Dollstown 17 and 18 year boys and girls - Part 2

Y’all, DT having a Halloween Day 10% discount coupon AND it says can be applied with other discounts begins 10/28 to 01/27/2025.
I may just put a copper Byula on layaway - I deserve her

 

@krystina Amazing!!!!!
But how do I get it? On my page it shows no coupons available?

Okay I am new to the site you can have it issued at the bottom of any product page.

 

Yeah I was confused as well DT posted on their IG and it only says “Download and get 10% off” and I was like what I need to download?

 

Wow great find, @krystina !! Enjoy the shopping, you guys!!

 

@citronrouge So delighted to see your two girls - I love how they're similar but also contrasts!

May I ask you about the 16year girl body? Besides the clear changes in the torso, has the knee and elbow engineering changed too? I'm wondering whether and how Jonghak has addressed the knee challenges that people are reporting in the large double-jointed dolls. Thank you!

 

Tanjaladie, Aihre, thank you for your sweet words

Honestly i see no difference about knee and elbow on the 16 with the 17 years body

 

Thanks citronrouge. Seems like the knees continue to be a weak point in the sculpting?

My two oldest dolls (← in my profile pic) are on the single-jointed 15yr girl and boy bodies - I bought them both in 2010-2011! I've been idly looking at the 16yr girl and upcoming 16yr boy, deciding if I want to update my pair to double-jointed bodies. But I'm not hugely enamoured by the torso sculpting, and it seems that Dollstown bodies will continue to need wiring and sueding for their knees/elbows to function well and support weight. (And the new DT resin will not match old DT resin anymore.) So I might give them a miss and look elsewhere, at this rate my pair is going to stay single-jointed forever. Not a big deal, honestly - wiring has made them quite decent posers. Probably best not to disturb them in their BJD middle age

Edit - more on-topic for the (kind of dead) 15year thread, but here's a pic of the pair - Crobidoll Lance on 15yr girl, Dollstown Mui on 15yr boy. They're with my small-headed 68cm guy.

 

Unfortunately. I've always known DT with weak knees, however I've been buying dolls from them for 15 years, I've never needed to wiring and sueding them. They always posed very well. I have to admit i don't really understand people's complaints. What's about elbow ? I only tried 7, 13, 16 and 17 girl bodies.

The skin tones remain the same ones as Dollshe. No changes

 

@citronrouge Too bad you're so far away from me - I would have have you handle my DT18 boy body. You would have immediately understand why people complain. Do not understand me wrong, I love DT bodies! But yeah their knees tend to drive me nuts.

 

I totally trust you. I never have the opportunity to handle a 18 years. I barely take pics of my dolls standing, i have to admit. Maybe this is why i have not too much difficulties with mine But what is the problem with the elbow ? I didn't read the whole topic but i never heard something about it.

 

I think I misunderstood some things - there probably isn't any issue with the elbows. I was only mentioning knee/elbow together in the same sentence, because to my eye, the knee and elbow peanuts for the double joint are constructed the same way. But since arms are not weight-bearing like legs are, they probably won't have the same posing problems. Maybe their construction is an advantage instead?

I'm doing a lot of conjecturing because I don't own 17/18yr bodies, so I'm looking at Jonghak's photos to try and evaluate how the dolls are engineered, and what might be giving them weak knees. I pose my dolls in majority standing poses and I seldom use doll stands for support, so their ability to stand on their own feet (both bare feet and in shoes) is paramount. If the body can't manage to free-stand after sueding/wiring and in shoes, I will not have a good time so I'm very likely to sell it and buy a body that can stand. (I've already done this for a non-DT body that simply wouldn't stand after all my efforts.) So after reading about the Dollstown knees I've been rather reluctant to spend money on these bodies, even though they're so beautiful.

However, I am grateful that you shared your perspective. I'm glad that you're not having difficulties with your dolls! because sometimes all one hears is the problems, so I'm glad to hear the opposite.

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As for colour matching, I think Dollshe/Dollstown change their resin colours in 2017, so the current fresh and oriental skin don't match the older fresh and oriental skin. Earlier this year I bought some 17yr girl hands and feet for my 15yr girl (who was made around 2008-2010), both are fresh skin but they don't match. Current fresh is pinker, old fresh is yellower. I'll try to share photos later, but this is unfortunately another reason I don't want to get new bodies for my old 15yr dolls.

 

Seconding this. Honestly the worst knees I've ever had on a doll. It's the way they're sculpted that makes them so unstable - just an impractical design, especially for the weight and height of the larger boys.

 

Ren my Modern Grey Lily on the 17 yr girl body is done. She's been to two meet ups to show off her wonderful wardrobe and looks.
Chitown Meet up Oct-12-2024 by Marie, on Flickr
I will share more photos in future posts.

 

dolls-053 by Marie, on Flickr
Found this kimono at the previous meet up and it fits her so it's all hers.

 

@animemom She is lovely and I love her in that beautiful kimono!

 

She is amazing!!!!!!!!!!

 

Thank you, I think kimono was made by Volks, and her face up was done by Redmaiko here on DOA.

 

I love the work Redmaiko has done for me!

 

She appreciates your patience and your letting her work on your lovely dolls.

 

Thank you for your returns. I totally understand your position and feeling
and thank you too about color changes infos. I can't remember the old freshskin but now you mention it, yep i think it was a bit more on yellow side.