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

Uyoo! I have the first version Soom offered. No elf ears. A bit less refined than subsequent ones. She NEEDS a playmate.
Purple Beryl.

 

I dont think its Uyoo - ears alone don't count as fantasy dolls for Soom, I think? Therefore 'first fantasy MD' would be Amber, as she was released in January (the SOOM emporium) Although none of her pictures match.

But! The blurry picture is actually Beryl From April 2008 (the SOOM emporium)

Spoiler: Beryl

Edit: and Best Selling is definitely Heliot.
the SOOM emporium

Spoiler: Heliot

 

Well. Beryl and Amber are not my cup of tea, and I don't need another Heliot. So I am not likely to be tempted by any of this!

 

Omg meanae, I'm super impressed! You are a true blue Soom fan! Guess we can count this great mystery solved

 

On Soom's "20 Year History" page, SOOM, A record of the past 20 years - The Gem under 2008, it says this:

• Release the Gem's first fantasy doll : Beryl

Purple Beryl! Purple Beryl! Purple Beryl! Please let it be her!

 

Someone ages ago was asking if I had any photos of my collection, which is largely Soom SGs. I have, for the first time, gotten them all out. Maybe now that I see them out I will want to take proper photos!

10 SG and 2 Idealians. I am missing one of my SG girls though, I need to get her put back together.

 

What are everyone's thoughts on the new Breccia release? I love the sculpt so I'm taking the opportunity to get her, but honestly I'm rather disappointed in her fullset.

 

I have always found Breccia pretty, but I found this new fullset outfit to be fairly horrifying, if I’m honest. I was considering purchasing her until I saw it, and now it’s a strong “no”.

Also, the 20th Anniversary announcement said they were looking at releasing the best sold SG this month (sleuthed earlier in the thread to be Heliot) - with only a few days left to go, do you think we’ll see him before next month?

 

The new Breccia is not great. They did her dirty tbh. But, their schedule is posted and I'm a little confused.

I think this counts as the best selling SG? unless they're going to spring something up on us. I'm a little angry that they put Heliot in the background because I've been wanting a god master for a long long time. He was one of the first BJD I ever saw, and holds a special place in my heart. I'm still hoping to be surprised, but if this counts as the start to their 20th anniversary stuff it's... extremely disappointing (especially with how low effort and strange the outfits seem to be lately)

I don't mean to be negative, but I love Soom so much and was so hyped and it's dying pretty fast :/

 

I was trying to be diplomatic, but horrifying is a good way to describe how I feel about it too, haha. And I was really looking forward to it too so I stalked the page for days while they delayed the release, only to be met with that outfit that reminds me of some weird baby clothes? Eh. I'm glad I was hoping to get just the doll, but the faceup isn't to my taste either.

 

I’m 99.9% sure that the Breccia release is not the Heliot/ best selling soom event bjd…as in the 2022 event announcement they also stated that the month release they noted under the blurry pictures were only rough estimates and release time could change for those special event dolls.

So if you were hoping to get hands on a heliot release I wouldn’t worry yet.

As for the Breccia release I think she’s pretty and I like that Soom is releasing the old fantasy super gems with a romantic face option as well.

The dress / outfit is a lil’ exaggerated, super artsy, pop idol couture vibe and will only please a small percentage but any collector can just get another outfit for her elsewhere that they like better for their vision of their BJD; that is the joy of the customizable hobby but I do get the convenience of having an outfit that pleases a larger majority of people so the collector can get both the outfit along with the doll in one go to save on shipping from finding something somewhere else and so they won’t have a doll arriving naked.

 

I was thinking the same thing. This outfit could be really cool for a fashion photoshoot. Find the right wig and shoes and maybe a few other accessories and bam, I could see some really cute shots coming out of this.

 

Ahhhh all I want is to see some felted hamsters in that ball! That would be adorable

 

I was kind of side eyeing it for my Ernest. lol

 

I texted the link to my mother and said "what is this" and her reply was "bad fetish outfit"
Not good fetish outfit. Bad fetish outfit.

Avant garde outfits that pack ten miles of ruffles into the top part of the torso are not my cup of tea.

 

Just catching up here but ... will the re-release of Beryl be the same or different? Same release/outfit or ? Sorry if this is a dumb question. I am so behind on all the doll companies and the what happenings.

 

It's possible Beryl will be the blue outfit, or Heliot will have the blue outfit.

 

Oh- my ears just perked up. They are re-releasing Beryl again??

Not that I need another one... to join my current 3....