Do you trust your doll to stand?

Depends on the doll, but usually only if I suede their ankles and put flat shoes on them. If I can bam on my table pretty hard and they don’t move, then I trust it. Never unattended tho, I’m way to scared they will randomly fall off, and living in California with earthquakes, trimmers I don’t want my dolls to get damaged.

 

If I had all my photo gear ready to go, I did trust my 1/3 girl. She had really good footing - when my friend and I were screwing around with it, she was up for five minutes, and would have stood longer if the table hadn't been jostled. Her boots were great. I would be willing to try with a new pair of shoes on her, just because her fullset ones are kinda-sorta-definitely falling apart.

(No dolls were harmed in this pursuit of science.)

 

Most of my dolls all sit as of right now. Sometimes I test to see if the dolls can stand on their own (sometimes the doll can stand on their own), but after that they normally sit. When I use them for stop-motion videos, I try to hold onto them with my hand out of frame as much as possible. No doll stands involved.

 

Some of my dolls stand well some less so and some could sit well if I tighten the elastic but no I don't let them permanently stand in display I have the laiva shelving units from IKEA and the big ones don't fit standing but even the 1:4 and 1:6 I display them sitting those shelving units are very lightweight so it's easy with the weight of all that resin to move one or clean around and with a wrong move to shake the unit and have all dolls tumble down so I play safe and let them sit lol

 

Some of mine are good standers – my Volks SD10s and Ryoma – but I have a few flop monsters like my RS Doll RG line boy and my Dollshe 18M Hound. The Hound has a tendency to bow his knees so badly that I'm considering buying a new body for him.

 

I have more doll stands than dolls!

 

Although they all stand okay-ish, I'd never trust them to stand unsupervised. Heck, not even on the stands as they have managed to plop off those pretty easily in the past. We sit and lie down in this house

 

Most of mine sit, a few are standing with the help of doll stands (i need more stands..) and a few are standing but leaning very slightly against something. If they have good locking mechanisms in their hips and knees I trust them to be a leaner. xD But I never leave a doll freestanding unattended, just for safety. I have had dolls freestand on tables at doll meets in the past but omg, the anxiety whenever I turned away or walked away was real. Thankfully no one fell at said meets. I've only had dolls fall when I'm nearby to catch them. (and only one took damage because he literally jackknifed and slipped through my hands and broke a finger, That doll never has standing privileges now, even with a stand lol)

 

For long term display I use a saddle stand or sit them.
Some of my dolls do free stand really well, especially in boots So they may stand on my desk while I'm sitting there working on stuff. but when no one's around to catch them, I would rather be safe than sorry and simply sit them or lay them down.

 

Some of my dolls stand perfectly (Dikadoll 62cm ver.II boy body or Dollmore Narsha sister Zihu), some only with persuasion and on an absolutely flat floor (old Supia single body or my Dollmore Zaoll).

 

Yes, almost all of my dolls can freestand with no problem! The only one with a big issue is one of my art dolls, and that's mainly due to the fact that it's got the teensiest itty bitty widdle feet, and a giant bobblehead My Feeple60's thighs swivel so it can be annoying to get him to stand, but once he's standing he can stay that way for months. I've had dolls tumble with no problems to their faceup, and if they get chipped then hey- time for a new faceup and new look.

 

no

 

I do trust my minifee for standing stuff but the big guy has a big heavy head (and wig) and just.... Falls and bends whenever. He's not going to be standing out of my sight nuh huh.

 

My Enchanted Doll, definitely. I’ve left her standing for like an hour before. The girl is basically a rock. I’ve never had a doll who posed so well- even after going through a house fire and being completely unstrung and restored (by an amazing restoration artist). That seems to be borne out by other owner stories I’ve heard.

My Luts DES…well, there was a pic of her standing in the sales post, but she seems kicky now. I may have restrung her weirdly?

 

I have monster high, and no, never.
I glued their stands to the shelf with sculptural plasticine, but it's light. What do for 70+ doll I can't imagine....

 

my Volks Miku yes! My SQ Lab Navi, heck no. She also has high-heeled feet and I need to get her some heels, but even still, she flops forwards on her top left/hip joints so badly ): It's made it a bit disappointing to even take photos of her lately.

 

Only for 5 seconds to take a picture. I'm just paranoid. My loongsoul hybrid is fairly sturdy, but I just cant trust him to not destroy himself if I look away from him.

 

Ah, for now I only trust my DF-H to stand on it's own.

But for my Luts....it's a 50/50...If I know his gonna stand oh I'll know....

But only if I'm moving to a spot that's close by...nothing to long distance xD

 

Yes, in the same way you trust a toddler not to put something in their mouth. you don't have to be on high alert ALL the time, but you should probably keep a close eye on it.

 

My 1/6 DollZone boys are good little standers! MiYou & KeAi
But only if they're wearing shoes. Without shoes . . . not a chance lmfao.

My Si Cang A-He on DollZone B45-018 body also stands pretty well! But again, only if he's wearing proper shoes.