First up, Claudine--CH Limited Sia.
CH site, October 2003 (already marked "soldout"):
And here she is, one owner behind her, after she ditched the cabbage roses (though I still have them safely tucked away, along with the rest of the default outfit):
The Wayback Machine captures of the CH website all seem to have broken image links for Claudine's sweetie Flynn (limited Ainomori Jun 2nd for Japan), *sniffle.* He first appears in the capture from April 2004; his paperwork dates him to February 2004, I think, though I need to get it out and check my facts.
Default outfit, when he arrived at my house (via
As he's evolved around here:
And my favorite picture of the two of them, playing dress-up for a photostory:
More anon!