The little steampunk mermaid, and pixie and Cinderella

Posted by Bettina Tizzy

Update! ZOMG, gender adjustment time. I mistakenly believed that Onakagoo was a woman when I wrote this post, so I've gone ahead and corrected all the she/hers-isms. Sheesh.

Steampunk, highly detailed and hot hot hot, I give you the flying avatars by Japanese Onakagoo Epin (rez: 11/22/2006), available at his 109 Prims Circus fantasy store in the sky.

Capturing avatars in steampunk flying cages is a running theme with Onakagoo. Take his Flying Little Mermaid avatar, complete with a steampunk tail and breastplate, as well his own submersible.


Shown here with Vampire Mermaid hair by 3star Tyne (teleport directly from here)


Note how the avatar is anchored firmly to the interior of the submersible


Mercifully, Onakagoo has also provided a shatter-glass box on the side of the submersible with a pair of prosthetic legs, should the mermaid in you decide to go walking

The Flying Little Pixie is caught inside an hourglass-shaped lamp, but the crystal has shattered, making room for her lacey steampunk wings.



You can detach the flying cage and go about your pixie business wearing the mechanical (but nevertheless dainty) outfit Onakagoo provides you with.



In lieu of a heart, Onakagoo appointed the pixie with a bell...


You can ring my bell

Finally, the Flying Little Cinderella isn't really an avatar, but an attachment you wear... a whirring, rusty steampunk carriage. Talk about making an appearance (or disappearance come the stroke of midnite) at parties!


I'm wearing Eshi Otawara's latest: the POPI outfit, complete with a giant poppy hat and dangerous hat pins


Housed within a sphere megaprim, the 109 Prims Circus store is its own environment and worthy of a visit whether you purchase anything or not. Teleport directly from here.

Many thanks to Poulep[Oh]ndeuse who's fabulous Flickr stream I follow. It was she who guided me to Onakagoo and his latest magic.

Magical retail destinations - Even in Second Life, they are rare: The 109 Prim Circus

Via one of our favorite content creators (and illustrators) of all time, four Yip, we learned of one exquisitely magical store that, were it not for the fantastic items for sale there, would still be a destination in and of itself.

The 109 Prims Circus is a steampunk/fantasy store created by Japanese Onakagoo Epin (rez: 11/22/2006). Unlike most stores and malls in Second Life® - sadly and exceedingly unimaginative and boxlike - this retail outlet is a jewelbox containing all sorts of lovely things.

These photographs do not do the place justice because I had to crop the heck out of them due to a bug in the latest Release Client viewer.




Housed within a sphere megaprim, the store is its own environment


Two functional merry-go-rounds with crystalized and ghostly horses go round and round


Steampunkish pods contain the store's offerings, and oh what delightful items they are, worthy of many more blogposts


One gorgeous item for sale, and very reasonably priced, is a steampunk crescent moon

Teleport directly from here.