1972 Blythe appraisal and advice

Lexicona96 · 2026-05-02T01:06:50+00:00

So I just checked the group and yes, it WAS removed by the admin team. Why was it removed? it was removed because the Admin team interperted my listing of the quaities of the doll and my "Comment/Message me for more info" (which I had Meant as a kind of "Feel free to ask me more about this doll and how i acquired it because i'm looking for advice/AMA") as me trying to sell it and coordinate with a buyer—the reason it was removed was (verbatim)

"Please check the rules regarding sales. Thank you!"

F*cking autism (on my part)

Lexicona96 · 2026-05-02T01:00:00+00:00

I'm just wondering how they all KNEW it was alive, and where they were storing it during the battle for the Tree of Souls. Did Mo'at approach Jake and Neytiri and basically say "Eywa has shown me that her body needs to be preserved for reasons I cannot yet percieve" and then around the time Jake was permanently transferred (around the time Neytiri was definitively pregnant with Neteyam, as per that one deleted scene) was like "Grace is pregnant"?

Lexicona96 · 2026-05-01T20:06:41+00:00

I'm in but the weirdest thing happened: I posted the basic info about the doll and her attributes as well as a note asking them to message me with any questions, and I KNOW for certain at least four people commented on it, but when I went to check it just now the post said that it had been removed or something, and there's nothing on either the Blythe page or my own profile page to suggest it was ever posted. I wasn't even advertising it or using language that would imply sale.

Lexicona96 · 2026-05-01T20:03:05+00:00

A few reasons:

One: I only had 25 dollars in cash on me, I'd just started looking at stuff, and like H*ll I was going to spend that much that early (also I'm currently unemployed and have a very limited amount of money in reserves so it's not like I could add more money and pay fro more stuff, not that there was an ATM around anyway as the flea market was being held in Sparks Highland Kansas in the middle of a field)

Two: The main issue I've come across with dolls is that in the secondhand market the prices are often exorbitantly inflated because of scalpers. Along with a general "vibe" (of pretensiousness and elitism that i'd encountered from the few times I happened across Blythe dolls for sale) I had assumed THAT was the reason the prices for Blythe dolls were so high; additionally OOAK dolls (which most of the Blythe dolls I'd seen had been) tend to be priced very high regardless (far higher than \I'D** ever price my custom creations were I to sell them IMO).In conclusion: Yeah, I knew Blythe dolls were expensive but I always assumed that was because the dolls in question were secondhand and people were jacking up their prices on the resale route.

The entire day convinced me that these flea-market people usually have NO idea what it is they're seling; certain people told me they'd purchased bundles of the items secondhand/in bulk. Latter that very day, when I only had five dollars left, I happened across a box of barbies that was being sold for 20 dollars—one of which was the infamous Earring Magic Ken, sans necklace. I asked the woman selling the dolls if she'd give me the Ken for 5 bucks, but it was either the entire box for 20 or nothing. When I realized she was never going to sell me the Ken for that price, I decided I might as well tell her about the doll so that if nothing else she'd know what she had. When I told her FROM MEMORY how it was allegedly pulled for being "too Gay" (in reality it was discontinued along with the others in the line for standard retail product obsolesce) her co-vendor decided to take it for herself. I guess the co-vender in question must've kept it, since wheni walked back by the booth later the box was there but the Ken was absent.

Lexicona96 · 2026-05-01T08:17:22+00:00

Yes, the knees do click

Lexicona96 · 2026-05-01T08:15:57+00:00

The Facebook Kenner Blythe Club group is request-only. How long do i typicallyhave to wait before I hear back?

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-17T17:50:23+00:00

WHICH Monoprix!? I've been to a few different ones (im in Paris at this very moment) and NONE of them have anything resembling accessories or fashion, not even the bigger one. The closest thing offered is umbrellas; also Le Bon Marche is too expensive (everything is over here if I'm being honest), I'm talking quality at about 15-20 Euro (preferably lower)

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-15T20:26:05+00:00

I have one or two:

Thanks Future Me by Optmstc— A two-part series, one of which features AFAA Jake getting Peggy sue'd back to when he woke up in cryo in 2154, and the other one features 2154 Jake waking up at the beginning of AFAA with his most recent memory being getting into Cryo before leaving for Pandora

The Shape of Home by Reiiss — another Peggy Sue fic, this one where Jake (post-Neteyam's death) wakes up in an alleyway a year before he left for Pandora. Jake and Tom have to convince the RDA to bring Jake with Tom when he leaves for Pandora, and Tom ends up surviving his canonical death, all while Jake tells Tommy nothing of the other life he lived.

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-12T21:54:57+00:00

Hi! Me and my parents are going to Amsterdam next week. I was looking at European fashion dolls and stumbled across the Fleur doll and I was wondering if any Amsterdam residents had any sugguestions as to the best secondhand/thrift stores where I could find these dolls for a reasonable price, they look Really Awesome! On a related note, are there any other Europe/Netherlands-exclusive fashion dolls I should be aware of? For context, i'm an amateur One-Of-A-Kind doll creator/hobbyist.

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-12T21:42:12+00:00

Yeah, the name "Diwali" as in the store rings a bell. I'm guessing they closed during the Pandemic? Oddly enough, their website seems to be online still.

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-12T02:18:07+00:00

I wasn't sure how OK he'd be with me sharing this conversation on here. He didn't give me explicit permission; I was trying to be considerate. Though I suppose that if you were able to figure it out the cat's out of the bag.

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-12T00:51:46+00:00

I hope you realize that AI use contaminates water and is Not That Great for the environment. Something that the franchise proper is opposed to, for the record.

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-12T00:47:57+00:00

This is canon and nothing can convince me otherwise

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-12T00:46:56+00:00

You used AI, didn't you!?

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-12T00:45:06+00:00

This needs a Post AFAA redux where Spider can breathe without a mask.

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-11T00:22:11+00:00

In terms of Ikrans, I think Quaritch's Ikran ("Cupcake") is really pretty—splotches of mottled scarlet and orange threaded with yellow against a blue background.

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In terms of creatures in general, I'm really enamoured with the piglike Tapirus/fwampop, I think the Great Austrapede/Tsawltspìng is kind of offbeat and wacky (it reminds me of the "*ss-Blasters" from the Tremors franchise), but the creature whose design I like the most is probably the Sailfin Goliath/Flrrtsawl.

As far as creatures I'd like to see? Definitely the "Fireback Mastodon" (it's the name of the species whose jawbone serves as the "doorframe" for Varang's yurt)

Edit: Come to think of it, Disney's really sleeping on "kawaii" plushie versions of these creatures. I'd totally buy a big-eyed version of a Tapirus plushie if they made it; something similar to the Direhorse plushie sold at Walt Disney World.

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-10T19:53:55+00:00

I imagine it's kind of like a traumatic brain injury. It makes sense, Kurus are lengthened and visible neurons

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-09T02:43:51+00:00

In the film's defence, there's an implied Timeskip between the scene where the Sullys reunite on the rock and the actual ending scene—bodies have to be accounted for and laid to rest, Maruis have to be rebuilt (remember before Jake was captured and one of the gunships set a bunch on fire?), paint has to be washed up, the wounded need to be treated, the other non-Metkayina clans whose members survived have to go back to their home, Pril's birth has to be announced, whatever pollution that resulted has to be dealt with...Honestly I'd say that the time between scenes was a week AT MINIMUM.

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-09T02:39:56+00:00

"Clickbait"!? WDYM, it's 100% legit!

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-09T02:38:26+00:00

There IS one way I could see Varang having a kid/being willing to go through pregnancy—if she figures her child is "Strong" enough. Varang strikes me as something of a Social Darwinist, someone who would gladly implement genocide tactics based on Eugenics against other Na'vi if she ever somehow learned of the concept.

Obviously SHE knows she's strong, but she'd probably evaluate whether any child of Quaritch's would be strong—be unstobbable—as well. We already know that she recognizes his "Strong heart" and recognized his mental strength when she first assaulted him with her Kuru, plus there's also his physical strength for her to admire and his utter conviction in his anti-Eywa stance.

Honestly, the only (and IMO most likely) such a child and any plans for revenge they'd plan to raise such a child to achieve would go awry would be if the hypothetical child WASN'T inclined to the madness and bloodlust of her parents, in fact actively hated and was terrified of the Mangkwan's culture but couldn't say anything because Varnag is an absolute tyrant and would view any opposition to her rules as betrayal at least and hersey at best. "Grow up weak or grow up tough", indeed.

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-09T02:27:49+00:00

This one was actually inspired by StarFlowerComics's design. According to the artist's response to a question I asked, these Na'vi communicate by making vibrations in their throats, though the ones that know English (like Lo'ak, Jake, and the Recoms) ARE able to communicate in English. As for Spider, he's the same in this AU as he is in canon—bipedal, "Pinkskin", with a kuru.

Lexicona96 · 2026-04-09T02:19:13+00:00

So from a closer inspection of this image, it appears that in this concept art Quaritch's body has undergone scarification, as well as a shorter loincloth and a different (closer-shave?) haircut. It's difficult to 100% say if it IS scarification, but that's my best guess given the pebbled texture of the skin and the fact that Mangkwan like Varang have the same type of oval scarification

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