Soom Idealian 75cm Discussion Part 10

Question about Soom's layaway plans! How would you go back to make your 2nd+ payments if you didn't register an account? I received the order confirmation email and was able to make the 1st payment immediately after placing the order, but now I've lost that page and there are no links in the email... :')

 

I would reach out to Soom with your order number. They’re very responsive!

 

Hello!
happy to join: I finally caved in and ordered Amor in tawny color! Thank god for the layaway option!

 

That's exciting! I want to see all of the Amors. I bet the tawny colour will look so good too. I ended up caving too and actually going for a tawny M. Phonolus but man was it hard to decide between that and Amor.

 

Wow, did everyone see? Soom apparently accidentally sold out early today because they underestimated the amount of orders they'd receive. I'm glad the free choice was a success. I hope they do more in the future. I miss when they had Christmas Kits.

 

I did not see that! Good for them. They did release a lot of really good sculpts this round.

Oooh what were the Christmas Kits? Pardon my ignorance but, I'm pretty new to Soom as far as their events!

 

Good for them.

 

I saw!!! I almost didn’t try anymore to buy (I have been debating with myself about buying since the beginning of the event) and I had decided to go ahead, and then… it was sold out….
Came back to the website few hours after, noticed it was opened again… decided it was the sign I had to order, and… there you are!

 

Hello! Has anyone ever tried sanding down the inner eye sockets on any of the ID heads to make room for bigger eyes? The way my Garion's eye sockets are made make it hard to position the eyes well or even just go up one eye size.

 

I’ve never sanded an eye socket but I have an assortment of eyes and I can tell you none of the measurements are exact. They are all different both in diameter and surface curve. Not to mention iris size. I just keep trying different eyes until they fit and don’t gap. If you only have a few you may need to sand.

 

@Mahgiep I do have smaller eyes that can fit, but I have a specific pair I made myself and want to use, and sadly it's a special eye type that I don't have in a smaller size mold. I'll probably just have to widen the eye socket a bit.

 

Well I haven't sanded the inner eye sockets on an Idealian...but I have with a Dollshe Rosa. And by inner eyesockets...I mean the part inside the head cavity and the stuff that is not visible from the front.

I used little riffler files. Her inner eye sockets were wonky and any eyes I tried in her didn't sit right.

I don't know if that is helpful.

 

@luluna I went ahead and sanded the eye sockets with my Dremel. I've done something similar with the neck hole on one of my Switch heads so I had the basic idea of what to do. Thankfully, I was able to open them up enough to allow my eyes to fit in without deforming the eye itself. *sigh of relief*

 

Oh, Soom used to sell unstrung, blank bjds in 'kits' at Christmas time! This was a while back though.

 

You solved it already, but for future reference: yes. York has extremely wide eyes, while the sockets are made for 14mm eyes and 14mm only. And I found that all of mine gap and there's no way to fit anything bigger than 14mms into those sockets. So, non-gapping eyes were completely not possible, which left me with just one option: dremel.


Took down the dumb edges and even bits of the inner eyelid and I find that I still have some trouble with the right eyelid. All of my eyes just don't fit in deep enough, but I'm afraid to do much more. At least I can now fit in 16mm eyes to cover the whole area.

 

@Yenna Yeah, those raised edges are annoying. Even after dremeling them out, positioning the eyes is still kind of annoying, but at least now I can also get 16mm to mostly fit.

And the eyes in question, Garion eyes. They are just a test pair I made to see if I'd even like the look. I like the triple iris look. I'm going to make another pair with a black sclera to see if I like that one better.

 

Joining the Soom ID75cm train.. I made a promise to myself that I'm getting a Soom doll this year no matter what. I missed the Christmas choice promo, which is sad.. but I'm excited for their upcoming new releases.. Not of a fan of Vincent's sculpt though, but would love if they release Hyunn again.. Do you guys know how often Soom releases sculpts?

 

@cyrillezhane Welcome to the rabbit hole! LOL.
For the re-release, it all depends and SOOM just announced that they will have free choice this year too for their 20th year anniversary (I think). So finger crossed that your dream doll will be re-release!

 

It never hurts to ask Soom on the Q&A board. They do pay attention to custom requests even if you get a vary vague answer!

 

Another Free Choice this year (2022) sounds amazing! Gives me more time to figure out who I want to bring home first.