Mature 1/6 Dolls - part 3

Ah, yeah, the wording is clearer on ACBJD than Legenddoll's listings for them, but yeah the photos being conjoined twins for every product is kind of annoying

though I think it's weird the accessory bag is also including a torso for the single version. I only want normal feet in case I want to stand him.

though I also need to decide what on earth I need an all black doll for. lol the normal skin variants don't make my heart flutter.

 

FYI, there are photos of the single head body version (in normal skin) on XAGA's Taobao front page rn.

 

I gotta admit that the single head version in black with those galaxy legs is wildly tempting because it hits all my buttons of weird/unusual and coloured resin. My wallet is now giving me serious side stink eye for having gone and looked.

 

I'm glad to have found discussion of Shadea and Luxen. I'm tempted by their human version full set. It looks to me like there is no option to get a single-headed doll as a full set? I see Legend Doll has the outfit listed separately but I don't see any option to get the resin wig. I suppose I could order the conjoined full set and add on the pack with the single torso. But then I'd have extra calves and feet. And I like the conjoined twin thing, I'd just like the option of having them on a single-head body sometimes. Don't know if that idea is worth over $400 to me though.

I don't have a mature tiny bjd at all yet, so maybe I'll go for single-head Shadea. Dunno!

 

Yeah I kind of wish there was a way to get the resin wig without the conjoined twins fullset, but after contemplating everything I am not sure I crave the doll enough to pull the trigger and order. I will enjoy vicariously.

 

My wallet is very glad I can't justify getting him (single head, galaxy flow legs, black resin).

 

Alice's Collections has an option to add the wig with the single head doll (no clothes, though). Tbh you could probably just email your preferred dealer and tell them which options you want from Taobao, or ask them to contact Xagadoll for you for a certain configuration. I'm like 75% sure you can switch the heads/wigs around at will, it just requires an order note on Taobao.

 

I'm making goobly eyes over The Engineer from Bardo Research, myself - lately I've been drifting in the direction of 'cartoony'-looking dolls with simple, bold, graphic lines to them, just like this. (I still need to paint my Gorit Bro. Urgh, effort.)

I'm not sure if I'm going to spring for this guy yet, but he immediately made my short list.

 

Ah, ok. Thanks so much for the tip. I haven't figured out how to even view Taobao so that's good to know.

 

Shadea is so pretty, I'm really into the human version... I probably won't get one, but man. They are calling to me... Hard to dress, but so pretty! It's very rude of them to be so cute, really.

 

Yes, Shadea is so cool. I'm thinking I also probably won't get them. There's another doll I've about decided to order and there would go my budget. Love human Shadea though. I was thinking maybe Shadea in peony white resin would keep the ethereal vibes of the promo photos.

 

My order from elfinstore arrived and I'll record my experience here in case anyone else is interested.



First, I asked whether they accepted orders from outside Japan/Korea via the contact form on the elfinstore website. I also wanted to order a tan doll, which requires you to send them a message requesting it specifically - it's not in the dropdown on the normal order page.

In their response, they explained that they usually decline such requests, but offered me the opportunity to order a doll over email, with payment via bank transfer.

After some back and forth, I paid for a full female doll in tan plus an extra dreaming head. Throughout the conversation they were transparent about the progress of the order. Shipping was through EMS from Korea; it arrived quickly and safely.

A quick review of the doll itself:

• All heads come with magnetic animal ear parts. I ended up with three heads and six ears
• The hands attach to the wrist ball using magnets, which I find convenient. The wrist joint has a great range of motion. Extra hand parts aren't being sold currently, which is a shame because they looked cute in promo pics.
• The elbows and knees are fully double jointed. She can do seiza (kneeling with lower legs folded under) and suwarikko (W-sitting).
• The doll was strung with the right amount of tension; no kicking or snapping back to default when joints were 'in between' extremes, so she is very poseable.
• There is a mobility joint which allows the thigh to rotate inwards, but not outwards. The lower legs/feet are positioned close together in the doll's default pose so I had some difficulty getting her to stand on her own.
• The company faceup I was gifted is great quality. I have no idea how artists paint on such a tiny head. (For some reason the photos I took weren't reacting well to being uploaded, so they are not included in my post...)

 

Here's some more photos! Here's an external link to the gallery in case the forum is doing that thing where embedded photos don't load.

First, the face up. I like that the ears had stripes painted on them as part of the face up - I wasn't expecting it. The stripes are made up of tiny strokes to give the impression of hair, and the inner ear is blushed. These photos were taken with flash to make sure the camera captured all the detail.


Here are some more photos of the body. I was particularly intrigued by the doll's ability to kneel seiza style. It's a difficult pose even with double joints. It took some fiddling to get the doll to hold the pose, but it seemed stable once I had put it in the right configuration.