DearMine Doll Dear Shine Line

I hate to say it, but I am disappointed. I am not a fan of solid torsos at all and have already passed on other cat anthros due to lack of jointing. Also, side from the minor tweek to the back of the calf to make it more feline looking, it like the Lover line is simply a basic female body.

I really wish they would make them more cat-ish like they did with the male lover bodies. I love the hands and feet they gave to the guys, and I wish they offered something like it for the ladies. I want a catgirl, not a girl with a cat head.

That aside, I will still be keeping an eye on Dearshine and this thread. I want to see what people do with their kitties when they get home, and perhaps they will grow on me like Elfdoll's Catsy did. I think I would have a whole clowder of them if they had not gone to using the solid torsos for them.

 

The new body is pretty much what I expected, but I'm surprised by lack of waist or bust joint. Generally, I do not mind a solid torso - it gives the body nice, clean lines - as long as the doll is able to sit straight without issues. Some bodies with solid torsos tend to lean back a lot, which makes them unstable. Judging by the pictures, this body seems to be a good sitter, but I suppose we'll know for sure when owner reviews come in. In the case of an anthro, though, I do wish to have some mobility in the torso area in order to facilitate lounging positions - my most favorite for the cat anthros!

As tempting as the 10% off event is, I'm going to pass on this version of Diana. I'd love to add her to my collection one day, but in a different full-set. Also, perhaps with time, Dear Mine will release a "mobility" version of this body, which would have a jointed torso.

 

Same here. No solid torso for me >.< pretty as she is though, I'll have to pass on her this time around ...

 

Hehe, I guess for me, just call me an "early adopter" then. I was also surprised at at least the lack of under-bust joint that the Dear Lover girls have and was really hoping for something similar there as that lockable bust joint in the Dear Lover girls is just brilliant. However, aesthetically I don't mind this body and would love to see my girl, Catherine, in one piece.^^

 

Hmm... if they do a mobility version...
Oh, gosh... I have a concept rolling around in my head involving using my two little resin anthro cats as the good and bad conscious for a Diana... oh the photo stories I could tell!

Lol, if this keeps up my wallet may end up doomed after all.

 

Hehehe, Tonboko, I have to admit I have thought of doing something similar there too but more with my MSDs / Dear Lovers and my Tiny Pet dolls ^^ Mind you, it would be just as cute with Dear Pets / Zuzus etc and a bigger Dear Shine doll =^-^=

 

Oh my, Diana is adorable in the basic edition! She seems more cutesy than the head releases, but I like both! thankfully, for my wallet I'm not in love with the fullset...Her face up is beautiful but I would feel bad to wipe it, since it's too fairytale-y and generally...too much, for the character I have in mind.

I was actually very disappointed in the body, I had honestly expected a bust joint. But...Then I thought of my Dear Lover girl and realized - Hey, I never use that joint anyway....So I think, once I've figured out how that tail works, I will get Diana a body

I saw someone mention a pipos tail that worked like that...could anyone elaborate for me, show me how they work or explain a bit more? I know I'm supposed to understand the pictures on Dear Mine but I can't figure out if I can pull the taill off, without having everything collapse. I would ask Dear Mime, but I'm not so good with words and I'm afraid my question would be lost in translation ):
Thanks !

 

Hi PotatoMash
Yes, that was me. I am just guessing here from Dearmine's pictures but it looks a lot like the Dearshine tail looks like it attaches very much like the Pipos Pi Cat tails. They have a seperate resin hookiside the torso that the tail elastic hooks on to so it's not connected at all to the rest of the body's stringing.
Here's a link to Pipos' Manual that might help explain what I mean
http://www.piposland.com/board/view.php?board_name=DREAMBOARD18&choose2=&choose1=&pagenow=4&CB=&ID=4

 

Aaaahh! Now I understand. The Dear Mine instructions weren't that good, I'd probably figure it out, but I would like to know if I could pull the tail off before I bought the body. I'm leaning more and more towards her original body, even though I'm not too fond of solid torsos...but I won't find out before I have it

 

My 2 part Layaway for the new DS body has been set up and 1st payment made, so now comes the waiting game again ^^

 

Well, I'm attempting to buy a body for my Diana, high heels and shoes for her, but I have yet to have a layaway page put up for her Once I've made my first payment though, the waiting game begins for me too

 

Congrats then too, PotatoMash! Being Monday, hopefully Dearmine will set your Layaway page up for you today. I also got my girl the heel parts and pumps too as I have SD16 size heel shoes and boots I am hoping will be a good fit for those lovely heel feet and I love Dearmine's sculpted shoes too.

 

Hmmm, I still haven't gotten a response from Dear Mine ): I can see there's one view on some other questions made after mine on the Q/A Board, but don't know whether it's the poster who read them or not. I just want to pay off my body in a hurry, lol. I recently recieved my first Dear Lover and I adore her tail, from the looks of it, Diana's is even longer compared to her body, can't wait to put it into weird positions

Guh, I'm generally excited for my first SD, I've ordered her clothes and shoes already, that I hope will fit her...Since the sculptor/s (??) from infiniti doll are on dear mine too, I bought some shoes for SD16 girls, that explicitely said they'd fit infiniti dolls too, so I'm hoping they'll be a perfect fit.

 

Hopefully Dearmine have gotten back to you by now, PotatoMash. I am hoping to pay off my Diana body quickly too as I would love to finally have a body for Catherine. I already have a collection of SD clothes for her I am hoping will fit so it will be interesting to see how and if they do. Although Catherine won't be my 1st SD she will be the first I have had for a while and I am looking forward to having a bigger girl around again.

 

I've made the first payment for my Dear Mine body, and I'll be able to pay off the rest by the 1st, so I'm pretty excited I had a dream last night where I'd recieved the body for Diana, but she was only 2 inches taller than my Dear Lovers so I was disappointed...Then I woke up, found out I didn't have the body and was even more disappointed, lol.
I hope she fits in the outfits I've bought her though, since Dear Mine now writes that she's 55cm with the head and not 60 like before...Even if she doesn't, at least she won't be bald, lol

 

Congrats, PotatoMash! Glad your Layaway page was finally set up for you

Ah, I hadn't seen that about the size myself, so only 55cm! I had been assuming she was 58-60cm based on the size body her head was supposedly originally designed for according to Dearmine. I must have skimmed straight over the measurements side of things Yes, that will make fitting interesting then. Her hip and waist measurement are not unlike Volks SD16 measurements...only major issue with fit then being that she's 7cm shorter altogether and with a smaller bust...and bust wise she is closer to a Volks SD13 standard size, just with that tiny 16.5cm waist compared to 19.2 for a sd13 female body. I'm guessing as long as you are ok with looser fit dresses or elastic waisted skirts then it shouldn't be a problem but tops and pants might be interesting to get just right, especially if you are after anything fitting.

 

Just completed my twins's alter-ego kitty self ^^ please meet my playful queens (both Diana.F with SDGR body)

 

They are gorgeous, yagamijo!

 

Oh wow, yagamijo, what a gorgeous pair of Queens they are too! Congratulations on doing such a lovely job with them both

 

Oh my.. they are so adorable! Congratulations! Best work, yagamijo !