RaNdOm fAnDoM: Wonder Woman: Random goods.

I think I've discovered a little pattern to the things I like to collect. I have a variety of small collections that range from Sailor Moon, Coraline and Rainbow Brite, to Twilight, Pirates of the Caribbean and Wizard of Oz. By far, the items I enjoy the most are of magical girls. I know it's not the case with Jack Sparrow or Twilight, but mostly female leads who have some kind of magic powers or supernatural weapons.

Yep, that's where I'm at.

There are a bunch of magical girls in the anime and in the general comic industry, so I could be a collector of many, many dolls but I only collect those who are/have been very near and dear to my heart. The strange thing is, for some reason I began to have fixation with Wonder Woman. I'm going to underline STRANGE REASON because there is no reason why I should collect Wonder Woman stuff at all. I hardly have a vague idea of her powers, her story, her part in the bigger DC universe and all the subplots in the Justice League. What I remember the most about her comes from the re-runs I saw as a child of the super amazing Lynda Carter live-action version. Even as a kid I could see the sex appeal and strength this woman had. She was so rad!

I watched some of the Justice League cartoons, but I was never really *into* them. Into my early twenties I began to draw her a lot. I didn't even care for accuracies, I just loved that she looked bad-ass, sexy and dangerous all in the same suit (and the little stars on her shorts helped too!). I became so obsessed, I drew my own original characters dressed as Wonder Woman. I became SO OBSESSED I dressed my BFF as WONDER WOMAN!!! *0*!!

Mrs. PaioPaio <3

Awwww, we had so much fun that day. Hahhahahaa! Anyway, I have a very small WW collection, and I don't plan to expand it very much. In fact, the only pieces I have were gifts from loved ones, but the more I look at them, the more I confirm that I do indeed love the shape and looks of the daughter of Greek gods. Yep. I'd ride that curvy road (!?!?). This first doll was given to me by my friend Dulce about three years ago. I just took her out once before and her stand broke, so she's been locked up behind closet doors since then, I only took her out again a week ago for these pics:

My second figure is the Kotobukiya Bishoujo figure. I got this one last year when I assisted to a comic expo in Mexico City with my mom. I wasn't sure if I should buy her because she looked a bit...errr... "male oriented", as if no girl would ever have this in her house, but I really couldn't take my eyes off of the sculpture. Sure, she is a little on the hentai-ish side, but a skillful artist worked hard on this piece and that is something anyone should appreciate. Up to then, I didn't own anything as extravagant as this Kotobukiya piece and I was absolutely fascinated by her. I bought her as my second WW and LAST hentai-ish toy xD!!

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My friend Luz randomly decided to gift me a WW shirt, and I really really dig it! It has the "washed" look to it and the style is so pop! I'm not sure if she knows about my fixation or not, but she involuntarily has cooperated in expanding my tiny collection. xD!

Speaking of shirts: During the final days of December 2011, my brother, my father, other guests and I spent a fun day at Six Flags Mexico on one of the days between Christmas and New Years Eve. Being a franchise, this park carries the same characters and themes as all the Six Flags in US do, mostly Looney Toons and some DC Comics' characters. As in any of these parks, once you get off the roller-coaster, you are forced to exit the ride through the gift shop (in this case it was the Superman, Last Escape ride). The shop was full of Superman memorabilia, but I was attracted by the girlier corner of the store where I found these little treasures:

OMFG! I was THISCLOSE to buying that face-pillow, it was cute, affordable and I hadn't seen another one like it yet. The only reason I didn't was because I figured I could return to the store before leaving the park and buy it then, instead of carrying it all day long through the water rides and crowded lines. Alas, we had our fun in the park and left when most shops had been closed for the day. BOOooo!! As I recall, it was pretty cold that day too. Some light rain had wet our clothes and the winter breeze decided it was a good day to come out and play. I did find myself tempted to buy one of the sweatshirts above (with the WW logo), but I didn't think it was cool enough for me! Specially after I saw this knitted sweater Practically Polly made a few years ago and I've wanted one like that since then. OMG! It's been years and I still love her sweater so-so much! Maybe one day I'll make my own. Maybe.