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Attention: Seven dolls were stolen from the NY Dolpa display.

Hey guys, I apologise if this is in the wrong place, but I thought it needed to be posted here. This is copypasted from the announcement at Den of Angels, just in case any of you guys are not members or otherwise haven't seen the announcement.


From the original mod post by Ashbet at DoA:


I'm just sick to make this announcement -- six of Volks' display dolls went missing overnight.

If you hear ANYTHING about these dolls, please let us know. Keep an eye on eBay, Y!J, and the DoA Marketplace, and we will be doing the same.

Here is the information about the missing dolls -- pictures will be up shortly. These are one-off, unique dolls. They do not have a headplate on the back of the head, they have an artist's signature inside instead.

(1) SD16 Girl "Ruby" w/black swan dress

(2) MSD Girl F-21 Fairy w/blue dress

(3) MSD Boy F-13 Fairy w/blue outfit (2 and 3 have matching outfits and long elf ears)

(4) MSD Girl F-22 Fairy w/yellow dress

(5) SD13 Girl F-29 w/yellow dress (4 and 5 have matched dresses)

(6) SD13 Boy F-31 Fairy w/dark green & red outfit

(7) SD13 Boy "Irvin" (FDQ Limited Model) w/Fairy default dress

Thanks, and let's all hope that these dolls are returned safely to Volks -- all of us here at Dolpa are really emotional about this, and I hope that no one has stolen the dolls for personal gain, and that they are returned without incident.

Mr. Shigeta personally stated that if someone took these dolls home and is willing to return them, no accusations will be made.

Thanks,

-- Andi, on behalf of the DoA Mod Team

Link to her original post on DoA. This has a separate post with photographs of the missing dolls. Please note the official announcement says in the title that six were stolen, but the thread lists seven stolen dolls.

EDIT: An Additional bit of information from DoA member Ayaka
An addition to this thread because I don't seem to see this information posted - though please take it as something I have heard from Volks staff, but NOT OFFICIAL INFO.

This morning when the Dolpa staff arrived, the Dolpa room was in use *unexpectedly* by another group and the Volks items had been moved. I left early in the afternoon and there was some question at that point that there was a *possibility* the dolls were among the boxes somewhere - since they had a lot of stuff with them and things were no longer where they had been left. (Mikey said something about going through the boxes in her announcement as well.)

But I wanted to add that it seems like a strong possibility that the dolls were taken, if they were taken, not during the night but in the morning - when the items were moved by whomever they were moved by. Crime of opportunity if there was one, it would seem.

So maybe they've not actually been stolen at all and will be found. One can only hope.


I have absolutely no afilliation with the mods of DoA or the Dolpa, but I was pretty damned disgusted to hear about this theft and I hope that you guys will be watching ebay and any other similar sites you can think of for these dolls, as I will. Hopefully we may be able to help them get these dolls back.

EDITED TO ADD: Apparently, these dolls were NOT in boxes as was previously stated, they were left on the table and were snatched off of it.

Normally with things like this there is a good change that an employee took them (or a large group of kids did).
I'd assume that they'd have a video camera up for something like those dolls.

I'm thinking an employee, too, 'cos it'd be a bit too coincidental that they handled the stuff while moving it so the other group could use the room and seven dolls just *happen* to go missing around the same time. I'm really hoping that there were at least cameras somewhere around the entrances/exits. And why does lax security not surprise me in the slightest? *snort*

Honestly, it makes me kinda sick. Hopefully, though, they will find the dolls or at least the person who took them, but I'm a little too much of a realist (or maybe just a pessimist) to honestly believe that's going to happen. I do have to wonder though, how in the buggering hell someone did not notice one or more people carrying seven boxes of that size away from where the Dolpa was being held. *shrug* If someone saw them, maybe they just thought it was someone who was staff for the event and ignored them. Whatever happened, it's not looking so good ATM.

Maybe they were in one box. That would probably have made it easier. I was under the impression they'd been packed separately, but I wasn't actually there so I have no idea.

He's being really, really good about the whole thing. It actually surprises me. He's already said something to the effect of if they're returned no charges will be pressed, and then he said that if they're returned, they'll be donated to make-a-wish. I...have no idea how they're dealing so well with this.

Hopefully, most people would have. As for taking them home to their kids...*shudders and imagines them in the hands of careless small children*

These dolls are most likely going to be found one way or another. What would be the point of stealing them if not to sell or display them somewhere? If someone does have them, they are going to pop up sooner or later.

No, it isn't likely they could be brought on a plane easily, but what about mailing them? Might that be a possibility, d'you guys think? I know someone in the DoA thread mentioned a 24 hour post office nearby. How easy would it be for someone to take a box there and just go "Oh, hey, I bought these at the Dolpa. I wanna mail them home so I don't have to worry about getting them broken on the plane."?

I think they may have gotten the NYPD involved, at least I hope so. They might (granted, thats' probably a pretty big might) be a bit more inclined to at least make a token attempt to help in this case, with thousands of dollars worth of dolls and a company from another country being involved. I'm not holding my breath for any huge investigation, though. I can honestly just see them (and cops pretty much anywhere, to be fair, including here) going "Missing dolls? *snicker* Yeah, we'll get right on that. *snort*

Me, too. I wonder how stupid these people can possibly be, did they actually think that the entire BJD collecting community, pretty much, would NOT be on alert and looking for the dolls the second we heard about it?

it sucks that these dolls were stolen. and I'm not sure which employees you are thinking could have stolen these dolls, because I KNOW that the Volks employees wouldn't have. I've talked to Bailey from the Torrance store enough to know how loyal the Volks employees are and it really is amazing.

I heard FIT used the same room for some breakfast thing... I think that seems pretty ridiculous. :/ and then they forgot to lock the doors again- WTF?!

This is just so incredibly rude. And stupid. Why the heck would anyone want a gorgeous doll that they can't show off at all? Hide it from everyone.. how boring. Do they sit in their room alone at night with the dolls, looking at them and snickering to themselves?

I sure hope they catch the freak(s) who stole those dolls. It's caused such a disturbance in the community, and I'd hate to think this would be the last Dollpa that Volks would hold in New York. It pains me and many others to know that our American integrity has been put into question. evil