Soom Petit Gem Discussion - Part 1

The only con I can think of is the single joints? I think a little sueding would help keep the knees from buckling.

I too hope SOOM will re release Ondiin and Julie. I could have gotten both secondhand, I just didn’t have the money.

Yeah, it is best to get them direct to save yourself from the secondhand price markup. I’m still asking myself why I didn’t get in on them when SOOM first announced Ondiin. I saw them, just blew it off. Darn... Maybe if SOOM knew we were interested they might do Ondiin again. I know they have done Rudy twice. Please SOOM!

 

I do this often too. See a doll for sale from a company, brush it off, then pine for it later @,@ I guess maybe I like the hunt more than I realized. That's why so many of mine are second hand? Haha

 

I *REALLY* want a Soom Julie!! She's so cute! I love poodles as an aesthetic thing and as soon as I saw her I was like "WHY AM I JUST NOW DISCOVERING THESE DOLLS!?"

so yes. please re-release her. I need one. Immediately.

 

is anyone else's doll strung rather oddly? My Rudy had the knot of his arm strings right at the opening on the left shoulder hole, it messed with his arm movement a bit. And the knot for the legs and torso string is right below the neck (and it didn't ever register as such even though i've taken his face plate off haha), which makes restringing a bit tricky since it's so crowded in there!
i had to restring my Rudy's arms because when i was trying to get the knot inside the torso, the elastic tore and was barely hanging on ; o; He's strung with jewelry elastic right now, plus some wire since it's pretty loose and i don't feel like trying to get it right again;;

 

Ooo! Good luck with that! My hands are too big for me to ever enjoy restringing a tiny doll! I had wonderful trouble just trying to put on one fist hand. End result: I lost the s hook....

 

For anyone who has been dying for an Ondiin - look!

 

I was so excited to see them too! I'm ordering one, for sure! Also, has anyone's Fosy's shipped yet?

 

Oooo, thanks for the heads up!
I didn't think I needed an Ondiin, but.... now I do! lol I'm thinking grey...but the tawny is cute too...decisions!

No shipping on my Fosy yet... I figure a couple more weeks. I got the full set so expect it to take a little longer.

 

I got the full set too! That's good to know! I just ordered Ondiin in grey. Take all my money Soom!!

 

Bahaha! Good taste! I ordered grey too! Faceup and both pairs of eyes because I love the red but think the yellow will look good in the grey too.

 

I debated on the eyes. I probably should have ordered some. I just had a hard time deciding! They're all so pretty!!

 

Awww! I can't wait to see everyone else's Ondiins! I'll be skipping out on this release. I prefer Soom's brown tan resin over tawny.

 

I think I will be skipping as well. Since my Rudy is in Tawny I didn't want Ondiin to be in the same skin tone and I'm not a big fan of grey. However I'm really happy they re-released Ondiin for those who have been wanting to get him/her Can't wait to see what you guys do with them!

 

@taixonay
I actually didn't realize there was two tan-ish colors! I've never had a tan Soom doll. Is the brown darker than the tawny? (Or favors a different shade?)

@JellysFancy
Aww! I'm so jealous! I hope Soom releases Rudy again!!

 

@Angelesk Rudy was originally released in brown tan and tawny. I don't know what tawny looks like in real life but from pictures it looks a bit pink, but in a natural way. It's just too light for me.

Here are pictures from Soom's instagram with brown tan and tawny Rudy
SOOM on Instagram: “[PG] Rudi - white forest ☃️. Ordering Period _ Dec 23th - Jan 6th 2017 . (PM 5 Korean standard time ). . More info on our website…”
SOOM on Instagram: “[PG] Rudi - white forest ☃️. Ordering Period _ Dec 23th - Jan 6th 2017 . (PM 5 Korean standard time ). . More info on our website…”

There's also a bronze tan, I believe. I don't think any of the petit gems have been released in that color yet.

 

@taixonay
Thank you for the resin comparisons!

They are quite a bit different. The tawny almost looks like a slightly darker normal skin, maybe?

 

Thank you for pointing out Tawny is different then Brown! For some reason I forgot the difference. I’m thinking about picking up a tawny Ondinn!

 

Oh yea I completely forgot. For some reason I thought Tawny was the Brown Tan! Great! Now I don't know if I should get Ondinn! Nuuuuu lol

 

Tawny is more a... very natural looking, darker normal skin (a light tan), I personally think that any of the petitgems still look absolutely charming in tawny, but I can understand that its not brown enough for some people But there would always be the possibility to dye them a bit darker?

Some numbers, for anyone who's curious...
Last brown tan release was the first Rudy (Dec 2016), making it the third (ever) release of a pet doll in that color (first was 12/2013 Teddy/Polly christmas Ver. and second 5/2015 Tinn Beaver). Soom has so far never rereleased a doll in the same color as the original release (or any rereleases in the meantime), unless they did a Post MD Event. Ondiin was originally released in white and normal, and now in tawny and grey, so if they ever release her again it should either be brown or a fantasy color.

Out if the 5 Petit Gems (Rudy, Fosy, Ondiin, Leepy, Julie, not counting in Eva since she's human), these combinations are up for rereleases:
Rudy in normal skin, Leepy in normal and tawny, Julie and Fosy in normal and grey. Lots of normal there, so maaaaaybe they do a freechoice with them? Who knows.

(They're out of the scheudule for the Post MD Events by the way, they're normally in March... its possible that a Petit Gem will turn up there too, since they were added to the last two post MD Events in 2017.)

 

If you like the tawny you should go for it! I just know that for myself tawny wouldn't work and nor would grey skin.

If things don't work out, Ondiin would be a breeze to sell.