Come Into My Magic Room... A Mime Collection (Re-Into)
So it's been approximately 2 years since I joined this community, and since then, I've only ever done ONE collection update! Looking back through my posts, it appears I've deleted most of the old photos, so let's start fresh.
I'm known as tayran on here, but my name is Taryn! I'm 22, and I've been a fan of Pokemon since the original RBY game release, and the original anime. My favorite Pokemon used to be Chansey when I was small, since she was the first holographic card I ever pulled. She still holds a special place in my heart today, even though I don't collect her.
I'm not sure what drew me to collect the mime line, to be honest! I think most of it stems from the fact that Mr. Mime is generally disliked, and a lot of folks find him creepy. While I would agree that at first he's not glamorous or cool, I think he's a sweetie! I remember in the anime when Ash' mom originally took him in, and how happy it made Mimey. And he does so many nice things for them!
Anyway, I'm starting to ramble. I fell out of Pokemon for a while, so I didn't discover until much later that Mr. Mime gained a pre-evolution. Curious, I took a look, and I found him to be ADORABLE. Still later, I sat down and watched the Lucario movie, mainly to see what all the fuss about Lucario was (I really dislike Lucario, but that's neither here nor there), and to my delight, discovered that Mime Jr. had a pretty center stage role! By this time I was already collecting Mime Jr., and I'm so glad I did! He's absolutely precious to me, and there's a LOT more merch of him than I ever imagined. It's really difficult to keep up, considering I only work part time and go to college.
So here I am, 2 years after my original joining, to share with you my baby clown and mime collection! And there's still more to come that isn't Mime related!
Everything is under the cut! Fair warning, though, images are large, and numerous!! Mobile users, beware!
Let's start with some of my oldest gets: a Pokedoll clock and cup, I believe both of them won in auctions that rachelled hosted a few months after my joining. I want to get some batteries for the clock so I can see it in action! Yet I haven't been brave enough to use the Pokedoll cup, so it remains in its original packaging when it was shipped to me. Next to it is the friends plush, Tomy figure MIB from donny9's auctions, and also a MIB Mime Jr. Jakks figure with marble, from my birthday (last year I believe)! If you can't tell, I'm kind of neurotic about the condition of the items in my collection. It varies, though.
Here we have some figures! Left to right, we have a candy figure (I think), bottlecap (still looking for the other variant of it!), straps, and a bell figure! More on that in the next photo.
Here we have a stamp tin from Y!J Th stamps inside a much smaller than regular retsudens. I'm debating keeping the others, but it just looks so weird without everything being all together. Also included were a sticky note pad and little stickers.
Next up, we have a few miscellaneous items, including a couple figures I missed! You can see a MIP Pokedoll strap (if I remember right, there are other Pokemon featured on the strap in silhouette form), a Bandai flip top catcher figure (the small coin on the far right goes with it), puzzle piece, poofy... thing, Pokedoll charm (one of the first things I ever bought here, from mizuhokusanagi!), Battrio (from schenzi), zipper pull, random pog, retsuden stamper, and you can't really tell, but that's a metal coin! And on the other side is a picture of Mr. Mime :)
Moving on, we have a bell from a very old GA (so glad I rechecked it when there was an extras post! The GA was HUGE), zukan (missing Mr. Mime's peg, so I'm looking for another--it was a humongous pain to get him to stand without it), and a tiny square Mr. Mime stamp from someone's sales that I can't recall, sorry!
And below, a movie 8 can badge set, won very recently from a GA! It was REALLY difficult to tell that he was even on there, because the picture was so small, but it's almost second nature to look for that smile and little pom pom now :') And I love the little jester Pikachu! I want the plush they made of him.
Whoa, check it out! Can you believe they made a little glass with Mime Jr. on it?! With not just one, but TWO different poses?! I got this along with another very special item (hint: it's a plush!) from a sales post recently. It's so lovely! I think the stars are a very nice touch, and I like that the romaji for his name is put on the cup, instead of the katakana.
EVEN MORE FIGURES! Left to right: Pokedoll figure, chou get, footprint figure, pencil topper, suction cup figure. His pokedoll art is so cute ;; And I love the little flowers on the footprint base.
Stylus from technicolorcage! This was another thing I never thought I'd actually own. I've never seen another one for sale, not even on Y!J. I'd use it, but it doesn't fit snugly into the stylus slot on my DS, but I think when I'm home, I might use it. He looks so silly at the top on his little spring.
You didn't think I was done talking about figures, did you? HAHAHA.
I tried to consolidate a little bit, but the mimes actually have quite a few variants!
Here we have the anime kid, newer release Mr. Mime figures, both clear and non, older release figures of the same variety. The old release clear version was sold to me by the very generous psychmoonshadow, who is endlessly kind, and I treasure the little clear guy dearly (more on that user a little later!). The other I got from Y!J. The clear figures of them were surprisingly hard to find.Next to them are all the Mime Jr. kids. I still don't know if an arms up clear version of that last one even exists. I've never even seen a photo D: But I love the dynamicism of each pose!! Precious babies.
This next item is very special... I'd seen a couple photos from very old posts, never for sale, and not even on Y!J. Until one day, I was browsing through sales posts, and noticed that peechee00 was offering some 151 badges for sale. My heart practically stopped when I saw it. Immediately, I snatched it up.
Unfortunately, it took quite a long time to get to me (peechee is overseas from me, so naturally I waited a bit longer). I PMed her asking if it'd been sent, and she assured me it had. After a while, I'd given up hope of seeing it, assuming it had been lost in the mail. Until it showed up, that is. I couldn't be happier! I just love how 3D it is, with him clambering out of the hand silhouette, with all those colors, and he looks so happy! Thank you so much, again, peechee ; u ;
Also another very special get: a metal Mr. Mime figure. It's the only one I've ever been able to buy without it being snatched up first. I want to get every single color I can of him--I've seen him in gunmetal, and I believe purple as well, but both were bought up or claimed in GAs. He was sold to me by caffwin, who so kindly PMed me offering him to me. I feel like I'm holding a grail in my hands, since I'd never even SEEN a Mr. Mime metal figure until last year (2012). I hadn't thought one even existed, even though practically every other Pokemon has one. I hope that Mime Jr. got one, too.
Just pause and take in his majesty. His little hands, the little stand he has because he's just that cool, the bronze sheen. Aah, I love him <3
And now...
Suddenly, minimodels! And a pencil topper. These guys are also really hard to find, and I'm still looking for more!
Here we have most of my Mr. Mime collection. Oh god, there's actually so much...
Starting at the top, we have a FCS figure, stampers (I was worried the two left ones were the same color, but they're actually slightly different!), in case figure (still need more color variants), zukan, old release dex charm, baseless stamp figure, new release charms, lamincard. Oh, and the center Mime is a magnet!! Or a clip, I can't remember x.x
Below it are harder to identify items--a very tiny mini booklet set, even tinier 151 sticker, puzzle piece, dog tag, and MIP figures which I believe are also FCS?? And a complete stamper figure!
Whoops, almost forgot to include these! Pokedoll pen/pencil (from eBay), and a strange looking vending card of Mr. Mime. I actually wound up with two on accident, thinking I hadn't already bought it. I'm in dire need of Mime TCG, but they're just not a high priority when I can't buy them up all at once.
And also a humongous sticker! One of my earliest gets.
All of these are pan sticker holders, each featuring Mime Jr, and obtained from Y!J. I love that each one is slightly different. But it's the next photo that really gets me, however bittersweet.
I had some competition, and it was relisted a couple times, but THIS seal holder... is the holder to end all sealholders. First of all, it's beautiful. I mean LOOK at May, and Mime Jr. is RIGHT THERE in the VERY CENTER and it just makes me so happy to own this.
However... when received it, the small plastic button tabs that keep the individual sheets in place... were broken. I can't get them to stay in place like the others :( It breaks my heart that I can't even use the holder I love best, with such gorgeous artwork. If anyone has tips on how to fix this, replacement tabs, ANYTHING, please let me know. Unless you have a new one you can sell me. I hate to have this beautiful item and no way to really employ it. ;;
Here are my current pan stickers, with an old Topps stickers as well. The dual sticker was included as a wonderful surprise with another item I received in the mail--for the longest time, I thought I'd lost it, but then I found it tucked away in a pocket of a bag/purse. I love it so much!! Sadly, I think there's at least 2 other pan stickers of Mime Jr. I need, and I don't recall seeing any of just Mr. Mime. Sellers, show me your wares!!
To round off the flats and figures, here's a notebook!
I know what you're thinking.... 'But Taryn, that's Mew. Why would you buy that?' Well, it's because...
Mimey is on the back!
I debated getting this for a while, since it's the only one I'd ever seen for sale (at the Floarama Pokemart site), and I never seemed to have the funds. But then there was a sale, and I finally caved. Call me crazy, but I just needed it. At least it's a slightly different pose. And it really is a nice notebook!!
Onto plush~
This photo is actually quite old! It's from March of last year, when I meant to do a collection update but never did.Luckily I still have the photos. Seen here are the yawarakai (sp?) plush, terrycloth plush, old and new release Pokedolls (the old one was one of my very first purchases here on the comm, from roxyryoko <3), Banpresto movie plush, knit plush, keychain TOMY mascot, and giant, cuddly, laying UFO!!
The UFO was won from mizuhokusanagi around the time of my joining the community. I won it for a VERY reasonable price, and she was very accomodating. I want to get another to cuddle all the time ;;. And the knit plush was also purchased for a very nice price, because he had some discoloration on one arm. Nothing a Tide bleach pen couldn't fix! I spent a few minutes each day doctoring him up, and I've gotten very attached to my little 'patient.' The knit plush series is actually one of my favorites, and I want to get more.
Detail shot of the mascot plush, because I can. He's actually a little bit shimmery! Like satin. And he remains in his packaging from Y!J.
Another detail shot of the yawarakai plush and movie plush. It was hard to find the movie plush with tag, with the pom pom intact!
The 2009 pokedoll. For whatever reason, these guys are REALLY HARD TO FIND. Especially with their hangtag. I was lucky enough to find a listing on Y!J for one. I paid a smidge more than I wanted, but look at that soft fabric, the stitching, and the TAG.
LOOK AT HOW HAPPY HE IS. He looks so cute in the Pokedoll style. Especially on the blue tag. It's a little warped, but there's no creases I can see. I also bought another untagged one that I liked to cuddle.
And now... the ultimate get...
THE MR. MIME PLUSH. THE ONLY ONE THEY EVER MADE OF MY BABY.
He is sadly without his hangtag, but I had already committed to buying him when a tagged one came up literally within a day or two of buying. I hope I can find another MWT one in the future. I'm just so glad to finally have this precious little guy. He's always been listed at ridiculous prices on eBay, and since I got my deposit back from Y!J I can't bid for a while, but he's finally mine. He's in great shape, too!! I need to name him...
To end my longest post of any kind to date, here is an adorable custom piece by psychmoonshadow, which they sent to me along with their old release clear Mr. Mime. Look at them, being a cute, happy family. It looks much better in real life, though. They did a lovely job <3
I'm going to go pass out, now x.x
That was a lot of pictures to upload, and a lot of text. I'm not waiting over a year for an update again, haha. Now I'm going to go and continue fixing up my wants page, since I found another few photos in my folders on my computer.
I know that not everyone loves these guys, but I think what's most important is how *I* feel about them. I think they're really misunderstood, and I had a hard time fitting in growing up, since I moved a lot. So I guess I identify with them.
If you got this far, I would like to extend my greatest appreciation for you! I can barely scroll through these myself without feeling a little shocked at how much there is.
See you around! And happy collecting to everyone :)
I'm known as tayran on here, but my name is Taryn! I'm 22, and I've been a fan of Pokemon since the original RBY game release, and the original anime. My favorite Pokemon used to be Chansey when I was small, since she was the first holographic card I ever pulled. She still holds a special place in my heart today, even though I don't collect her.
I'm not sure what drew me to collect the mime line, to be honest! I think most of it stems from the fact that Mr. Mime is generally disliked, and a lot of folks find him creepy. While I would agree that at first he's not glamorous or cool, I think he's a sweetie! I remember in the anime when Ash' mom originally took him in, and how happy it made Mimey. And he does so many nice things for them!
Anyway, I'm starting to ramble. I fell out of Pokemon for a while, so I didn't discover until much later that Mr. Mime gained a pre-evolution. Curious, I took a look, and I found him to be ADORABLE. Still later, I sat down and watched the Lucario movie, mainly to see what all the fuss about Lucario was (I really dislike Lucario, but that's neither here nor there), and to my delight, discovered that Mime Jr. had a pretty center stage role! By this time I was already collecting Mime Jr., and I'm so glad I did! He's absolutely precious to me, and there's a LOT more merch of him than I ever imagined. It's really difficult to keep up, considering I only work part time and go to college.
So here I am, 2 years after my original joining, to share with you my baby clown and mime collection! And there's still more to come that isn't Mime related!
Everything is under the cut! Fair warning, though, images are large, and numerous!! Mobile users, beware!
Let's start with some of my oldest gets: a Pokedoll clock and cup, I believe both of them won in auctions that rachelled hosted a few months after my joining. I want to get some batteries for the clock so I can see it in action! Yet I haven't been brave enough to use the Pokedoll cup, so it remains in its original packaging when it was shipped to me. Next to it is the friends plush, Tomy figure MIB from donny9's auctions, and also a MIB Mime Jr. Jakks figure with marble, from my birthday (last year I believe)! If you can't tell, I'm kind of neurotic about the condition of the items in my collection. It varies, though.
Here we have some figures! Left to right, we have a candy figure (I think), bottlecap (still looking for the other variant of it!), straps, and a bell figure! More on that in the next photo.
Here we have a stamp tin from Y!J Th stamps inside a much smaller than regular retsudens. I'm debating keeping the others, but it just looks so weird without everything being all together. Also included were a sticky note pad and little stickers.
Next up, we have a few miscellaneous items, including a couple figures I missed! You can see a MIP Pokedoll strap (if I remember right, there are other Pokemon featured on the strap in silhouette form), a Bandai flip top catcher figure (the small coin on the far right goes with it), puzzle piece, poofy... thing, Pokedoll charm (one of the first things I ever bought here, from mizuhokusanagi!), Battrio (from schenzi), zipper pull, random pog, retsuden stamper, and you can't really tell, but that's a metal coin! And on the other side is a picture of Mr. Mime :)
Moving on, we have a bell from a very old GA (so glad I rechecked it when there was an extras post! The GA was HUGE), zukan (missing Mr. Mime's peg, so I'm looking for another--it was a humongous pain to get him to stand without it), and a tiny square Mr. Mime stamp from someone's sales that I can't recall, sorry!
And below, a movie 8 can badge set, won very recently from a GA! It was REALLY difficult to tell that he was even on there, because the picture was so small, but it's almost second nature to look for that smile and little pom pom now :') And I love the little jester Pikachu! I want the plush they made of him.
Whoa, check it out! Can you believe they made a little glass with Mime Jr. on it?! With not just one, but TWO different poses?! I got this along with another very special item (hint: it's a plush!) from a sales post recently. It's so lovely! I think the stars are a very nice touch, and I like that the romaji for his name is put on the cup, instead of the katakana.
EVEN MORE FIGURES! Left to right: Pokedoll figure, chou get, footprint figure, pencil topper, suction cup figure. His pokedoll art is so cute ;; And I love the little flowers on the footprint base.
Stylus from technicolorcage! This was another thing I never thought I'd actually own. I've never seen another one for sale, not even on Y!J. I'd use it, but it doesn't fit snugly into the stylus slot on my DS, but I think when I'm home, I might use it. He looks so silly at the top on his little spring.
You didn't think I was done talking about figures, did you? HAHAHA.
I tried to consolidate a little bit, but the mimes actually have quite a few variants!
Here we have the anime kid, newer release Mr. Mime figures, both clear and non, older release figures of the same variety. The old release clear version was sold to me by the very generous psychmoonshadow, who is endlessly kind, and I treasure the little clear guy dearly (more on that user a little later!). The other I got from Y!J. The clear figures of them were surprisingly hard to find.Next to them are all the Mime Jr. kids. I still don't know if an arms up clear version of that last one even exists. I've never even seen a photo D: But I love the dynamicism of each pose!! Precious babies.
This next item is very special... I'd seen a couple photos from very old posts, never for sale, and not even on Y!J. Until one day, I was browsing through sales posts, and noticed that peechee00 was offering some 151 badges for sale. My heart practically stopped when I saw it. Immediately, I snatched it up.
Unfortunately, it took quite a long time to get to me (peechee is overseas from me, so naturally I waited a bit longer). I PMed her asking if it'd been sent, and she assured me it had. After a while, I'd given up hope of seeing it, assuming it had been lost in the mail. Until it showed up, that is. I couldn't be happier! I just love how 3D it is, with him clambering out of the hand silhouette, with all those colors, and he looks so happy! Thank you so much, again, peechee ; u ;
Also another very special get: a metal Mr. Mime figure. It's the only one I've ever been able to buy without it being snatched up first. I want to get every single color I can of him--I've seen him in gunmetal, and I believe purple as well, but both were bought up or claimed in GAs. He was sold to me by caffwin, who so kindly PMed me offering him to me. I feel like I'm holding a grail in my hands, since I'd never even SEEN a Mr. Mime metal figure until last year (2012). I hadn't thought one even existed, even though practically every other Pokemon has one. I hope that Mime Jr. got one, too.
Just pause and take in his majesty. His little hands, the little stand he has because he's just that cool, the bronze sheen. Aah, I love him <3
And now...
Suddenly, minimodels! And a pencil topper. These guys are also really hard to find, and I'm still looking for more!
Here we have most of my Mr. Mime collection. Oh god, there's actually so much...
Starting at the top, we have a FCS figure, stampers (I was worried the two left ones were the same color, but they're actually slightly different!), in case figure (still need more color variants), zukan, old release dex charm, baseless stamp figure, new release charms, lamincard. Oh, and the center Mime is a magnet!! Or a clip, I can't remember x.x
Below it are harder to identify items--a very tiny mini booklet set, even tinier 151 sticker, puzzle piece, dog tag, and MIP figures which I believe are also FCS?? And a complete stamper figure!
Whoops, almost forgot to include these! Pokedoll pen/pencil (from eBay), and a strange looking vending card of Mr. Mime. I actually wound up with two on accident, thinking I hadn't already bought it. I'm in dire need of Mime TCG, but they're just not a high priority when I can't buy them up all at once.
And also a humongous sticker! One of my earliest gets.
All of these are pan sticker holders, each featuring Mime Jr, and obtained from Y!J. I love that each one is slightly different. But it's the next photo that really gets me, however bittersweet.
I had some competition, and it was relisted a couple times, but THIS seal holder... is the holder to end all sealholders. First of all, it's beautiful. I mean LOOK at May, and Mime Jr. is RIGHT THERE in the VERY CENTER and it just makes me so happy to own this.
However... when received it, the small plastic button tabs that keep the individual sheets in place... were broken. I can't get them to stay in place like the others :( It breaks my heart that I can't even use the holder I love best, with such gorgeous artwork. If anyone has tips on how to fix this, replacement tabs, ANYTHING, please let me know. Unless you have a new one you can sell me. I hate to have this beautiful item and no way to really employ it. ;;
Here are my current pan stickers, with an old Topps stickers as well. The dual sticker was included as a wonderful surprise with another item I received in the mail--for the longest time, I thought I'd lost it, but then I found it tucked away in a pocket of a bag/purse. I love it so much!! Sadly, I think there's at least 2 other pan stickers of Mime Jr. I need, and I don't recall seeing any of just Mr. Mime. Sellers, show me your wares!!
To round off the flats and figures, here's a notebook!
I know what you're thinking.... 'But Taryn, that's Mew. Why would you buy that?' Well, it's because...
Mimey is on the back!
I debated getting this for a while, since it's the only one I'd ever seen for sale (at the Floarama Pokemart site), and I never seemed to have the funds. But then there was a sale, and I finally caved. Call me crazy, but I just needed it. At least it's a slightly different pose. And it really is a nice notebook!!
Onto plush~
This photo is actually quite old! It's from March of last year, when I meant to do a collection update but never did.Luckily I still have the photos. Seen here are the yawarakai (sp?) plush, terrycloth plush, old and new release Pokedolls (the old one was one of my very first purchases here on the comm, from roxyryoko <3), Banpresto movie plush, knit plush, keychain TOMY mascot, and giant, cuddly, laying UFO!!
The UFO was won from mizuhokusanagi around the time of my joining the community. I won it for a VERY reasonable price, and she was very accomodating. I want to get another to cuddle all the time ;;. And the knit plush was also purchased for a very nice price, because he had some discoloration on one arm. Nothing a Tide bleach pen couldn't fix! I spent a few minutes each day doctoring him up, and I've gotten very attached to my little 'patient.' The knit plush series is actually one of my favorites, and I want to get more.
Detail shot of the mascot plush, because I can. He's actually a little bit shimmery! Like satin. And he remains in his packaging from Y!J.
Another detail shot of the yawarakai plush and movie plush. It was hard to find the movie plush with tag, with the pom pom intact!
The 2009 pokedoll. For whatever reason, these guys are REALLY HARD TO FIND. Especially with their hangtag. I was lucky enough to find a listing on Y!J for one. I paid a smidge more than I wanted, but look at that soft fabric, the stitching, and the TAG.
LOOK AT HOW HAPPY HE IS. He looks so cute in the Pokedoll style. Especially on the blue tag. It's a little warped, but there's no creases I can see. I also bought another untagged one that I liked to cuddle.
And now... the ultimate get...
THE MR. MIME PLUSH. THE ONLY ONE THEY EVER MADE OF MY BABY.
He is sadly without his hangtag, but I had already committed to buying him when a tagged one came up literally within a day or two of buying. I hope I can find another MWT one in the future. I'm just so glad to finally have this precious little guy. He's always been listed at ridiculous prices on eBay, and since I got my deposit back from Y!J I can't bid for a while, but he's finally mine. He's in great shape, too!! I need to name him...
To end my longest post of any kind to date, here is an adorable custom piece by psychmoonshadow, which they sent to me along with their old release clear Mr. Mime. Look at them, being a cute, happy family. It looks much better in real life, though. They did a lovely job <3
I'm going to go pass out, now x.x
That was a lot of pictures to upload, and a lot of text. I'm not waiting over a year for an update again, haha. Now I'm going to go and continue fixing up my wants page, since I found another few photos in my folders on my computer.
I know that not everyone loves these guys, but I think what's most important is how *I* feel about them. I think they're really misunderstood, and I had a hard time fitting in growing up, since I moved a lot. So I guess I identify with them.
If you got this far, I would like to extend my greatest appreciation for you! I can barely scroll through these myself without feeling a little shocked at how much there is.
See you around! And happy collecting to everyone :)