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Hot Dogs, Nom Nom!

A new box full of Buggy should be in my eager hands this glorious week! *hooray* According to tracking, it's already left Japan!! *woot* Meantime here are fun pictures of a couple new cards that were acquired recently. Also wanted to show off my recently completed ita bag insert.

For whatever possible reason, I am rather entertained by this silly card. *lol* It doesn't take much to amuse me in all honesty.

When held up to the light, Buggy's most loved and delicious food is revealed. Not sure who came up with this specific card? I genuinely like the creative originality behind it, though.

Kimono Buggy will always be best Buggy in my eyes, along with Impel Down Buggy too that is.

The insert for the ita bag, I naturally had to have something flashy of course. Just not too terribly flashy, didn't want to detract from the pins.

The flower/star-like gems, I had to stitch them on. Hot glue sadly let me down! Probably for the best, they are more secure this way. The bag itself, however is a work in progress still. I'm patiently waiting on some things that are in my incoming box.

All I can passionately declare is "My Fave" and "Candy" indeed!

Back again with the Loof

Time For His Specialty, Causing Chaos!

OMG, HE'S FINALLY HERE!!!! I honestly figured that this garage kit wouldn't reach me until maybe the second week of September?

I jokingly told FF Collectables, that it would be amazing if Buggy arrived for my birthday. He didn't quite make it, as my official birthday was on September 1st, but he was close! Yours truly couldn't ask for a better belated gift.

I preordered this garage kit back in January and have been waiting patiently for his eventual arrival. Found out there was an apparent delay in production due to "lack of preorders." Hearing this naturally caused me fear of Prisoner Buggy's star being unable to eventually shine! *cries*

Keeping in touch with FF Collectables, they were kind enough to politely ask the studio to send him right directly to me! Thus, Buggy began his journey by sea. As me friend said, it's fitting that he was crossing an ocean to be with me. The glorious day came and his star really does shine indeed!! I naturally had to stop myself from drooling while assembling him. *lol*

Silly me, I misjudged how big he would in fact be! There was a special spot cleared out in my display case for him. However, Impel Down Buggy wanted to be put in a prime spot where people can truly gaze upon his glorious flashiness!

The considerable details are impressive! Truth be told, all the Buggy garage kits in my possession are stunningly detailed!!

I plan to acquire a protective case for him. The house where my butt currently dwells is in such a dusty location, the wonderful state of Nevada.

There is much rearranging needing to be done to the display area now, but my tired body has had enough for today. My health issues have drastically improved recently. As a result, I rather not over push myself.

The Bombastic Clown!

Still waiting ever so patiently for my booster boxes of One Piece cards. In the meantime, here is a minor update! *woot* This sexy hunk of a clown, in these two pictures is in fact a magnet!

The kind seller sent me some freebies, including this rather flashy card. I actually have the garage kit pictured. Took me three sellers, lengthy story, before he ultimately became mine!

These adorable pins, which I have plans for, are made by uwupins. Here is a direct link to their site: https://uwupinsofficial.com/ I do own another lovely pin by them, which was shared before.

Indeed, two of the pins glow-in-the-dark! Which naturally makes them even more amazing!!! *screams*

Gradually getting all the TCG cards, both Japanese and English versions. Yes, Mr. 2 (aka Bon Clay or Bentham) snuck his way in there. He's a fantastic character and if I possessed the needed funds, then he would be part of my collection too.

This evening, I will be requesting consolidation of my next box full of Buggy from Japan! Then it shall be shipped! *hooray* Oh and I should really share what I've achieved with my new ita bag so far! That shall be properly reserved for another post.

Time Goes By In The Blink Of An Eye!

Today is my birthday, but that isn't what this post is about. It's about another special birthday, that of my beloved cat Jaden Yuki. On September 18th of last year, I had to sadly make the hard choice of assisting him in crossing the rainbow bridge. The night before being one of the most difficult and emotional ones in my life. Jaden kept experiencing seizures as he went into kidney and liver failure. I carefully held him all night getting maybe 30 minutes of sleep. The next day taking Jaden to the vet knowing all to well, that I wasn't going to come home with him.

On September 1st 2006, hurricane Ernesto affected Virginia. I will never forget the call from an exceptional woman named Carol, she was like a second mother to me. She too has passed sadly and is very much missed. Carol quickly informed me almost hysterically how "Ms. Legs," a stray cat we befriended had her kittens in the middle of a fierce hurricane! As it so happened, the local humane society had employed me at the time. After talking with my boss, Tonya she voluntarily agreed to foster Ms. Legs and her 5 adorable little kitties. I informed Tonya that I genuinely wanted the little black kitten.

The day approached when the kittens were ready to be adopted. Instead of bringing just the little black one, she came carrying all 5. Upon opening the carrier, four kitties came bouncing out, playing as adorable kittens typically do. Jaden, however didn't emerge. Tonya informed me that he was getting over being sick. She scooped Jaden up, then sat him in my lap. Jaden fell asleep all while purring loudly. He naturally chose me…

I enjoyed 17 wonderful years with Jaden and dearly miss him. I keep breaking down in tears while trying to type this up. He will be forever missed by both his adopted "brother" Jiraiya and myself.

I just wanted to do something to honor him by; a dear friend of mine suggested doing a memorial post here.

Jaden never did catch that Raven, but he sure did try. *lol*

R.I.P Jaden Yuki 09/01/2006 - 09/18/2023

Happy bday Buggyl!! 💙 BUGGY-SAMA 💙🤡🔪 [ 2/6 six fanart, part 2 ] Shares are appreciated 💖

Big Top Ita Bag Unboxing And A Sleeping Grey Potato!

That new ita bag I mentioned in my previous post, arrived today! *celebrates* I'm going to start eagerly working on it, but won't be able to satisfactorily complete my flashy vision, until the next Buyee box arrives.

The creative mind behind this ita bag is JYK Doodles:

https://www.instagram.com/jyk_doodles/

They have preorders open until September 22nd for more bags too! There are about 12 ship designs to swap between in all, though I only bought the Big Top for now.

Once the newest box was emptied, it wasn't long before the Grey Potato took it over. *lol*

Thank you for your answer and the tips for Temu! n_n It would be so kind of you to give me a heads-up but no worries if it's too much trouble.

You are certainly most welcome and no, it wouldn't be too much trouble at all.

Hi! Can you tell me the keywords for the buggy items you found on Temu recently? PS love your merch posts!

Admittedly, most of the Buggy items I found on Temu were accidental finds. By accidental I mean, I was searching something else and Temu gave me recommendations. These recommendations often being listed under something along the lines of "BANDAI One Piece 18 Styles Wanted Poster - Baki." Other finds were from me clicking on an interesting looking One Piece item, to find that there was a Buggy version listed too! The site doesn't really make it easy to search for certain things. It can be like a needle in a haystack! The little acrylic pin I just received was listed under: "[Authorized] Bandai Cartoon Anime One Piece Peripheral Acrylic Brooch Hot-Blooded One Piece Creative Bag Decoration Patch Small Pendant." If I had never clicked on the listing, I never would have known! Sadly that Buggy pin is sold out. All my other Buggy Temu finds are now "discontinued." I've found a total of 6 items on Temu so far I believe? One of which I did not buy, a metal wanted poster. I have tried the following searches "One Piece Anime," "One Piece Buggy," "One Piece Bandai," "Buggy the Clown," just to name some. The only item I found on Temu while searching "One Piece Buggy," was this fellow:

Items obviously sell out fast. If you want, I can try my best to give you a heads-up when I stumble upon something. It also makes me smile to hear you love my merch posts. If it wasn't for my one friend, I may not have started posting my collection here. So, I owe her a big thanks for that.

Buggy the Star Clown

Another piece from the DA Subscriber reward series is Buggy the Star Clown for the wonderful PheonixxFoxx ! Something completely different from me, but I had fun working on him regardless. The style of painterly portraits is really exciting to work with. I hope you like how he turned out! Do you think any other fanart characters could use this kind of portrait style treatment? Let me know which ones!

Thank you for your support!

Many thanks to all my supporters! Remember, even you can get your very own artworks like this, if you subscribe to me on DA or on Patreon (up to 3 times a year!)

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Even A Small Update Can Be Flashy!

Well, other fun items made it to me before the new Four Emperors booster boxes. Not really sure when those will ship out? *shrugs*

This little adorable guy was a random find on Temu. He is in fact a pin, might place him on the new ita bag coming. I really should share my one completed Buggy ita bag. First and only one I've ever put together too, rather proud of it actually!

These were undoubtedly another random Temu find. I love the charming sexy artwork so much.

You guessed it, this mini framed wanted poster was discovered on Temu too. *lol* It was labeled as a "BANDAI" item. Highly doubt that, it's already been discontinued. Ultimately, it fits properly in my constantly growing flashy collection!

🤍!

I Love Me A Guy Who Plays Flashily With Knives!

Time for another card update! Admittedly, I've gotten a little behind on the new cards shares. *whoops* Today is naturally a good day to get caught up though!

This cutie is a serial card, #6 out of 58. The saying printed on the bottom is rather intriguing too: "Be like the sun, calm and happy, crossing the cruel sea for thousands of miles."

Another flashy freebie, which I hadn't obtained until now! The kind seller admitted, that I had cleaned him out of freebie Buggy cards. *lol*

My silly camera didn't do this card justice; it's such a lovely shade of radiant blue. I may try photographing this particular card again at some point...

I've eyed this rare card off and on for a bit, finally caved and bought it. Certainly glad to have done so too!

Genuinely, I truly thought this card lost! It kept bouncing all over the place and even got stuck at a primary hub in my own state for days! The poor envelope the card arrived in was beat to hell upon arrival! I have one other item left to share, but I'll withhold it for another post.

The next thing arriving will be three booster boxes of the new Four Emperors set. My fingers are tightly crossed to pull the super-sexy flashy card pictured above! OMG, looking at it makes me instantly drool. *yum* Though Buggy has received several other fantastic cards in the upcoming set too! Optimistically, I will ultimately obtain them all!

Another Flashy Endless Treasure!

Something else, that I never thought to acquire, is now in my possession! *woot*

While the possible source of obtaining this was known to me, the likelihood of it typically happening was extremely slim. The source, a prize item from the same set as a certain ZR card I was naturally surprised to have located too. That set being "Endless Treasure 7, Grand Line 27 Year of the Dragon.

I was also under the impression that this was an enamel pin. *lol* Boy, was I genuinely surprised! It's in fact a magnificent large magnet! The open book containing it being almost as big as my nine pocket card binder!

Words can't express how sexy this is in person! *drools*

To give you all an idea of the appropriate size, allow me to use my favorite measuring system. A form of nontraditional measurement, my one friend refers to as "KAT Units." *lol*

Don't worry, Jiraiya gets paid handsomely in various boxes for his service.

Hello!! I love seeing your Buggy collection sooo much and i was wondering, could you share where or how you actually buy all your merch? And how does it work? (like, do you choose the merch, are they random, blind boxes etc etc). I've also seen that they come mainly from Japan, i know some sites but I'm just really curious!

If you don't feel like sharing it's okay, have a great day✨

Greetings, I am more then happy to share. I’m also glad you love seeing my collection, it truly makes me happy to hear that. There is US Mercari and eBay naturally. However, I use a middleman service called Tenso and their sister site Buyee. The second site allows me to buy off of Japanese sites such as Yahoo Japan, Japan’s Mercari and more! Recently, US Mercari has been offering listings from their Japan site, but the shipping is awful on most of those items! With Buyee, I can safely store purchased items up to 30 days, free of charge! I will then consolidate and have it all shipped at once. Thus, the big boxes full o’ Buggy! Oh and Buyee has a Discord now too! Items such as the super sexy fan and shirt I recently got, I had to use Tenso. One can also use Tenso to shop on Amazon Japan. That is where the silly Buggy catnip toy came from as a matter of fact. I do hope that I’ve been helpful and good luck treasure hunting!

That There August Buyee Box!

After a pleasant nights rest, I feel so much better! Therefore, it is new Buggy gets sharing time!! *hooray*

There are possible plans for that duplicate can badge, in the form of a unique and fun Ita Bag coming to me. Not sure if I will open and try the Mintia mints? I might just leave it sealed and let the mints do what they do over time. What that is, who really knows? *shrugs*

The Keio Plaza Hotel coaster was a very unusual find indeed. They did a creative One Piece collaboration that is still going on, until the end of September.

This bag only cost me a couple of bucks. Figured it would be fun to pair this with my Ita Bags.

That angry looking squishy plush ball is another fun rare find. He was carefully placed in my display case, because I naturally wanted to intentionally keep squishing him. *lol*

The gloved hands there, are meant to hold up a smartphone. They have been repurposed to hold up one of my in-case cards. They work really well for it too!

Rubber ducky Captain Buggy is one of the most magnificent things to exist! Look at his grumpy adorable face.

The glittery flashy doujin there, it's cover has a unique grainy texture.

Just some more fun doujin finds. One of these days, I will learn Japanese! For the time being, I shall just admire the gorgeous art they contain!

The seller of this sexy foil card left a kind sincere thank you note. All thank you notes received are carefully kept in an album by me. This box was pretty small compared to previous ones. There will be another one coming at the beginning of September! Slightly belated birthday present to myself I suppose? Believe it or not; I was actually hatched on Labor Day. Though this year, my birthday doesn't fall on a Monday. In my humble opinion, it isn't official then. *lol*

Daily purr from my Purrtreon 🐾🐾🖤

What Does It Contain?

This precious box obviously contains none other then sexy Buggy goodies, and arrived yesterday!!! *woot*

I had sincerely hoped to post all the new gets today, but my silly body is feeling really drained. I've been this way after yesterday's Chiropractor session. Not sure why? It is a terrible feeling is all that I undoubtedly know. *cries* Maybe Thursday? Tomorrow is unfortunately filled with doctor's appointments for me.

As a fun bonus, here is picture of Jiraiya (aka The Grey Potato) snoozing happily in the newest box.