Obitsu General Discussion - Part Three (60cm, 55cm, 50cm and 47cm)

Starshine is absolutely gorgeous! What a soft and pleasent expression and I love that wig on her.

I called my Gretel... Gretel! So original, I know.



She's on an Impldoll resin body as pieces kept breaking off her original body and I couldn't find replacement parts. I was surprised at how similair the bodies are actually.

Miss Gretel here needs a face-up but I just love her even when she's blank. She was the first BJD I ever tried to buy, although unfortunately I didn't get her back then as I didn't have any marketplace feedback!

 

It's been awhile since my vinyl girls got any attention

Ilaria par Mu Shu, on ipernity


100 0966 par Mu Shu, on ipernity


100 0964 par Mu Shu, on ipernity

 

Hi there! I recently obtained a beautiful Obitsu Gretel elf girl who is my first vinyl doll… unfortunately in my months of having her I have been unable to work out how to get her headcap off to change her eyes! I hope it is okay to ask here but does anyone know the best way to take it off? I keep trying to twist it round but it still doesn’t come loose… thank you in advance for any advice

 

@Jareth I pry it off by pressing my thumbnail gently into the crease where it sits against the other half of her head, and wiggle a bit until it comes loose. I think I remember from back in the day people laying a piece of ribbon or yarn down across the opening before replacing the headcap, to make it easier to just pull off - kind of like a tab!

 

I usually have to heat it up with a hair dryer before I can take it off or snap it back into place.

 

So this is totally wild, but I was doing some googling to try and articulate something for somebody else's restoration project. And a previous owner photo of my girl came up, FROM THIS VERY THREAD, in 2017!! I did a double take, but it was indeed my ebay rescue girl, though she was in better shape when the photo was taken! It solved a mystery I'd never been able to figure out with her of why one of her knee joints is so much more firm than the other - turns out that joint was broken and replaced! It was honestly so wild to see my own doll in her heretofore completely unknown past lifetime, least of all in google image results for a completely different Obitsu sculpt! Kind of a Spiderman pointing at Spiderman meme moment, lmao.
I'd like to do another photoshoot with her now that I'm living in a much more photogenic place, but I think I'll wait until I unpack some of my nice dolly outfits and change her clothes first.

 

This might be a long shot but I recently wanted to get back into the hobby after stepping a way for 10 years. I have an old 60 cm female Obitsu girly, she was my first and I'm really attached to her. Her elbow joint snapped years ago during one of the many moves I've had over the years and I never got around to replacing it because when it initially happened it was before they discontinued the body and the part was out of stock even then. I'm looking for any suggestions on how to give my girl her arm back or if anyone knows of where I can get this part.

 

Could you share a little more information on how the joint snapped? I've been playing around with the arms on my (much smaller) Obitsus and have found that certain bits can be replaced with DIY parts if you're ok with less mobility.

 

I probably shouldn't respond to this as I don't have enough experience to know what version you need (not familiar with obitsu from 10 years ago), but Hobby Link Japan and Hobby Search have SD Obitsu elbow parts (Parabox only has the new design and I think the Obitsu website--requires an agent like Tenso--is the same). Sometimes Dollyteria and Yahoo Japan/Japanese Mercari (I've only been able to use with Buyee) also have the parts. You might have better luck with sources and search terms on the Doll Dreaming Forum