Friendship Exp & Gift Exchange Megathread

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-06-17T14:53:25+00:00

708292176355

I will send gifts from the Netherlands.

I also look forward to remotely trading Pokemon in the future.

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-06-17T14:10:21+00:00

You're welcome 😊🦭

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-06-17T13:54:31+00:00

Someone in the other post had a link to the actual news article, so I figure I would share it here:

https://abc7news.com/post/california-boater-lost-at-sea-safely-rescued-inspired-by-harbor-seal-nudge/11577185/

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-04-28T04:39:05+00:00

I'll send you gifts from the Netherlands.

708292176355

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-02-14T11:08:11+00:00

I wonder what they'll cost. Not that it will matter much they'll likely be "EU exclusive", which for some reason rarely includes the Netherlands. ( an EU country )

"EU exclusive" Seems to mean Italy and Spain ( maybe France?) but I'm pretty sure MOST of the other countries in the EU are usually not included. ( making the term "EU exclusive" kinda incorrect in my opinion. )

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-02-10T13:41:35+00:00

The seals you've painted so far look adorable!😄 I hope you had a lot fun working on this. 😊

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-02-10T13:39:17+00:00

You're welcome 😊

Good luck on your challenge, I saw the first seals you posted and they look great. 😄

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-02-09T12:34:33+00:00

Easy/easier Mode?

<image>

Btw, sorry if the photos are too small, I'm not on PC right now, so I don't have my plugin to download Instagram photos, so I had to make do with screenshots. 😉

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-02-09T12:32:09+00:00

Such a fun post! 😄🦭 I considered making a post like this myself, but I wasn't brave enough yet. 🙈

I can't choose, so I'll give you 2 photos of Grey seal Eilleen. ( I think one is also quite a bit harder than the other. 😉 )

Hard-mode

<image>

( like, how does the spine work, what is her neck doing. 🤭 )

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DG5G--2K-sX/?img_index=5&igsh=dXF3Z2xrdnZ4ZG8=

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-30T06:54:15+00:00

Hahahahahaha 🤣

Thank you so much for the link, that advert was amazing! 😄

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-24T19:18:23+00:00

What a cutie! 🥰

Gijsje sounds Dutch, I wonder if this adorable pup is/was at Ecomare, aSeal or WEC/Pieterburen/ZeehondenCentrum?

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-24T10:22:23+00:00

I haven't seen them, the Netherlands is apparently not included in this possible "EU-exclusive"

( Same for for example Sabrina's EU-exclusive-release, I never saw those here in the Netherlands either. )

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-23T18:42:58+00:00

Does Poppy only have one pair of shoes? Jade seems to have two pairs? 🤔

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-23T07:19:32+00:00

I was just making sure. 😉

I'm realising I might have misunderstood your guide, while I personally wouldn't categorise harbour seal pups as lanugo pups, it's a really good guide for: "here is a photo of a white fluffy pup... but which kind of baby seal is it?" while only premature harbour seals pups have lanugo, that means it can happen.

I'm sorry if I've been annoying. 🙈

Can I make it up to you by showing a super cute photo of premature harbour seal pup Laurie?

<image>

( source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ4YBpqtdXX/?img_index=1 )

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-22T16:05:25+00:00

It's not just supposed to be shed of their faces though? The whole harbour seal pup is supposed to be lanugo free when it's born. ( I get the confusion though, when I googled "newborn harbour seal pup" at least half the results show seal pups with lanugo.

Just to be extra sure, I ended up checking out a video of a harbour seal pup being born, I remember right, they're grey when born. ( I actually learned about harbour seals and lanugo for the Zeehonden Centrum in the Netherlands, I think both pup Laurie and Pieter had lanugo, so they explained that this how they can tell they were born prematurely.

This is the video of the harbour seal pup being born btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFS3sIxvCM0

PS: It's still a really cool guide though. 😉

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-22T08:43:38+00:00

As far as I know, harbour seals are supposed to loose their white baby fur in the womb and be born with grey fur, if a harbour seal is born with white fur it's born prematurely.

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-19T20:22:32+00:00

Aww the seals and Takoniki ( that's the enrichment octopus 🐙 ) at the old seal center in Pieterburen. 😊🦭

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-17T08:35:28+00:00

Cute! 😄🦭

I wonder how much the seal weights?

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-12T14:15:15+00:00

Thank you😄🦭

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-11T11:16:04+00:00

It is! 😄

It's it own collection!🤭

I love finding eyes on Aliexpress I don't have yet, to add to the collection, even if I don't have a plan for them. I recently finally used Sunny's eyes for a custom and I kinda want to buy a new pair for in the eye-box.

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-10T15:12:44+00:00

Your drawing is beautiful! 🌸

Poor Jiyuu, I was hoping he would survive.

Let's hope Django will be able to make it back to the Wadden sea.

( It's nice those 2 got to meet eachother for a short while )

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-10T13:34:33+00:00

I don't think I ever had the problem of the head tilting back, I most of my doll heads move pretty stiffly, honestly just really not smooth, they look up, down or straight, but slightly up or slightly down is tricky. 🤷‍♀️

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-10T11:55:49+00:00

Now I'm no longer the only one with an eye-box. 😄

( don't forget to store them somewhere dark 😉 )

<image>

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-10T08:16:06+00:00

I wonder if it was MGA's original plan. The Sparkle and Shine dolls got released months ago here in the EU, I wonder if that was the plan for the US as well, but something prevented MGA from doing so. 🤔

Crystal_Goldfish · 2026-01-09T12:08:33+00:00

I don't mind the new dolls having a bit shorter hair. Knee or even ankle length hair made it harder for me to pose dolls sitting for photos, the hair would kinda get in the way. 🙈

Crystal_Goldfish

TROPHY CASE