The second release in Groove’s Alice du Jardin doll series is Isul as the White Rabbit du Jardin. It is available alongside Alice in April 2012 for about $150 USD. Taken on its own merits I don’t love this doll as much as Alice, but if the rest of the series is really nice I think it would look great as part of a set. I love the coat, but the polka dot ankle ruffles are a bit of a non sequitur for me. More images via Hobby Search are below, you can click to view them larger.

Photographer Nicoline Patricia Malina’s “Harajukuers” spread for the December 2011 Harper’s Bazaar Indonesia is just about as bright and colorful as something can be. While I feel like some of it almost goes into parody, for the most part I really enjoy the shoot and feel the pang of regret I always feel when I realized that it’s not a US magazine and that I’ll have next to no chance of owning it for short of an arm and a leg. Click on the thumbnails above to view them larger.

I found this cute “Spirited Away” slash Year of the Dragon-inspired illustration on Pixiv last week and thought it would be perfect way to ring in the New Year. Cheers!

I absolutely love Nendoroid so when they come out with a new playset I’m always excited. This one is really cute, all of your industrious little toys can now run a restaurant. I think it might be a tie-in with Working!! but I honestly don’t know because I haven’t read/seen it.

Cute right? It comes in two parts, restaurant and kitchen, and you can click them together to form one seamless room. It comes out in April 2012 but can be pre-ordered now. Any of you thinking of picking it up?