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Bermann InfoNAMES OF THE TENSIYA RELEASES AND LINKS TO ANU'S PICTURES WHERE DO I BUY THE DOLLS, CLOTHING & SHOES? LINKS TO DOLLSHE BLOGS, GROUPS AND SITES HOW TO RESTRING AND WIRE DOLLSHE BODIES WHAT HANDS ARE USED ON THE BERMANNS? Bermann "One off" #11 Shinsengumi-kurogatu "KaGema" at Dollectable
The Loft is lucky enough to have two Dollshe Bermanns hanging around the joint. Bermann is a limited mold created by this guy.
Mr. Dollshe himself, Mr. Kim Kiyong. Bermann is a Korean doll that has had a few limited releases (more info down here). Currently (as of Fall 2006), the Doll art house of Tensiya has an agreement with Dollshe to release another limited run of these dolls through 2007.
Per the Tensiya site: "The name originated from `Doberman pinscher,' the name of a famous guard dog breed. Hence the title of Bermann is `Do.' The doll originated from the image of Doberman, the dog loves and guards humans. Thus Berman reflect the wish of guarding its owner forever, even though it has a form of a human. Q) Then why Bermann has once more `n' at the end of it's name? A) To facilitate searching Dollshe's Bermann at the internet." A number of people have asked what's the difference between Dollshe Hounds and Bermanns? The best place to see that is here at Tensiya. Basically, the Hound is 2cm taller (because they have longer legs), their feet are .5cm longer, the Hound has squarer collar bones (the Bermann has a far more "slouchy" body type) and they have different hands. Joints are also different.
DOLLSHE KOREAN RELEASES Original 77
IN THE US Originally Dollshe released a limited run of these dolls in Korea, then allowed some to be sold overseas. Those are the original Bermann 77. Several heads were also released before Tensiya began another limited run of Bermanns. Anu, the artist that runs Tensiya, creates 11 of one style outfit and sells them in a limited run. She began doing this in the beginning of 2005 with the Shinsengumi Kurogatu SA Bermann and SA Valentino followed shortly after that one. There was several months between the Valentino and the third release, the Hu-die-meng Do Bermann. In the beginning of Tensiya's Bermann releases (the Shinsengumi Kurogatu SA Bermann and the SA Valentino -- Le lys rouge Bermann) it took days to sell out. Hu-die-meng Do Bermann sold out in roughly fifteen minutes when he was released in April 2005. There was a promised ship date of three to four months on the doll. Unfortunately, most customers received him the end of October, 2005. He came with a hard carrying case (like a violin case) instead of the wooden boxes that the first ones shipped in. Do Bermann Heimdal was the third release (March 2006), and it sold out in less that eleven minutes. Unfortunately for Tensiya, it's server had a massive error and duplicated and confirmed many orders. What this meant was that people were told they would get him, actually didn't. Tensiya had to create a list of people for the next release. From that list, those people were able to try for the 4th HwaRang Yoo-Shin Do Bermann (June 2006). That list of people was still more people than there were dolls and there was an appointed time that people had to send a letter of intent to Tensiya. First 11 people to send their letters to Tensiya, received the dolls. October 3, 2006 was the announcement of three new dolls (11 each) for estimate shipment in December. Manu, Forgotten Paradise (Tanned DO Bermann) the 5th, L'etranger (Tanned DO Bermann) the 6th, and Mr. Fogg, Around the World in 80 Days (Beauty White DO Bermann) the 7th. There was an email that fans had to send at a specific time, and the dolls were given out on a first come, first served basis. They allowed people to get one or all three. In December the last two sets, a DO and a SA, will hopefully be announced. IL Milione was released July 4, 2007. He came with three outfits and there was a "bidding" and essay for him. People were told to write to Tensiya with their bid from between $1400-$2000, and answer several questions (Tensiya ID, Method of Payment, can you promise that you would not sell the doll before you would receive the doll, Can you wait 3-6 months at least, and what outfits do you like). Out of the hundreds of applications (possibly thousands) they chose the winners from there.
# Bermann DO (1-77)
DO 1st: no.01~11 Luis Doberman <----------Announced February 11, 2008 DO 2nd: no.12~22 Hudiemeng...dream of butterfly [DO BERMANN] SHIPPED DO 3rd: no.23~33 Heimdal...the Guardian of us, and gods [DO BEAUTY WHITE] SHIPPED DO 4th: no.34~44 Hwarang Yoo-shin [DO BEAUTY WHITE BERMANN] SOLD OUT/PREPARING DO 5th: no.45~55 Manu - forgotten paradise [DO TANNED BERMANN] SOLD OUT/PREPARING DO 6th: no.56~66 L etranger [DO TANNED BERMANN] SOLD OUT/PREPARING DO 7th: no.66~77 Mr.Fogg -Around the world in 80days- [DO BEAUTY WHITE] SOLD OUT/PREPARING
Pictures of all these releases are still available on Anu's website.
PRICES Originally, Bermann 77 was sold for roughly $500. When Tensiya started selling him, the first few releases were $880 (SA Valentino, Shinsengumi-Kurogatu, Hudiemeng, and Heimdal). Hwarang Yoo-shin was $990 and sold with Chunchoo at $950 (an afghan head on a hound body/afghan boy -- shipping was roughly $70). You could also buy each of their outfits separately if you wished. Yooshin's outfit was $200 and Chunchoo's outfit was $250. If you bought Hwarang, you could choose whether you wanted him in Chunchoo's outfit or Yooshin's outfit. Same went for Chunchoo. You could also buy the extra outfit - Ex. You could order Hwarang in Chunchoo's dress and then order Yooshin's outfit separately. With the release of Manu, Le'tranger and Mr. Fogg, costs changed ($1180 on the first two and $1100 on Fogg). IL Milione had the larges jump in cost to $2000, but it also included three outfits.
WHAT HANDS ARE USED ON THE BERMANNS? So far (from observing pix) the only Bermann to have Hound hands is the Heimdal and the upcoming 2 tan releases (Manu and L'etranger). HwaRang might come with the version one hands as well as Mr Fogg, but these need to be confirmed.
Bermann "One off" #11 Shinsengumi-Kuragatu "KaGema" for Dollectable This version of Bermann is known as an SA and was initially part of the Anu's first release originally entitled 'Shinsengumi-kurogatu'. This was the very last one in the group, SA no11, and it is widely known that of the 110 Bermanns only 33 in total are to be produced of the SA face mold (SA stands for 'slack afternoon'). Anu has now renamed this ONE SA Bermann as 'Kagema', and has charmingly recreated his story and background as well as re-clothed him. What creativity!!! And in Anu's own words, here is Kagema's description: Kagema
it is a kind of job in the age of end of Edo
bakuhu age, of Japan, the same age of Shinsengumi. They are...well...a male
version of geisha (before meiji age, there are no difference of service
business -_-a;;) Usually,
Kagema becomes to Oyama who is a female character in Kabuki.
Frankly, very simply I wanted to make a Girlish
styles.
But...differ to real traditional cloths, he is
not wearing a girl's clothes. Girls
are wearing "Hurisode" which is opened the back side of sleeve, but
in his case, it is closed as like Tamoto style.
Set consisted with Nagajuban(white, silk)
Utigi(red, cotton), Utikage(pink, linen), tabi(socks),
zzori(shoes), Obi/Obiage/Obizime. Ogiage
is shaped as (how can I express it a word -_-;) "congratulation"
meanings. Fixed to fabric, for convenient.
For more of Anu's pictures of Kagema, please go to: www.anustyle.com What this set will contain: Bermann SA bjd, complete outfit as designed and dressed by Anu consisting of many layered kimono in different fabrics and socks that match one of the layered fabrics, pair of undoubtedly handmade sandals, long black wig with ponytail, certificate of authenticity, cleaning sponges, navy blue Tensiya carrying case. This is as received and conceived by Anu! Complete and unique! Sold on Ebay for ending bid of $5,900. Pictures with professional backgrounds done by Anu of Tensiya.
This doll was created and shipped by Anu of Tensiya for Dollectable June 1-3, 2007 in San Fransisco. All profit going to the convention. More pictures are available on www.anustyle.com
Thanks to Christy & Kim for help with this FAQ. |
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