How do you like Lati-Doll?

I second this!

Someday I hope to own a Coco, and would love more information other than just the sqwee worthy pictures!

 

I'm also quite interested in hearing more about Latidoll; I'd love to get my hands on a Lea, and I'm very in love with our mystery-boy Blue.

How long has this company been around, anyway?

 

I own both Lea and Miel. I like the resin quality it is almost like those of CP's. It is easy to order from them and when you post questions, they answer you the next day on their question board. They usually tell you the shipping time on the item's page (for dolls, it says the waiting time is 15-20 days after payment is confirmed). I paid for my dolls with Paypal.

Yes, I do like the sculpting style of the dolls and they do look finished. The only flaw I found was tiny hairline cracks on their arms but Latidoll told me it was due to the material/process of making the resin that caused these. They are really thin and can only be seen if looked closely.

I also have a PF choco. I think Latidolls are a bit easier to pose but they do not share the same clothes because Latidolls (yellow) are bigger than PF. For Latidolls I find them easy to pose without any limitations (which was amazing to me). The arms and hands are able to twist and turn in wide range field. The head is also pretty stable and is able to turn for various angles.

 

They're so pretty.. but so small ._.

 

I have a LatiDoll Renia (green size) that just arrived on the 6th. I ordered her September 17th (would have bought her sooner, but I wanted to wait until they got their Paypal situation fixed), and LatiDoll did a pretty good job of confirming my order, letting me know when she shipped, etc. (And yes, it's sad that I have to mention this, but not all companies are as on-top of things!)

I'm working my way towards a full review of her, but to answer your questions:

The resin feels very high quality. I have a DoD, AR LF, and Pureskin Volks MSD; in terms of actually touching it, it feels at least as good as as the MSD. Of course, that could just have to do with how new it is.

I chose the normal-skin option, and it was significantly more yellow than I was expecting. I met up with Bittenbefore, and I think she mentioned that it might be similar color and quality to CP resin?

She is a little "kicky", for lack of a better term, and she doesn't have a torso joint... but seems to pose well otherwise. Both her hands and feet are jointed via a string looped through two holes drilled in the wrist ball or ankle ball. If you've ever seen the old DoD hands, they look pretty much like that. The loop of string is then looped around and through the arm elastic. It makes it a little tricky to get extreme angles with the wrist.

She sits fine, and will generally stand OK. In fact, I left her standing overnight!

I haven't tried other BJD clothing on her, but a 12" male fashion doll outfit would not quite fit her. It was a close thing, though, so I'm going to root through my husband's 12" action figures and see if some of the GI JOE clothes might work, since GI JOE is shorter and stockier.

An Angelina Ballerina 9" plush doll fashion also fits, although it's a bit tight.

I've found that DoD wigs are a bit loose on her, but a Volks SD Cute wig fits PERFECTLY. One Acquire 6/7 wig (for Unoa) fit, but another was a bit too tight. DoD wigs will sit on her head, but are loose and shift around a bit.

I hope this helps!

 

Hi Aimee
Those dolls are very cute!
I had never heard about them before, so thanks for the link!

 

I think the basics have already sold out and been restocked once since they opened. (I was watching the site like a hawk!)

My Basic Renia came with two sets of hands. The ones that came on her body were the standard "slightly closed" relaxed hands (not sure how to describe them, but most BJDs have these hands).

The extra hands that came separately were flat, wide-open hands.

I think the "boy&girl hand parts" means "hand parts that are appropriate for both boys and girls". I wish I'd thought ahead and asked them about it on their Q&A board... if I missed out on clasped hands, I'm going to be very sad!

Edit:
I saw your post in the News section, Aimee.

I believe LatiDoll has fixed the problem they had with shipping.
For my one basic Green doll, it cost me $54 in shipping. The shipping box was HUGE, and the outfit, wig, and certificate of authenticity were packed in a separate box than the doll herself.

Edit 2:
I went and asked the hand parts question in Latidolls Q&A. Hopefully they'll clear up the mystery!

 

I don't have a boy doll (alas!) so I can't say for them... but the Renia body is pretty much asexual, with a featureless groin.

 

I don't have a latidoll, but I'm fairly certain that the bodies are asexual. The FAQ on the Latidoll site has two individual posts with photos of the Yellow body and the Green body. Both are, as twotone said, completely featureless, which is a bit of a disappointment in my opinion.

 

I have a Ronnie, he also has an asexual body.

As for hands, I'm really guessing if I wanted him to be a girl, the other set of hands is slimmer and pointy.

 

LatiDoll responded to my question, and Yumi is correct:
The slightly curved hands are the boy&girl hands (can be used for either).
The mostly-open hands are the girl hands.

 

How much was shipping for one of the yellow line dolls? was it still $54? thanks!

 

I have 2 Latis.... one from the yellow line, one from the green line. Both pose REALLY well. ... particularly the green line. When you move their arms and legs, they stay in position nicely, so I guess this means they're strung well, too. The yellows have very short arms, so this limits their arm movement only in the sense that resin baby arms that short naturally can't move as far. I had a Serendipity Candy once, (another tiny), with arms just as short, and she posed less well than my Lati yellow.

My green line Ronnie poses better than any doll I've ever seen personally. He can hold poses with both his arms and legs, and can stand quite well. He is Petite Ai sized, and can share clothing with them.

My only negative comment about the yellow line is that because they have big heads, once you put their wigs on them they become top-heavy, and so they fall over backward easily when you sit them down. They can stand nicely, though, just like the green line.

Their resin is a superb quality, and they came to me without seams, with high-quality faceups (face paint). The shipping was only a week for my yellow, and was either 2 or 3 weeks for my green (I can't remember). Compared to my Souldoll, Lati resin is a better quality than Souldoll's, and the Lati face paint is also done better. I also have compared them to a Soom doll, and the Lati resin is slightly better than Soom's, also, in my opinion. I can't compare the faceups, because I've never seen a default Soom faceup in person.

Their head caps are easy to open, and held on by magnets. It's also easy to get the head off the body for restringing or painting, should you need to.

I paid for mine with PayPal. Their web site was easy to navigate, and payment was easy for me to do from their site. Really, I can't praise Latidoll enough. They deliver a quality product, and their service is good.

Both my dolls came with extra hands, also. That was a nice touch. Get it? "Nice touch"? Get it? *slinks off to hide*

 

I have a Green Ronnie and a Red K. I love them both. The quality of the resin is really nice. Ronnie poses very nicely too. My only complaint about the Red Body is the knees. The lower part of the leg always goes backwards and is a pain to pose sometime. hopefully when i wire him it fixes the problem.

Lati packages there stuff really well too. the boxes are thick and are lined with foam and then the dolls are bubblewrapped and put in between two pillows. Both came with two boxes. One box for the doll and then another box for there stuff.