DollZone mini Discussion Part 15

She looks lovely @Anglerfishee!

 

Does anyone have suggestions for where to find clothes that are long enough for the B45-018 male body? I just got one for a Minifee hybrid & promptly realized that my slim guy clothes are way too short on him, and I’m not sure where to look that might have the right size.

 

She's so lovely. The pink really suits her.

Your dreaming Hal is wonderful @Sigune

Ugh, I really need to get my 3 kiddos out of storage & start working on finding bodies for them. They're all from several years ago when I thought I'd find bodies 'in a few months'...and instead I went on a lengthy hobby hiatus er, whoops? So it's going to be interesting finding matches, but we'll get it done. And speaking of older sculpts - don't suppose anyone has some Reiko or Aaron pics to share?

 

Has anyone here tried to hybrid a dollzone and a dream valley recently?

 

No, but I do have dolls from both in white from the same year. What were you wondering about?

 

Not sure if you already saw the news but they're discontinuing a lot of dolls again.

I have Mir and Gru on my wishlist with plans to buy them in few years but since they're already getting discontinued I asked Alice's collections if I could buy just their heads for now, I'll worry about the bodies later then. Haven't heard back yet since it's weekend but I hope I can order them like that. *fingers crossed*

 

That's a shame, there are some really cute sculpts in that list. None that I have any real excuse to get though, so I will let them pass by and hope that, if my interest changes, the secondhand market will provide. For a while after they discontinued the old minis (Megi, Mo, Shoyo, Annie, etc.) there were fairly common sales of them on DoA for... a while. Even now there always seems to be at least one of that era on the MP these days, even if in not great condition at this point. Dunno if the ones going this time have been popular or around long enough for the same effect though? I've been kind of out of the loop. I don't see Rory on the list but I'm still glad I ordered mine when I did, if there are any sculpts getting the axe I worry about things like it being a matter of time.

The cyberpunk themed dolls look cool though, I wonder if they're stepping away from that aesthetic? And Penny is such a cute face. If I was in my era of buying cute dolls with no reason or character ready, I admit I'd be tempted (also, her fullset look is AMAZING :O ).

@digi I really hope you can get the heads! I've ordered single heads from other companies through Alice's Collections and I think they basically just gave a price quote and said "put this many of the $1 dollar page in your cart and the head in the order info". I don't know if you can just do that without emailing first, so it's probably best to ask, especially to make sure of an accurate price. Unless DZ has become strict about selling full dolls only or something, you should probably be able to get them separate if you are quick enough! The 15h being 6 days away though, I hope communication doesn't take up too much of that time since it really does seem down to the wire a little. Fingers crossed for you though.

EDIT: According to ACBJD, it seems more than just the ones in the DZ news page are going, though it claims the date is the 28th as opposed to the 15th. And Scarecrow Hal is going! One of their cutest sculpts imo. I already have mine, but it's a shame they're finally giving up on them. Maybe the mold is too worn out or something, but still. End of an era.

EDIT2: ARGH I SAID NO MORE DOLLS BUT BUT Penny is absolutely PRECIOUS
I can't believe I'm even considering another layaway, the last one I did I ran out of hype before the doll was made and it hasn't been out of the box for more than 2 hours in the last year-- maybe if I rehome that one I have an excuse lol

 

I got reply from ACBJD that the heads can be ordered separately for (if I remember right) $72, +$60 for face up if I want it added so that's what I'm doing I just keep going back and forth trying to decide if I should add something else to the order too or just get them now. I've only seen 3 Grus and two Mirs in owner pictures so I don't think they were very popular and this is likely my last chance to get them, doubt I'll find either in the second hand market.

I wonder if they're planning to go different direction with their dolls and want to discontinue all the old ones due that? Or if it's mold issue like you said.

 

Chipping in. David is their newest msd size I believe. And it's already on the chopping block so maybe popularity issue too?

 

David is a doll I've been kind of considering getting, I like his strange face. But he was pretty low on my wish list and now I just don't know... This discontinuation makes me worried that I would regret not getting him ugh

 

Yes, I saw the news, Digi. It’s such a shame! So many dolls on the chopping block!

I broke down and ordered a Scarecrow Hal. I just knew I’d regret it if I didn’t get him. He’s one of the older sculpts now, but he is such a cutie-pie. I always thought his freckles were too adorable.



(And, now for the long, long wait. If I’m lucky, he’ll show up for Christmas )

 

I decided to take advantage of the discount event to order The Hanged Man. She's not one of those being discontinued but I've wanted one since she was released. She's going to be my dark mori/ Halloween themed angry ghost.

 

Welp, I'm not supposed to be spending money on dolls but a quite a few getting discontinued were on my wishlist so... now or never aha.

Also fingers crossed they've sorted out their tan skin this time, feels like I'm taking a risk and I'm legit going to cry if my Zero shows up and she's orange :')

 

So I ah.... went and put Penny on layaway on the very last day lol

I figured I didn't want to miss her since I love (and have ordered) her fullset look, if I had waited to get her secondhand idk if anyone would be selling the fullset. So I guess no other large purchases for a while... I'm lucky I had some savings from another planned buy that ended up falling through (the thing it was for wasn't for sale after all. non doll related. freed up some savings though!).

Funnily enough I was very indecisive (as in, one day I was "go for it" the next was "focus on your current dolls" like friggin clockwork) until I realized that there were literally 10 minutes in the last (or second-to-last) day she was available at ACBJD according to Google's time zone converter for China, so I had to rush to send a last-minute email to Alice and leave it to fate if it would go through in time. And then they gave me another 2 days leeway for the down payment, but I paid it right away to take no more chances lol. I figure, worst case, in 7-10 months I have a lovely fullset doll to sell if I decide by then I don't want her. Again, I'm lucky I had savings on hand.

Of course, I'm still totally going to spoil my newest arrival (Jinx, DZ Rory girl- 2 months earlier than the 7 month estimate, I saw the box and FREAKED OUT) as it's going to be a long while before Penny shows up and I want to make sure I give all my dolls some love rather than just, well, acquiring more lol. I plan to make a yarn wig for Jinx and I already have ideas for some outfits for her too(I will be making her canon Arcane outfit but that's harder and right now she just needs something so I can have her out in my house lol). The one downside to her arriving early is that I had no stuff for her, oops!

I posted Jinx's box opening pics on my tumblr, but I can try to put a post together here too. These days it's a little less natural for me to make large forum posts with images and text, especially as I rely on my phone a lot more for web browsing these days and many times I have drafted a long post somewhere only to accidentally close the page and have to start over lol. But if it's okay to just cross post from my tumblr, I may type up some more details for an opening post on here- but I ramble!

 

I was really indecisive about Daisy (still am tbh), so I missed her. I'm kinda in my fantasy doll phase right now and the purple model really caught my eye. Maybe I'll get lucky and she shows up instock somehwere.

 

^ Daisy was absolutely gorgeous in the pictures, I hope they'll rerelease her again later in some shape.

Now that this thread popped up again I might as well mention that I got notification earlier this week that my Mir and Gru heads have been sent out, I'm both surprised and excited to get them this soon, I suppose they'll arrive either the next week or the one after it. Then I'm stuck with the eternal dilemma of "what bodies should I get for them?" Since I'm a weirdo who likes mixing and matching stuff and having all kinds of different bodies around (now that sounds a bit morbid )

 

Ahhh the things one can say in this hobby that sound totally normal to us, and morbid to those not in the know

 

Digi, congrats on your Mir and Gru heads being shipped! Wow! That was really quick for Dollzone.

Please be sure to let us know what bodies you decide to use. Looking forward to pictures!

 

OMG guys! Dollzone is re-releasing their flower dolls, Moment and Anson for a limited time until October 15th as part of their Autumn event.

 

OH NO (but also, OH YES!!)