Souldoll Discussion

@Mu Shu Aah! Now that you say their names, I remember their sales pages more clearly. I really love and miss Souldoll Double Star. She's on my wishlist of old dolly finds. When you take new pics of your girls, I hope you'll share them here!

 

I didn't have any money when Star was released and when I finally was stable financially she had already been discontinued. Took me years but I finally got her second hand about 2 years ago. Now if could only get Hye, Queena and Phillipa and there was another boy named Pablo? or something like that.

 

@Mu Shu : So happy to hear that for you! Makes me feel it's possible to find some of those older dollies too after discontinuation.

*coughs* actually there is a Queena up for grabs currently in the MP. A very reasonable asking price as well~ I won't place the link here because I don't think we can link MP sales, but wanted to give you the heads up in case you can afford a new dolly.

Paolo was his name! This guy right? He was gorgeous too. He was also only offered a short while. I'm in search of a few old boys too since boys are more my dolls weakness~ Osu, Soo-Hyun and Ize are at the top of my list. But I missed out on I-so as well~

 

Oh, I've only just noticed this thread! I'd also love for there to be just one Souldoll thread for all their 60cm and up size dolls because yeah, a few of the existing Souldoll discussions are totally dead.

May I add a Zenith girl to the thread? I finally made her profile on here so I was looking through her pictures yesterday.


She's a Karin on the old Zenith Shiva body. She's got 4 arms right now, but since she came with another set I'd like to mod her to have 6 arms (which Yenna did and it looks awesome). I haven't taken many photos of her because she's not quite right yet. I kind of want to repaint her, but due to the shortage of Volks' ZM spray I might just add on to this existing one.

@Dybbuk That's interesting about Zii and LJK! I always thought they looked incredibly similar, but still, it's kind of funny they took a non-limited sculpt and made him limited! To be fair, LJK did have a pretty unique company faceup if I remember correctly. Did they come in different resin colors, at least?

 

@Dybbuk - yes that was the guy I was thinking of. I too would love to get an Osu. I did see that Queena in the MP but have to get all the first of the month bills all covered to see if there is anything left over to spend on myself.

@overlordu - I always loved the Shiva body (well, the whole doll actually). I really like looking at colored resins and that blue is very pretty. Sadly, no "colored" resin other than tan ever stays in my collection so I've learned not to buy any of the fantasy color offerings.

 

@overlordu Your Karin is wonderful! I've got a normal skin Karin, she's one of my favorite dolls.

 

@overlordu I commented on her new doll profile, but I absolutely love her! The fantasy skin tone is so beautiful and you painted her up so nicely~ I also lament with you on the lack of Volks Zouk spray, I have a few tan skin dolls I don't want to bother painting until I get that sealant. I can't wait to see how she looks at full completion. I think you might be the only person who owns this very unique combination of sculpt/skin tone and body!

My Zii and LJK are slightly different in skin tone, but I think it's because my Zii passed through quite a few hands and yellowed. They both need a deep clean to see what their true color is. I don't think LJK was offered in any resin other than their "Normal" skin at the time. I was always curious if they might be the same but I didn't know of anyone who owned Zii and LJK to do a comparison. Now because I'm a doll hoarder, I can finally do so!

@Mu Shu : I totally understand. I'm having to slow down my purchasing so I can put money toward Christmas things very soon. Hopefully she can wait a bit for you~

@Isabeau : You should share your lovely Karin! She is a beautiful mold, but due to her limited numbers I don't see her much!

More Souldoll tax. My beloved Souldoll Jinwoo~ My second oldest doll in my collection. He's 15 years old now!!!

 

@Mu Shu, I also used to love looking at fantasy resins but I was afraid to own them myself. Luckily when I finally went for it, I ended up really loving them and now I try to avoid "natural" resin colors Blue is definitely my favorite and now I have 3 blue dolls

@Isabeau, thank you! Karin is definitely my favorite Souldoll sculpt. She just has so much personality!! Even when she was blank, my Karin seemed to be smirking. I love her so much

@Dybbuk, hehe thank you again! I wouldn't be surprised if she's the only doll with this combo... at the time, Souldoll was offering any girl head on the Shiva body, and there were a bunch of colors available too. I know I saw at least one other person who got one in blue, though they chose a different head sculpt. It was such a great opportunity that honestly I'm shocked I don't see more 4-armed ladies around Also, I have felt like something of a doll hoarder lately but your ability to unite these long-lost twin sculpts makes me feel justified to continue hoarding

 

@Dybbuk I will when I get my photo hosting situation worked out!

 

Please excuse the very awful photo but I had to share a picture of my new Souldoll Ah-In in Moonlight Brown *GUSH*

When he was released, I was already pressed with other doll purchases I had to let him go and just reminded myself that you win some/lose some. Then someone on IG put a feeler up for her boy in Moonlight brown and I had to pounce. The resin color is exquisite, and this marks my first tan doll from Souldoll!

 

I love Tan doll and his color is beautiful! Congrats on the find.

 

Hello hello everyone ^_^ I'm kinda surprised that the Sould Doll thread seems relatively quiet! I was somehow expecting much more activity considering their pretty sculpts and aesthetics ♡ Maybe I can still get some answers to my questions and gather some of your experiences with Soul Doll since I recently fell in love with Ah-In and Caleb •>.<•

So, did anyone get a full set or company faceup from Soul Doll recently? I'm extremely tempted to order a faceup along the doll if I take the plunge, but I'm obviously wondering if the faceups are as gorgeous irl as they appear in the promo shots. Any experience would be appreciated big time ^-^

Is Soul Doll reliable to order from directly? I'm mainly thinking communication, wait times, shipping. They offer a very convenient up-to 6 months layaway but only start working on the doll once paid off. If they have long production periods, that could put the wait time at a year ×.×

And lastly, please share your general experience and share your dolls ^___^ I would love to learn about the posability, resin tones and just *see* the sculpts! Thanks a lot in advance! ~♡

 

There are other discussion thread for specific SoulDoll sized dolls, like the Zenith, that is the part II, so there is a bit of discussion there. I own two SoulDolls and two floating heads, but they are ancient. When I got them, I did purchase them directly from SoulDoll except for my first doll that was a collaborative Christmas gift from my mom and my bff when I was first getting into these dolls. They didn't delay the orders I got directly from them, they took around six months back then, and they were always super friendly to me, whenever I asked for blank photos. They did take a bit of time to send the photos, but I think it's understandable or at least it was reasonable amount of time for me back then. Mostly, because the head sculpts, I got, were being discontinued, so I wanted to see if I really wanted to own them or not, and they did respond before the deadline to order them. I don't know if they have changed in the many years I haven't purcahsed from them, although I am temtped to get some of their heads still, I haven't purchased anything from them in more than ten years. (:

As I mentioned, my SD are ancient, discontinued dolls, one of them a tiny, so I'll place the photos under a spoiler, in case it rubs anyone the wrong way that I am sharing them here (they are also not wearing default face ups, because I didn't get them painted, except for my first doll and my tiny). DX

Spoiler: Ancient, Discontinued SoulDoll BJD

SoulDoll Paris, he is 62cm tall, but before the time they were called something... if older-than-dust memory works. He does have a custom face up by SD's artist from back in 2006:

I never got proper eyes for him, but this is his "default" wig:


SoulDoll Bebe Aku

He has default SD blushing and face up, which turned out (IMHO), as shown in the promos for this doll he has the pink version of the blushing/face-up:


My floating heads, SoulDoll Zenith Chu and SoulDoll Double I-so:

 

@Sasha of the Crows There are definitely other threads for Souldoll, but they have all tended to be a little more quiet compared to other company threads. I ordered directly from Souldoll without any issues these last couple years (and have never had any issues with ordering from them). I just got a Kid Angel.S Persephone this year and got a Kid Baby Pink Unicorn Ver last year. Both were special resin colors (the latest blue green is very pretty). Souldoll has given me the fastest preorders of any dolls I've ordered and has always been great with communication for me. I own 5 dolls from them currently. I have a Kid Liddell who has the company faceup and it is super lovely, matched the photos exactly. Caleb is very lovely and very tempting right now, I'm struggling with my willpower for him. Luckily I like the human version more than the fantasy version.

 

I ordered a doll with company faceup a couple years ago and it looks just as nice as the pictures. I've also ordered directly from souldoll several times and the communication has always been friendly. The only problem with souldoll I can think of is that shipping is very expensive right now.

 

Thank you guys so much for your quick responses! ^___^

@Enzyme Ooh, handsome fellas you got there ♡ I like how they have this very 2000s aesthetic to them ♡ Soul Doll really seems to be one of these companies from "back in the day" that are stilll alive and kickin it! Thank you for linking me to the Zenith thread ♡ I actually ran a search for "Zenith" beforehand but seem to have completely missed the thread >.> I'm already reading myself through it and it seems very helpful!

@karlyl Thank you for sharing your experience ^-^ So good to hear that the company faceups seem to match the promos! I'm also more interested in the human version (even though the fantasy version looks badass *-*)

@InnocentSin Glad to hear about the faceup and good communication! I've also heard about the expensive shipping Alice's even has a note on that on their Soul Doll page. I'm wondering how expenive we're talking ?_? Luts' shipping is also quite pricey and they also ship EMS from S.Korea, so if it's along these lines, I can handle it ^^;

 

@Sasha of the Crows it has been a few years but I have ordered directly from Souldoll several times, never had any problems with them. I've ordered dolls with face ups as well as blank dolls. Their face ups are some of the best company face ups out there. I have never done a full set doll but have ordered outfits separately from them and the quality of the outfits has been excellent. The quality of their dolls is very good. Their communication was always good. It's unfortunate that shipping costs are up so much, but that is just about everywhere.

 

You have such beautiful dolls!

A very surprising hybrid is my Souldoll Morse (orig. 60cm new double body) => now on Spiritdoll Grace 65cm body. Not bad. Blushable, I hope so...
Cliff - BO (28/11/22) by Arengil Tajedinápravá, on Flickr

 

@Arengil I am amazed how well he fits on this body! I had a Double Morse for a short while back when he came out and his head seemed sooooo tiny to me, compared to my other 1/3 dolls Beautiful, but very underrated sculpt.

 

@Mandagore Thank you! If the head was a little bigger, I'd be happier, but I really like him that way too. And he looks reasonable for a 65cm body.