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Balthazar is a survivor from when I had "Eight Tiny Reindeer" , aka Sphaler heads, in time for Christmas 2012. I still have 3 of them, Balthazar, Fu Bai (because he has a yellowing problem and no one would want him but me) and Zinnober, the ginger kirin nerd. (I also had Caspar and Melchior, in keeping with the Christmas theme). The Sphaler thing happened because I just liked the sculpt, there were a lot of them, and because I was graphing a "price vs time" for Soom releases so I could see when the optimum time and place was to buy Soom parts on the secondary market. The answer seems to be "wait two years and buy it from someone in Texas". The price of a limited Soom (and maybe a Volks, I have no idea) climbs up steeply after it's release, then gradually sinks down to a low after two years, and then levels off; or if it's a very pretty but rare sculpt, climbs back up. (This also is influenced by Soom's re-releases, which can depress the price...

Soccer With A 5 year Old Substitute On Wimp, of course, and adorable. I don't remember if I put this up--it's Sphaler claws on an Impldoll Star Boy body--they fit fine on this vintage of Star body (2010, I think), though I did end up selling the claws. The claws were heavy and sharp--they would catch on my shirt and belt and forearms and were sharp enough to draw blood. Balthazar now wears a pair of Simply Divine Hooves by Stein sculpture, and we are both happier.