Fantasia Doll Elder/Senior Sizes

I've been tempted by Canary Smile a lot-- I adore the owner photos I've seen of the older version of her, I liked that the older version was fairly small for an SD, and really, you can't beat that lovely smile. But I am very hesitant to order the new doll- the soft resin issue kinda scares me from a safety standpoint, and I don't like that they've enlarged the head. I wonder why they made such drastic changes, it seemed like the heads were well received as they were before, and since they don't sell heads alone it seems odd to me they'd change the heads so drastically for hybridizing purposes.

Anyway, I love the photos you all have shared because Fantasia does make awesome dolls. But I do hope they go back to the same type of (seemingly more stable) resin they used the first time they were in production, and that they start offering the old style of heads again, because the bulbous skull thing is just not appealing lol.

 

How long does it takes for Fantasia to reply to an order email? I send an email ordering a body last Sunday but I haven’t gotten a reply yet.

 

I haven't had a peep out of him since the beginning of March, when he promised my order would ship March 8th (it didn't). His hanmail account is bouncing, and he's not answering his fantasia.doll account. A friend tells me he's not updating his IG either. I'm getting worried, since it's now been 8 months since I ordered.

 

Oh no that’s so sad and bad to hear. I hope you get your body soon. I got a Jupiter body from the marketplace a few months ago and I love it. I really, really wanted a second one. I think I just will have to wait until another pop ups on the marketplace again.

Thank you so much for the info.

 

I was currently interested in ordering something from Fantasia Doll, but it seems that there hasn't been much communication recently. Should I hold off from ordering for now?

 

You're welcome, @MrFjmg2003 , I hope I have better news sooner or later!

@Fuailei personally I'd wait at least until he starts answering emails again.

 

I don't have photos to provide as my own Vivian has a faceup, but thought it might be of interest for anyone considering an order: they changed OE Vivian's lips for the new release. She how has visibly open mouth, a bit less than Alice, but you can still clearly see in. While, the old Vivian doesn't really have an open mouth, she just has closed lips with a real deep (and nasty to faceup) gap. I really like the renewal, I see if I can snatch the new Vivian head to compare them properly. Here I was, thinking I don't want any of the new heads. Until now.

I did not at least notice any changes on my old vs new Alice when I had them both, so maybe this was something he specifically wanted to fix on Vivian.

 

Similar with my friend and me - we ordered three bodies in November. The last promised date was the 26th of April, no answers since that last mail on April 9 th. At that time Iwas also told that they had been hospitalized for the month of march, so I hope they are ok healthwise. But not havin an answer or the promised shipping dates met makes me antsy as well.

 

@windspiel sorry to hear you're having trouble too. I sympathize with them if they're having health problems, but just a quick update would be nice!

 

@Alewife thanks for the advice. I guess I’ll be waiting for now.

 

I haven't posted here in ages, because my Vivian has been on an extended stay with the faceup artist for a total overhaul. She's from the original Fly Me to the Moon release, and had her chin sanded slightly to look less pointy. There was also color-matching done to turn FD Normal into the recent Impldoll RealSkin, which could be classed as a light tan already.


WarDhara Overhauled 02 by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr

Spoiler: This was her old look

Off Shoulder 05 by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr

I see though that Fantasia Doll still has some issues with communication. I totally get delays due to real-life concerns, but at least a general update would be nice for those who still have outstanding orders.

 

I gave up, I had to get the new 2021 Vivian head since someone was selling her locally, so here she is:



Not the best photo out here, but see that gap between the lips? It's a deep gap that shows teeth, at least after painting her it will. Also the sculpting around eyes seems smoother than in 2017. So it seems that at least Vivian's master was changed a bit, and not necessarily any worse (apart from size, bleh)! The 2021 faces are pretty much original size, meaning the size increase consists mainly of increasing the headcap and headback, so I thought I could make her closer to the original size by applying Milliput inside her head and sanding her resin very thin at the top, sides and back. If this counts as a reshell, I'll reshell my old Vivian's character.

For those of you interested, here's the old 2017 Vivian and old lips (which had a significant gap but rather than showing teeth it was just an annoying place to get your pastels stuck in). Old photo, since my Vivian currently has a faceup.

Spoiler: Old Vivian head

 

Wow @AntarelNefertili she looks spectacular! Although I loved her old look too.

 

More Vivian (modded old open-eyed version) photo spam. :P I gave her some darker, alternate eyes so she won't look menacing all the time.


Abaniko 02 by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr

 

Isn't menacing the whole point of her war paint look? Love the darker eyes though, so very pretty

 

Story-wise, it's as much to pay tribute (to her ancestors) as to intimidate, so it swings both ways. Either way, the Vivian sculpt could look so mischievous with the right eyes!

 

Hey everyone! I’m getting ready to order eyes for my Vivian but I’m a little nervous about picking the right size. Does anyone have any experience with this? What size did you go for?

Edit: she’s from the new batch which I think means her head is a little bigger than the older ones.

 

My new batch Vivian fits eyeballs at least up to 16mm. Her eyeholes look like she could go even bigger, but that's where my eye sizes run out so not sure. 12mm gaps noticeably, I use 14mm with 5mm (small) iris and they are good, don't gap noticeably and have a proportionate iris size to my liking. I noticed the sizing can vary a lot by maker, but these are Ornellas.

14/5mm shown in her:



Her head is heavily modded at the top and sides. I've done as I planned earlier on this thread and sanded 1,5 cm off her head girth, so she doesn't look exactly like the new ones do fresh out of box. On another note, in case anybody wondered, it is entirely possible to sand these heads back to 2017 size since the face size has remained the same. Only temples, forehead, top of the head and especially headback have gotten more resin to them. Do I recommend it tho? No, I'm never going to do it again. Whoever's gonna renew my passport this month, I wish them good luck finding any trace of my fingerprints. I don't like wearing a mask for hours, so I did the whole thing by hand, with wet sanding paper, and still have some touching up to do but I wait to grow my skin back first.

 

Thank you! That’s really helpful. My only other bjd is an msd so I have a limited selection of eyes to try out with her before I buy new ones.

 

Thought I'd show this quick mobile shot of Jane, the 2021 Vivian, once more after finishing her faceup! I noticed they have pulled her eye sockets deeper in the head by quite a bit from the 2016-2017 release and she has very thick eyelids, meaning eyes have a difficult time showing from there if the light is dim or comes from an odd angle. More modding it is.