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Darker Skin Tones?

Nov 29, 2005

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    1. She still is, I think about 17 hours left.
       
      #141 radiotrash, Mar 18, 2006
    2. is it strange that I don't particually care if my dolls don't look like me? maybe because I don't look like most of my faimly. >.>

      (I live in a dorm with alot of girls from asia. one's mom came over to visit and during a conversation actully told me "you so light skin, you get husband easy. stay out of sun.")
       
      #142 lilmissmaya, Mar 18, 2006
    3. Just keep in mind Tan Lishe and other tan CP dolls might be hard to find, but good luck getting one! ^^
       
      #143 Rynn007, Mar 18, 2006
    4. #144 Ashbet, Jul 27, 2006
    5. #145 Cammy, Jul 27, 2006
    6. Is there such a thing? I have only ever seen varying shades of white!
       
      #146 Lyra_Daemon, Jan 26, 2007
    7. You might want to check out Ipplehouse, they do some lovely very dark skinned dolls.
       
      #147 Taco, Jan 26, 2007
    8. Aaron by Iplehouse is a gorgeous black boy.

      I knew from the title you were English so I just had to post in this thread XD

      Black dolls are pretty rare....And the Iplehouse ones I find a bit...'token'. Maybe I'm just being oversensitive though.
       
      #148 babytarragon, Jan 26, 2007
    9. Thanks beans!
       
      #149 Lyra_Daemon, Jan 26, 2007
    10. I just received my CP/Luts minifee Soo -- the most stunningly gorgeous milk chocolate shade I ever saw! Worth a look if you like mini-sized dolls.
       
      #150 Baakay, Jan 26, 2007
    11. Iplehouse has Aaron and Cocori, who are black. Elfdoll has Ruru, who i think looks like a scrabled egg from Latin America. And I think the 'tan' versions of Dream of Doll's Shall (and Camine and Lahoo) and Dollzone's Cherry look really good. (and by good, i mean they look Hispanic/Latina) Dollzone's doing all of their dolls in tan, but I've only seen pictures of a few, so they bear further investigation.

      Babytarragon: I don't think it's tokenism, I think they heard people say 'hey, why isn't there more variety in 'realistic' faces?' and they're really just the first company to act on it.

      completely off topic: you know they're making a movie of it! (your username)
       
      #151 lissmiss, Jan 26, 2007
    12. There has only been an expressed interest in dolls of all colors with the growing popularity of BJDs in the US. It can take a while for companies to catch up with our interests.

      The resin itself that our dolls are made of is what we call "normal" skin tone and needs no extra coloring process, "white" is easy because it's essentially like bleaching out the "normal" tone. You also have to remember that making dolls with darker resin tones is a much more difficult process and somewhat more time consuming and expensive. Dollshe says they have to scrap 9 tan dolls they make before before they get one with even coloring.
       
      #152 idrisfynn, Jan 27, 2007
    13. want a cocori so bad.... *laughs* Any how, I don't think it's tokenism, so much as yes, the dark resin is harder to do, and no one really thought of it... but maybe this is a good sign? That there will be more in the future?
       
      #153 Willowanderer, Jan 27, 2007
    14. I'd like to clarify -- it's more accurate to think of the resin itself as a blank white to which pigment is added. There is no bleaching process.

      The major point again being, though, that the darker the skintone the more difficult it is to get the right color and get it perfectly even.

      Still, this should be a challenge! I'd love to see more skintone variety :)
       
      #154 Setsuna, Jan 27, 2007
    15. "afro" is not a proper term to describe African Americans or anyone with African descent. It's a hair style.

      I'm not going to make a big deal about it, but I'm black and I find it offense.
       
      #155 CHISA.TO, Jan 27, 2007
    16. You can't change what's in the dictionary, though. :P

      @Lyra_Daemon: Cocori is a nice dark-skinned doll. I really like her. :)
       
      #156 Anarane, Jan 27, 2007
    17. CHISA.TO: I apologise, that's just the term I have heard most commonly used in Britian (it is even on "declare your nationality" bits of forms here).

      Lissmiss: I know!! and Daniel Craig is in it *drools*

      Cocori is totally babelish... she's on my list
       
      #157 Lyra_Daemon, Jan 27, 2007
    18. Afro is not a term in itself. Afro-carribean is like judeo-christian. The o is added to link the two words.
       
      #158 planetariumfish, Jan 27, 2007
    19. Not everyone here is American. Not every black person is of African descent either. o_O
       
      #159 krambear, Jan 27, 2007
    20. I know that not everyone here is American. I don't think the eyeroll was completely necessary either as when someone said they dislike the word "oriental" people stopped saying it without a hitch. I don't want to turn this into a history class but by saying its offensive to some I shouldn't get someone rolling their eyes at me.
       
      #160 CHISA.TO, Jan 27, 2007
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