Maskcat 57cm Dolls - part 2

Ahhh! I'm glad I bought both the NS and WS bodies already. I love the 57cm body exactly as it is, slim and all, wrists and all, and I'm sorry to have any changes made. But we'll see how it goes. I'll be interested to see what they come up with.

 

This is such unfortunate news. I'm so tired of "SD" sized dolls getting bigger and bigger; I genuinely refuse to get any dolls over 60cm and the list of companies with 60cm & below offerings shrinks every year... I've never been a huge Volks person but this past year I kept welcoming SDGr girls into the house because I really do love the size.

Hopefully we will see a really nicely sculpted 57cm Maskcat girl in the near future.

 

That’s exactly what I’ve been thinking!! I like SD being “1/3”scale as it is originally said to be.
I wish maskcat kept “skinny” version and thicker version if that’s where they are going.

I just saw they have a lot of in-stock dolls in 1/3 and 1/4.

 

Does anyone by any chance have pictures of Agnes in tan? I feel this is too specific to open a Reference thread for so I'm asking here.

 

This makes me very glad I ordered my Astrid when I did. Between the head re-sculpting and discontinuing the 57cm body, she would've been an entirely different girl had I waited! I, too, prefer the stylized big-headed look, and I genuinely enjoy how slim and dainty the old 57cm body is.

It will be interesting to see what Maskcat has in store going forward.

 

@Thespian the site says unavailable, but I think it's still possible to order a doll on the current 57 body? I'm not sure. Either way a new 57 body is in the works. I've decided to set my order aside for when it will be released.

 

I'm in the same boat! I'm so happy I got the original 57cm Astrid. The new head looks good (and not too different), but I'd be sad if I missed out on having the original 57cm body in my collection. I use it for one of my Angell Studio heads and its perfect (Astrid meanwhile has commandeered a Sadol body).

I'm also waiting for the new 57 before I make any ordering decisions.

 

I came across some Maskcat heads and now have a NS Margo head in need of a body. I'd buy directly from Maskcat if I could, but I actually want to make mine a cute boy! So their body won't work. Does anyone know what companies resin matches their NS that I should look at?

 

Surprisingly enough, my Feeple65 Carol in NS matches the Maskcat 57cm NS body I have rather nicely:

Alexis

So, it may work for you the other way too. Maskcat heads are rather large imo, so a Feeple60 or Feeple65 boy body might work...

 

Volks seems to match them too

 

If you want a truly perfect, can't even tell it's a hybrid match: Sadol. Sadol is a perfect match. Like PERFECT match.

Angell Studio Butter is also an excellent match. I have a 3-way hybrid: an Angell Studio Butter head on a Maskcat NS body with Sadol NS hands. You cannot tell she's a hybrid at all. I also have a Maskcat NS head on a Sadol NS body, too.

Fairyland is an OK match but slightly off, same with Volks. They are both within the acceptable range, but in certain lighting the resin mismatch will be obvious.

 

Hello!
I've just ordered my first 1/3 size Maskcat doll through Alice's Collection. They still offer the 57cm body as main option if you buy a full doll. I love the new body, but it's really a bit too big for me (after years of collecting 1/6 - 1/4 dolls, I've only recently started getting into the world of large bjd!)

 

I was planning for a while the last two years after much consideration to welcome two new 57cm girls from Maskcat to my collection eventually. I knew the 62 body release was going to allow for more variation, which is always awesome, but was really shocked when I saw the 57cm body discontinued after some regularly schedule window shopping

I did ask about this because I had my heart set on 57cm -- it's one of my favorite doll sizes, not too big, not too small, easy to clothe -- and Maskcat replied saying that they were going to release the new 57cm body sometime later this year, but they wanted to update the body to have slightly larger proportions as they felt the torso was too small(? thin ?) for their taste now. Looking at the 62cm body, I like the new direction and joints they're going in, and I trust the new 57 should be beautiful too. Fingers crossed that it doesn't deviate too much from the 57 we know and love!

 

@crappyshappyshaw I'm 50/50 about it... I love the big-headed look and I don't want that to change - I think the intention is to downplay that old school style of proportions. I think the correct word is "thin", because that's what was used in a Weibo post a while ago. We'll see. I just hope the new body will be a good fit for Agnes or Lisette...

 

I don't know if others got the issue with their 57cm body, but mine couldn't tilt the head to the side because of a not enough high hook in the head.
So I added a resin donut, and now she can tilt the head!

 

I am really excited to see owner pictures of Valentina and of the new body! Her features and expression seem like a good fit for a character I'd like to shell, and the height is a bonus; the way she's styled in the promotional shots is LOVELY but definitely far from how I would style my character.

 

Banyo has posted progress pictures of the new 57 body on instagram and it looks like it might be ready by the end of the year! I'm committing to another doll in December but it looks like I'll get my 2nd Maskcat next year, finally!

 

I got Juni in tan on the 62cm body. I am absolutely sold on that body! Is the most beautiful body I own!

 

I saw that today, and I am excited for it. I hope they don't make too many changes to the 57cm body. I really like the original build of the dolls, that's what drew me too them in the first place.

 

Maskcat just posted an impressive little preview of the new 57 on Bilibili. It's looking great!
I have been putting off my second Maskcat to wait for the new body and now I'm getting so impatient looks like Banyo is managing to improve what was already near perfect.