If you're not into ball joint dolls, Volks is a hobby company that has a huge hand in the doll department, and up until recently were known for their doll line called Super Dollfie. They then came out with a more stylized doll with more idealistic proportions of anime girls that became hugely popular especially among men, called Dollfie Dream.
Most of the time, the best Dollfie Dreams come in the form of limited editions that usually can only be bought at a Dolpa (Doll Party hosted by Volks) or by getting them second hand at an exuberant price. But luckily for us Volks decided to start the Limited Dollfie Dream Pre-order Project which means that if you order during the pre-order period you're guaranteed the doll when it is released.
When you pre-order through Volks USA you have a choice between making a deposit of $50 or paying for everything at once. Though keep in mind if you do pay for everything at once your doll still won't get to you till shipping time. The production period is from May 2015-Spring 2016 with shipping at the end of June 2016 for Japan and September for the US for the first batch of orders. With the regular limited Miku's the shipping was divided in batches because of the vast amount of people who decided to pre-order.
The price for the Miku fullset is 64,000 yen + any fees and if you preorder from the US site it is $650 but no fees though we don't know if there is shipping charges, and if you live in California you'll have to pay the sales tax as well.
I did pre-order one Snow Miku through the Volks US site mainly since the $50 deposit was just easy to reserve my place since I did it once pre-orders opened up. But also because once she's here, shipping from California to my house is easy compared to the wait for EMS and the prices behind that because of the dimensions of the box.
September 2016 cannot come fast enough.
