Fairyland ChicLine 40cm Discussion Part 5

So, I'll probably go on a little rant here, that may or may not be on-topic for this thread. I apologize in advance, feel free to skip, not read, ignore. I shared a photo up there, a few posts above/before. With a photo that is crappy, as the dickens, because I take horrid photos. I rarely see Chic Line, so I thought I would share an ancient photo of mine, because this is a thread for discussing them. I thought that the bug DoA was going through/has-been-suffering from didn't allow me to see the photo anymore, after a few days. I went to fix it a few days ago, and again it's gone today. I searched through my albums, because Imgur has a tendency to move my photos around for no reason. I thought that was what it was again, and just re-uploaded the photo. However, and once again, it was gone! I searched the whole thing, all my albums, it was literally not there, just deleted.

I had a similar issue with them last year... I hate censorship, I understand wanting to keep things mild, I myself block even slightly (suggestive) sexual anything from my social media, because I don't want to see/read those things under any circumstances. However, I don't believe (full-on-doll, in this case) nudity to be inheritably sexual. More so when it's a plastic doll, by itself, no other participants, just standing there semi-or-fully-nude. Doing absolutely nothing!? Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I feel like pervertedness is also within that realm.

One more, just to see if I'm right, or just paranoid due to old age and insomnia. Lol!!!


Warning -- Full Nude Male Doll Upper Body!!!

 

beautiful, I have self painted my Inu (sp?) and she really needs a pro to rework her. Your's is amazing, you're so talented!

 

Nah, I think MaleficentMrsofEvil meant their heads are only a bit bigger than Barbies, and she's pretty much right. FIDs are already quite a bit bigger as well. necks are too big for Chic's They're tough to find secondary bodies for

Sometimes they work really well, sometimes they're off.

Wow, your Rou is awesome, @Enzyme

 

Thank you, IngieBee! I love my Rou very much! I wish I would have been able to get a second or third Chic Line male body, just to keep around because they are so beautifully sculpted (and an Ino). Chic Lines are definitely my favorite doll bodies of all time. Their heads are smallish, I guess. But then again, Barbie have giant heads, as much as I love Barbie and still to this day remain a Barbie hoarder, I feel their heads could be much smaller. Not what the target demo wants, as far as I have read, so too bad for me.

I can see Imgur deleted my earlier photo once again, so I won't bother to "fix" it yet again. Pretty weird how they deleted that one, but not the full nude torso one. I am wondering if their "AI" thought it was a female with a nude chest, because the arms weren't visible, so it looked like a female doll showing off their b00bs. Pretty dumb anyway... DX

Edit: Wonder if they'll do the same thing again if I post a photo from the same "set." I was thinking of updating my old gallery threads on here with imgur links, but I guess I won't be able to if they censor doll nudity. Most of my photos are kind of full-blown nude upper torsos, if not full nudity. I suck at sewing, so I rarely attempt sewing much anymore -- that's why most of my dolls are nude most of the time, not because I'm an old lazy bum, of course! (;

 

He is gorgeous! I'm glad you got one picture to work!

 

sewing that size just plain scares me! LOL

Yah, he is gorgeous! Just make him a towel wrap, and he's good to go, ROFL

 

Anyone know where one can find Chicline body to Minifee head neck connectors these days? Anyone making anything like that, like on Shapeways?

 

I'm sorry, not that I know of

 

I need a regular chicline neck connector-- bought a head but didn't realize there was another part for the head to sit right. I wish CP could make older parts for dolls that are discontinued

 

I agree.

 

I love the ChicLine bodies and size so much. Why won't you bring them back Fairyland?

 

A while ago they said they were willing to create a few, if enough people ordered at once. I believe kind of like old-school DIM Minimee group orders, of ten people or more per head sculpt. Only, this would be for dolls, not just for the body or heads. However, if I recall correctly, there wasn't enough interest back then, which was the main reason why FL discontinued the Chic Lines, if I'm not mistaken. I always wanted one more doll (head and body, not just one part), but I was never in a postion to get another one (i'manofftopicfigurehoarder). I don't know if FL are still willing to do a group order of sorts, but I guess it can't hurt to ask them again. I am definitely not interested in getting more resin cast dolls anymore, but if they were willing to make ABS/PVC ones, I would be in for sure (wild dream, I know!). I do love my single CL male, he's the most beautiful full-bodied doll I own, just for the body alone, although I do love Rou's face sculpt, I find it stunning, the body is the winner hands down for me. I found the CL heads beautiful as well, but there's like a million beautiful BJD heads out there (even if not this size), rarely any bodies whose proportions I like. DX

 

Wow, thanks for the information! Maybe I'll shoot FL a mail regarding the ChicLine dolls. I'm curious what they're going to answer (although I guess, I already know what it would be. A couple of weeks ago, I had asked them if they have any Feeple60 wrist parts for sale, and they replied that they only sell the items available on their website). I think FL would have to sell thousands of ABS ChicLine dolls to make it worth their while, injection moulds are crazy expensive. Unfortunately, the CL dolls weren't very popular and too ahead of their time. But I want to believe that there's a market for well proportioned yet more stylized dolls in the 40 cm range.

 

@Nighton_woN I'm only one person, but I would get a CLine if they ever released again! Mature minis are my jam!

 

I would get a Soo Dark CL girl in natural skin if they let us do a small group order~

 

I mean... if y'all are going to email FL, let me know. I have zero problem emailing doll companies and begging for dolls to be made.

If they get enough emails, maybe we can convince them that there's a market.

 

l know manufacturing other types of plastic besides resin is expensive and require an actual factory just due to the nature of other plastics. That's why I said I knew it was a "wild dream" of mine. (:

It never sounded like FL wanted to bring Chic Line back, but we're willing to create just enough pieces to justify the cost of making new silicone molds, if enough people purchased a certain amount them. I hope they are still willing to do so, for those who want them now. I really do love the Chic Line dolls, and still regret not being able to get at least one more male when they were still available.

I always thought CL were way ahead of their time, but not the aesthetic their target audience seem to favor (hyper-stylized cute girls, with giant heads, the CL look nothing close to any of their current lines, proportionately). They probably don't want to bother with a line they didn't do well with, when they have their well selling stablished lines already. But I would like to see them making even just a few, for those who didn't get to purchase one a decade or so, ago.

 

I actually wish they’d release them again in a slightly bigger size so they fit in with the FID and Raccoondolls - the mature MSDs have really taken off lately! I used to love my Chicline dolls but I sold them all in the end as they didn’t fit in with any other dolls. If they came back in a bigger size I’d be so tempted to get them again!!! Very unlikely Fairyland will do it, but hey, I can dream!

 

You seem to be right, even now FL seems to be struggling with the notion of fitting CL into their current line-up. They responded to my email in the following way:
" Dear xxxxxx,
Thank you for contacting us.

Re-release of Chic Line will be our biggest challenge that will require our utmost courage.
Unless we really see a popular outcry of 50 or more interested participants, we really don't see the return of Chic Line at any point in our production timeline.

If there is anything else that we can help you with, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you.

Kind Regards,
FairyLand"

I don't think there's enough interest to reach this amount of orders, or maybe there is, but how let people in the community know about this opportunity?

 

It would probably be easy to spread the word on social media sites. Having said that, it would probably attract others as well as not just people who want to actually own one piece (or more) for their personal collection. I have seen illegal copies of their CL female sculpts, but none of the males so far. In a fashion doll senses, males are always the less popular (not speaking about "fashion" BJD sizes). While Chic Line Males don't look anything like fashion dolls (coming from a 42-year-old-fart who has collected Barbie since birth), I don't feel the males sold as well as the females, relatively speaking, because that's just the nature of "fashion-dolls," the males are not popu;ar. So, the good thing is that at least CL males were safe from being copied. That would probably be the one true downside to having a lot of people outside and inside BJD collectors know about this. The word can be easily spread nowadays, but sadly, there would probably be a lot of unwanted ears also receiving the message. I doubt there's enough interest within BJD collectors, or people who consider themselves that, don't seem to favor tinier mature dolls. I personally loved the size and proportions of the Chic Lines, but others seem to find the smaller the dolls, the more Barbie like they are and that seems to be taken in a quite negative way, which puts off a lot of BJD people (or so it seems). Which is probably why Chic Line didn't do well also, they were too tiny for most BJD collectors, and not for the target audience Fairyland usually delivers to.

It would be silly to assume things at this point. Take all this with two grains of salt, I am an old fart and I collect only what I love. I don't like shoving my personal ideals down anyone's throat, which ever those ideals might be and I do enjoy smaller dolls than larger ones. That's just a personal preference, and nothing more as well as just my views on what I have read/heard from other people who collect BJD and what seems popular. Not just now, but always, not that I keep up with trends. However, illegal copies are not necessarily targeted towards anyone in particular, they pretty much appeal to anyone who is willing to purchase things they want but not pay what they actually cost. Just my two cents, and ramblings from an old fart, who shouldn't be replying to thing on the internet at 2AM. Take it all as just some random opinion on the internet, and not to heart! (: