Soom Super Gem Discussion (Basic, Limited & Special Order) - Part 13

I’m soooo excited!! I just received the email that my Sard has shipped and is on his way to me!!

 

Same! I got my Sard shipping notification last night!

 

My Sard arrived Wednesday and I'm so in love with him already!! This was my first direct order from SOOM and I was pleasantly surprised with how well packed he was!! I can't wait to get him a faceup

 

I know Soom resin colors can vary wildly from batch to batch, but on average would you say Soom normal is more pink or yellow toned?

 

I would say the newer Sooms have a pinkish tint while the old Sooms lean yellow.

 

So I just got a second hand Soom Heliot, and he is glorious. Sadly the previous owner misplaced his original horn. I'm not necessarily looking to have an original horn, but wouldn't be adverse to the idea. Does anyone have any advice for either where to find makers of new horns or advice for making one myself? I would prefer not to have one made out of clay, that would be too fragile for my needs. Photo of the head below for tax.

 

Commission a new/custom one. You would just need to maybe to get some silicone from a craft store to make a mold. Worse case is you give them the size of circle and length and just have to glue it in.

 

There are places on Etsy and such that sell the tips from shed deer antlers for craft use. A straight or gently-curved tip with the right diameter would make a pretty convincing horn I suspect.

 

I decided to pull Jamil, my Heliot hybrid, out of the doll display cabinet to spend some time with him. Poor boy is terribly neglected, but I still love him and am glad to have him.


I need to get a nice pic of him with his lover, who stole his body promptly. Jamil is on a Dream Valley Apocalypse Horseman body, the color match is horrible (cream white vs normal pink), but I will fix that when I repaint him finally. It doesn’t show up terribly in pictures, so that’s good enough for me!

Spoiler: Full body pictures of my Heliot

Full body pictures of my Heliot

 

He's beautiful. The DV body gives him such a nice, lanky look. Heliot has always been a favourite of mine along with Sard.

 

Thank you! Yeah, Heliot in the unicorn version was such a long time grail of mine, and he’s perfect on the DV body as the character meant to be lanky. I need to take a pic of him with his lover still…

 

A little pic spam. I realized I haven't fussed with my bigger dolls in the last few years. Here are Nieve and Aoife doing a test fit of new wigs I am making them!

 

The new wigs look gorgeous and so do your girls!!

 

Hello all :3

I was thinking about getting back to Soom dolls again and I tired to get my head around their releases and I got a question: is there any schedule? Any logic in the releases? Seems like the last super gem was released back in January 2023, until there was this Post MD thing on 2024 with Jack and Io (I do remember Io but who is Jack lol)

do forgive me, I haven’t been into Soom dolls or dolls in general for several years so I’m dumb lol

 

Onkani, Jack – Jack and the Beanstalk, I think

 

Does anyone else miss Super Gems? I feel like 90% of the releases have been LG or TG for a long while now. Really regret not jumping on Snow White.

 

I miss the Super Gems deeply. I only seem to buy Sards or Beryls, but I still miss the creativity of the Super Gems in general. The only reason that I can think of for them to stop doing them is if they were not selling.

 

I miss the Super Gems too. Not that the Little Gems and Tiny Gems aren't cute but they seem super limited in number. And I already have enough MSDs and YoSDs. I need another SD to round out my Elf Quest trio and Soom used to make pretty elves...

 

One day, dolly gods (and my wallet) willing, I'll have a Sard and maybe a Heliot.

I'm not a huge fan of the 72-75cm size so many companies have been putting out lately. It's just a bit too much doll for me. I have two 72cm dolls and they're a LOT to me so anything even bigger is just going to be more than I think I can handle reasonably. It would be nice if Soom swung back to some of the "shorter" boys. But I can understand if that's not what the market is demanding although I'm personally disappointed.

 

@Iron_Dog I didn't even think about how all the "Uncle" dolls have really come into trend. I have contemplated trying to get my hands on an elf earred Zak but the size just intimidates me and who would he be? My SDs are already my Valar...and Rivendell elves...and Doriath elves (I probably spelled that wrong, sorry Tolkien). Who would be even bigger than them?! I hope they bring them back though and it isn't a production issue.