Narae/Narin 43/44cm Mini Discussion Part 8

Hello, I had my Narae 402 for three years, and she almost completely went pale white-green. She is kept in a room where all the blinds are down. Other dolls that are older and staying in the same conditions are as good as new.
I ordered the very same colour body from the last pre-order. What can I do to protect the new one from bleaching so badly?
Thank you!

 

oh no!! what resin color is she?

 

New Normal, the very pink one. The head under face-up and sealant changed as well, but less dramatically.

 

My first narae is also new normal! I got her at the beginning of 2022, she's a bit younger than yours. Mine has been in similar conditions--basement room that doesn't get basically any direct sunlight--and her color hasn't noticeably changed since I received her, so Bimong may have figured out a way to stabilize the resin since your initial purchase! So I think your new girl should fare better than the first one.

 

Quick question: Does anyone know if the Minifee magnetic hands fit on Narae? I recently bought a secondhand N412 (yay!) who is yet to get to me, and she might need her hands replaced.

 

there's someone on Instagram called @sfishfish who uses minifee hands on their narae body. I don't know if they modded them in order to do so (I very randomly have a pair of minifee feet and i know the magnets or positioned at opposing polarity to my narae's) but it has been done haha

 

I was thinking the doll I have on order would be the last one I'd get, but now I'm thinking that I might end up being on the hunt for a classic normal doll as well lmao. Hopefully lots of classic normals in the specifications I like came out of this preorder so they won't be too hard to find

 

Got the first of a few orders! I received my Narae fusion body in the mail and I'm super happy. She's more rough than normal, but this doesn't bother me. It has a really unique feel to it and just makes her better imho. I saw someone post about the reasons why it's rough and I think it's so special Bimong did this for us despite his hand condition. She's nothing short of amazing and now I want a bunch more lol. Can't wait for my other two. One of them is going to be extremely special. The hand made gifts are so lovely and magical as well. I got the lantern (it lights up!) and the flower box for one of them and I'm excited to make dioramas with them.

 

Not sure who here is still waiting, but Bimong said the Narin boys will ship in November. Definitely some of the longest I've waited on a doll, but it's so worth it. Very excited to receive my small hoard of dolls and bodies and praying the new tan matches my heavily blushed fairyland tan or else I'll be in trouble lol

 

I didn't know Bimong had the discoloration problems. I have Narae 402 in light tan and she hasn't changed any color (at least yet). Bimong did give me a notice about milkchoco and new tan that the tanning is easily discolored by UV rays when I made decisions for my last order(s). I haven't had any problems yet, but I have ordered a new tan and new ns girls from the last order. And finally I asked him if there would be an estimated shipping time within this year and he said two of my girls are waiting assembly and jointed hands will be casted. So perhaps... before Christmas? Soon a year of waiting.

 

I think he got far more orders than he expected. He was posting pictires on Instagram during the year and I think he had to build a mew workshop to process all the orders.

 

I asked him about the workshop a few months ago, and it seems he built it to make miniature items (like the kind he's giving away with the dolls) but not for dolls themselves, interestingly!

 

That's interesting. But he did commit to all those gifts when he accepted the orders.

 

Rather, I think he's making additional miniatures--like, that's the thing he wants to do going forward, after fulfilling this pre-order ends.

 

I understood that he build the new workshop to make other type of miniatures, and finishes the doll orders in there. I really like what he makes, the furniture and gifts are so pretty.

I finally got my dolls from him, he must've had a lot more orders than he expected. I ordered a new natural Cocoro and new tan Narae 402. Both of them were supposed to be the shorter kind, but my tan girl was 41cm body. I was a tad bit disappointed for a minute. But I absolutely love her, so I just informed him about the mishap and that it is ok as I love the doll. He was sorry about the mistake. I don't have photos to post here, but I have instagram by name xaya_pooh so there are some photos.

AND I'll be waiting for the jointed hands for at least two more months.. We'll see if this estimated time will hold.

 

I also ordered two narae girls, a 38cm new tan and 41cm violet who arrived last week. I'm still trying to outfit them as they were supposed to be my first dolls and I had nothing prepared even though they ended up being my second bjds in hand :"D
I had many hopes of hybriding the newtan with FL tan, but they didn't even match closely enough a simple blushing could fix u.u- maybe blushing up a fl normal???

They're definitely enjoyable to play with, even if the premade silicone kips are taking a heck of an adjusment to get used to.

(hoping this image shows) they looked pastier in this photo I took when I first unboxed em vs now and I have no idea how to explain that aha

 

I just got progress photos from Angel Toast for my two Narae girls, they're gonna be candy ravers and I can't wait to have them home!

Edited so as not to double post - here they are!


Subin & JiYeon by Jessicat P, on Flickr

 

Such cute girls! Love their faceups!

 

Thanks @topazrain I’ll be sure to post my stop motion animation in here when I get it finished. I’m using JiYeon and it’s coming out well

 

Oh wow that sounds so cool! Can't wait to see it, please tag me when you post!