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Doll doppelgängers

Aug 31, 2024

    1. Do you ever feel like a doll from one company kind of looks like a doll from another company? Not in a super obvious relation but more like a doppelgänger or a secret sibling?

      I always felt like Narae and Zaoll were similar, almost like sisters (I then dug a bit and of course Gu Mi Jung studied under Bimong so makes sense haha). I also feel that Unoa Sist and Souldoll Ricia are very alike in a similar sense.

      Has anyone else noticed anything like this between (more or less) unrelated sculpts?
       
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    2. I'm not observant enough to notice such similarities, but I am here to provide an entirely uninsightful portmanteau that amused me:
      Dollpergängers...
       
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    3. - makes perfect sense to me. :D
       
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    4. Kid Sky's Marian and Mystic Kids' Lillian are sister dolls to me. They have a similar aesthetic and are styled with the same pink-gray kind of color for their wigs (just in different shades). Even their names are twinning!
       
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    5. Maskcat Astrid has always reminded me of the Dollshe Saint sculpt. They could definitely pass as siblings.
       
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    6. Black cherry Aishat and dollshe saint have sibling vibes to me, and as does Argodoll Zet and dollshe Amanda. It’s a little more of a reach, but I also feel like FHSH S. Rei and Twigling’s Pieta give sibling vibes.
       
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    7. I've noticed that one too!

      I definitely see it! Plus, Lillian looks quite similar to Unoa Lusis, to me. There's been several times where I was scrolling Alice's Collections, saw Lillian's thumbnail, and thought "Alice sells Unoa's now???" *_*:doh


      My contribution is: Supia Yan and Doll Zone Little Snow. Definitely a big sister/little sister situation, but I think their mouths are quite similar, as are the proportions between the facial features... (if you squint a little...)
       
    8. Supia Hael scratches the Volks F-01 / four sisters itch I have had for years — I didn’t even realize it until I was flipping through images.
       
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    9. I see that is quite a few of them. I'll like a certain doll and then notice that quite a few look a lot like it.
       
    10. I came back to hobby in 2020 - not so long ago. Even since then, I see the shift in "trends" in multiple doll makers, thus some look very similar.
       
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    11. I seen a photo of Spirit doll snowdrop and she reminded me of Dimdoll Flora I use to own. Very similar when painted the same in my opinion.
       
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    12. Luts Summer 2010 event head was my favorite doll for several years, and every time I'd see Crobidoll Lance, I'd think they look very similar depending on the faceup.

      5Star Doll Edmund and Dollmore Kara Klum, though the sizes are very different despite both being in the 1/3 range. I think it's the lidded eyes, slightly turned down mouth and nose shape.

      Weirdly, Dollzone Mo and Little Rebel Svein. They're two completely different styles, yet I've always felt like Mo is very anime aesthetic, but if he were a little more realistic, he'd look like Svein.

      Doll Chateau Snowborn and Dollzone Benjamin. They both have that really weird thin face, long skinny pointy nose and thin lips, and they both kind of creep me out. :XD:
       
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    13. Ahhh thank you! I keep thinking Snowdrop looks similar to something and couldn't place it.

      Honestly in this case I think it's intentional and probably also the same sculptor, no way those two noses are accidentally so identical :sweat
       
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    14. They definetely look similar! And I love the name twinning, hahaha.


      I can see the similarities, they could be a younger-older brother relationship (?) Good catch!


      I know I've seen other examples, but right now my brain is not cooperating... If I remember one, I'll come back to post it.
       
    15. Actually, I had been this effect with some Gem of Doll sculpts, reminds me to oldie Dream of doll sculpts, but in a renew form. I think that sculpt like Narae are such iconic that a lot of bjds companies had like reference for create their prop dolls.
       
    16. One from my collection that I could mention is that other people have asked more than once if Sven (doll in life Rydel) is a Little Rebel sculpt. I think it's mostly because I tend to photograph him from head-on and I exaggerate his mouth with the dark lipstick. There is some vague similarity, though it's mostly that Little Rebel dolls are well known now, where as (until this year!) you pretty much never saw a Doll in Life Rydel anywhere. Anyway, I love this kind of thing, visual similarities and differences. It's fun to see what connections people make.
      My Rydel and LR Seven are different for sure but also similar enough I eventually made them siblings, hehe.
       
    17. Feeple65 Ingrid and Dollshe Saint look like siblings to me. They have very similar mouth and nose sculpting when you see them side-by-side.
       
    18. I thought the same, especially with DZ and DC being sister companies. It has to be intentional, right? Those sculpts are just way too weird for it to be coincidence.
       
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    19. I tend to like a lot of similar features in my dolls, so I'm definitely guilty of buying several that could be siblings. I think Elfdoll Ruru, Oasisdoll Natalie, and Monochrome Ray all resemble each other.
       
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