa."  LOL.  I'm guessing the Korean word for earmuffs translates literally as "earplugs" in English.  She came with a Christmas stocking and earmuffs (seen in the second picture), but I made the kitty ears for her to match her outfit.  Her hair is an excellent quality and silky-soft, and her outfit is quite a nice quality as well.  She comes with white panties under the dress. Her head is hard plastic, not a soft vinyl like a lot of fashion dolly heads. 

Santa Ddung posing with two Domos, another Asian import.

Since I have a few more Ddungs on the way, you can be sure I'll be posting about them again at some point.

... And I won't make any poop jokes about the name "Ddung," even though I REALLY, REALLY want to.  LOL.