Serendipity Mini including Sharmin discussion thread

thanks! I did go to the Serendipity site and it says sold out...so maybe never again for them too...

 

Hello, sorry if I post this thread in wrong discussion board >_<

Why the body that dollmore sales of serendipity does not match with any of the Serendipity official page?? O_o

Which skin tone is supossed to be the dollmore's body? normal, pinkskin or white? O_o

And, 42 cm body is "14 yrs old" of serendipity??

 

I thought that Dollmore were discontinuing SR bodies and dolls. I think the ones on the website are the last of their stock. Those ones will have the old-style bodies.

The ones on the SR website are the new dolls and bodies, which is why the skintone may be different to the older SR dolls on dollmore.

There are 14 yr old 42 cm type SR bodies, and 7 year old ones I think. The 14 year old one is more mature, and the 7 more child-like, but they are still both 42cm.

Hope that helps

 

It looks like Dollmore is selling the older style mini Sharmin/Alice body (Dollmore is showing it with an Alice head). The body I see at Serendipity is the new 14-year body used on Freyja (more shapely, and I believe more posable). So the answer is that the body at Dollmore might be NONE of the colors listed for the Freyja body - if you notice, every other Serendipity item on Dollmore is SOLD OUT - the body they have may be old Sharmin/Alice stock.

Carolyn

 

But you are telling me that new Serendipity body has not the waist "joint"? (It's a torso in one piece? > I don't know how to name it XD)

Dollmore reply:

And also, another question about Serendipity. You sell one body of Serendipity, but it is only girl? and which kind of skin?
=> it's a girl body, for sharmin or alice.. and it's a Pinkish Normal skin.
-> Then, this is the body they are selling >_<

Anyone have purchased it? Resin matches?

 

The new mini-14-year-old girl body, at least, has an unjointed/single-piece torso. I just got one for my older Sharmin girl to replace her old-style body (like the ones Dollmore is selling off). I got mine in the normal skintone and the match with Kitsune's sorta creamy-colored resin is just about perfect. The body poses like a dream, stands great in heels, the hands are lovely...I really can't say enough about it, especially compared to her old body.

Overall if you were looking to buy a Serendipity doll, or a head and body to put together, you've got a better chance at matching skintone if you go with the newer bodies. The old style bodies can be made to pose fine with enough sueding and wiring but in my experience you have to be pretty patient to make it work.

.........I have no idea if that addressed any of your burning questions or not. -_-;; But there it is.

 

Serendipity Databases:
The song for which you sang (serendipity database)
Sharmin Data
ISMY Serendipity's boy

Threads about Serendipity:
Luts head on Serendipity body?

 

Here are my sweet Karriealice (Alice) and Kristamin (Sharmin) with their friend Norma (Tonner Hermoine Grainger) I love them so much!! Kristamin/Sharmin was my very first BJD 2-1/2 years ago.

 

Waaaaah! I miss my ISMY boy. The new Serendipity body is so much nicer to pose though.

 

I love the sulky-faced Serendipity sculpts...although there don't appear to be many on the board. Alice is one of my favourite dolls - I get pathetically excited if I see other owner photos of her on the board I think the Serendipity sculpts are really individual and have a lot of character. As beautiful as I find the old girl bodies, the older ones are a pain to pose...mine's being restrung by a friend at the moment. However, they have a really delicate look to them that I love. They have pronounced clavicles, long slender fingers and for some reason, oddly long toenails

 

I had a Noel and miss her a lot. I really loved her but ended up selling her for a different size doll and now I sort of regret it. And I LOVED her resin. She was silky smooth and so white and she actually posed really well too. Now that I have a Narin I really wish I still had her. I think she'd be a nice companion for him.

 

I agree about the body sculp, and you gave a perfect description right down to the "pronounced clavicles"!

I only have the body (with an Unoa faceplate), but I adore it. She fits in very nicely with the more slender type MSDs. I am thinking of getting an Sharmin head one of these days because I have always been attracted to it.

 

Hehe thanks! I don't think the slenderness is to everyone's taste, but I adore how ethereal and innocent it makes them look. I also have a Unoa faceplate for a Serendipity body - they are good fits IMO. I like Sharmin, she strikes me as the only SR sculpt that doesn't have their trademark sulky cheek look! Do post pictures if you get one. I love how you can change her ears as well, I think that's a neat idea.

 

I am very attached to my Serendipity dolls. I have two Sharmin, Grace. pale skin with tats and a fairy persona who loves the color white, frills, lace snd refuses to wear a wig, and her sister Georgia who has regular skin tone long black hair and likes to dress in jeans and casual clothes. Exact same sculpt, very different dolls. That is what I love about Sharmin The adaptability of the face the slenderness of the body and the ability to become anyone you want her too. I LOVE HER EARS. I also have a 5 year old Freyja, Rosie. She is so posable with her extra leg joint. She is big enough to dress with ease but small enough to carry around and take with. I just spent five days in the hospital with double pneumonia and she kept me company and gave me a lot of comfort. She was a hit with the nurses as well. I love my other dolls but my Serendipity girls are my friends.

 

I don't have mine yet, am I still allowed in here? XD

I have a question about the normal skin color...anyone have an Elfdoll to compare it to? Just because I'm curious, but I guess I'll find out soon enough.

Anywhos, I got to play with a MNF last night and man the littler buggers can stand like no one's business! It's my understanding that the new bodies can kneel better right?

I can't wait until I pay Gabe off, maaaaaaan, he's so cute.

 

catwhiskers I hope you are on the mend. That's awful to have to spend 5 days in the hospital. It's good that you were able to have your little Rosie with you. My dollies always make me feel better.

Here is a picture of the Noel that I miss. She belongs to Alterego now.

 

Ooo! Ooo!
You're getting a Serendipity boy?? or a minifee? I'm confooozed.

Anyway, my two Serendipities are just such a joy. Rosalie is a Sharmin head (soon to be reunited with a Serendipity body) and ... dang I'm going to just break down and call him Mello, because that's what I think every blessed time I look at him ... is an Alice boy.

Love the faces, love the size, love the little squirts altogether. I can't say enough.

 

I got my first Serendipity boy just last week and he's awesome. >< It's a Serendipity Charles. His body is enroute and he's naked like a jaybird. I adore the little snit.

I have Elfdolls to compare him to, but unfortunately he's a White skin doll. If you're still interested, I can take a couple snaps of that after I get off of work. You might be able to extrapolate a little about the normal color by comparing my pics to the sample pic Serendipity has of their 3 skin tones on their website.

 

Baakay - I'm getting a Serendipity Valencia!

Eidolon Tree - That would rock! Thanks soooo much!

 

I have a Serendipity Sharmin and I remember buying a lot of shoes for Sharmin. Most of the standard doll shoes I got at Kemper were much too wide, though their French style doll shoes fit a bit better. And as I posted above, Juju had shoes specially made for Sharmin and Alice (sold on Ebay) and those are very slim like Sharmin's foot and a bit long to keep Sharmin's big toe from poking up the top. I did try to get those Sharmin shoes on my Narae and there was no way her foot would fit in them.

Note - my Sharmin was not the final Sharmin body (didn't they update the body when they came out with Freyja?) I have the first Sharmin body and the second headcap attachment method (magnetic)

Carolyn