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The Pullip and Dal Doll Lovers Event (PUDDLE) is a convention for lovers of Pullip, Dal, Taeyang, Byul, and Namu
The theme for PUDDLE 2010 is TURTLES.
It's going to be bigger and better than ever!
PUDDLE 2010 will take place on Saturday, June 5, 2010, at the Elk Grove Village Holiday Inn in Illinois. If you are interested in attending PUDDLE 2010 and would like to receive email updates, email truefan@live.com. You can also follow our news blog.
Attendance is limited to 104 - register early!
The base cost for attending PUDDLE 2010 is $25 per family unit and includes one gift bag. Each additional person in the family who is a doll fan and will be participating in contests, workshops, buy-sell-trade, and other events costs an additional $5 (which adds another gift bag). Very small children do not pay unless they want a gift bag. Grandparents, parents, spouses, siblings, and friends who aren't that interested in dolls and won't be actively participating in events do not pay the extra $5. They are welcome to visit the room to watch the contests and so on. (And everyone who will be in the event meeting room will need to register and receive a nametag for security reasons.)
Anyone who has not paid by May Day will pay $5 extra ($30 as
the base fee instead of $25) and will be subject to cancellation if the event
sells out. (The fee is not refundable but will be carried forward to 2011.) Fees help cover the cost of the meeting room and other PUDDLE expenses.
This year's charity group is the Willowbrook Wildlife Center, which is located about 10 miles from where we will hold PUDDLE in 2010. The Center works in conjunction with the Forest District of DuPage County’s Natural Resource Management team with the rearing of Illinois state endangered Blanding’s Turtles. This summer staff hatched 260 turtles that they are caring for. Money raised at PUDDLE through raffles and donations will go toward the continued care of the turtles. Since the theme of next year's PUDDLE is TURTLES, the Center is a perfect match. Their website can be found here.
The first PUDDLE took place in May 2008 at Mitsuwa Chicago Marketplace in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Over 30 fans attended from Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, and Washington DC, in addition to Illinois. Click here to see an article about the first PUDDLE that appeared in the September 2008 Doll Reader magazine.
The second PUDDLE was held on June 6, 2009, at the Courtyard Chicago Arlington Heights. There were at least four dolls on hand for each of the 60 attendees, who traveled from a dozen United States and Canada. Click here to see an article about the second PUDDLE that appeared in the October 2009 HauteDoll.
Keep an eye on this website for updates, and feel like so!
Please note: The people behind PUDDLE are fans of Pullip doll and her friends. PUDDLE is not an official event of Groove, Jun Planning, Ars Gratia Artis, or any other corporate entity. The convention is funded by its planners, its attendees, and these sponsors. All information, images and names are property of their respective owners, and their use is allowed under the fair use clause of the Copyright Law.
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