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Stuck the Mercury icon on Dreamwidth again. It still seems sadder than I wanted, yet it's such a lovely icon and it's the only Mercury one (or Sailor Moon-related one at all) that I have. So I'll try it and see if I want to keep it. I felt bad to remove the Wesley Lau icon to get it in. Maybe later I'll browse the mostly dead LJ comms and see if there's a cheerier Mercury or Venus icon that would suit my current desired DW journal decor better.
EDIT: Found one! This is much more like it.
It is interesting how I go back and forth on what I want. Even after finding the good deals on the Sailor Moon figures, I flipped back to the Equestria Girls dolls after seeing those sale prices. Yet then when they kept fluctuating, I got frustrated and waffled over whether to get them for sure or not. Then I went back to thoughts of the figures and decided I'd bid on the Venus one after all, especially if no one else tried to get her. It would have seemed such a shame if no one had bothered. Maybe the seller wouldn't have relisted and it was such an amazing deal. And I ended up paying $21.56 total for her, including the shipping, as compared to the $26 something I would have paid for the dolls. On the one hand, three dolls, but without much articulation. On the other, a highly detailed and articulated figure that usually retails for $44-$50. And even though I've liked Ponies most of my life, Equestria Girls has just been an interest for several years (since it came out). Sailor Moon has been an interest for about 15 years. Not that that's always what wins out, but in this case, it would seem that in the end, the figures at good prices excited me more than anything else, once I had enough time to think about it and not have to waffle over juggling products and prices and having to immediately make a decision. Once I made the decision to try to get Venus for sure, my mind firmly settled in on the figures being what I really wanted and I haven't been shaken from that and now I can't imagine getting something else instead of them at these prices.
And I guess I still kind of have the odd hope of finding the dolls in the wild on clearance or something. If I don't, I'm sure I'll be thinking hard about placing that order after my birthday. The figures, on the other hand, absolutely can't be found for prices like those in the wild and so should be snapped up. Still having hope of getting that Mercury. It looks hopeful now, but there could always be last-minute bid wars. I've watched that happen so many times on other products. So weird that it didn't happen on the auctions this past week.
EDIT: Found one! This is much more like it.
It is interesting how I go back and forth on what I want. Even after finding the good deals on the Sailor Moon figures, I flipped back to the Equestria Girls dolls after seeing those sale prices. Yet then when they kept fluctuating, I got frustrated and waffled over whether to get them for sure or not. Then I went back to thoughts of the figures and decided I'd bid on the Venus one after all, especially if no one else tried to get her. It would have seemed such a shame if no one had bothered. Maybe the seller wouldn't have relisted and it was such an amazing deal. And I ended up paying $21.56 total for her, including the shipping, as compared to the $26 something I would have paid for the dolls. On the one hand, three dolls, but without much articulation. On the other, a highly detailed and articulated figure that usually retails for $44-$50. And even though I've liked Ponies most of my life, Equestria Girls has just been an interest for several years (since it came out). Sailor Moon has been an interest for about 15 years. Not that that's always what wins out, but in this case, it would seem that in the end, the figures at good prices excited me more than anything else, once I had enough time to think about it and not have to waffle over juggling products and prices and having to immediately make a decision. Once I made the decision to try to get Venus for sure, my mind firmly settled in on the figures being what I really wanted and I haven't been shaken from that and now I can't imagine getting something else instead of them at these prices.
And I guess I still kind of have the odd hope of finding the dolls in the wild on clearance or something. If I don't, I'm sure I'll be thinking hard about placing that order after my birthday. The figures, on the other hand, absolutely can't be found for prices like those in the wild and so should be snapped up. Still having hope of getting that Mercury. It looks hopeful now, but there could always be last-minute bid wars. I've watched that happen so many times on other products. So weird that it didn't happen on the auctions this past week.
