Narin

Narin is a Korean company that was established in 2004 by artist Bimong. The dolls were originally produced using French resin in Snowy White, Pinky White, Golden Beige, and Tanning. The male was Narin and the female Narae. The dolls were produced in 2 sizes, 43/44cm and 60cm.

In the early years Narindolls were offered through Dollmore or directly through Bimong himself. Narindolls were then offered through Dollfair International beginning in 2006.

All dolls yellow but unfortunately, French Resin is more vulnerable to yellowing. As of December 2006 Narindolls added UV Additive to all its dolls to better protect against yellowing. According to Dollfair, Narindolls tested it in direct summer sun in Korea and the damage was minimal. All dolls should be kept away from direct sunlight and heat!

In December 2007, Narindolls introduced a new knee joint in its 43 cm dolls.

In 2008 there was a shortage of French resin which increased waiting times for finished dolls. Dollfair orders #62 through #69 were affected by the French resin shortage. Dollfair even closed ordering for a month to help reduce the backlog. Catrina, owner of Dollfair, spoke French and she met with the CEO of Narindolls and the French company producing the resin. Catrina negotiated an agreement that Narindolls would be given priority for the raw materials.

Also during order #62 there was a problem of breakage with the knee joints. Dollfair and Narindolls worked to resolve the issues to customer satisfaction giving them extra joints or offering the option of the older knee design. Only order # 62 was affected with the problem. Customers requesting the old legs had an even longer wait because those molds had been taken out of production but their issue was resolved.

Many collectors shied away from French resin fearing problems with yellowing so the option of urethane resin was added. The French resin issue was resolved but January 2009 through October 2009 there was a shortage of urethane resin. The resin company that Narindolls dealt with went bankrupt. This created a significant backlog in production. A new CEO was hired for Narindolls and new casting was underway with 2 companies to help with production.

On March 31, 2010 the 5 year contract Bimong had given to his investors expired. Effective 4/1/2010 Dollfair International and Bimong took over production of ALL Narindolls. Dollfair started their own casting company in Ohio.

Customer service through Dollfair initially was good but communication was often sporadic. After taking on production of Narindolls orders were not being fulfilled and customers were unable to contact Catrina. A scandal in 2010 ensued with over 80 outstanding orders. Eventually contact was made with Dollfair and refunds were issued to some but not all customers. Bimong stepped in and personally honored the orders. D-Storic felt it wasn't fair for Bimong to accept all the financial responsibility so they stepped in to honor outstanding orders.

A thread was started to track the outstanding waiting list and the resolution. https://denofangels.com/threads/narin-creative-dollfair-waitlist-and-resolution.403739/

D-Storic began producing Narin Creative dolls effective Nov 20, 2011. During a large Christmas Event order some dolls experienced warping problems due to an incorrect resin mixture. The resin problems were:

- distortion of body parts and head

- softness of resin, even clothes could cause indentations on the body

- skin irritation after touching the resin

- strong smell of the resin

During the time D-Storic was producing the dolls there were delayed orders. In addition, other doll companies being produced by D-Storic went out of business. Days before the Christmas Event orders D-Storic announced their contract with Narin Creative ended effective 12/31/2013.

Current Waitlist/Issues: Narin Waitlist

Links

• DoA databases: Dandelion, Narae, Narin