Doll Family H Discussion

Does anyone have 44 cm Rika?
Li Qiu - 44cm Doll Family-H Chubby Doll - BJD, BJD Doll, Ball Jointed Dolls - Alice's Collections
I'd love to see some owner pics and I'd appreciate suggestions on where to find clothes, especially dresses.
This doll is chunkier than a mini dolfie dream with a moch ashi body. I'm trying to decide which one I like better.

 

Hoo boy I'm about to ask the silliest question in my doll-collecting life.

So a while ago I'd ordered the uh... male part set from BJDivas and just set it aside as life happened around me. But I'd noticed in their description it states "These sets are designed to be compatible with doll bodies that already have sculpted genitalia. An adapter piece can be attached by eye putty, and each option part can then be attached to the adapter piece by magnet.", but I don't see anything included that obviously matches that description.

It's not that I was missing a part (everything in the photo is included), I'm just not seeing anything that would look like an adapter. Has anyone else purchased these and had luck using them on bodies with existing sculpting? If so instructions would be fabulous.

 

Dear, this is the discussion for large DF-H dolls (50cm and up), I think you'd have more success asking in the corresponding DF-H mini discussion? Sorry...

 

Hi! Not sure if I'm the only one who noticed this...when it comes to DFH dolls, I've been seeing many doll owners purchase DFH bodies to hybrid with heads from other companies, but rarely see any who would purchase their heads.

Is the DFH body posability really that great? Any popular sculpts for their heads?

 

Hi! I have noticed that too. I only have experience with DF-H's 68cm v1 boy body and their 3-part 65cm boy body. The 65cm body poses realy well and has a wide array of positions. It's probably the best poser I has personally seen. The 68cm body is good, but he cannot move his elbows side-to-side, so essentially the arms can only go back and forth. I have heard that their 63cm girl body has the same problem with her arms. Their resin quality is also very good, although a bit shiny.

As for DF-H's heads, I think they are very underrated. I have a Yuzhou head that has great sculpting, esepcially his nose and eyes. I'm surprised he is not more popular. I also love He-Lan's head. She has the perfect facial expression. I actually bought two He-Lan heads to hybrid with a Heydoll body. I think their most popular head is their 45cm boy Yue Jian. He's the only DF-H head I see consistantly in any doll spaces. Hope this helps!

 

I have been pretty happy with the DFH 72cm Boy Body Ver.II I got. It hits a good spot of looking pretty and being poseable (and avoiding chocolate bar abs on male dolls in the 70cm range is a very limited selection). And they were willing to cast it in transparent resin which was definitely a large motivating factor for me. I think they may have cut back on allowing unusual resin requests since costs of doing business keeps going up these days. The turnaround times are also not bad and the event specials are a pretty good deal IMO.

 

I'm going to echo what others have already said: the bodies are just very good. Both my big boys use the doll Family-H bodies and additionally I also have the tiny Mian chan/Charm dreaming on the 1/5 body and she poses wonderfully too, no doubt the 1/4 size bodies would be great too. The bodies I have are this & this. I chose them since they were affordable, the wait times weren't bad and because people said they are good posers. + Because in the case of the first one I wanted body that wasn't awfully muscular, finding those is harder than you'd think.

All that said, I like a lot of their heads too, I'm just not much of a larger doll person and should sell the two I have away since all they're doing is sitting in their boxes. But if they made 1/4 mini versions of their SD sized heads I'd likely buy multiple.

 

I'm guessing that part of the popularity is due to the resin matching they did (and will still do if they already have the formula on file) and the fact that the bodies seem to match standard sizes.
Can't speak for anything but the new 68cm boy body, but it's well sculpted and doesn't have any awkward looking joints. He fits standard SD17-sized clothing, so I didn't need to buy anything new for him.

 

agree to all the posing & resin matching. I initially looked into them because they were a good affordable body in the right size and color match for a head I got (DollClans Jaquer), and I really liked the body aesthetics. Unfortunately the first body I got (62cm) was a little too small for the DC head, but I really liked the posing and he fit standard SD17/Uncle size things. Their jointed hands 7 optional feet are also really nice, and if it matters, they have quite an array of Special Parts So hybriding was super appealing for the hands/feet (heel feet for boys!!!!), color matching, and overall aesthetics.

Their heads are really nice too, I fell in absolute love with the event Mori9 head that was released with the new 68cm body, and I've always had my eye on Scylla and Beilan! I need a second body soon for the Mori9 head since I ended up buying that separate and in a different color than the 68cm I ended up getting for the DC head, and I'm trying to decide if that will be a body + full doll order or just a body order

 

So I have my body in front of me, and as I read this, I check it out, and yup, you're right! I never noticed this before! I mean, there is a little push movement, but yup, you can't get them to swing their lower arms out to the side. And I was so in love with this body, now I'm thinking I need another for some of my other floating heads, LOL

 

Gotta second all the DFH love! I have an Anye on the older 65cm boy body and a hybrid on a 62cm body, and I really love them. The posability and aesthetics of the bodies are top-notch, especially for the price point. I think the 65cm body in particular might be one of my favorites of all time. The sculpting is just so beautiful, it's lean and lithe and just the perfect amount of defined. Suits my assassin character perfectly I got the 2-part torso because I prefer it aesthetics-wise and I don't like waist joints anyway :P

I love the head sculpt too, obviously. It's in a somewhat more old-school big-headed and animesque style, which I have a soft spot for anyway. Their recent sculpts have a more realistic aesthetic, but I don't own any of them or the newer bodies either.

Here's one of my most recent pics of my Anye:

A new face by bickaberry, on Flickr

FWIW, he can move his lower arms to the sides, though for some reason the 62cm body can't. Can't say for the newer bodies because again, I don't own them.

 

Very cool, @bickazer ! Wow, he's amazing and that outfit is chef's kiss! It is actually fortunate that I started collecting bjds earrly on as not all my dolls ended up realistic adults, which is what i tend to go for. Many of my dolls are more traditional with a splash of anime. Thus, now that I'm satisfies with the aesthetic I always wanted, ealistic adults, I can now go back and appreciate my earlier dolls for their anime influence and expand my aesthetics. I do have a bit of an autistic mind, and I'm trying to use my dolls to expand my theory of mind issues. Case in point: I like certain styles of things and (wrongly) assume it ought to be everyone's favorite, LOL. Seriously, I'm trying to be less opinionated and stuck in my ways (thinking of my sister and her furniture choices)

But with dolls, it's rather the other way around. I WANT different opinions, aesthetics, ideas. My dolls lack unique personalities. They wear the types of clothes I would wear. If it looks uncomfortable, I can't make them wear it, LOL. This means my dolls are bland, very bland! And I see beautiful doll like your assassin, and really wish I were better at character creation. Now, after many years of collecting dolls, I have dozens of dolls I want to breathe life into and it's a monumental task! But your doll inspires me, thank you so much for the cool picture! It's been a journey for me, and I think ultimately it's why I love dolls. It's potentially a way to understand other people, get into their mind.... so my first task is to give each doll some attributes, like a career, a hobby or 3. A list of likes and wants, and they need an aesthetic that has nothing to do with ME. Then I need to SEE it in the dolls and turn them into actual characters. Then, maybe, I'll be a better person, LOL. NOTE: my next birthday, I'll be 60 years old. I need to get there soon or my time will run out ROFL

 

@IngieBee hey, I’m turning 73 in October. A very immature 73 at that. I’m not on the spectrum (although I work with spectrum kids) but I also use my dolls to work out peaceful and caring relationships and try to make them diverse (despite mostly being Koreans) in personalities and their childhood stories that shaped them. It’s odd to work on compassion with no judgment through dolls but it works for me. I’ve also learned a lot about Korean culture through dolls.

 

@bickazer ~ though I've come to love the somewhat more realistic sculpts, I'm a big fan of the old school BJD style and your Anye is *chef's kiss*. I love how you've styled him, he looks so cool.

I'm waiting for a Guiyue, and reading everyone's comments about DF-H bodies has been very encouraging. I'm iffy about her hands (so I bought several extra pairs to try) but otherwise the 58cm girl body looks fantastic and I'm really excited for her. Now will she want a friend . . .

The 68cm girl DF-H teased on their Instagram looks amazing. Beautiful looking body (are those muscles I see?) AND a lovely face? She may wind up on my wish list.

 

Oh that's cool too, learning about a culture. I've been trying to make actual characters for years now, but so far, I can only say I have 2 solid dolls, they just came to me one day. But I hope that will happen again soon You are never too old to play or learn or grow, right?

68cm girl???? @Dolly ! Oh my, gotta go look!

 

I wanted to share my Yuzhou!

Deacon DF-H by Ham Beebles, on Flickr

Also, @Dolly, I am super excited for this new girl! She'll probably end up on the wish list...

 

I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm not having any luck in my searches.

What IS the difference between DF-H and DF-A?
Can I put a DF-H head on a DF-A body? What's the resin match like? Has anyone tried/is there pictures?
Thank anyone for help!

 

I think they used to be sister companies at one point in time, but not for several years now. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong!)

Their resin colors no longer match, however depending on neck size and shoulder width, heads can be exchanged.

I've heard from several people that Doll Family H has better resin quality, and Doll Family A is a little thinner/lighter with very obvious seam lines. I can attest to the latter, however the doll body I ordered from them suited my needs perfectly (I had it resin-matched to a head that goes perfectly with it), so I don't have any complaints.

I hope this helps!

 

I can say at least for the DF-A bodies I have none of them have seam lines. They're just as smooth as my DF-H bodies. They've all be ordered within the last four years.

 

Is there anywhere I can refer to the resin color differences between DFH and DFA?