Souldoll Souloid discussion part 1

Guys! I had sent an email to SD on the weekend asking if they hadn't sent out my boy yet (I hadn't received a shipping notice and my order status was still pending), if I could change the eyes I bought from 14mm to 12mm. SD replied that they sent him out on Friday and forgot to send me an email with the tracking number. I checked tracking today(of course I did) and it shows that he's already cleared Customs and is expected to be delivered to me tomorrow! Holy cow, that's fast. Totally not complaining about that.

I likely won't be able to pick him up until after work tomorrow and the lighting SUCKS in my apartment, but I'll try and get some pictures of him as soon as I can.

 

I got my shipping email a mere two days ago, and just this morning my mailman delivered my Souldoll box. When dolls arrive that fast, it feels like magic!

 

AHHHHH omg I'm so excited for you! I still have one more payment left on mine!

 

Oooh, excited to see arrivals and owner pics (please?).

 

@Iron_Dog pictures too please!
Photos please please!

 

The package arrived literally as I was walking out the door for work, so there will definitely be pictures once I get home!

 

Wheeeee!!!!! Arrrivals!!!!
Congratulations!!! Bring in the pictures .
We are ready!

 

All right, everyone. Pictures!

The box opening is over there: https://denofangels.com/posts/12079780/

But since I have both a Dara and a Lavi now, I thought I'd post some comparison pictures here.

So to start, here's Lavi lording over her box



The first thing I noticed is how much smaller Lavi's head is compared to Dara's



But if you look at the rest of the upper torso, I think they shaved down Lavi a smidge all around. Her collarbone is just that little bit shorter, her shoulders just a touch narrower, her arms are thinner and the arm detail is in a different spot just barely, and I think her breasts are both smaller and slightly closer together than Dara's.





Her robot parts show more noticeable changes. Primarily, Lavi's had the points at her thigh socket/bottom of her butt smoothed down so she has a more.... butt-shaped butt? They no longer stick out at all, anyway. Lavi also had the mesh detail on her hip updated.





Lavi's feet also have an updated design. They're not as pointy as Dara's, and the flare on her ankle sockets has been decreased.




A-aand I've run out of images for the post. Darn it. Oh well, there's not a whole lot left, in any event. Lavi's elastic channels in her shoulder ball are different -- they're a straight channel, instead of Dara's round opening. I also received extra elbow peanuts, for a reason I'm not entirely sure of. The ones Lavi was shipped with look like normal elbow joints, but the extras have that smooth middle like the ones Dara has. Finally, it doesn't show up in the pictures, but Lavi's resin has a matte, toothy texture. I wouldn't call it rough, really, but it is markedly different from Dara's slick smoothness.

Overall, while I'm a little sad Lavi's human parts got trimmed -- to me they don't look like they quite mesh with the robot parts as well anymore -- I generally like the changes to the robot parts. Well, I guess I'd rather have pointy-butt, but I think I understand why it changed, and the feet and the mesh detail look really good! If there's any other pictures anyone wants of these two, let me know!

 

@Tokoz Oh thank goodness she isn't too drastically changed though. But uh, is it just the lighting, or does she have more of a butt crack? (Is there any elegant way of saying that?)

Also, how do you feel about the resin marbling and any seams or sanded spots?

Now I'm just much more excited. You guys, she's real.

 

@britnirose : What you're seeing, I think, is the difference the flattened points make. From what I can tell, the actual line between her, er, cheeks is unchanged.

I barely notice seams/seam sanding at the best of times, so I can't tell there were ever seams on her, honestly. The marbling is in line with what was on Dara. My Dara was heavily marbled, and I think the Lavi I got has less of it than her, however, the kind and form of it is very much the same. So, I wouldn't say the gold body is less marbled on the whole. I do think the marbling is less NOTICEABLE on the gold resin. Let me see if I can get some pictures to highlight it...

 

Thank you! I'm so excited to see mine in person! Upper is white skin, correct?

 

Yes, the upper torso and head are white skin on mine.

 

Picked up Warrick after work today. Good lord he's gorgeous. Lighting in my apartment sucks and it's dark now when I get home so pic quality is very meh. Hopefully I can get better pics this weekend.

This is Warrick. He's the Titika head with the default face-up (the Phiel head I got blank and it's going to be living in a drawer until I figure out what to do with it). He's wearing MehiArt eyes that I think look fab in his head. He is WS upper and gold mecha. There's not a lot of marbling to him (I wish there was a lot more, but whatever) but I'm really happy with him. I may be adding some tattoos to his chest or arms but I'm not sure yet.

I also got extra elbow peanuts and I have no idea why. I need to make the poor boy some shirts but wanted to wait until I had him so I could get the size right. He's going to be coming in to work with me tomorrow.

 

You know, I think Souloids are the only male body I have ever seriously considered buying. Your Warrick looks AMAZING in the gold resin!

 

got some extra elbow peanuts here and don't know why either...

 

Oooh, very exciting seeing these lovely Souloids! Congrats, everyone!

 

It's great to see the new arrivals, especially photos of the gold resin!

My Phiel is sitting at the delivery office. I'm hoping to pay the customs charges on him today, to get him home tomorrow.

 

I really like the way the gold resin looks. It didn't photograph as nicely as it is but that's likely due to the crud lighting in my apartment and my on-going war with my camera. I don't find the marbling to be all that noticeable and certainly much less than shown in the "warning" photos. I find that it's only really noticeable when the light hits it a certain way. But again, that could be because of the bad lighting in my house and once I get him to a place with stronger light (like when I take him to work today), the marbling will show better.

I love the detail of the mecha body. The tiny screws look real and like you could actually turn them. I also really love the detail of the "spine". Haven't tried to really stand him yet so I'll need to see about that. He's nicely strung and I didn't have to struggle to swap heads, which was very appreciated. The default face-up is just lovely. There's a little more pink to it than I was expecting, which was surprising at first, but I got used to it quickly.

Overall, I'm really pleased with him. He's my 2nd SD doll (I have a Double Ize that I bought 2nd hand and adore) and even without my someday plans to get a Vito, I could totally see me buying another of their boys.

 

Yay congratulations on arrivals everyone! Its great to see me souloids out there I like the new details on the girl body. Can't wait to see more pics

 

Which souloid did you get that is SD size? I thought these souloids were MSD around 46 cm?