09/08/2024
Hi everyone,
For those of you that have been sticking around, I thank you. I actually placed a decent sized (by 2024 standards) restock order at the beginning of this month. It was supposed to be 6 cartons, but groove only shipped out 4 of them. It's possible that their part time packer only has room in his car for 4 cartons, so we shall see if the others (Yu-Li, Callie, Innocent Alice, Calico, & Pere Noel) end up in transit on monday.
ALL of my pullip body Mio kits are sold out. Some overseas stores might still have some limited stock, but expect them to be marked up as they bought from PS earlier in the year. It seems that groove, now tightly under Mango's thumb, has no intention of making any more. Even more so now that they are trying to sell the crafting yeolume dolls in Japanese retail stores. I still have bout 55 Taeyang, 90 Isul, and over 200 Dal kits remaining, but beyond that the chances look pretty bleak.
Whether they will be successful with this year's $200-$300 priced dolls is still unknown, but as an individual retailer, that price-point is just beyond the amount I'm willing to invest in inventory for singular dolls. I had hoped that last year's IMAI & HIDE collabs, which were both over $200 and did not sell well at all, would have been beneficial feedback indicating that they needed to reverse course.
It was instructed that I sell Hide for $220 so as to not upset japan sellers at the time, but I have now reduced him to $160 just so i can get my money back. I have 11 of him remaining if anyone was on the fence about grabbing one. https://www.pullipstyle.com/pullipstyle/product_info.php?products_id=1804
I am likely going to leave the SUMMER20 coupon (for $20 off $250) active indefinitely, as shipping two dolls together is more economical for PS and as well for buyers. If there IS actually any change in anything, i will be sure to let everyone know. Kinda hoping that the US interest rate cut makes the USD exchange rate a bit less expensive for overseas buyers, but at this point I don't expect any miracles.
Perhaps I will eventually end up just morphing these accounts into bunny blogs.