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Last updated: February 26, 2008
The Adventures of Momoko!
MOMOKO ... 
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My Momokos
Invasion of the bodysnatchers??
The Momoko Army, marching right into your hearts. Their mission: Shopping!
She's cute, she's sassy, she's Momoko!!!!!!!!! The coolest fashion doll to join the fashion world from Japan. Momoko is the creation of the extremely talented partnership of Namie Manabe and modeling artist Keisuke Sawada.
Momoko is also a very limited edition fashion doll. Her largest edition to date has been 1400 dolls worldwide, now compare that with another well known fashion icon Barbie, who regularly has editions of 25,000 to 50,000 dolls. So you can see that Momoko's largest edition falls well below Barbie's regular edition. Therefore Momoko is a very HARD TO FIND doll. A lot of editions are sold only at Doll Shows or only in Inland Japan, so if you are new to collecting Momoko, be prepared to search for her on the secondary market. In August, 2004 Petworks(makers of Momoko) announced that they would be shutting down production for a while to rethink Momoko. What they did was to sell the production rights to the Sekiguchi Company. As a result Momoko will begin production again in the Spring of 2005 with a number of new dolls. All these dolls will have much larger production numbers and their prices will be considerably lower than the original Momokos.
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A MOMOKO CHRONOLOGY
Momoko first hit the fashion doll scene on August 11, 2001. The concept for Momoko was born in March, 2001 when Keisuke Sawada made the first prototype. The first Momokos were DHEXs with short cropped black hair and DHEXl with long wavy blonde hair. They were limited to 125 pieces each. The DHEX dolls also came in 18 styles of extremely limited outfits(click here to see them)made by the Left Wing(LW) company.
On October 8, 2001 came Momoko(SF22) with suntan skin and very long sunstreaked ash brown hair. This Momoko was limited to 300 pieces.
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December 10, 2001 Version 01AT Momoko sported a shaggy "wolf cut" hairstyle, which proved very popular with the fans. This doll was issued in a very small edition of 230.
December, 2001, first Christmas present doll given to friends and business partners is 01XP.
February 27, 2002 Version 02CM This doll was a very special doll as she was made especially for the "GoGo Momoko" Club-- an internet club all aboutMomoko. The doll was made in two versions with only the outfit being different. The outfits were: Two piece garments with cherry logo in orange color & red strap sandals or apple logo in green color & brown strap sandals. Each edition was limited to 300 pieces. Being a member of the group I manged to get one of each. Here they are wearing on the left, the club fall outfit and on the right, a reproduction of a Francie outfit.
Members of the club were given the chance to vote on Momoko's features. Here are some of the prototypes:
May/June 2002 brought five new Momokos. They were: -- ver.02SPpk border print: pink/white shoes: red wallaby shoes *Sold exclusively at Hara Museum -- ver.02SPgr border print: green/white shoes: brown sneakers -- ver.02SPbk border print: black/white shoes: black wallaby shoes -- ver.02SPbr border print: brown/white shoes: brown wallaby shoes -- ver.02SPrd border print: red/white shoes: red sneakers. As the dolls were all the same save for the dress, so I only purchased one. Here she is with here friend Keiko(on left):. Each doll is limited to 190 pieces. Then I began to notice how the hair was different on each doll and then I decided that I should probably get them all!!! So...............and then there were five! I have been told that the girls in the brown and pink outfits are wearing the incorrect shoes.
August, 2002, Momoko's First Anniversary and to celebrate there were five more dolls, one was 02KF. Momoko Korisu Factory version is classic and girlish. The Petworks website describes her character as "more like feeble girl". Too funny!!! I believe this doll had an issue of 600. She is on the right.
On the left is version 02SMye. This doll has a wolf cut again, but this time in red. She is my favourite Momoko, so far. This doll was made in two versions of 300 each. Version 02SMye had yellow wallabys and 02SMpk came with pink wallabys.
More 2002 dolls, version 02DD was a huge hit. Momoko is a rocker. She sold out instantly and is now fetching 5 times her original price on the secondary market. Daisy D was an issue of 600 dolls.
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Version 02CD is "like a neighborhood girl who started working a few years ago. She is particular about fashion but doesn't like to overdo it." She was also an edition of 600 dolls.
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02PL is the Momoko Peach Lady doll. She has pink curly short hair, pink eyes and pink lips. She is on the "stacked" body which means bigger breasts. Peach Lady was an edition of 600.
In December, 2002, the Final Home Doll was issued.
December, 2002, the second Christmas present doll given to friends and associates was given away. This doll was version 02HM, also know as Hitsuji(Sheep) Momoko.
After the flood of Momokos in 2002, 2003 might be known as the year of the Momoko drought. Not necessarily a drought of styles, but a drought of issue numbers. The first three of the 2003 dolls were all based on "The East" theme and were premiered on March 1. Once again the dolls have been limited. This time to 500 pieces. They are:
Version 03RD: This version is a special edition for club members. It is designed by RD Fashions, who is a super seller of the dolls. One of Petworks authorized dealers and a member of the GoGoMomoko Club. She is limited to 700 pieces.
At the end of August 2003, in honour of Momokos Second Anniversary three more dolls hit the market. These dolls were also very limited.
Limited to 900.
Limited to 70.
Raffle only Momoko:
Ten of these dolls were given away at the Doll Avenue in C3 Exhibit. Later another 20 dolls were raffled off.
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Fall 2003 brought the Daydream Believer exhibition and its theme of Memories. Two dolls were produced and marketed with the exhibition. They were:
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This doll had an extremely large edition of 1400..
This doll had an extremely large edition of 1400.
On December 9, 2003 the New Year doll appeared. She was issued in an edition of 400.
Then something strange happened to Momoko issue numbers, they became extremely small and numerous one-of-a-kind and customized dolls were suddenly announced for distribution at special doll events. On Dec. 23, 2003 the first of the new breed of Momokos emerged. She was now called Today's Momoko and her edition number was 20. She was introduced at the Doll Festa event.
Limited to 20 dolls.
In the beginning of 2004, RouRou Momoko also known as Alice in Lotus Land was sold at the Rourou store on Jan. 18. This freckle-faced cutie had a very different look. Her edition number is as yet unknown.
On January 31, 2004 another Today's Momoko was sold only at the Momoko Showroom in Tokyo. Her edition was 50. She has lovely crimped hair with red highlights.
On February 7, 2004 two more very limited Momoko dolls were released. They were sold at the Roppongi Crossing Exhibition in Tokyo.
This doll was limited to 20 dolls.
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This doll was limited to 10 dolls.
Another limited doll was sold at the I Doll Vol. 4 show in Japan on February 29, 2004. This doll was limited to 30.
In March, 2004 a second doll was issued for the GoGoMomoko Club. This doll was very similar to 0401MD except that her hair was more reddish. She had an issue number of 36.
March 12, 2004 saw the issue of the 04NF doll. This doll was made in conjunction with the NADiff stores in Japan. She has an issue number of 90.
Around this time, Petworks announced that it would be stopping production of the Momoko doll at the end of August, 2004. They explained that Momoko would be taking a short holiday from production to allow the company to focus on the production of their new Mamemomoko doll and to work on what their company was originally set up for.......software! The Momoko collectors were thrown into a panic, however they were soon showered with Momokos and strangely enough, some of us began to look forward to the Momoko "vacation" for a breather for our thinning pocketbooks!
On March 25, 2004 Petworks announced their Spring/Summer line of Momoko dolls. The Exhibition to introduce them was called Happy Outsider. There were four dolls in the edition. Two would be available to international buyers, 04SScc and 04SShl, the other two, 04SSmt and 04SSbc were available at the exhibition and then later online at So-net. Also available at the exhibition was 04DS a limited edition of 100. As it turned out, all four dolls were available at the Exhibition in limited quantities. 04SScc(100), 04SShl(100), 04SSbc(95), and 04SSmt(55). The final word on the Petworks site is Version 04SScc - 600; Version 04SShl - 600; Version 04SSmt - 150; Version 04SSbc - 200.
On May 12, 2004, Petworks announced three new "collaboration" dolls with Azone, R&D, and RoboChris. The Azone dolls would be from the Jelly Beans and S.C. RAMBLE lines(same doll different outfits). The R&D doll would be a Goth Girl designed by Rudi and David of R&D and the RoboChris would be a long haired redhead dressed in four different outfits. Rumour and Legend has it that the RoboChris doll edition of 400 dolls sold out in three minutes!!!
Jelly Beans
On June 6, 2004 the Anninversary dolls for 2004, Momoko's third anniversary were announced. They were Ver. 04AN and Ver. 04ANlw.
On June 16, 2004 Petworks announced, Version 04DA, a type of Goth girl look in three versions.
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On August 5, 2004 Petworks announced two new Momokos Version 04RDtm by R&D Fashion Dolls. The dolls come with red or brunette hair colours and are limited to 150 dolls per haircolour. The body of this doll was the same as the body for the R&D Fashion doll Susie.
Also on August 5, 2004, Petworks announced a new Happy Box Momoko Version 04HB. One of seven kinds of Momoko and some clothing and accessory items were contained in a Happy Box. Of the seven Momokos pictured(on the PW site)three are new versions. Information on the issue numbers is still not completely clear. There were to be 100 boxes, 50 of which would HB and the other 50 made up of the other six dolls. I contacted Petworks and asked what the distribution was, but they said that not knowing how many of each there would be was the fun of a Happy Box.
August 5, 2004 proved to be a busy day in Momokoland as Petworks announced yet another collaboration doll. This time it was with the Mia store and the doll was 04CM. This doll had a production of 400. She was the last Momoko produced by the PetWorks Company.
MOMOKO IS SOLD!! On October 12, 2004, the Petworks company announced that their wildly popular Momoko doll would be make by the Sekiguchi company. It was the end of an era for Momoko collectors and the beginning of a new page for this site!! Here is was Manabe Watanabe had to say:
Thank you everyone for your support after the end of Momoko production at the end of August 2004. Thank you also for your many ideas and opinions on how to “improve” Momoko. After many meetings with both doll companies we announce that Momoko will be sold again in the Spring of 2005. We will make a doll that will make all of our customers happy. We hope you will continue to give us your opinions and we can keep building together to make a most fortunate Momoko doll. Wishing you good luck in everything you do, Manabe.
New of the 1/6 scale real fashion doll Momoko. Petworks is very grateful to everyone for their patrongage. We announce that Momoko will be selling in the Spring of 2005 and will be produced by the Sekiguchi Doll Company. Momoko will have new style but her name will still be 1/6 scale real fashion doll Momoko doll. She will by approximately 27 cm tall, will have a resin, jointed body. The estimated value of each doll will be 8,190 Yen including tax. Momoko will be dressed in up to date fashions.
The Momoko that will debut in Spring 2005 will appeal to a wider age range of customers. We hope that many new fans will come to Momoko, but we hope that her “old” fans will continue to support her.
To see the new, proposed dolls click here.
September, 2005 Petworks announced a new line of Momoko clothing entitled Close-Clipped Sheep. Along with this they announced two collaboration dolls with Sekiguichi. The dolls would have the Sekiguchi body and a Petworks head. The dolls were called Victorian Nature(2005AW) and came with red or blonde hair.
Once again in the Spring of 2006, Petworks decided to make a collaboration doll with Sekiguchi...same deal, Sekiguchi body and Petworks head. The result was Hazy Wind(2006SS). There were two dolls...Hazy Wind White and Hazy Wind Orange.
Autumn 2006, brought yet another collaboration. This time it was 2006AW Odd Girl Out in redhead or chocolate brown versions.
Next up in December, 2006, Petworks announced from CCSheep, a kimono Momoko. The kimonos were made of authentic materials, silk in particular. The material pattern was the exact size for Momoko. The dolls were produced in an extremely limited number. There were only 10 of each doll produced.
To round out the year, Petworks announced in December a Bonus Truck Box. The box was much like the Happy Box idea of August, 2004. Apparently it is common practice in Japan for shop owners to make up these type of boxes to celebrate the New Year, by getting rid of all their old merchandise. This is a practice I'm sure all Momoko fans enjoy immensely!!! Bonus Trucks came with sets of MameMomoko made to represent the DHEX dolls and the set of 01AT and SF22 look-alikes. There was also a random Mame and a random Sekiguchi Momoko along with a Petworks Momoko. Once again there were seven different dolls to find. However five of the seven were not new dolls. As you can see from the picture below, only the two dolls in the front were new Momokos. They are BT06black(left) and BT05red(right). In the background from left to right are 03SSbl, 03AN, 03PSC3, 04NY, and 02HM. Surprisingly 03PSC3 and 02HM were included in the boxes. Both these dolls are said to be extremely rare with 03PSC3 being a give away doll of 10 and then 20 being raffled(so 30 dolls in all) and 02HM being a gift to retailers of Momoko at Christmas 2002(no known number for this doll).
The 2007 Spring/Summer offering was again two dolls. These were Sunny Lingerie. One doll had pale white skin, the other was tanned.
Also for 2007 Spring/Summer, two Yukata dolls were announced.
For Autumn/Winter 2007 the offerings are Follow My Back. Two dolls, a short haired blonde and a twin ponytails brunette.
Winter 2008 - Bonus Truck
For Spring/Summer CCS 08SS Yukata offers another Petworks head on a Sekiguchi body with Rose Chocolate. Two versions of this doll are available, the only difference being the colour of the geta. One version has black geta, the other yellow geta.
CSS 08SS Yukate Petit Macarron is also offered in two versions. The only difference again is the colour of the geta. One version has red geta, the other version has black geta.
CSS 08SS Tin Girl(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), apparently in tribute to the movie.
CSS 08SS Cowardly Lion(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
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