Angel Region Little Fair Discussion part 1

Thank you so much! I wish I had been interested at the time but I really love looking for secondhand dolls too!

 

I have a few of questions about Jade & Mano to anyone that can remember:

*were they originally only sold as a set?
* was there a reason that the boy/girl had different names?
*what is the difference between V1 & V2
*neither of mine have the sculpt name etched in the headcap, just Little Fair, can anyone confirm this?

My seller only wished to sell as a set, said they were purchased in 2004 directly from AR in Korea but listed them as Ren. However, I could tell from the photos that they were both Jade. They came with the second version white cotton baby outfits that have the pintucks on the bodice fronts, skirt and the boy pant legs. They have the original Angel Boutique Black label maryjane shoes and back zipper boots with leather laces and AR wigs one with AR label. Included was a black AR *as you wish* drawstring bag that could not have fit two doll boxes unless they were both kit boxes.
If you could supply any info on my new dolls it would be so appreciated. I just want to know all the details. Here they are after a quick wipe down Mano on the left and Jade on the right:


Angel Region Little Fair's Jade & Mano by Melissa, on Flickr

 

1. No they were not originally sold as a set to my knowledge. I used to have a Jade and obsessively stared at Angel Region's site back then and don't remember any dolls that were only a set.
2. This used to be more common where there'd be a different name but it's the same head between the male/female versions of a doll. But I don't know if there's any specific reason for it other than trends of the time.
3. Can't answer this one. While AR was still AR and it's own company they did do a few version releases that seemed to be more about different limiteds than any actual change to the head sculpt BUT I can't be 100% sure.
4. This is correct for older Little Fair. All of mine either just say Little Fair on the inside or say Little Fair and then the name of the sculptor but not the name of the doll head. All purchased straight from AR back when they were still their own company.

 

Thank you so much for answering my questions! I'd love to know the sculptors name and whether all Little Fairs had the same sculptor? I am also curious which Little Fairs you may own and if you have any photos that you share online?

new pic: present Ren, custom Ren, Dana, Luna, boy Ren, girl Ren, Dana, Mano and Jade


Angel Region Little Fair by Melissa, on Flickr

 

I haven't seen any and was wondering if anyone here had purchased the 20th anniversary re-releases of Cosette, Ren or Dana?
I would love to see some pics if there are any out there.

pic of my custom Angel Region Dana by @bunny_faceup on insta

Angel Region custom Dana by Melissa, on Flickr

 

I don't know the sculptors name or if they have the same sculptor. I don't think they do but that's just because they had a few heads that looked very stylistically different from the others even before they were purchased. Sorry for the slow reply. I didn't notice the reply alert.

I should take photos. It's been a while. My AR dolls are: Little Prince Dan, POJ Kai, Hallowierd half eyed Ren girl (they let me order her with the girl body instead of the boy body), OFY Milky white Ren boy (from the first run of OFY dolls), a non AR head on an AR fair boy body, and assorted floating heads. Both my milky white dolls have turned a very odd shade of yellow. I keep meaning to wipe them, give them a good cleaning, then decide if I want to try some kind of brightening treatment or if I just want to give them new faceups that look better with the current coloration and change their styling so it looks intentional and not like surprise banana.

 

The more I look at Little Fair's and for them, the more I think the sculpting was done by different artists as well, especially the Jade mold with the wide set eyes and the lack of sharp chin and pointy nose. Some of the later molds but before Soom like Lux have beautiful sculpting. No worries on the timing of the reply. And I would love to see a pic of your Little Prince Dan. I have yet to see a Dan face mold. I would love a Kai but he would probably be too big for me. Did you get the Hallowierd outfit set? I would love to see a picture of that and maybe I could recreate it, no pressure though. If you do treat the yellowing I would love to know how it turns out. I have a few that could use a new faceup and it would be ideal to treat the yellow before hand.


Angel Region Cien on BF girl body by Melissa, on Flickr

 

Unfortunately my halloweird ren girl and dan are packed away somewhere at the moment. Next time I have them out though I'll make sure to take some pictures and post them here! Dan has the u shaped eyes like present ren. I'm a sucker for u shaped eyes. lol

Oh and Dan's original outfit is long gone. It was mostly pleather and exploded over time.

 

Darn pleather such a waste!

 

Right? I have so many doll shoes and pants that have crumbled or shredded themselves to dust over the years. It's why I usually don't buy pleather doll shoes anymore. But even then the soles sometimes just disintegrate. Thankfully my ren girls default doesn't have pleather parts so it's just as cute clown as it was when I got her.

 

What was Ren's default outfit?

 

The halloweird rens outfit is a black and white jester outfit basically. It even came with a human sized wand.

 

I would love to see that outfit sounds amazing!

My Ren's

Angel Region Little Fair Ren's by Melissa, on Flickr

 

You have a Prode of Jocker Ren! I've got the Kai limited from the same series. I think I figured out where my halloweirds head and outfit are so I'll take photos when I get home. (Her head was in a separate location for painting then got misplaced. >_>)

 

Angel Region dreamy Dana by Melissa, on Flickr

 

@midolls*melissa, that wig is darling on your Dreamy Dana!

 

Thank you so much ... a pic of my Bada with faceup by @bunny_faceup


Angel Region Little Fair Bada custom
by Melissa, on Flickr