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Ah, if only money grew on trees.
Mar. 5th, 2015 02:55 pmSo I'm trying to decide what to use this month's fun money on. The plan was to get the next Sailor Moon DVD set. That would be more practical and logical. Alternately, a season 2 Pony Luna plush comes out this month and I really want her, too. Midnight blue! SO GORGEOUS.
But I discovered the other day that they've released a huge Sailor Venus plush, and last night I was able to see how big she really is.
She's far bigger than I imagined. And so soft and cuddly....
At F.Y.E., she's the same price as the DVDs at Wal-Mart, which surprised me. I thought they'd charge way more for something that big. Or she's several dollars cheaper if I can get her from somewhere else before they sell out of her. Either price is very reasonable.
I want to tell myself to focus on the DVDs. I thought I'd probably wake up wanting to focus on them and the plush was just an impulse infatuation.
But I woke up instead unable to get the thought of the plush out of my mind. When that happens, I generally can't stop wanting something no matter how hard I try. The same thing happened with the Boba Fett figure and the Batman plush.
I do have a season 1 Pony Luna, so technically I could probably wait a little on the season 2 plush. The designs are very different and I really want the season 2 plush, but I don't have any Sailor Venus plush at all, and she's so big and the price is so good for that size.
I have this feeling I will be unable to stop wanting that plush. Venus has been one of my favorites for years, and I love her even more from reading the Sailor V manga (which, ohmygosh, a local friend knew to get for me even though I don't recall ever mentioning Sailor Moon to her! Squeeee!). She starts out rather ditzy in the manga, but that makes it all the more meaningful that she matures as much as she does by the later Sailor Moon manga. (Although she's still ditzy in some ways, unlike the picture people usually paint of Manga Venus.)
Even Mars, whom I really don't like in the classic anime much at all, looked really cute and cuddly in the giant plushie version. But since I actually do like Venus, I really really like the thought of getting that plush.
I suppose I've loved Ponies much longer than Sailor Moon, but as far as the character of Pony Luna in specific, she's very recent and I've loved Sailor Moon much longer.
(Note that I have to keep saying Pony Luna because there's a Luna in Sailor Moon too. LOL.)
As far as the two fandoms go, though, if I could find the Octavia doll, that would trump everything else. But everyone all over the country is having trouble finding her and I really don't like ordering dolls online (unless they're out-of-print and I have to, like with Sailor Moon dolls). And who knows when we'll start seeing her, so I don't like to hold onto the money hoping to find her and then miss out on the best price for the Venus plush. With tax and stuff, the other price is about $8 cheaper than F.Y.E. Even though both prices are reasonable, $8 less certainly sounds more wonderful.
But I discovered the other day that they've released a huge Sailor Venus plush, and last night I was able to see how big she really is.
She's far bigger than I imagined. And so soft and cuddly....
At F.Y.E., she's the same price as the DVDs at Wal-Mart, which surprised me. I thought they'd charge way more for something that big. Or she's several dollars cheaper if I can get her from somewhere else before they sell out of her. Either price is very reasonable.
I want to tell myself to focus on the DVDs. I thought I'd probably wake up wanting to focus on them and the plush was just an impulse infatuation.
But I woke up instead unable to get the thought of the plush out of my mind. When that happens, I generally can't stop wanting something no matter how hard I try. The same thing happened with the Boba Fett figure and the Batman plush.
I do have a season 1 Pony Luna, so technically I could probably wait a little on the season 2 plush. The designs are very different and I really want the season 2 plush, but I don't have any Sailor Venus plush at all, and she's so big and the price is so good for that size.
I have this feeling I will be unable to stop wanting that plush. Venus has been one of my favorites for years, and I love her even more from reading the Sailor V manga (which, ohmygosh, a local friend knew to get for me even though I don't recall ever mentioning Sailor Moon to her! Squeeee!). She starts out rather ditzy in the manga, but that makes it all the more meaningful that she matures as much as she does by the later Sailor Moon manga. (Although she's still ditzy in some ways, unlike the picture people usually paint of Manga Venus.)
Even Mars, whom I really don't like in the classic anime much at all, looked really cute and cuddly in the giant plushie version. But since I actually do like Venus, I really really like the thought of getting that plush.
I suppose I've loved Ponies much longer than Sailor Moon, but as far as the character of Pony Luna in specific, she's very recent and I've loved Sailor Moon much longer.
(Note that I have to keep saying Pony Luna because there's a Luna in Sailor Moon too. LOL.)
As far as the two fandoms go, though, if I could find the Octavia doll, that would trump everything else. But everyone all over the country is having trouble finding her and I really don't like ordering dolls online (unless they're out-of-print and I have to, like with Sailor Moon dolls). And who knows when we'll start seeing her, so I don't like to hold onto the money hoping to find her and then miss out on the best price for the Venus plush. With tax and stuff, the other price is about $8 cheaper than F.Y.E. Even though both prices are reasonable, $8 less certainly sounds more wonderful.
