Dream Valley Mini Discussion Thread

Ugh! If that's indeed the case, then I won't be seeing the body I ordered until January at the earliest since I placed my order in July.

 

Yep, i'm in the same boat. I'm estimating Jan/feb. Which is painful but I just have to forget I ordered so I don't pine and fret over it.

 

@purple_monkfish Well, considering I've been waiting for 15 months for my Dollshe boy only to find out that they cast the wrong size of doll (my original order was a 44cm and I asked to upgrade to the new 55cm AND paid immediately for that upgrade), 6 months isn't too horrible. I have other doll stuff to occupy myself but I can't wait to see this boy put together.

I am ever so slightly annoyed that I missed seeing one of these 3-arm bodies in person at DollNorth this year. Someone had one and stopped by my friend's table in the Doll Market and I missed seeing it by like hour.

 

MAAAN Dollshe, what you doin guys!??
That's just... ouch.

I admit, i'm finding the 6 month wait hard. I keep like psyching myself out of being excited and it gives me way too much time to question the purchase. I don't like it.

I'm waiting on a dragon boy and a boy with the three armed body, plus one of the small dragons I qualified for.
nghhh.

I hope I still love them when they finally get here.

Next time I think i'm gonna either buy secondhand or pick a company with a shorter wait time lol. Long waits are bad for me, too much time for regret.

 

Yeah, I was pretty steamed about that with Dollshe. They asked if I wanted the smaller doll and offered to refund me the extra I'd paid for the larger version, but I want/need the larger size. So I wait *sigh*. At this point I'm just hoping I don't make it into the 2-year Dollshe Club.

I think my longest wait (Dollshe aside because everybody knows you WILL wait this side of forever) was almost 9 months for my DZ boy. They had a huge backlog at the time. I think my fastest brand new from the company doll was my Iple Creaa-J boy. I got him in like 3 or 4 weeks from the time I ordered to him arriving at my door and I ordered him with a face-up, too. Very close second would be my RS tinies. I ordered a Pixiu in red with face-up and full body blushing when he was first released and it was during an Xmas event and I think he arrived 6 weeks later. I also ordered 2 Bao's, one in dark grey and one in white, both with face-ups and I think I got them about 5 weeks later.

The MP is soooo dangerous to me. I try to tip-toe past it and not make eye contact but I somehow find myself in there with a worrying amount of frequency.

 

I'm always in the marketplace, just window shopping lol.

My big problem is that companies with long wait times (like DV) just produce such NICE things that I desire immediately nghhhh.

I mean this time around I was waiting for impldoll's event in september unless there was a great event from one of the other companies on my wishlist first. And Dream Valley burst in all "hey, so how about THIS msd dragon boy huh?" and I was all "NOooooooo take my money"

I'm a little intimidated though. This is the most i've ever spent on a bjd before AND I had plans to dye him red or something. But of course there's so much that can go wrong with that plan and i'm stressing myself about it. Nghhhh

 

I feel for you on the spending front. It can certainly be intimidating to spend a large amount on a doll and then to contemplate some sort of mod on him/her... nervous business.

 

It does sound nerve wracking, but from what you were talking about before, it sounds like it's going to be a gorgeous mod! I'll definitely look forward to seeing how it comes out in a few months!

The wait time almost makes me glad that I went in for the long layaway for my Grayson, by the time I finish paying, he'll be ready to be sent out, haha.

 

haha yeah my layaway should be paid off in the next month or so, so then I have still got a wait lol.

Whoops?

I have some other stuff incoming though which HOPEFULLY will distract me.

 

For those that have a Ann, Ian, or Purple: Aside from the adventure that is stringing, posing, and dressing around their tails- How are the DV yosd bodies as posers overall? Do they hold poses well? Are the peanuts in the elbows/knees decently engineered? Can they hug their knees or is that round hip joint not really equipped for it?

I love the aesthetics of the body so I'd love to hear about it more.

 

I haven't seen it posted- do any of the models come with high heel feet? I'm prepping for my Mia, and I've heard these dolls can be tricky to find shoes for. Would it be worth finding a matching resin to get new feet? The Dream Valley sculpts are so detailed and cute that I might be inclined to keep her in low shoes though

 

I’m getting a vine doll with the third arm body, I was wondering if anyone has tried dressing the male in feminine clothes (dresses, skirts etc) Also how do you work around the third arm. This is first bjd I’ve ever had so i’m Super excited

 

Hi - just wondering if anyone has Rosa and what clothing would be good to get for her? The wings and her size I suspect are going to be difficult to find a good fit

 

I had a question about making a Vine hybrid doll and was directed here, so I’m hoping this is the proper place to post.

I really like the Vine doll (his expression is great), but I feel like his body’s proportions are going to be a little hard to find clothes for. Because of that I’d like to put his head on a new body, but since I’m new to the hobby I don’t have much basis for rebodying dolls. Has anyone found any bodies that match the neck/head attachment proportions and color (I’m going to go with a “normal” skin tone) of Vine?

 

oh man i love your concept so much, that sounds absolutely amazing

if you end up doing this please keep us posted!! (ps i LOVE the concept art)

as for wig color, a complementary pastel color could look really neat, or you could go with classic black with the red skin!

 

Aww thanks. I was considering maybe a white wig, keep it simple. Or a lovely midnight blue.

 

ohhh either of those would be stunning!! how dark are you planning to dye?

 

That is entirely up to the dye. It's such an inexact science. I'm just hoping I can get it smoother this time. Last doll i dyed ended up REALLY splotchy on her face but she was secondhand so may have had residue I didn't manage to scrub. But it was a bummer. I managed to blush her to cover the issues but it took a lot more work than i'd wanted.

 

oh no
i've heard that if you sand the entire body with really fine sandpaper (or even a nail buff) it helps the dye take more evenly

 

I like the idea of a midnight blue wig or a really deep/dark purple wig for a red doll.

Dolls with horns/ginormous ears spit in the eye of non-custom wigs. I had to mod a wig for my RS Jun as he has huge ears and they interfere with the edge of standard wigs. I also had to snip tiny holes in the wig for my DC Clemans so his horns could go through the wig otherwise he wouldn't be able to wear a wig period.