After promising to put up my store countless times, it’s finally up! I am selling off some of my brand new and unopened sets to help fund my travels and my orders for more Pinky Street dolls. Hey, the Sky Crawlers and Series 8 are now available for Pre-order at HLJ!

Among the dolls for sale are the red-haired Shana, Asuka and Rei, Yukata Moe, Haruhi, Mikuru, Yuki and Tsuruya. To place your orders, simply fill in the order form. Shipping is FREE locally for 2 or more dolls.

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If you’re thinking of starting your Pinky Street collection, now’s the best time to empty your wallets and buy Pinky St dolls. A quick look at eBay shows a number of sellers and collectors letting go of rares and semi-rares. Following the law of supply and demand, since there are plenty of supply, the prices of these sought after Pinkies are dropping — at an alarming rate too.

Take for instance Henrietta, the Gunslinger Girl. She was raffled off at one event, and of course, extremely limited. She once went for as high as $200 in eBay. However, in recent auctions, I’ve seen her go for as low as $79! Considering that this doll is one of the pinnacles of Pinky St collecting, that’s a bargain.

Next I saw Tenjo Tenge’s Emi Isuzu. Highly coveted because of her oh so awesome dress and her to die for pink curls, she is pegged at $40-60. There was this one eBay auction where I saw her go for only $29!

Then there’s Tsukihime Arcruid. Every collecter wants her — rather, her bare legs. Akadot Retail once put her on sale, with the awesome price tag of only $5. This didn’t bring down her value one bit. As soon as Akadot put her back on regular retail price ($24), people still want her, and at $24, that’s a pretty reasonable price. But then Hobby Link Japan has received their re-stock, and she’s now available again at our favorite Japanese online store for only $15 (much to the dismay of collectors who’ve hoarded Arcs from Akadot).

Even the regular releases are going for a steal. One seller was selling three brand new and unopned regular releases. A fair price for this would be $30 ($10 per doll), but to my surprise, it ended at only $10.50 (with shipping it’s $18.50, roughly $6 per doll; pretty much the suggested retail price in Japan).

This is certainly the best time to buy Pinky Street dolls. Great news for those just starting into the hobby. But for the long time collectors and sellers? Quite a tragedy.

Baby Sue and Vance Project aren’t slowing down either. With the other two Haruhi Suzumiya Pinkies slated to be released at the end of the month, the much anticipated and awaited Sanrio Pinkies coming out sometime July and the sneak peek at the upcoming Series 7, Pinky Street sure is on a roll. The question is, can their existing market roll with them?

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I’m doing my regular Pinky St spring cleaning, and instead of selling off parts individually over at the Pinky-Street.com Forums Marketplace, I decided to sell the part in lots on eBay:

Lot with Chun-Li

With dress up seal

With Asuka Langley (Evangelion Ver. 1, Kokoro head)

With Wild Arms Avril hair, Tenjo Tenge Emi legs

With Dress up seal and Street Fighters Sakura body

If you’re interested in any of these lots, head on to eBay now! The first auction ends April 17, 2008 at 08 09:52am PDT (April 18, 2008 at 12:52am GMT+0800), and the last one ends April 17, 2008 at 10:17am PDT (April 18, 2008 at 1:17am GMT+0800).

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I have been feeling pretty crappy lately, and even written about it in three of my blogs. Before I can write anything depressing in this blog, eBay saved the day, or blog, rather.

I put up one of my rarer dolls up for auction on e-Bay: the PK001 Yoshiko Repaint. For some reason, this Series 1 repaint became one of the most sought after set among the regular Pinky St releases. I was lucky enough to find this doll over at Yahoo!Japan auctions. However, with most of the rare dolls, I put off opening them.

 
I’ve said over and over that I consider Pinkies as an investment. They provide me an outlet for retail therapy, while ensuring that I am buying something that I can resell for a good price later on. I buy when I have the money, and sell when I run out.

I never really expected Yoshiko would get such a high price. The most I expected from her was US$25. But $55? Oh my!

 
To the guy who tried to buy Yoshiko for Php 500 (US$ 12): Please do not insult my intelligence. You had the gall to tell me stop my auction, to meet up with you, to call you and to sell you my doll for Php 500. I know how much Pinky Street dolls are worth. They’re not just worth Php 500. Even the regular releases now are being sold for Php 550, and you’re expecting me to just hand over the Yoshiko Repaint for that price? And isn’t that kind of transaction going against e-Bay’s terms and conditions? Please. Venture out of eBay.ph and see how eBay really works.

Annoying buyers aside, I’m really happy about the outcome of this e-Bay auction. Now I have enough money to buy a new domain and a box of Moo cards!

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