feelings towards hybrids

All but one of my dolls is a hybrid, and I have 8 dolls.

And a lot of floating heads >.>

 

There are several companies out there that only make heads (Real Missing Link, anyone?) - so in order to have a complete doll, it has to be a hybrid of a necessity!

I have two hybrids - Amalthea, who's an RML K-02 head on a DollZone 1/4 body (excellent resin match for NS, if anyone's wondering), and Galhaia who is a CP Juri 05 head on a Volks Dollfie Dream 1 body.

Hybrid bodies are sometimes the best way to avoid "disembodied heads syndrome"!

 

I picked indifferent because sometimes I think it is fine and other times it isn't.

I don't like it when the head and body aren't in proportion, or have extreme stylistic differences, or a really bad match of neck thickness and head. Other times I think it looks great and can be a way to get a mature body for a fairly mature head that only comes on a preteen body, or vice versa, or to do a gender change. For example, I love MNF Shiwoo girls - MNF Shiwoo can be a mischeivous guy or a very flirty girl. I also like Narae head on new Souldoll body as a more well-endowed Narae.

I also think hybrids can be a way for people to recycle heads they are attached to, and a way for people with limited funds to have the head they want without the cost of the full doll.

Carolyn

 

While I can respect the standpoint of the artists in liking to see their creations remain intact, I also respect the fact that once a person has purchased a doll, it truly is theirs to do with as they see fit. That said, had I not fallen in love with two heads...I'd probably be in the category of no hybrids. I really like how cohesive my other dolls feel. I hope I can achieve the same results on my own.

 

Oh I was going to add the "what if your head is made by an artist who doesn't do bodies?" (as one of mine is) issue but I see that Arkady beat me to it

Actually, a few months ago I attempted to get out of the hybrid camp by purchasing a body for a previously hybrid-ed head. From the same company that built the head to begin with. I was so thrilled bo be making him into a "real doll" again. Until I saw the difference in resin color between the old "natural skin color" and the new "natural skin color"

So... poor old Toshi is a hybrid again, on a Volks body that matches him perfectly, and his former body -- the one that was SUPPOSED to match, is under a head that does match

That matching thing can be such a bugaboo!

 

Well, I suppose if you put a Dollshe head on a Dollmore model body it would be an insult to the artist.
Personally, I feel that these dolls are made to be customized and therefore hybrids can be a way to create an even more unique doll. I have hybrids out of necessity (because the artist only makes heads), and hybrids by preference because I want a specific body/head type for a specific pre-existing character. I have a Unique Ai that I wouldn't swap parts on because she came as a complete finished one of a kind work already. Otherwise, even Volks expects people to customize their limiteds. If a company is willing to sell separate doll parts or customizing tools that seems like a green light to me.

 

Building on what UrsaLunar said, I'm gearing up to sell designs for dolls. One of my models will be a white Dollstown Bandi head on a white CP girl body. CP is so much more popular a company, that I decided it would be more useful for me to have a CP body than a Dollstown body. Besides that, it was pretty much a necesity, because I got the head with no body, and it seems nearly impossible to find a headless Dollstown body!

The one thing I'm a stickler for on hybrids is a color match between the different resins. Even changing heads and bodies between different batches of resin from the same company can creat mis-matches. My Bandi head and her CP body were a perfect match. It took me two tries with my Dreaming Shiwoo girl to get a body that matched her head, and both bodies I tried were CPs...

 

But hybrids can feel whole and cohesive as well. I have a dolkot kiss head on a volks sd13 body, and I tend not to think of her as a hybrid, but as my Petra. She feels whole. It's when the doll doesn't feel whole that I think I'd worry.

 

when i first found out about BJD's they immediatley came off as something you use your imagination with. the great thing about BJDs is how the options are infinite. XD

 

Like some of the others who have posted here, I have a head from a company that only makes heads. I would have preferred a Volks body for my kill_U 2nd, since his resin was designed to match it, but the Custom House body is also a wonderful match. I am very pleased with him overall, because his body is just a little bit different from my other boys.

However, I fall in love with a doll's face first, then the body. I much prefer to have the head on the body it is intended for by the creators. But I enjoy looking at other people's creative hybrids, even if they would not be right for me personally.

Linda S.
galatia9

 

<quote galatia9> However, I fall in love with a doll's face first, then the body. I much prefer to have the head on the body it is intended for by the creators. But I enjoy looking at other people's creative hybrids, even if they would not be right for me personally.

i feel the same way. it was until recently i started reserching the bodies for the dolls i like.

 

One of my boys is a hybrid - I really am not a stickler as to exact tone match as long as the proportions and character are kept. My MNF has a default body because it suits him. My CP boy has a SD10 body because it suits him.

 

I didn't even realize there were people who feel that "hybrid dolls" are "an insult to the artist". I think, like most people, I dislike it when the skin tones don't match, but aside from that, I don't see anything offensive in mixed dolls.

 

I have no problems at all. Some people just prefer certain bodies, or have a character that would lend itself to a different kind of body, either more muscular or mature, or more slender and youthful. As long as the resin matches and it's proportinate, I don't see any reason to discourage hybrids.

 

I have two CP/Obitsu hybrids, I see nothing wrong with it. the reason I bought the Obitsu bodies is because...well they are cheaper and also I have a love/hate thing with CP bodies.
I bought one body from someone on here and no matter what I did, wiring, sueding, the knees still buckled and the girl would flip over at the waist, it was so frustrating.
and then I tried a Domuya body, that was a kewl body but frustrating also..so I went with Obitsu..
If I had known how to put the resin on a DD2 I would have bought that, but thanks to someone here that did a video on how, it could be in the future for someone...but it depends on the skin tones matching.

 

I'm all for hybrids!! I've got two DIM/Iplehouse hybrids, and a Soom/Souldoll hybrid. I just preferred the look of the Iplehouse and Souldoll bodies to the originals. I want the resin to match well though.

 

^^ I like hybrids. Just about any potential doll of mine could be a hybrid if I want a different body.

XD I'm having a bit of trouble with resin match here and there, though...

 

Hmm...maybe the original artist/creator might be offended, but too bad, since he can't exactly stop the buyers from doing what they want, now, can he? If the artist's feelings are a pressing concern for you, you could always email him.

As for me, I'm indifferent. If a hybrid suits an owner's means/ vision/ preferences, then go for it.

I have a pseudo-hybrid, actually...a Volks SDC head on a Volks MSD body. I bought the SDC whole, sold the body, and bought an MSD body for it. I'm sure people who prefer mature dolls might think my decision was strange. But I knew I wanted the doll to be a young child, so it was a decision I made happily. I've contemplated BF/Volks and Volks/Serendipity hybrids, too, although I never went ahead with either.