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Tippetarius — A youth called Tip

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Description In the Country of the Gillikins, which is at the North of the Land of Oz, lived a youth called Tip. There was more to his name than that, for old Mombi often declared that his whole name was Tippetarius; but no one was expected to say such a long word when "Tip" would do just as well.
This boy remembered nothing of his parents, for he had been brought when quite young to be reared by the old woman known as Mombi, whose reputation, I am sorry to say, was none of the best. For the Gillikin people had reason to suspect her of indulging in magical arts, and therefore hesitated to associate with her.
Mombi was not exactly a Witch, because the Good Witch who ruled that part of the Land of Oz had forbidden any other Witch to exist in her dominions. So Tip's guardian, however much she might aspire to working magic, realized it was unlawful to be more than a Sorceress, or at most a Wizardess.
Tip was made to carry wood from the forest, that the old woman might boil her pot. He also worked in the corn-fields, hoeing and husking; and he fed the pigs and milked the four-horned cow that was Mombi's especial pride.
But you must not suppose he worked all the time, for he felt that would be bad for him. When sent to the forest Tip often climbed trees for birds' eggs or amused himself chasing the fleet white rabbits or fishing in the brooks with bent pins. Then he would hastily gather his armful of wood and carry it home. And when he was supposed to be working in the corn-fields, and the tall stalks hid him from Mombi's view, Tip would often dig in the gopher holes, or if the mood seized him -- lie upon his back between the rows of corn and take a nap. So, by taking care not to exhaust his strength, he grew as strong and rugged as a boy may be.

The Above is from the book The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum, if you have never read it here is a [link]
It is my all time favorite book and Tip is my all time favorite characterfrom Oz.
The photo is of my newest BJD Tippetarius, Tip is an Iplehouse nYID Eddie X-mas Special Edition in peach gold skin with the C face up [link]
Long story short I'm very happy to have my online namesake in resin.
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Comments: 5

Artyadelle [2013-08-18 07:54:42 +0000 UTC]

Where did you get his wig?

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Tippetarius In reply to Artyadelle [2013-08-19 05:18:24 +0000 UTC]

Iplehouse, I gave it a bit of a hair cut it was a longer in the back.

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saintfighteraqua [2013-03-01 18:50:08 +0000 UTC]

Very nice,do you think you'll ever do an Ozma version?

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Tippetarius In reply to saintfighteraqua [2013-03-02 01:35:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^_^
I do plan to get an Ozma as well. I would like to get an iplehouse Rexy with her C face up and in the same skin tone as Tip. [link]
I think the Rexy face mold and the Eddie face mold (Tip's an Eddie) look a lot alike, in fact I had planned to get the Rexy to be my Ozma, long before the doll that I got for Tip came out. It was an bit of a twist of fate that I got Tip first.

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saintfighteraqua In reply to Tippetarius [2013-03-11 02:25:06 +0000 UTC]

Very awesome, I look forward to seeing her and the scenes you create.

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