Sio2 Dolls

I just opened mine! What an INCREDIBLE package. I’m really really really impressed! I received the bunny girl-which I may trade for a kitty girl if I can find one, but holy cow what a fantastic doll. I’m so so happy! Definitely going to a little tough to clothe but it’ll be figured out!

 

@Alsatian Congrats! Ah I know, right? The box was packaged so beautifully Also psst, I'd be interested in the bunny (I received a kitty myself)! :> I haven't seen anyone else get a kitty yet though, so I'm not sure how many of them there actually are. I do vaguely remember seeing a kitty someone had painted before, but I'm not sure what order it came with? (Though honestly I'd just love to have them both haha!)
Can't wait to see what everyone does with their Aoandons (and the other SIO2 cuties!). Please spam as much as you can, everyone!

 

@avianAnnihilator I got a kitty with my Funan order and I think the other kitty owners got it mostly with their Sio2 deer order as I well as I saw it at Flickr/FB/weibo.

 

@Saiyaku Yeah, I went and had a look around and it did seem like that! I wonder if some of the left-over kitties were sent with Aoandons and the rest were the bunnies? :0 I've mostly seen bunnies with the recent box openings! But maybe that's just a coincidence? ^^ Either way, they're both adorable and a really nice little surprise to get in the box!

 

I received mine as well! This is exciting! I can't wait to see what all of you do with your dolls!
Did any of you have problems with the resin hair not staying together? I was trying to find out if this was a common issue before or not.

 

@gator90 Congrats! Mine doesn't stay together if it's off the doll's head, but as soon as it's on it fits together fine and stays on without much trouble. Sometimes you need to fiddle with it to make sure it's aligned properly and stuff. You could maybe boil it and bend it into place if it really doesn't fit?

 

@gator90 Mine doesn’t stay together either. I think I either need to boil the front piece, or at least heat it up with a hairdryer to get it to snap together correctly. I know it will be a quick fix, but I’m a little nervous to fiddle with it since the front piece is so delicate.

 

@gator90 I'm having the same problem, the little tab and the slot are just slightly different enough to not stay interlocked ! I think what I am going to do is install magnets in the pieces instead of trying to boil anything? For the time being, silicone eye putty has been able to hold it together for quick pictures and whatnot.

 

Absolutely lovely!!!!! I'm so sad to have missed out on Aoandon... but so excited to see everyone's once they arrive! I hope there will be more cuties released this year with horns or animal features.

 

Has anyone tried standard yosd bottoms/socks/shoes on these bodies? How do they fit? I'm trying to shop for clothes right now and I have like no idea what I'm doing at all LOL

 

@dollmien I've got standard yosd shoes on mine and they fit perfectly! Other than that, I don't have many yosd clothes to try. I have some bloomers? They're very stretchy at the waist and of course being bloomers they've got quite a lot of space in them, so they do fit, but they're not as puffy as you'd expect them to be on a normal yosd.

 

found this on Sio2's twitter. There are also two auctions for Ragdoll and Burmilla fullsets on yahoo JP right now! I'm personally going to wait until an astonished ragdoll is up for auction - auction dolls tend to be released around advent holidays. :'3 If there is an auction Ragdoll, I wonder which holiday it'll be? The Valentines outfits are so nice. Maybe Christmas? That's a good amount of time to save up.
It's difficult to find Astonished Ragdoll on the secondhand market. I think they're really only on Weibo or Taobao, which are mostly in Chinese, so it's hard to navigate. :'3

 

Yea I posted the link to the auctions. I feel like people in Japan are crazy over Sio2 dolls. Ragdoll/Lipstick/Burmilla are usually sold $500-900 there and I've seen Bleater sold for $400 multiple times. It makes me wonder if they don't know the artist has her own website where they can order from. Even clothes for Bleater was bid and sold for $100-200.

As for this doll it really reminds me of Bird's Mystery dolls which looks similar. I'm unsure if their dolls are on topic so I won't post it.

EDIT: the ones that were up for auction were sold. Ragdoll was bid and sold for $1,145 usd while Burmilla was bid and sold for $852

 

Sheesh, that's more than I would've hoped.
Anyways, there's two more dolls that'll be sold, soon. White Dew and Yako...
I can't really see Yako's head shape too well, but it seems somewhat like a more open-eyed Lipstick with more teeth. The eyes are slanted, at least. I love the little mouth expression...

 

I messaged the artist and she confirmed that Yako is the twin brother to LipStick and that their face plate is the same. His hair is the only difference between the two and he will be offered the ragdoll body and not just human body.

 

I'm so happy, I managed to find Aoandon on ragdoll's body on the second hand market ;A;
She should arrive soon !

 

Oh my god congratulations!!!

 

BRO! That's so nice! Man, I wanted Aoandon on a ragdoll body too, but it didn't seem likely. It's nice that they're around. Super nice. Have fun with them!

Also, sio2doll has split up. The designer that I follow (and that I assumed was the original Sio2 artist )is now part of Wood Habitat. I don't really know much about this, but do we need a new thread, now?

 

Ziqian Yang is the founder and owner of Sio2doll. The twitter was another artist of sio2.

 

Thanks ! It came as a surprise when the seller told me "which body do you want ?" XD I had convoluted plans on buying both an aoandon and a ragdoll and use only one body... So this came as a life-saver


Oh, I wonder what this means for future releases ? (I have no idea which artist made which mold)