Coco and Bono are Here!

Actually, they arrived yesterday. I had been expecting them all day, but tracking didn't say "Out For Delivery" until almost noon. Oh, no, I had an appointment to leave for at 2:30, so I was anxiously watching for the mail truck. But it didn't come, and we had to leave. Which meant I'd miss the delivery and not be able to pick the parcel up from the Post Office until the next day.  But, when we went out to the car, I spotted the mail truck making a delivery down the street. Jan ran down the street, and the post lady let him take my parcel. Yay!!  So, in the car with us it went, and after we got back home, I was finally able to unpack them. But it was too late and dark for pictures. So this morning some of the others got to welcome the new arrivals....

Bono is Normal resin, and Coco is Real Skin. Both are the newer opaque resin Iplehouse switched to this past year. Coco is my second Real Skin doll in this new formula, so I knew what to expect.  Bono on the other hand is the first in their new normal resin. She seems a bit lighter, and not nearly as yellow as the older 'normal' resin. Right now without a face up, she's rather difficult to photograph.  Coco's little face is much easier to see in photos.

I immediately switched out their eyes for a smaller size 10, as the 12mm eyes they came with just filled their eye holes way too much. I don't have much choice in this size eyes anymore, so just ordered some new 10mm glass eyes last week, never expecting the dolls to come so quickly, so Bono has temporary eyes for now. Coco may keep his.

It's always a bit bittersweet getting a blank doll. It's exciting they are actually here, but now they need to be painted, and with it being the Holiday season, everyone is very busy, so it's difficult to say how long that will take. Oh well, it gives me a little time to knit them some nice warm sweaters.