I know Junky Spot has some very loyal fans but it makes me frown to see anti-Mimiwoo comments. I have always had good luck with her and it really depends on what you are buying. JS might be cheaper for buying a bunch of things but if you need ONE SINGLE doll head, Mimiwoo.com is best. JS shipping starts at $5, so a single W-07 head is $9.99 as opposed $6.50 at MW.com.

 

Junky Spot wins awsome points in that some of the heads come 2 to a bag instead of always just 1 like Mimiwoo and they will include little things like Pocky and whatnot.

 

If you are buying a bunch of things from Mimiwoo you are better off going through the Ebay store. That way she can combine the shipping, where as the dot com has the shipping included in each price and doesn't combine.

 

Obitsu! Why iiiiiis your head so beeg? I recieved a 23-02 and 23-03 in the mail today. They are made for the 23cm body, I was hoping to use them for the 21cm and they are a wee bigger than the Volks Dollfie 27cm body heads. Wut? I have also used the W-07 before and I love it but I do wish it was more the size of the Volks heads. I had been wondering if the W-04 with the lips carefully removed could sub for the Volks default head if they stop making it. I think it might be just too big. I think the 23-02 might actually be as close as you can get with Obitsu.

 

C'mon Volks, reveal the 1/6 plan!

 

Another thing. W-07 and 23-02 have FIVEHEAD. Ya know, when it's too big to be a forehead? It's fine with bangs but it's more noticable without. I wonder if anyone ever roots the hair farther down.

 

Mattel has a line of cheaper Disney Princess dolls out. It's a cheap way to get a head if you want to do a doll with the open mouthed Snow White, Belle, Sleeping Beauty or Ariel. The downside is that not much else is useable. They are ballet themed with molded ballet slippers and molded tutus so the body can't be used for something other than a ballerina.

One of the SWs that I saw looked a bit more aggressive than the one in that auction. With the hair, she reminded me a bit of Rosie O'Donnell, were Rosie younger and a Disney Princess.

 

Tonner is doing Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland dolls. Most of the dolls are "pending actor approval" but the Alice one is there. Dude! They reproduced that awsome, awsome wildlife embroidery on the hem of the skirt! Man, need something with squirrels and deer on it. :D I am interessted to see the Mad Hatter. If he looks like the poster, he will be quite something.

 

Anyone need a white skinned Tonner doll, fresh for the painting?

 

Yay! The rest of the Sinister Circus dolls are up! I'm more impressed with The Painted Lady than I thought I would be. She's so sour looking and...are those Victory Rolls? Sheehee is awsome because you just never see that kind of doll made. The bearded lady...eh. I'm curious about how the beard is done though. Glued or rooted? Keiko is interessting but I find she feels kinda like a woman in a fake bird head. It's worse with Quimby. Marina, however, I like muchly. I love the greenish skin and the custom head sculpt.

 

Cami is cute. She's got a sweeter, younger looking face than alot of the adult female Tonners without being as baby-faced as the younger ones.

 

Jessica Rabbit! Bow-chika-wow-wow! She uses the "Athletic body" which apparently is more "buxom" and "curvy". Big boobehs.

 

I wonder what the upcomming Tiana doll will be like.

I mentioned the stuff in the previous entry but then I came across this link. Seems the company is up for sale. I hadn't even noticed the notice when I was on the site. Be nice if someone bought it since there are alot of people who use it and would miss it if it was gone. Even back when I used to read my mother's Doll Reader magazines I remember reading about Perk being used to clean up delicate vintage Ginny outfits and Remove-Zit being used on the evil Green Ear.

 

Soooo....anyone wanna buy a company? :D "Low six figure" price.

 

 

(PS. Hello to the person who visited and translated my blog into Bulgarian! :D )

If I were rich I would have have a drawer dedicated to doll hair. In that drawer, I would have enough of each available color to root a single doll. Stare at photos on the internet, order and hope that if will match? No. It would be as simple as checking the drawer. Untless the doll had a big head, I could start the project as soon as I wanted.

 

In other news, Candy came! <3 The boob wasn't pushed it, it was CRACKED! ^_^;;; Oh well. It's semi-fixed. A wee deformed but no longer broken. I am going to try the stuff I had for fixing scratches on the body to see if it will smooth out a bit. The tape on her turned out to be there for no reason, not holding a broken body together. Most of the dirt came off, though I've having trouble removing all of the face stains. Her hair has been removed, the holes shrunk and the new hair ordered. I wanted to go with saran like she would have had but I couldn't figure out what the perfect mix would be. Everything seemed off so I ordered Goldenrod nylon. If it's like DH's photo it will be a little off but if it's like MLC's photo it will be PERFECT and hold curl better than the saran. And really, Candy is all about the curls.

 

They don't make Oxy 5 anymore and they never sold Oxy 10 here. All the new Oxy creams seem to have something to make them gentler on skin or cover up blemishes while they work. I heard bad things about Clearasil so I got some Clean and Clear Persa-Gel 5. Still only 5% but it seems like they don't sell anything higher over the counter here. Maybe some day I'll suck it up and just buy some Remove-Zit and Formula 9-1-1.

So, DH uploaded the new stock.

 

"Check out Dollyhair's SEVEN brand new saran colors as of January 2010: vineyard violet, foxglove lavender, shocking fuchsia, chromatic pink, cupcake pink, mystic plum to pink, and mystic pink to blonde!

 

Plus, bitter chocolate brown and cotton candy pink are BACK!"

 

Translation: I hope you like PINK AND PURPLE :D

 

Shocking Fuchsia is Purple Haze and Vineyard Violet is Plum Crazy at RD but Chromatic Pink, Cupcake Pink, Foxglove Lavender and the two Mystic (COLOR CHANGE) colors are only available at DH right now. The Mystic Plum to Pink looks kinda awsome. I have a bit of the Pink to White and it's neat to touch it and watch it get all splotchy. 

 

For mah birfday on the 8th, I recieved a subscription to Haute Doll. Sassy, non? But I have a little secret to tell you about the Break Room:

There is nobody there.

Well, a few people have posted but I highly doubt anyone checks it often. So, if you were expecting a riproaring discussion like I was, surprise! :D

 

They had a vampire doll contest. Apart from the neat idea I think Blood Contess deserved a prize for risking STAINING to her vintage Sindy. O_O  My Mum loves the picture of Lillia and Saltine. XD She tends to flip to that page just to see it.

Dolly Hair's twitter says she's unpacking new doll hair and updating the site AS I WRITE THIS. I'm chomping at the bit to see what's new. Hurry Tina! I need to see it nyaaaaooow!! O_O *pant pant*

 

Yay! I got fabric that I figure will be PERFECT for the Candy Candy doll's new dress. I'll have to cut it on the bias to make it work but it should be okay. I'm a little nervous about washing it because I don't want the red to run but I also hate putting unwashed stuff on dolls because it might STAIN. I worry that a swatch test might work differently than a larger piece. I figure I'll figure out how might I need for the dress and just wash that. That way if it gets messed up I still have more. I'm hoping that Candy's body is similar enough to the Licca body that I could use a Licca dress pattern without much alteration.

 

The material was BOGO so I also got a neat-o mini holly print. I wish I could have gotten half of that and half of the mini trees but it doesn't work that way.

 

I have bought a few things on Etsy and I admit it gets me a wee pissed off how casual some of them are. Maybe it's because I'm used to Ebay but I want to hear about it when you get my money, be told that it will be shipped out "on X day" or "as soon as possible", then recieve feedback on the transaction after I've left mine. I shouldn't have to wonder if the item has been sent or not and I shouldn't have to ASK for feedback :/ They remind ME to leave it before I have even had time to get what I bought so they might be reminding the sellers too, right?

 

I got one of those awsomely kitchy mini tinsel trees half off in the dollar(ish) store. :3 It's not big enough for full size 1/6 scale, a little small, but still good.

 

(Watching me download vintage doll photos)
"You burn and delete stuff then download more crap. It's the Circle of Blythe."
-My Brother.

Unless the fibres are changing color over time, some vintage Japanese dolls based on existing were made with the wrong colored hair. I don't mean just another shade either, like, totally different! :O

 

*Annie from Candy Candy: Black hair in the anime/ brown haired doll (Like this one on Y!JP) 

 

*Sandybell from Hello! Sandybell: Some of the dolls have blond like the anime but then there's this one who is a brunette.

 

*Sarah from a Little Princess: Black hair in the anime but this doll, like the Annie doll, has brown instead of black.

 

There are probably more. Those are just the ones I've come across.

Why am I looking at vintage anime doll hair? Well....I have a vintage Candy Candy doll comming. Not mint...oh hell no not mint. Her fluffy blond pigtails have gotten chopped off, she's stained and naked. I think there may be a crack in the body, the neck connecter looks like a dog got to it and one of her boobs is concave. I'm thinkin' glue and milliput and hoping her arms come off. If they do, the body can be softened in hot water and I can push the inverted tata back out with a stick. She's sad looking now but she can be fixed. *fist in the air* XD  I figured it would be a way of getting a neat vintage doll with those big syrupy shoujo eyes fairly cheap.

 

I'm wondering about the hair color. I won't really be able to try and match her untill I have her in hand but I can't help trying to guess from photos. If they all used the same color, she should look something like this. Original blond seems a bit dark, maybe Dark Malibu Blonde or Honey Blonde? If HB is a match, it would be nice because I actually HAVE some right now but bad because I want to use it for a doll that would ALSO have fluffy pigtails ^^;; We'll see!

 

Ooh! Guess what, guess what! New Rainbow Brite dolls are comming! Rainbow, Tickled Pink, Moonglow and some horses. If they make a Patty O'Green though, I am sold. There is also a bigger Rainbow doll that uses the same molds are the Before Once Upon a Time Disney dolls.

 

Still no SIS dolls at TRU (Or anywhere else.) :O I did see lots of lovely Barbie repros though. <3 It also turned out that the Basic Black Barbies are $24.99 EVERYWHERE. No special deals at walmart :(

There is a new Momoko out called Home Angel Amber The name and that she's in lingerie made me think of "Centrefold" by The J. Geils Band.

 

"Years go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between"

 

 

 

I got a hit for "Ebay allows knock-off Blythe dolls" True that. I never thought Little Big Eyes was really any replacement for Blythe because the face is a little odd but there are two called Color Changing Eyes and Blybe that are much closer in looks, particularly Blybe. The down side is that the quality isn't as nice but if you are customizing and don't have an issue with it being a knock off, well, there is it.

Yikes! This knock off even stole the logo. O_O Dropping an E doesn't make it yours!

 

According to Milkshake Melody, Volks is discontinuing:

"NEW-EB, EB, EB-mini all types

Elegant Collection all types (S and mini included)

NEO-EB, NEO-Teen brown skin type

Dollfie Plus 01, 02 types (Optional heads 03-05 not included!) "

 

I wish they would have given more info on what they WILL be doing. Fans have the choice on either saving their money to buy what may be a superior line or heading over to the English site to pick the carcass of the current line. Some stuff is already sold out so do you wait for a last minute restock and possibly get nothing or grab what you can? Such quandaries!

 

I don't care about the Elegant bodies. They always sounded sticky and easily broken. Mini bodies...eh...I supose Obitsu could be used insted. You get the neat-o alternate hands with those and there isn't a little foot ring to worry about breaking. But I do wish they would keep the mini head sculpt and make it available in bags of skinheads or something. It's a cute but has more of a nose than the 2 super-cute Obitsu heads.

The great thing about the EB bodies is that they are hard plastic. If you need to, you can paint them easier than a soft busted body. Obitsu has ONE hard bust body per height and the hands are still flexible.

If Volks doesn't fill the void with the new project, the fans also loose a number of body types. From the photos, an Obitsu Slim body is between a Neo Goh. There is no Obitsu equal to EB-N or EB-C. For a short, girly body you'll need to buy an Beauty A, sand and epoxy the chest, buy a head since the Beauty A comes with a Dollfie Plus head, then ignore the fact that he has teeny feet and girl-booty. Come to think of it, without an EB-like line, A, B and S style bodies will all need seperately purchased head. Unless folks want to go with the expensive pre-rooted everytime, that's like giving Obitsu money.

 

Of course, the new line could be all whiz bang and awsome, blowing Obitsu out of the water and leaving everbody who stocked up feeling like they should have waited! :D We'll see soon!

 

I noticed something. I was looking for example of 21HD-F04 and saw that there is a definite bias towards using Volks head with Obitsu bodies when it comes to mini dolls but usually not the other way around.

 

Ooh! I just noticed Restore Doll keeps a viewable log of your orders. That way if you can't remember exactly which blond you bought last time, you can find out without having to go whining to Kathy. XD

I'm sorting through my doll hair. Figuring out exactly what I have, what I'm using it for and trying to complete the heads that just need a little more hair. I also ordered some Brunette (3) because A) there's a sale on a RD and I B) need just a bit more to complete the Maddie Mod doll I'm rerooting and C) it's not like I won't use it later. Seriously, Brunette is currently the hair color I have used most and I have at least one more project I will use it for. I just...dig it. It's a nice dark brown.

Hey, I was thinking...

One of the things people complain about with some BJD companies is that the resin is too thin and they prefer heavier dolls. If you really REALLY loved a sculpt but you were worried about thin resin, could you re-enforce it with some sort of epoxy clay? Maybe white Milliput or something? I don't even know if it's possible, it's just a thought I had.

BWHAHAHA! Hey guys, look! look! Photos of this person's Volks Baron doll. As well as his stock, there are also photos of him RE-DRESSED. Heehee, wow. (Xakarias on DoA posted it)

 

Pippos MER-KITTIES.! COOL!

 

Hey kids! Happy Almost-The-End-of-December! Having a good day? :D

 

Amongest my prezzies, I recieved a Artitute Moxie Girlz Lexa and some embroidery scissors. Yay! Lexa's hair was a wee bit crispy. :O She recieved a condition and trim.

 

My brother's gift from me hasn't arrived yet. >_< I figured almost a month would be good enough to get it from Hong Kong by airmail but apparently it wasn't. I had some stuff for under the tree but I wish I had ordered The Big Gift sooner or something. I just hope it works perfectly when it comes. Having it come so late then having to get a replacement would be awful.

 

One of my father's gifts was a battery operated walking bug. The cat enjoyed carefully stalking it then flipping it over. He showed alot more interesst in it than in his own toys. ^^;; One of the gifts that Snooky recieved was a little stuffed catnip meerkat. My brother said it was horrible but I disagree. They donate part of the money made by the toys to helping meerkats so by buying him a fake one to toss around we are kinda helping the real thing! Yay!

 

You know, I was thinking earlier about when Pullips first came out. SnowflakeBabe from Bratzworld Yahoo had posted links to them but I honestly wasn't sure how well they would do. They were pretty but the head was so heavy that the necks were SNAPPING! O_O Folks were gluing and inserting pins but how well can a doll do if you have to be ready to fix it when you buy it? They sorted it all out and even though they have had other issues (KNEES AND WRISTS) they are still doing quite well.

I have to wonder just how many Obitsu bodies are put to work as replacements for Pullips.  I don't like Obitsu as much as Volks but when it comes to sticking a huge head on it, Obitsu is stiffer and IMHO better for the job.

 

Build-A-Bear has awsome little hiking boots for the bears. They have neat-o real treads! The downside is that since they are made for the bears they are ROUND and no good for most dollies.

 

Goodreau dolls. I'm a member of the camp that thinks they are oogly. It's weird, I guess their eyes aren't any bigger than some of the Asian dolls I've rubber stamped but they feel too big and googly for the sculpts.

I think think my opinion is helped by by the horribly out of scale eyelashes they use either. Look at this photo. They should NOT reach the eyebrows. (I even ran to the bathroom to see if my own did.)

Some people think that Goodreau is snubbed because they are American and all the doll fans are wapanese but it IS possible to just not like a doll because of the sculpt. ^^;;

 

Then there's the animal dolls. Bah, and some people rag on the Chinese made BJDS saying they aren't very detailed! To me, they look kinda slap dash put together. I might dig a Goodreau human after some eye modding but the animals would need to be heavily modded. Cripes, I didn't even know Bebe was a Chihuahua untill I read the tag.

 

Why am I writting about this? Well, I was updating my cat doll list with a few dolls and added in Goodreau. I didn't want to say what I thought of them there so I'm doing it here. In the same update I added Red Wyvern Studio's Emily to the list. I've never heard of them before, I can't vouch for the company or anything but I look at their cat and Goodreau's cat and there is just no competition when it comes to whose sculpt I like better. And they are both the same size.

 

I was poking around in their feedback and found THIS. "Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre I Dollhouse doll". Bow chika wow wow! XD

 

I am not a Doctor Who fan but it turns out in one of the series there was a group called the "catkind". Cat PEOPLE. An evil nun cat lady named Novice Hame spawned a 12inch figure that I figured was dolly enough for the list. Jon Pumpkin's photo of Hame chilling with some non-anthro kitties. XD

 

Maaan. I wish those Odeco and Nikki keychains weren't so small. I mean, they could make great dolls for the dolls themselves but if they were larger I could stick on on a doll body for my own, cheaper cat doll. 2 inches is too small for that. I want them to come out with Nikki Angels. Like Pullip Angels: A cheaper, painted eye version of the doll!