Creature Doll! Armored Beauties ready for Adventure

no! I love my elf karin.
so happy I bought her + some clothes & weapons.

that is sad news.

 

Oh, no! No-no-no-no-no-! I wish I had bought more of his dolls, but I'll have to content myself with my three. Thank goodness I bought them. Here's the full announcement for anyone who hasn't seen it:

Dear my customers,

First of all, I would like to say that I am very sorry.
I’m afraid that the journey of Creature Doll that started in December 2016 will end in February 2018.
Since its inception, I have produced eight kinds of dolls from EVE to KARIN.
Because of unmanageably poor sales performance, however, I’ve found that it’s no more possible to keep the company.
I started this company just because I liked making dolls, and I wanted to make special ones, but I guess I failed to draw much attention.
I was responsible for everything from production to shipping, and it was affecting my health.
This is very upsetting, and I do feel upset even while I'm writing this.
I can't really say now if I’ll be able to start making a doll again.
Though I wanted to release more of new, unique dolls, I'm afraid I should stop here.
But please know that I’ve been really happy that I could freely make the dolls as I wanted.
Thank you so much for the attention and love you’ve been showing to Creature Doll.
I especially want to express my sincere gratitude to those who purchased my products.
Finally, I also express my thanks to those who’ve been encouraging me and supporting what I do and trying to promote Creature Doll.

Sincerely,

P.S.
If you have put our products on layaway, you will receive a refund.
However, if you really need to get the item, please email me and complete the payment by March 31, and you will receive the finished product.
All products on the website will be marked as ‘Sold Out’ so as to prevent any more purchase.

 

the site is open for dolls only - no faceups - for one more week.

I'm tempted but it's bad timing for my bank account.

 

I emailed him last night telling how sorry I was that he has to close and asked if I could buy Mei if I paid in full right away. It looks like he decided to reopen for general sales for one more week to everyone which is super nice. It wasn't a good time for it, but I always planned to buy her and would be so sad if she never comes back.

Trying to figure out if I can swing a Lucia or Angela in tan skin too...I really regret putting off ordering.

 

I was honestly concerned this might happen, since there's been so little activity here and on their Q&A. Such a shame, though, after all the effort he put into this, and they're nice quality sculpts too! I wonder if the problem was not enough exposure, or if people just aren't interested in fantasy dolls in this size?

 

I suspect it's not enough exposure. I don't know if Iplehouse has had as much success with their vampires as they have with the normal FIDs, or if Raccoon's elf heads are popular, but if all 3 makers offered them there must be some perceived interest.

I think I'm going to order Lilith.

 

the whole concept of armored beauties with swords, clothes, shoes, wigs is so delightful. Elves!

I took advantage of free ship. Karin is so fierce!
now I wonder if I can swing a Lucia in brown. ?
probably not.

 

I spent my tax refund before receiving it and ordered Lilith in white skin.

 

Glad you guys were able to snag one or two
I wonder if maybe it would have been easier for Creature Doll to only take orders for set periods of the month or something? Similar to other companies?

 

I just discovered this company maybe 30 minutes ago from writing this and I'm so sad because I've always wanted a mature MSD and Creature Doll makes the perfect body scult I've spent hours of my life trying to find! It's very unfortunate the sales were poor, reading his closing post broke my heart. I'm having to wait for new cards being shipped to me this week so fingers crossed one of them arrives before his final close, I really want to support him and have one of those gorgeous ladies before they'r gone for good.

 

If you get the money slightly too late, after the orders close, I'd suggest emailing him and see if you can still buy one/get an invoice or something. They'll be cancelling and refunding layaways if it's not paid by March 31st or so, I think...? So there might be a chance.

 

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

well, I saved some money for another doll but I think I will order Karin now and put my aGatti elf boy on layaway. Fortunately, I can even I wanted to pay him full but Karin was love at the first sight


edit: ordered her.

 

For anyone who is interested in this size but can't buy a Creature Doll at this time, here is a group photo showing a Raccoon couple (on the left), Creature Doll Karin in the middle, and an Iplehouse FID couple (on the right):

I thought I had already posted this here but I don't see it. I probably posted it to Raccoon and/or Iplehouse FID threads.

 

they fit so perfectly into this range

 

the weapons are already sold out... i wanted to order them with Karin too

 

@skyealloway - I think you should get Mei a body. I almost ordered a Creature Doll body for a floating Raccoon elf head, except that she would always need to wear a high neck dress or a scarf to hide the fact that the resins don't match. I wouldn't trust myself to try painting the head to match the resin, even if my elf head didn't already have a company face-up.

 

I was thinking of ordering my gift Mei a body too, but it looks like only full dolls are available, so I'm eyeing Lilith or Angela. Or... as silly as it would be, I might go for a third Lucia because the lovely faceup on my tan girl doesn't suit the character I wanted for her, but I would hate to wipe it (she looks so good in that velvet gown too). Plus, I could consider opening the eyes a little more again. Also disappointed I never got to order the cutlass.

If you've made up your mind, but it looks like the cards aren't going to arrive in time, I'd say don't wait until after the close to contact him. He might prefer to let you go ahead and submit your order yourself rather than putting it in after the site's closed. Oh, and if you want heel feet, don't forget to add them to your order! They're not part of the basic package. Good luck either way!