I love what PashaPasha does - she has a calendar on her website with the sculpts and preorder dates for a year ahead. I plan and wait for pasha pasha boy in october . This is great way to help buyers(only thing that is better is that all sculpts available all the time, but that's not gonna happen. i can dream tho ) And yeah, me too, genuinely interested and intrigued about behind the scenes of Sartoriaj. I think some of the sculpts are gone based on time but not all. And I am sure the one are available as standards are not always the top selling ones - when I looked at google images of their male dolls there are mostly Judes, with some Phillips and Mathiases in between and then the others. For some of their standard dolls I can't find owner photos at all. Ah, I hope one day someone figures out the mystery - I'm curious. My favourite sculpts are not available too - I found about Sartoriaj only few months ago and missed out on all of them...Never take a break from the hobby, kids
I feel like for me it's partially psychological - once I can't get a doll anymore I suddenly want it more than ever! I guess that's how the limited dolls work too - the FOMO kicks in and you rush to buy so you don't miss out. I recently bought Emma and I think if she'd been a standard doll I would have thought about it longer, but she was limited and I didn't want to regret not getting her, as I have with others - hopefully I really do love her when she arrives!!! But I did really want another girl doll and none of the Standard ones were quite right for me. The one I really regret not getting is human Jude - I wish they would bring him back!!! I'd buy him in a heartbeat!
The lack of news regarding the availability of certain sculpts brings me back to that sudden mass discontinuation event. Iirc they didn't offer a head-only option (or an extra head if buying a full doll), which added to the frustration if you wanted multiple to-be-discontinued sculpts. In the end, the specter of possible buyer's remorse prevented me from buying one of their dolls at the time. But SJ also has, on various occasions, quietly brought dolls back (i.e. Vittoria in the 1/3 scale), so who knows what their plans are at this point? In the meantime, here's Demian hanging out with Iple FID Doria: Fire and Silver (Ice) by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr
They look so beautiful together!!!! And, wow, I just went to check and in the Standard dolls (1/4) section, it's down to only 4 boys and 6 girls?! That's quite a drop! I wonder if they will introduce new standard dolls soon? Or maybe they are restricting the sculpts available so they can catch up on orders, I mean the wait times are quite long compared to some other companies?
Sartoriaj put up some cool dolls for summer sale. Unfortunately no Daniel , but damn I not gonna lie I am so temped to buy MSD Mathias...But wIth pashapasha xy coming up in october and I got new raccoondoll guy being made...And if doll menagerie will open preorders this year...I shouldn't get too many dolls. But Mathias is so cool....I really wanted to get an artsy fashion doll. But Mathias...The struggle lol. I don't know what to decide, but I know in any case there will be a loser - my wallet. Oh and new Sartoriaj girl, Sarah, is so beautiful too
Saw Sarah too, and she is not new, she is one of the old girls. But with that face up she is like a completely new doll! I have one in MSD size and I didn´t recognize her! But I absolutely love her with this face up. Sarah no. 2 incoming
Thankfully for my wallet, I'm not so tempted by any of the ones in the summer sale. Although I do still like Mathias! But in far more exciting (for me) news - I finally got a shipping notice for my Phillip!!! I ordered him in December and he is finally on his way - I am so excited!!! Can't wait until he's actually with me!!!
@morganatron Good for Phillip! Crossing fingers he arrives quick and safely! I will order Sarah if that face up from the pictures is offered. At least with SartoriaJ you know you will get the face up that is shown
Oooh I didn't realize the summer sale dolls were posted already! I really like Melissa....no fantasy dolls thou, so I'm probably safe.
Interesting, now Mathias is not available as SD. I was wondering why he is only standard SD and not MSD, so I guess Sartoriaj thought so too and decided to fix it - now he is neither I noticed cause I am trying to fight the urge to buy him by looking at his pics I guess . Gotta go look at pashapasha insta to remind myself that I do want a fancy fashion doll and one fashion doll is the last doll for this year
He's here!!! After a 7 month wait my Phillip has finally arrived! I wanted him to be a blonde but the wig I got for him was too small (they definitely need a 6-7 wig, I don't know why I thought it was 5-6), so I guess he can wear this so he's not bald in the meantime? The outfit was made from Antique Lilac's pattern for FID by the way - he's a bit bigger than my FID Model boy, but thankfully it fits! He's very handsome but I'm currently doing that new doll thing of do I like them or not?! It bothers me that his head is a lot bigger than the FID and Raccoondolls I have. Hmm. Maybe I just need to get used to him. The right wig might make a difference, although now I'm not sure what that will be. Wondering if I should have got Paul instead, I was tossing up between them, but I was intending to get Paul with the Jude face-up, and it's just disappeared from the custom face-up options?! Looks like there's less choice there as well now! So I guess I can't anymore. (Forever regretting I didn't get Jude when I had the chance!)
He's looking beautiful and I love the outfit. Lookit the weenie buttons and the little bits of lace at the cuffs. It's interesting to hear that about SartoriaJ heads vs Iplehouse or Raccoondoll. All the boys I have are SartoriaJ except Cullen who looked hilariously bobble-headed when I put Jarrad's head on his 47cm body. Out of curiosity, where did you get that wig and what colour is it?
@morganatron Congratulations on his arrival! He's looking dapper so far. Also, I can confirm your observation regarding how SJ heads (males at least) scale with Iple FIDs and RaccoonDolls -- especially the newer RaccoonDolls, which I heard are even more petite. Having a wig that doesn't add so much volume to the top of the head would help immensely. Conversely, I gave my RaccoonDoll voluminous wiggies to offset the height diff a bit, lol. RaccoonDoll Momo, Iple FID Doria, and SJ Demian: Three Fashion Minis by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr
Congrats on getting Phillip, he looks sooo good. I think he is one of the best doll faces ever, next to Mathias, Jude and Daniel, so I am sure your doubts will pass and you gonna love him. I wish I got Jude too tho, msd Jude has a really really good faceup which makes look almost alive(tarot daniel has same quality about him too)
Thank you! I’ve got so used to the fashion size dolls his head looks giant to me, but I’ll also got a whole lot of big headed dolls - so it’s really just in comparison! That wig is an iplehouse size 7-8 in Sepia, so it’s just sort of balancing on his head there! That same wig comes in smaller sizes too though. They look gorgeous together!!! Glad it’s not just me who noticed that about the head sizes. Might take some getting used to. And yes, the wig is not helping, it’s size 7-8 so it’s way too big! I wish Jude was still around!!! Maybe they’ll bring him back one day, who knows?
Thank you. My human and elf Jude twins need wigs and trying to choose ones based on colour when all I've got is internet pictures is kind of nightmarish. Iplehouse's Sepia was high up on my list of preferred colours because if I decide to add in extra bits of different brown shades, it should be easier to do lighter bits on a darker wig.
My SartoriaJ Dominic is also fairly large headed, I have resolved to only put him in handmade wigs so they are thin enough to show off his ears and look natural with his size. He cannot share wigs with most of my other dolls, I thought it was the placement of his enormous elf ears, but perhaps the guys just have big heads!
The SJ men do have slightly larger heads than the FIDs from Iplehouse, so they can't share wigs with them. And I find the only way to deal with those elf ears is to make a wig to go in front and behind them.
