Opinion on Fairyland, over hyped or not?

Not me learning right now this is a wide known issue and not the doll I had being defective...
I chose overhyped in my case because I see them everywhere, because it's of the first companies to be recommended to everyone for anything and because I always see news of Fairyland whereas I don't read about news of other companies as often. Many people keep up with them and share everything the company does.

I did own 6 Fairyland dolls at one point (two minifees, one littlefee and three pukifees) when they were becoming a lot more popular but they weren't yet how they're in more recent times. In fact my first doll was a Cerberus Project one, so in a way it was Fairyland too.
When I originally got them they did pose better than other bodies I had and I liked their size, and that's the reason they were getting so hyped, reasonably so. Basically everything Godzilla said in their post above I agree with.
I also agree that changed for me with the Chloe boom, after that I started to see that every new sculpt they would introduce would look very similar to each other to me, I lost interest and I moved on from considering Fairyland altogether.
One of my minifees had the leg problem, the other didn't, the overall resin quality was a bit disappointing when I got most of them (and I'm talking around 2011 here, I don't even know how it's these days), my littlefee at the time was from 2009 if I remember correctly and she had better quality resin than the 2011 ones, the difference was very noticeable.
The only thing I miss is the magnet in the hands, it was very practical despite the hands potentially falling at some point or another (in mines it was very rare to happen though and it was mostly with the minifees), and I also liked the neck system in minifees.

 

I have one fairyland. I was disappointed when I opened it because it didn't look as nice as my other dolls. I felt like it look kind of dead instead of alive when I opened it compare to my dolls that still need a face up. The default face up wasn't worth the money. The outfit felt cheap compared to SartoriaJ, Volks, etc. The doll wasn't as pretty as the promotional photos. I didn't think it was worth the money or the wait. It's extremely hard to sell it. I'm thinking about losing money on the sale to get it rehomed. The moment I opened it I felt bored at looking at it. It's the only doll I felt like that.

I think there is an abundance of Fairyland dolls I see on my instagram feed. I get tired of looking at Fairyland personally because there is something about the dolls I just don't like. I thought I liked them until I opened my doll and didn't really like the quality. The accessories are nice though. It's a good deal for all you get but I feel like you are buying quantity of items compare to quality. I only own 1 fairyland, so others would be better for reference for quality.

Really? My experience with selling my one fairyland is it's really hard to sell it for the cost I paid and it's taking forever to sell it, but mine is a male doll. I notice the females are more popular. I also notice people seem to like minifees over feeple60.

 

Really? That's interesting. Yes I do agree that minifees are much more popular than feeples. Although I prefer feeple. Well, I think atm every doll is hard to sell as long as it's not the most popular sculpt right now I have dolls for sale and I know the struggle. And yes, as long as its not a special event doll you'll never get your full money back sadly. :/

 

I can see larger dolls being harder to resell for the original price. Especially if it's in stock on Denverdoll or another dealer.

 

Kinda,

I thought they were cute when I first saw them, but I honestly have trouble telling most of them apart. I am actually glad I don't have any dolls from Fairyland.

I've seen way too many people be disappointed after they got their dolls, whether the quality wasn't up to par, or they posed badly, or the joints were uneven, I've even seen warped legs come out of fresh box openings.

They are cute, but they are just not for me.

 

Overhyped Now.

Back in the day - you know, the dark ages when everything was 1 piece torso and single joints - they were super worth the hype. They were innovative and shaking things up and changing the standard. THAT was when they were considered great posers.

However since then? They have not kept up. Everyone adapted to the bar CP/Fairyland set - and kept going. While Fairyland stayed where they are. Anytime i hear someone say they are great posers I roll my eyes because it's no longer true and it just gets repeated because of how visible they are.

The faces all pretty much look the same anymore. I can't tell nearly any of the new releases apart. It's a problem that started with Chloe/Celine but there was still some variation in releases then for a time, but not anymore. And the quality has also tanked.

It's such a shame because they were my favorite company for a long while - I started in the hobby collecting the old CP Delfs via Luts, and followed over to the Fairyland separation. After delfs I got into Minifees and even have had puki pukis, pukifees, and littlefees. I LOVED Fairyland. And now - I have some of my old school delfs still (or rather, again having bought them back), and I have 3 minifees (my old mirwen boy I've had for probably 10 years and will never part with, my juri 08, and my nanuri 19.2). But I don't even bother looking at them/their releases anymore.

 

A month after I posted that Fairyland Minifee weren't my thing, I found an in-stock Fairyline Jiyu at DDE in limited blue resin, and ordered him. I adore him. He's my most expensive doll, and the only one with four sets of hands due to Fairyland's magnet system. I still think many of the faces look similar, but the Fairyline body has good posability and stands easily. I don't want an army of them, but I do love the Minifee I have.

 

Yeahhh, gotta say I think they're pretty overhyped.

Minifees were what got me into the hobby, and I'll forever be grateful to them for that!
And I do really love my Niella! He has such a sweet little face, and I've bonded with him in a way I never did with my other Minifee, Eva. I'll likely sell her when I get around to it . . . I'm sure I won't be able to sell her for anywhere NEAR the price I paid for her lmfao, but eh! C'est la vie! She's uniquely gorgeous amongst MNF sculpts, in my opinion anyway! If I don't sell her, I may just get a male body for her and style her as a very pretty boy

My biggest issue with my MNFs is that they JUST don't wanna pose!
My first non-MNF doll was my little baby, DollZone MiYou, a YOSD I impulse-bought and fell in love with. I was impressed to find how much BETTER his lil body is at posing for me compared to my MNFs' bodies!
MNFs definitely don't like to HOLD poses either, even if you manage to pose them almost the way you want . . .
I'm planning to hybrid Niella at some point, give him a different company's body . . . I'm sure that'll prove to be a massive pain considering the head/neck mechanism for MNF vs other brands. But EH! There are always ways!

I do think Minifees are beautiful little dolls! And they DO have certain features I LOVE and would like to see more often from other companies! Their magnetic hands and feet in particular!
They're not bad or poorly made dolls at all, imo! They're lovely little works of art!
I just think there are other companies out there that are more deserving of the type of attention Fairyland gets!

 

I like Fairyland, and don't find them to be particularly overhyped, but also, it's possible I'm missing out on some of the hype. I am not into photographing elaborate sets, and so the lack of poseability doesn't really affect me much. I love some, but not all, of the old Delf sculpts, and some, but not all, of the new Fairyland sculpts fit in with my Delf collection, so I buy them when I like them. The concept of "is it worth the cost" doesn't really seem to fit with how I approach the hobby. I don't buy dolls to own a random doll, any doll. I buy dolls when I like the sculpt, unless I can't afford it, in which case, I don't.

 

I only have one minifee because most sculpts look almost the same to me... Maybe Im doll blind but I really have trouble telling them apart. I also feel bored looking at them because fairyland is everywhere. It gets old fast.

 

Having owned a few Fairyland dolls, I have to say... kinda? I've had a lot of issues with visible through the resin magnets, weird posing problems, and general odd design choices. I love the dolls I do have but that's more for their characters and less for Fairyland and their production methods.

 

I voted 'a little'. I have two minifees, I still love them and can't wait to photograph them again. Getting back into the hobby, I was so excited to look them up and see what I've missed, but was unfortunately disappointed by what I saw. The concepts are a bit too extreme for my current tastes and I find myself drawn to volks more now. They're popular for a reason and ZombChan said it straight, they were innovative, but now there's a huge playing field. I'm glad they've stood the test of time, and I'm still enjoying the two I have, but I'm not sure if I'll go after anything current from them.

To be honest, with all the comments being of similar thoughts, I wonder if they really are overhyped anymore. Maybe they were once, but now it's died down.

 

I find MiniFees to be overhyped, but I think their Feeple65s are gorgeous and their PukiFees are so cute (I'm neutral on LittleFees and RealFees because I generally don't like that size). For me, Minifees just look so generic and boring. There's nothing wrong with them, they're beautiful, but I'm just not personally a fan.

 

Echoing what many others have said:
They used to be great before they discontinued the older sculpts and bodies. But now the bodies are just not as nice, the new sculpts have a tendency to look very much alike, quality control is hit and miss, customer service is straight up terrible at times (people being told "that warped leg is normal").

I also find it funny they never sand seamlines when companies like Resinsoul do at a much lower price point. Though that was an issue since CP was with still with Luts, and a good chunk of my dolls are from CP/Luts, so I cannot say it was a deal breaker for me.

That said, they still manage to pop out some interesting things once in a while (the recent fantasy colors offered was nice, I would have jumped in if I could have gotten a LTF in those colors.

 

Just for clarification I don't own a fairyland in any capacity.

When I was discovering the hobby as a wee lad I very much enjoyed the repainting videos of Nicolle's Dreams on yt and I will genuinely say at the time I really wanted a Minifee Chloe, truly.

As I am now an adult with adult money and adult responsibilities I will now say my tastes in dolls have changed dramatically. I do know there are other sculpts and some of them are genuinely cute but none of them are really worth the pretty penny in my eye.

 

This is pretty much my exact same experience and thoughts, down to also wanting a Minifee Chloe. I too, am no longer interested though for the same reasons.

 

Voted kinda.

I think they're pretty, I am one of those many, many souls who does like the Chloe sculpt but I've only ever been close to buying a factory painted Rens because she is my absolute favorite. I also like that they're popular in America because there are so many clothes options for them, something I struggle to find with my other dolls sometimes, but I have to agree with what others have said. The similarity, the price, and concerns over some recent quality assurance issues have kept me from going all in.

But I'll continue to enjoy the lovely fairyland dolls others have. They're very pretty!

 

Definitely overrated to a degree, and I'm saying this as someone who has three of them; the amount of same face in the MNF and F60 lines is baffling large—if you've seen one, you've seen just about all of them. Never had quality control issues, though (for reference: my newest of the bunch are two F65 Angela Type 2s, the oldest an early F65 Chloe), and their bodies are some of the best designed in the hobby, or at the very least, I can't think of any other 62-65cm doll as well-engineered as the F65 girls.

 

A bit overhyped but they also have some good stuff.

 

To be clear, i don't like fairyland. i don't like their aesthetics and i don't like being afraid of the quality issues i heard about (which are probably not widespread anymore and have probably been fully resolved).

BUT a lot of people really, really like them. Who am i to judge? i really love Unoas. i know someone who hates them. i don't think any company can be "overhyped" if there are people that love them (barring shipping//scam issues like dollshe).

also... i DO have one pukifee. i don't want any more and honestly i probably wouldn't have gotten this one if she wasn't part of a trade, but i don't plan to get rid of her either. */shrug*