Fairyland ChicLine 40cm Discussion Part 5

I found a manual. I think it's half an A4 page size. I am thinking of the best way to scan it.

 

I'll take even a couple phone photos if that's all you've got.

 

I scanned the whole manual last night into a PDF. Send me a message with your email and I will send it to you.

 

It might be easier if I scanned each page as a photo and put it in Smugmug. Here's page 10:

 

I just recently repainted my Rou, after more than ten years without touching all of my (resin) BJD. I shared a lot of photos of him here in the gallery side of the forum, if anyone is interested. I noticed his head back is a different coloring now. Not really yellow, but weirdly darker than the rest of him, and leaning towards green-toned. Has anyone else noticed any parts of their CL turning weird colors, or aging differently than the rest of the doll? I am wondering if it's because I didn't seal the piece with MSC. I probably will do so now. I also had a nasty surprise of most of his magnets corroding. I had to remove the larger two on his back head piece. I couldn't get the tinier ones, and I'll probably won't be able to get the ones in the hands, out either.... T___T;;;

Male Upper Torso Nudity Warning:

 

I went and popped the wigs off my two oldest ChicLines and looked them over and I can't say that I'm seeing any color differences. However, my eyes are not the best, so it's possible that I'm just overlooking something that a more eagle-eyed person might focus on.

Every time I mess with them, though, I do notice all over again how the dark gray magnets show right through their skin in multiple places. Sigh.

 

great pics. My white Rou has mellowed a bit. Shows his age a little more than tan Fabilis and normal Lishe and El. (have various faceplates too. none look mellow, possibly because they live in a box)

 

Thank you both Gallye and petiteballerine, for sharing your experiences based on my question. I keep my resin BJD in my closet, inside their original packaging all the time, unless I am taking photos or customzing them in some way. So, I thought they all had aged pretty well, until I saw my Rou's head back/plate looking weirdly darker than the rest of him. I recall him being pretty peachy-colored, not quite as pale as he is now. Except for his back plate.... DX Oh well, I guess that's one of the main reasons I stopped purchasing resin dolls all those years ago (then went and got one more in 2022, lol! Learned my lesson really good, huh?). I thought FL were so innovative with their magnets everywhere. Now I wish they had either not use them at all or sealed all of them within the resin. They are so freaking rusty now and keep flaking all over the place. I don't feel I can get the tinier ones out unless I can live with major damage, so I guess I am stuck with rust -- I might "seal" them with gloss, to help prevent some of the flaking from getting everywhere. *sigh*

Thanks again, for answering my question. I hope his head's back piece doesn't get more green/darker over time, and that sealing it with MSC will help slow whatever it is, as it seems to have done with the rest of the doll. Unless he somehow got stained with the black foam in his box, but the rest of him didn't, because of the MSC? The rubbing alcohol didn't seem to do anything to the staining, if that is what it is. I used high percent alcohol to soften the glue holding the magnets in place. However, the whole head back looks like that, not just the outside that touches the foam at all times...it's so weird? T___T;;

 

That's really strange! I mean, my Chiclines just sort of live on the bookshelf over there and have for many years, and their color has probably changed in that time just because that's how resin is - but it hasn't changed much, and it's changed evenly all over their bodies, both in covered and uncovered places, both MSC-sealed and unsealed. I'm also not seeing any rust around their magnets and I do live in a fairly damp area in a house without central A/C or dehumidifiers.

This conversation made me remember that I have a BW Rou from the very first release who has been stored away in his box for several years, waiting for me to get off my butt and list him for sale in the marketplace. I went and pulled him out and took off his faceplace and looked him over, and, while he is definitely yellower now, I can't see any weird dark spots or rusty magnets on him. The yellowing is fairly even all over his body. The foam in his box has cute little indentations where his butt and shoulderblades have been touching it, too, so he's definitely been in contact with the foam and it hasn't done anything to him. The foam and box both look fine, not decaying or damaged.

I really have no idea what to tell you. Could the box have gotten wet somehow in the past? What a mystery!

 

I have a similar experience to @Gallye.
no rusted mags, colors slightly mellowed on dolls in dim light. I live in the tropics, but everyone looks ok.
AC when there isn't a hurricane.

 

Thank you both once again, petiteballerine and Gallye, for your feedback! I live in a humidity neutral zone in California; we have neutral humidity levels year-round. It does get hot as h3ll here during summer days, but it's not desert or tropical levels of heat. I hadn't thought about humidity at all, but the airflow in my closet is null, so I might have to get some hygrometers to measure it and be sure, that there is neutral humidity in there as well. Crusty heck, now one more thing to worry about. DX