Dream Valley Mini Discussion Thread 2

My Crow Boy arrived today! I'll take pics later, but I'm so over the moon with him! I got the fullset with the two-tone resin and body blushing, and he's beautiful! The shimmery iridescent gradient blushing on his crow parts is *stunning* in person, and he even has little earrings. My only nitpick is the interchangeable joints at his shoulders are a bit strange to pose and don't seem as sturdy.

Can't wait to see if the Phoenix legs will work with him whenever they get here.

(Also I started started the layaway for his girlfriend, Milien)

 

Oh, I understand the agony.

 

Hello c: After several years out of the hobby for life reasons I've been able to pre-order one of the new twin birds, she'll be my first Dream Valley doll and I'm so excited!! Now begins the long wait and agonizing over what the perfect eyes/wig will be for her lmao. I'm super disappointed I missed their Ghost Moth girlie, she's incredibly cute and sewing for a four armed model would be a fun learning curve . Do the pre-order limited time dolls ever pop up for sale at shops after the pre-order period is done?

 

Congrats on picking up one of the twin birds they are really beautiful. Denver Doll Emporium typically has a couple of the new releases show up instock. So keep an eye out on there when the Ghost Moths start showing up. There is also the possibility that Dream Valley will rerelease her in the future. Good luck I hope you get a chance to pick her up.

 

The bird twins are making me feel pain I was too late to the BJD scene to scoop up Maurren, so I got excited when I first saw the previews of these gals, and I was really hoping one would be a boy. Imagine my disappointment when neither was (missed opportunity!). My perfect tengu character would be Maurren with Milien's legs. Not sure if I would want to risk getting both (assuming I can find a stock Maurren) and finding out if I can splice the parts together, but I'm definitely thinking about it...

Ah well. Dream Valley might as well own my soul, so I'm reasonably sure the next monster lad they come out with will distract me from the pretty birdies!

 

DDE just sent me the shipping notice for Maurren. In stock might start showing up soon.

 

Well, would ya look at that? There's a bunch of Maurren stock! One less now, because of me Thank you for pointing that out! I might not have checked anytime soon otherwise.

 

Happy to have helped.

 

Here's my newest boy with my other Dream Valley creatures, Olivia and Chaos. (I have three and a half other Dream Valley minis not pictured, hehe). I think Maurren's my new favorite~

 

You made a jackalope out of your Olivia, that's cute!
And they look so good all 3 together~

 

I loved my Maurren when I unboxed him, but now that I've re-oufited him with some new clothes and wig, I adore him even more. He's absolutely my most gorgeous boy. Pic doesn't give justice to his wing, but really there's enough of a purple shimmer that his hair goes really well with it.

 

Ahh I love this fit and that hair color on him! I've been debating a dark purple or blue for mine, but the contrasting light purple is really nice.

Speaking of... adding to the Maurren Crew, mine's a freaky little mostly-blank man right now, but I took my first swing at blushing his wings and tail (not that you can see the latter here). I think it came out reasonably similar to the official thing, enough to make me happy at least!

Not sure that I'll keep the red eyes, I've just been making TONS of eyes and these were more of a test fit than anything. Been thinking lavender might be the final color. It'd pop if I give him dark hair.

Now hopefully the image will work, it's the first time I'm attempting to post one

 

His wings look amazing, I think you did a great job! I like the red eyes, and it makes me wonder how a red colored wig would look. My light purple wig was a complete surprise because it was the only spare I had in his size, but the moment I put him in it- perfection. I'll learn how to style it one day

 

Thank you so much! I'm wondering the same now, but I don't have anything on me that's remotely close to red hair to test it out with. My blue bias will probably scare me away from the hot colors (for this guy anyway) in the end, but I don't have a super solid game plan so I can change my mind in a flash

Isn't it great when the most random things work out so well, though? I'm kind of hoping for my own flash of unexpected inspiration, both for this guy and for Ehecatl, who I just got a shipping notice for! I have ideas of what I'm going to do with my naga lad, but I'm keeping an open mind just in case my own Purple Wig Eureka Moment hits.

 

Peeps who've gotten Maurren and Ehecatl, I'm curious to know... what do you think of the magnetic arms? How do they pose, are they easy to handle and remove? DV has been experimenting with modular parts for a while now (swappable strung lower bodies last year, now magnetic limbs), I'm quite curious to know how this magnetic system holds up over time. Would like to know your experiences, thank you!

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Doll tax... I hardly take solo pics of the anpiel (Achelous human), but I managed to do an outdoor shoot recently.

 

I'm a bit curious about the mag parts, too.

I generally hate mag parts with the fiery passion of 10,000 suns. Braithwyn is on an FL65 body and that has mag arms and I hated that so much that I re-strung him normally without the mag part in his chest within 12 hours of receiving him. I'd gladly swap his body to something else (I very strongly dislike his mag hands and feet, too) but he's dyed to have vitiligo (which is gorgeous and why I bought him) so that's not a thing.

I love that blue resin the new 4-arm boy is available in. I think I'm safe from him as I already have a 4-arm boy (Bonelace Moonchild) and I'm leery of the mag arms. But he's still tempting. One of my friends is contemplating him so I might be able to live vicariously through them if they go for him.

 

So far I'm really loving the magnetic arms (for both Maurren and Ehecatl)! They're the only thing that made it possible for me to get a shirt on Maurren when I'm using his wing-arms They're also quite strong, enough that when I'm pulling them out, sometimes the magnet part will remain in place and it'll actually expose the stringing on the wing a little. They show no signs of falling out from normal handling, I have had to be very intentional about pulling them out.

I haven't tried to do a thorough comparison on the poseability, since I boxed Ehecatl back up (he's too big to be left sitting in my workspace) until I'm ready to work on him, and I only use the wings on Maurren, not normal arms. I took his arms out just now to try them and the range of articulation seems about the same as they are on Achelous. Like the wings, they are very secure. It's hard to imagine what you'd have to be doing for them to pop out without you actually trying to yoink them.

If there's some kind of specific pose y'all would like to see the arms in, let me know and I might be able to get a photo for you.

On a related note...goodness, that new butterfly boy has my whole heart. The blue-grey skintone is just dreamy. I spoke to a few dealers about the Tariff Situation and I feel a little reassured that if I cave, I might not end up living under an overpass, so I'm probably going to pick him up. I swear, DV has an employee whose sole job is to live in my head and make all the exact things I would want. It's not fair!

 

I’m so jealous that your Ehecatyl has arrived already (I ordered through DDE at the end of the ordering period so I’m sure that’s part of why it’s taking longer tho they did say it should hopefully be sometime this month)— how is he in person?? I’ve been curious just how big he’ll be with that tail/wings!

Speaking of DDE, when I asked about the tariff situation I got a sort of lukewarm answer (which is to say, no one really knows anything yet, which I completely understand)— what dealers did you end up reaching out to?
Hopefully they’ll be a way to still get DV in the US without having to sell a kidney lol….

 

That's really encouraging to hear about their mag arms @Rekka

DV has some sort of advanced mind reading device in their back room and they're using it daily. They frequently come out with all kinds of dolls that I swoon over. And utterly gorgeous resin colours (I'm terribly weak against coloured resin). I'm trying to be good but they're not making it easy.

 

He's HUGE for a 1/4! And stunning, I'm so happy I decided to get him. He's the better part of my height (I'm around 5'3) when stretched out fully, with the feather tail tip on. That part can come off, but even without it, he's suuuper long. I thought Achelous (merman version) was pretty large, but he's significantly less noodly than Ehecatl.

I ordered mine from Alice's Collections pretty shortly after he launched, and since he's nude, I imagine that helped the turnaround time a little.



Hopefully that picture actually loads, not that it's a spectacular one. It's just difficult to find a place to pose him for a better one, especially since he doesn't really "stand up" on his own.

I spoke to both DolceLuceDolls and Alice's Collections. There's still a lot of uncertainty but they both talked with me about my options, including holding my dolls if things get even dicier than they are right now. Definitely recommend talking to either/both of them.

Isn't that the truth! I ended up nabbing Velarde, largely in part due to that lovely shade of tan. Most of my others have been plain white so far, but that blue... I'm so weak for blues anyway, it feels like a personal attack.