It's Time. My First Daughter - Saber Lily
For over a year now, I have been seeing more and more figure.fm comrades adopting daughters and it has gotten to the point that I wanted to adopt one too. Back in December, I decided to enter Doll Party 24 for the chance to adopt Saber Lily. I got the chance, but had to wait for about three months before she would arrive here in the States.
After nearly three months of waiting, it is finally time to pick up my precious Saber Lily.

Destination confirmed.

On my way.

The VOLKS front door.
Unfortunately, no pictures are allowed inside. But after seeing all the dolls, clothing, and accessories inside
I thought I was going to faint.
The staff members are very helpful and polite. They answered any questions that I had.

My precious is secured in the backseat.

Here is everything that I brought back with me.

Welcome flier and membership card.

Good thing I saw this. I totally forgot about this issue. Shame on me.

And now is the time to put her together. This is going to take awhile.

After many hours of sweat, tears, and anything else that I might be missing, here she is in all her glory.
To give you a perspective of just how big she is:

From left to right: 1/10 scale Wave Konata Izumi, 1/8 scale Alter Mio Akiyama, 1/4 scale Freeing Kagami
Hiiragi, and VOLKS Dollfie Dream Saber Lily.

Lovely!

Gorgeous!

Kawaii!

Many people will say that for the same price as Saber Lily and her accessories, you can get a high-definition flat screen TV.
Or a 13.3" Macbook Pro.
Or a PS3, XBOX 360, and Nintendo Wii, and still have enough leftover money to buy a couple games.
All true. But none of those things are Saber Lily.

She must be hungry from her long trip, so I gave her a piece of chocolate.

She accepts.

So, it's official. Saber Lily is my new daughter and I will be her guardian.
Look forward to seeing more pictures of her in the future.
Thanks to all the figure.fm comarades for tempting me to cross to the dark side.
A big thanks to Wolfheinrich for answering whatever questions I threw at him in getting her put together.












How exciting!
Take good care of your daughter and she will take good care of you! ;)
I hope I can be as good a guardian as everybody else on here. Thanks.
Lots of saber lily being adopted these days, i'm half tempted to get one myself but i want to explore all possible Volks before i decide as i've only been looking over them for near a month now. Good luck with your new daughter, and tell her we of Figure.fm say hi :)
Thanks. I will.
Oh, Saber Lily just said "hi" back.
Wow, saber lily as first daughter, you must be so excited, congrats Nedoconeco (^^)
Thanks. Really excited and pretty overwhelmed. Still can't believe she's here.
I want this. She's pretty small compared to dollfies though. ;) Dollfies make all my figurines look small.
I knew that Saber Lily was taller than my 1/4 Freeing Lucky Star girls, but I was so surprised to see that she was a lot taller. Speaking of which, I believe Freeing is re-releasing the original four Lucky Star girls. I saw them on kidnemo.fm
Nice bag. For people who couldn't go there to pickup their Saber Lily cannot get this bag, and had to pay for the shipping ><
I think this is the most high quality bag I've ever held. The paper is really sturdy. And it has to be since Saber Lily is rather heavy.
Oops, I hope she didn't here that.
Congratulations and welcome to the club. The original Saber was my first DD. Nothing like picking the ones with the most parts to start with eh?
Thanks.
Yeah, it felt like a rather steep learning curve to me since she is my first daughter. I had to e-mail Wolfheinrich since I wasn't sure if I was putting the clothes on correctly. Plus, her armor made it more challenging. But I'm happy she's here.
The original Saber must have really been something when she first came out.
Wow, congrats. I didn't know there gonna be quite alot of comrades on Figure.fm who picking her up in person, should have plan up a small meet up at Volks store or something :D
Thanks.
Yeah, I'm quite surprised that there are quite a few who picked her up from the store. I picked mine up in the afternoon, so there was nobody else there. The pictures you took of your Saber Lily are great.
Congrats... Saber Lily is really a lovely doll
Thanks. She is lovely and worth it.
Congratulations!!! Glad to see your Lily and welcome to the dark side XD
Thanks. I think the dark side welcomes me too.
Ah...had the feeling you'll be joining us in the dark side soon XD
Congrats on your first daughter~
Thanks, Haku1923. Glad to be on the dark side too. You're one of the reasons I had to join :P
I pray that you and your daughters are okay.
Wow, Saber Lily as the first dollfie, good job :O. I kind of want a dollfie too though there's no Volks in Australia or anything so also just started my job so I need $$$!!! D:!
Take care of it!
Thanks. I'm still a bit lost for words that she's here. I'm sure that you'll have your own daughter soon.
I'll take good care of her.
Congratulations!!!
Lily is very pretty girl!!!
Thanks. She is pretty. I just want to take more pictures of her.
Grats for another new Lily owner ~ xD
Thank you. There are quite a few Lily owners. I'm kind of surprised.
Nice! Congrats :)
Thank you. How is your Lily getting along with Haruhi?
WOW! Congratz! DO take care of her and bring her to AX ;)
Thanks. I will take good care of her.
And yes, she will be at AX. Hmm, does that mean she needs to register for a 4-day badge? I wonder.
Are you coming this year too?
LoL maybe a child's pass? XD
And yessir, I'm going this year. I booked my flight last Friday finally.
Cool. See you there.
Congrats! You must be so happy to finally be able to pick her up! ^_^
Do you mind me asking about the U shape stand you have there? Was it in stock at Volks at the time you picked it up, or was that from an earlier order? I'm going next weekend to the store so I'm hoping they have better stock than what's online (everything seems out of stock right now...) Since you were just there I figured it was worth asking ^_^;;
Thanks. Really happy to pick her up. My heart was racing as I drove to VOLKS :P
The stand that I bought was in stock when I went to pick up Lily. I didn't order it in advance. One thing you might want to do is call them in advance to make sure it's in stock. The person at the desk told me that this U shape stand is good for dolls with dresses or that have a lot of clothing on than the other stand. Makes sense to me.
Thanks for answering my question! I'm glad to hear that it might be just out of stock on the site, and not in the store. Even if they don't have more stands by next weekend, I'll be heading over there anyways with friends who want to get their first DD.
That will be exciting. Make sure to tell your friends to relax and take deep breaths :)
Haha, well I doubt it will be as exciting as picking up Saber Lily ^_^ You got a really impressive first musume! She's a much bigger deal than what we are going there for. I think they want Yukino~
I think getting your first daughter, whoever she may be, warrants enough excitement.
Congrats on your first.... its a rather nice one to start on too XD
Thanks. It's an interesting experience to start with one that comes with so much parts. But I'm happy with her.
Thanks for sharing her arrival. ^^ I hope you have lots of fan with your new daughter I am sure you two will get along well. I am very happy for you yet I am really jealous >-< I will never be able to afford one :( Damn is so annoying not to be able to find a job! I hate Greece!
Thanks. I'm hoping to get along well with her too.
Very good! Seem like you got Lily dressed up without much problem! And yes, Lily is very delicate in the ponytail area and everyone should consider reading this blog I wrote.
http://www.wolfheinrich.com/2011/01/20/dollfie-dream-dd-saber-lily-wig-instrumentality-project/
Thanks. It took me awhile since I'm not used to dressing up a daughter, but it wasn't that bad. I will keep this link handy. Thanks again for quickly responding to my e-mails.
Congrats on getting Saber Lily. Have you planned on getting a 2nd daughter yet :P
Thanks. Another daughter? Even though I just got Lily, I have thought about it. We'll see.
I'm sure she will be happy to have a sister.
Congratulations!
I'll look forward more posts of your kawaii Lili^^
Thanks. I will do my best to take the best pictures I can of her. I think I need to study the photos that you took of your daughter.
wait....Volks USA is in Torrance?!!? looked up the address on google. oh dang. I should check them out. They're right there.
Oh, yes you should. But they only open on Saturday and Sunday.
You're priorities are in the right place getting Saber Lily. LOL. TVs, computers, and games can be acquired anytime. Once Saber Lily is gone, she's gone.
Yeah. Having those things are nice, but I think having a Saber Lily is nicer. And besides, a better version of those things will come. Saber Lily, and any daughter for that matter, is one-of-a-kind.
CONGRATS! Do take care of her well ~ XD .I want to have one too TT .
Thanks. I will take care of her. She's my baby.
Congrats on getting Lily! She has got to be so much better then all that other stuff. :)
Thanks. The other stuff can wait. In fact, a better version will come out eventually. There is only one Saber Lily.
Congratz !!! :D ...hoping to see more pictures of her
Thanks. I'll do my best with the pictures. I'm studying how other figure.fm comrades take theirs.
A gorgeous first daughter you have there ^^ what a way to start your family cause I'm very sure that plenty more will come XD.
Thanks for sharing and have fun, greetings!
Thanks. She sure has caused a stir in my family. My parents and brother were in awe over her looks.
It is possible that she is the catalyst to adopting future daughters. We'll see.
Congrats on making Lily your first dollfie. That must of been exciting to be able to go to the actual Volks store to pick her up. :)
Thanks. It was really exciting to pick her up in person. As soon I stepped inside, my heart skipped a couple beats.
Congratulations on Lily Saber!
I really like the picture where the parents are with their daughters!
This photo is great!^^
Thanks. Glad to hear you like the photo. I like this photo too. Althought, her looks totally puts mine to shame :P
Congratulations for Saber Lily-chan!!! \(=^o^=)/
Thank you very much.
Congrats!!
Thanks a lot.
look so fun~
Fun indeed.
Congrats on getting Saber Lily!! She is a great start as your first, mine just arrived at home, but can't see her until tomorrow!!!
Thanks. And congratulations to you too on your adoption. You'll love her.
Awesome, I'm glad to see that it appears you didn't have any trouble with her ponytail?
No, didn't have any problems with her ponytail. Good thing that warning was in there, otherwise I probably would have pulled on it.
This diagram is adorable!
I thinks it's great. Her expression is saying,"Stop pulling on my ponytail, you jerk!"
Yes, this is too cute.
It's really cute. Certainly a keeper.
ahahaha Yes. Scrapbook material!
So cute! Congratulations!
Thanks.
Congrats on getting Saber Lily.
I like the figure comparison photo, helps illustrate their sheer size.
Thank you.
Yeah, I too was surprised at just how tall she is. She is roughly twice as tall as the 1/4 scale Kagami and just make the 1/10 scale of Konata look like pebble. Saber Lily certainly puts things into perspective.
Congratulations!! I'm very sorry about not getting to meet up at Volks last weekend. I promise we'll make it up for another meet sometime soon!
Saber is absolutely gorgeous! I'll be looking forward to seeing more photos of your daughter~ (^^)
Thanks, tsubasa126.
No problem about the meet. I know she would really love to meet your Sasara in person one of these days.
I will do my best in getting some good pictures of her.
Congrats ! Nice post ,it give me the chance to see Volks USA front door ...which I would have never see otherwise ^_^!
Thank you.
It's a humble looking entrance, but magical inside.
Is it really developed inside ? Is there any doll presented or cloths for sale ?
It's pretty established inside. As I understand it, VOLKS has been there for a fair number of years. There are several dolls presented, clothing, and accessories for sale.
Congrats on your first DD May she bring you a lot of happiness.
Thank you. I think she will.
and another lost sould in our circle (check out wolfs latest pi (pai) post^^) of lost souls.
actually its quit comfy on the dark side!
Thanks. Yeah, the dark side is quite comfy. It tingles a little bit.
yeah but it tingles in the right place
*internet high fice*
fice=five
Congratulations! Wow, Seems like a lot of first time parents are getting their Musume this week.. (like me. ^_^ )
She is a pretty one.
Thanks. Yeah, a lot of parents. Congratulations on your adoption.
Yup, Lily is certainly pretty.
She is beyond beautiful, man. Congrats!
Thanks. Her looks gives me goosebumps :P
congrats on getting 1st DD ^^
Thank you.
Congratz! Saber Lily is pretty! ^^ I want to go to the VOLKS store when I'm in Cali ^^
Thanks.
Plan wisely, since the store only opens on Saturday and Sunday.
That is one way to start out in the Dollfie world! Congrats! Lily is definitely one of the best girls out there so getting her home is quite a nice feat. And yes, you could have gotten a TV and other stuff for that money but if you did, you could never get what you paid back out of those. Lily will always hold her value if not be worth more! not that you would sell her tho... just sayin'. ^_^
Thanks. That's true what you said. But I don't think I will ever put her up for adoption.
No, I wasn't really suggesting you would ever sell her, she's way too cute to do that! ^_^ I know I'd sell off anything else I could other than my girls if I were in dire straits and needed money.
Same here. My dad said that if I got bored with her, I could sell her. But I replied back, it's really, really unlikely that will every happen :)
congrats! she looks lovely! i hope she gets some sisters! ^^
Thanks. I'm sure she'll bug me for sisters. And if she does, she will probably point to your or Wolfheinrich's family :P
Congratulations! I remember when I got my Lily. Happy day :)
Thanks. Happy days, indeed.
Congrats! She's beautiful isn't she? :3
Thanks. Yes, she absolutely is.
Wow, nice way to start, congratulations for that tremendous adoption
Thank you very much.
i want this @.@
I like this a lot. I'll need to find a safe place to put it. The illustration is really cool. If you e-mail VOLKS, maybe they can give you an electronic copy.
WoW congrats!!! and welcom to the dark side =D
Thank you. Great to be a part of it.
Congratulations neco! Im really sorry I couldn't meet with you that time. When you have time come join us on twitter most known figure.fm are there specially DD parents and they do some meet up sometimes for people that are local.
It must be really exciting that moment to finally acquire her huh looking forward to your photoshoots and outdoor photoshoot^-^
Thanks, Vince088.
Don't worry about it. We'll meet up soon. Yeah, I'll get my twitter account soon and let you know.
I'm still pretty stoked about having Saber Lily. Gotta start practicing some outdoor shoots. I've already got some ideas in my head. I will definitely share them when they come.
Nom nom nom nom.... :P
Nom, nom is right. What can I say? She likes chocolate :)
Congrats on getting Lily!!!! There seems to be a lot of that going around. haha So glad you didn't have any problems with her, she's not the easiest girl to get started with.
In an earlier comment you mentioned about the U (saddle) stand, I think those are great to have, at least 1 of them. I love having it while dressing my girls.
I have the one with the big clear acrylic base from Dollfie World. It's no nice to be able to quickly put my girl on it with one hand and know she's not going to topple over. For my other stands I have the smaller thigh stand from Cool Cats. They are nice when your girl is setup already. The base doesn't take up as much room as well.
I can't wait to see more shots of your Lily and to find out who you are adopting next. :) You do know you can't just buy one, right? hahaha
Thanks, otakudepot.
Yes, there are quite a few Saber Lily adopters. Some are additions to the family and some are first daughters. Putting her together wasn't completely problem free for me since she is my first. I had to e-mail Wolfheinrich for some advice. Plus, there were some instances when I put the clothes on her in the wrong order. So I needed to take them off and try again.
The saddle stand is pretty good if your daughter has a rather large dress or accessories. It seems to be doing a good job of holding her up.
I'll do my best in getting some more pictures of Lily. Another daughter? Perhaps. I'm sure Lily will want a sister.
I had the exact same problem dressing Lily. Get 3 or 4 pieces of clothing on and then..... Damn, I needed to put this on first. Take them off and do it over. haha I'm glad I wasn't the only one.
Congratulations!
I totally agree with your comment about all the 'other stuff' not being Saber Lily. Sometimes, you just have to just go for it. ;D
Thanks.
Yeah, those things can be replaced by something better down the road. Saber Lily is truly special ;)
Congrats dude.
Thanks. She's been with me for almost a year now. Time does fly.
Congratulations!!!!!! Saber Lily is gorgeous :)