Box Opening: Bluefairy Shiny Fairy May

A new girl joins the Inn today. She is Bluefairy SF May. I ordered her back on the 7th September and she arrived to me today. I also ordered her with Bluefairy's default face up. I simply adore their face up style. It's very much my kind of style. Sweet, subtle and gentle.

I can't remember the last time I did a BJD box opening. Looking back through my posts, it was January 2015! That was my Bimong Chuu. Time flies!

Let's start with this incredibly gorgeous little bag. It even has a little "seat belt" to hold her inside the bag. It's long enough to fit my MSDs in it too!

A little logo on the outside of the bag in gold lettering.

First glimpse of her after I unwrap the bubblewrap she came in.

...and because I'm a geek, I just had to show you this washi type tape they used on her face protector. Isn't it cool? I want this washi tape!

She came with dark green acrylic eyes. They look nice but a bit big for her I think. And the gorgeous face up. She also has little teeth like Rune! I really love this soft style.

Adore the hands on this body. It's a little on the chubby side but I think that is the charm of them.

There were a few minor issues I found, not a deal breaker and I'm not overly worried about them but wanted to mention them here. 

This big massive seam on the back of her left arm is quite visible. At first, I thought it was a crack but on closer inspection realised it was just the seam lines where the two parts joined. I am a little surprised it wasn't sanded back a little. Her right arm is not as bad and seems like it had been sanded down.

Her entire top head part has visible seams. I have only seen this on one other doll and it was my now sold Fairyland MNF Carl although on that doll, it wasn't quite as visible as on this one. Again not really anything major but it was strange to see this. Maybe the silicone mold is seeing some wear and tear?

Really massive S-hook. I changed it out for something smaller as it was a bit difficult to get the headcap back on with the small silver circle hook thing on the cap hitting the top of the S-hook. I took out the putty straight away. It was like clay and felt a bit strange.

I was disappointed that there was no Bluefairy label on the head like there usually is on other dolls. It's a shame as I find this touch quite personal, even a scratched BF inside the headcap would have been nice. I'm not sure how the older ones came though.

Another thing was no COA. I knew that going in as Bluefairy had announced the discontinuation of their COAs on their notice board. But it would have been nice if they had not come to that decision. I find COAs quite unique and personal and helps with record keeping as they tend to have the date of production on them along with the specific sculpt name and year. I would have also really liked an instruction manual on restringing these dolls but I think it's available on their website anyway. Still ... it would have been nice to have a hard copy.

I didn't get a shipping email from them. I just had to log into the site and check my order status. I did however get a email when there was a delay in shipping her out and Bluefairy did ship within the time they said they would after the delay.

I didn't really need to contact them about anything, only to let them know I had paid via their Q&A board. They were fairly quick to respond and when they replied they did inform me the doll would take about 2-3 months so I knew the wait would be a lengthy one.

I did notice they under declared my parcel which I don't really like because of insurance purposes and I didn't know that would be the case otherwise I might have mentioned not to do that.

Overall, the experience was fairly easy and smooth, the doll is beautiful with really nice quality resin and I'm pretty happy with my Bluefairy order. I would order from them again if there was another doll I wanted.

Temporary as the wig is actually Isabelle's. Still debating over the eyes. I have a tendency to pick blue, purple, light grey or green for my dolls. Her name is Yana. Still not sure how close to the original Chibi version of her I will stick with. I didn't end up sticking to the original sculpt choices either!

I think she's older than Rune by a year. She's bossier too. Still working on what sort of clothing style she will like.

Miss Bossy Boots.