Universe Doll Discussion

@NekoMida

I do think they are beautifully sculpted dolls for the price!

@thorneless

Sure!

I'm in the same boat--I keep waiting for more hands to show up on Musen Musen's Etsy (if they're not much more expensive than Taobao, I'd rather use that service).

 

@StillsEve

Join the club! A couple of us have ordered the De'Ath head as well! (Although mine's not with faceup.) I'll be interested to see what the pink skin looks like because I have a feeling that I'm going to like a lot of this artist's sculpts!

I think that a couple more photos of Batman have been added to Musen Musen's Flickr for a couple days now. I added another link next to his name!

 

Musen Musen's Instagram has updated with a new version of the UniverseDoll body with a 3-part torso and new hands!

 

@Lirin

Oh good, the Etsy is going to be stocking more items. Perhaps I will take this opportunity to order some more hands...

On another note:
It's funny someone has revived the thread today, as I was finally able to collect my UniverseDoll order (both De'Ath heads and body). I added the body, and I think now I wish I had waited for the one with the hip joint! I may see whether I can order the parts for it later.

The body has a distinctive look, but the hands, feet, and body are wonderfully sculpted. I'll be posting a box opening thread with more photos, but both the hand and feet joint have a locking system for the strangely-elongated s hooks to make removing hands and feet much easier.

I didn't take pictures of the heads on the body, as they're for two different characters, but here are a couple photos. I'll link to my box opening when I post it:

Spoiler: Skull Head

Spoiler: Human Head

Spoiler: Body Poseability (2 Part Torso)

 

@NekoMida

I don't think the box stayed in customs for more than a day or so--being in the US (I see you are too (?)), I don't really notice boxes staying very long (probably because I'm not being charged!)

It's actually worse for me if the box arrives through New Jersey (after customs) instead of New York or Chicago. I've had packages get lost there and stay a week!

 

@Xila

Sure! If you (or others) would like to list what you want to see, I'd be glad to do it. I'm not with the body right now, but I can at least get it done by Tuesday.

I'll have to stand it again to see whether it's easy to balance, but once standing it seemed pretty sturdy.

 

@Xila

The photo of the contorted body above shows how far the legs can be bent toward the torso. In my box opening thread, which I linked above as well, I state that it's about a 45 degree angle from the torso. Did you want to know how much it can be forced, because that's how far it goes unaided?

 

@Xila

The body is a sturdy stander and can sort of just be plopped down--the legs do not need to be very far apart, but they cannot be touching. The body will not stand on one leg.


Here's another

Spoiler: bonus photo

I'd still be happy to show you how close the knees can be drawn up--just tell me how it's different from the photo above. The feet aren't sticky enough to force the knee any closer to the chest than 45 degrees (see above) due to their force downward on carpet.

 

@Xila

No problem!

I wondered if maybe you were thinking about sueding, or forcing the leg to hold closer to the body through friction. That's why I said the force of the foot pressing on the carpet wasn't enough (but maybe with shoes?).

The mobility joint is a hemisphere, so a kip or sueding might help too. I don't own kips, and I don't like to hot glue suede, but if I get kips I'll be sure to try it.

 

Wow! Blanc is lovely! I love the eyes and how young he looks!

I contacted UniverseDoll recently and was told that the three-part torso is always an option--and I think they stated that it doesn't actually cost more than the 2 part torso!