1. It has come to the attention of forum staff that Dollshe Craft has ceased communications with dealers and customers, has failed to provide promised refunds for the excessive waits, and now has wait times surpassing 5 years in some cases. Forum staff are also concerned as there are claims being put forth that Dollshe plans to close down their doll making company. Due to the instability of the company, the lack of communication, the lack of promised refunds, and the wait times now surpassing 5 years, we strongly urge members to research the current state of this company very carefully and thoroughly before deciding to place an order. For more information please see the Dollshe waiting room. Do not assume this cannot happen to you or that your order will be different.
    Dismiss Notice
  2. Dollshe Craft and all dolls created by Dollshe, including any dolls created under his new or future companies, including Club Coco BJD are now banned from Den of Angels. Dollshe and the sculptor may not advertise his products on this forum. Sales may not be discussed, no news threads may be posted regarding new releases. This ban does not impact any dolls by Dollshe ordered by November 8, 2023. Any dolls ordered after November 8, 2023, regardless of the date the sculpt was released, are banned from this forum as are any dolls released under his new or future companies including but not limited to Club Coco BJD. This ban does not apply to other company dolls cast by Dollshe as part of a casting agreement between him and the actual sculpt or company and those dolls may still be discussed on the forum. Please come to Ask the Moderators if you have any questions.
    Dismiss Notice
Severe ongoing issues and concerns with Dollshe Dollshe Ban

How long are you willing to wait for Face-up comission?

Sep 26, 2017

Page 3 of 3
    1. With my last face-up I think it took around three months... She's always in high demand.
       
      #41 Lacey Mclachlan, Apr 26, 2018
    2. The wait time is the whole reason I don't want to send my heads out for faceups. Waiting for a doll is one thing, but received your doll then loosing the head for X amount of weeks right after kind of sucks.
      But if I did.. Two months at most? If it takes longer for an artist to send out a finished head, they may be taking too many orders at once.
       
      #42 sahoma, Apr 26, 2018
    3. This hobby truly is a waiting game, one with a lot of payoff if done right. I have not sent a doll out yet personally,but I think I'd be willing to wait half a year myself, it'd be nerve wracking but hey!
       
      #43 AniTrashy, Apr 27, 2018
    4. It's hard to say..it also depends how much they're doing. I also don't have the best luck with artists as I'm very passive and try to be accommodating of other projects they may have so often times my work gets pushed aside. If it was just the face and they're a popular artist I can see waiting 3 months or more. I've only worked with two artists thus far. I sent three heads to one artist and that took about 2 months. I've sent that same artist a head and a body (an SD boy) and that took 6 months. That same SD boy is with another artist to get additional work done and we're approaching the 7 month mark on him and I don't think we're even a quarter of the way done yet. a lot of factors go into this, but if you are left waiting for extensive periods, I hope you'll be firmer than I am and make it clear to your artist what your needs and expectations are. We all know things come up but..sometimes these situations can spiral out of hand very fast if you're too passive to send gentle reminders.
       
      #44 akaisha0, Apr 29, 2018
    5. I normally am generous with the working time of artists since I understand that these things take time and that you cannot force good work out of an artist.
      And I think people will be willing to wait if the waiting time is actually true, because having read the information, the customer should already taken account of it.

      I sent two of my heads to one of the artist. She is very nice, friendly and her face-up is gorgeous.
      It took her around almost 2 months to finish the face up, which I thought was appropriate.
      However, when we talked on email, she kept on promising me that 'it can be done within the first week' or 'I'll finish it next week".
      I was totally fine with waiting and I even reassured her by saying "If you haven't started yes it's fine." but she still insisted on being able to finish the heads within a week. As stated, the heads were sent back to me after 2 months.

      I think what is not fine isn't the length of the waiting time but how artist didn't stay true to their words.
      They shouldn't fake their capability. If I were you I would probably became really shock -- to find out about how long the artist actually takes to do a face up.
       
      #45 yumenomisu, May 8, 2018
    6. 1-2 months is the average I would be willing to wait. If the artist was in extremely high demand, 3 or 4 months would also be acceptable.
       
      #46 scummyghost, Jun 2, 2018
Page 3 of 3