Studio *ANother Secret* discussion thread

Funny how it ended up being Winged Snake because I'd thought of it as a possibility, as I own the snake version of the head, but something seemed off to me. Angles and faceups can really change a heads look.

 

Has anyone had issues with ANS' resin quality, either yellowing or chipping/breakage? I was looking into their 66cm girl body and I see some mentions of both on Chinese SNS, but barely any concrete evidence of either. I also think all the issues have been with a resin type that they've since discontinued (plain/pure white- They're currently only selling imported resin which I don't think has the same problems).

Also!! If anyone has their 66 girl body, how do you like it, and how's the posability?

 

Astro, I purchased Another Secret Snow Queen head (this was some time ago when she was first out). I ordered white (I like my dolls to be very white). What I received was a distinctly yellow resin head.

I was so upset that I never bought from them again. I still have the head and have never used it.

 

@Astro It's true that long ago (like, more than 10 years ago) ANS resin batch used to be uneven. You could get a NS yellow head or a really more pink one (I don't know for their WS, I bought on WS until more recently and it was, like described, similar to Volks WS).
I had no quality problems with the most recent heads I bought from them - and I do have a lot of their heads. I can say nothing about their bodies. I never bought or saw one of their bodies.

I ordered a tan 71cm Jinwu with the current international preorder. I will have things to say in 180 days ^_^

edit: I forgot to mention that their old resin yellowed quickly. I have a banana yellow Narcissus. She is 12 years old now, but her color changed quite quickly. Same for a WS Acheron I bought second hand. He is so yellowed that you could think he is NS yellow now ^^'

 

@Follow-the-Wind Thanks! The issues I've seen so far are quite recent (both chipping and yellowing), only from several months ago. But I think both of the posts I saw mentioned it being the pure white resin, which they've since discontinued, so I'm curious if either are an issue with their environmental resin. Hopefully someone with a recent body in environmental resin can chime in with any opinions.

 

@Astro I was curious about the resin discontinuations. Hopefully it does mean they're addressing/aware of QC issues.

I just put the 68cm female body on layaway I hope there's no resin or chipping issues (though honestly i wouldn't be surprised if they yellow quickly just based on price point). I've struggled to find a well-priced body that will work for my LLT Edria, who has a 9+cm neck hole and generally large head. She looks bobble-headed on every other body I tried. Here's hoping that 15cm shoulder width does the trick!!

 

The price point for this international order is standard if not a little on the higher end for Chinese domestic market BJD prices (and matches up with the prices listed on their Taobao). None of the bodies I've ordered from Chinese dollmakers have yellowed quickly, nor should they, so it's honestly an issue if these do yellow or chip. I think I'm gonna sit this order period out, but will definitely keep an eye on them since I'm still pretty interested in the 66 girl body. I've been eyeing it ever since I saw this Volks Rinon on one.

If anyone happened to get bodies in V Normal or V White to put Volks heads on, I'd be interested in seeing how well the resin color and consistency matches! I want to put my Volks Cristal on the 66 body if the imported resin doesn't have yellowing or chipping issues.

 

Oh, really? It seems on the cheaper end for a 68cm body to me, but I don't massively keep up with Chinese companies.

My April Story body has yellowed relatively quickly. I'm not saying it's ok for that to happen, or that it's not an issue, I just wouldn't be shocked Pikachu if it happens. But fingers crossed this isn't like that. I went for V-normal.

 

The 68cm bodies I've bought from Chinese dollmakers have ranged from about $300-350, so it's a little on the higher end of things. Still really reasonably priced though. I'd be surprised if I bought a body from a well known Chinese dollmaker and it yellowed quickly, so it's definitely not the norm.

I hope the resin quality is really nice! I'm interested to see how ANS' imported resin looks compared to Volks', since I think Volks' resin has more translucency than most "normal" resins, but I also wouldn't consider it to look as translucent as most environmental resin mixes I see.

 

Any comparisons of ANS59 body with other SD or SDGr girl bodies?

 

There's one I remember against Maskcat and Volks SDGr on Bilibili. I'm not updated on AnS bodies so it might be an old one.

 

Thank you!