IMPL dolls Star, Model & Idol Discussion 16

I'm sorry to hear about your experience, @Faerie_Soup, since your girl is very similar to a doll I would have requested had I not gone with a second-hand doll. When you're able, I'd like to see that body's poseability and how the resin is holding up. I was planning on a dark tan girl and was between Impldoll and Resinsoul. If Impl really is getting swamped, I'd just as soon forgo the quality for the ease of Resinsoul's customization.

 

Thank you for the info. Now I’m worry my order will take so many months. I did ask a few people and they all told me they had to wait about 3 months for their dolls. The videos were uploaded 3 months and one month ago. So I was hoping the waiting time was on that limit. Oh well!! All there is now is wait

 

@Faerie_Soup Wow, that's a less than stellar experience, and well worth mentioning.
I was tempted to get an Impl body for one of my floating heads, but after hearing about the current wait time and your experience, I think I'll go with a different company.
Your girl is beautiful, and I hope the issues can be resolved soon

 

@Faerie_Soup that's rough. She's pretty though. I think I actually like that sculpt better in the dark tan. Super happy I ordered mine like the first day that body came out. But I definitely had the same kicking the can down the road deadline thing a decade ago when I got my first Impldoll. I got an extra 1/6 doll for my trouble though and no damage. It sounds like they are a victim of their own success and aren't willing to hire more people...or maybe they aren't paying enough. Either way they need to space out their releases a little more until they get caught up.

 

Of course! Alice is sorting things out for me, so it seems I’ll get some extra hooks/string soon and I’ll post a posing review. I can already tell you the Model body isn’t as nice as the 62cm default body though. 62cm is a wonderful poser! In regards to the resin - it rubs against itself and goes grey in the joints (I’m mostly talking hip socket and the “wrist” part of the hand pieces). The inside of the heel legs were pretty scratched up and I can tell you now if your doll gets scratched, you’ll notice. It’s much lighter/ashier on the inside. Definitely a resin you can’t play with too much.

 

I know Impldoll's sales rep reads this thread, and I hope they take our comments seriously. Iron Dog's, Faerie_Soup's, and Chameleon's experiences have sparked discussions in a few places. Several people expressed reservations and say they will avoid ordering from Impldoll right now.

One bad experience can be viewed as a mistake. This looks like a pattern.

Other companies have raised prices or restricted sales volumes to manage work flows. I hope Impldoll considers doing something similar. Sending an incomplete order and warped parts is not acceptable. I love Impldoll. They make gorgeous dolls. I want them to continue to be successful.

 

@Faerie_Soup she's gorgeous, but that really sounds like an unpleasant experience. I hope everything gets sorted out well for you soon!

 

I'm sorry to hear that too but glad that you shared it. I have been so tempted by Impldoll and loved Kamara but will waot a bit to see how things turn out. I hope you enjoy your new doll and can get the issues resolved.

 

I'm so sorry for the difficulties people are having with their orders but am very grateful to those who've shared their experiences. I was very close to ordering Anja (in a darker resin, which apparently is taking even longer now). I'll have to wait and see how Impldoll handles these issues first.

 

I emailed impldoll again about the second half of my order, and they told me it should be shipping this month. Don’t know whether or not I believe them, but I’ll follow up in November.

 

Alice has arranged a refund for my unpainted hands and will be getting the collab jeans - but now my problem is I don’t know how to put her back together.

Alice says they’re sending string and hooks for me, but that the legs are both strung with one string? I feel a little confused, since her one strung leg has pretty good tension if that is the case, so if anyone has a tutorial or can just nudge me in the right direction I’d appreciate it tons ^^

 

I don't know about Impldoll specifically, but most of my dolls are strung with one elastic to both legs. If one leg is broken, how far up the channel did the elastic shoot? You should be able to pull it through the new piece unless it went all the way into the torso, which in that case, you'll probably need to completely restring the lower body. For my dolls, the arms and chest pieces are on one string, and the legs are on another, so if impldoll is similar, you shouldn't need to completely restring her at least. The leg cord is one long length, folded so that one half goes through each leg and the knot at the neck.

 

Give me a few minutes - I've got the 63 cm body with heel legs. I'll take her apart and grab some pics for you. She needs some kips anyways (KIPS FOR EVERYONE HA HA HA KIPS INSANITY ).

 

@Faerie_Soup
I know you've got the newer Model body and I've got the old Idol Musclegirl and TGB body but I found Impl's stringing was way too tight at first, especially since they used the 2 string method (1 string = arms and 1 string looped = legs and torso). I had a much easier time once I restrung with the 3 string method. If you're finding the tension is good with one string in one leg, you're going to find it too tight once you loop it for the other leg.

 

me, it was me commenting on facebook, i confirm I mentioned here too that I ordered a head with a faceup in November last year and still waiting. I contacted them and they promised to send it in October with a random head as an apology, which is cool if they do it, but if they won't I'll just ask for a refund in the end of October. And I'll ask why, because I am genuinely curious about business side of things, they have been casting and painting full dolls for other orders, why happened with making just one head lol.

 

Ah I didn't see this! Thank you so much, I saw your message in Discord as well. Much appreciated

 

THIS!!! I think it's why the S-hook broke in the first place. I am probably going to try and do the 3 string method as that's how most of my dolls have been in the past.

 

OK, if you have other dolls you've restrung, it's the same process, actually. Pretty straightforward. I would recommend cutting the elastic to dislodge it from one leg, though. Trying to yank an s-hook through is a recipe for internal scrapes.
Impldoll uses the same two-string method as other companies - one longer looper of elastic that goes from foot to neck and down to the other foot, and one loop for the arms.

I see the problem now. Most heel legs I've dealt with have a small resin piece at the bottom of the foot that pops out, and you attach the elastic to that.
My new Impldoll body came with two s-hooks with a piece of black ribbon on them. I didn't pay them any mind - I figured they were some sort of gift. I think I used one on another body. That was a mistake. At the bottom of the heel legs are a cross. The s-hooks with black ribbon are made to slide into the cross.
So... I'm looking around for that other s-hook, lol.

 

So I just remembered I ordered some new hands when they did a free hand event...just pay shipping. I'm never getting those hands lol.

As far as how Impldoll strings...I like how tight they string them. Though it would probably be better to leave them loose for shipping. But like first thing I do when I get a new resinsoul...tighten her up lol. I typically string one cord for legs and head, and a 2nd one for the just the arms. And I'm weird so I loop mine so I can tie the knot in the torso. I hate having a big knot in the head. I basically do like you tie a shoe before the loops. Pull super tight and hurry up and knot it.

 

In fairness to Impldoll, they said the Idol bodies would start shipping in September and October. A buddy of mine's Idol body is already in the US.
The free hands event was at the end of August, so it just might be a couple more months.

Although there are definitely some recent issues, including some very long wait times and some items missing from an order, not getting anything at all hasn't been mentioned (yet).

However, I will point out that they just released two new 1/4 scale bodies, and two days ago, they started posting images of a new head with a new 75 cm body. This is precisely the issue that frustrates me. They appear to have some old orders piling up that they haven't completed, but they keep churning out new releases anyway.