Volks DearSD 43cm Discussion Part 2

Most of the DearSDs we have/had have heads we've swapped onto them from SD10 - Lieselotte, Morisawa Yu, Young Cecile, Ushiwakamaru.
I put my Ushi on a DearSD body and then years later won a DearSD Megohime who is the same sculpt in white resin.

 

Love these two!! I think their faces lend themselves perfectly to DearSD!

And the use of the outfit set looks amazing!

 

I bought the Melody.C Ribbon Rabbit outfit in pink (the skirt version, plus separate blouse) a while back, and was crossing my fingers really tightly that it would fit on my DearSD Nayu. It arrived today, and I think it works pretty well.

The main things to note are that the skirt ends up calf-length, and that the blouse sleeves are (understandably) very long... but as long as you don't mind the bunched effect when you push them up, which I think looks nice in this fabric, it's fine. The skirt is snug over the hips but it's a good fit around the waist. (I had a good look at the photos of the skirt from the back before buying, and since the back is elasticated, I figured it would be safe.)

 

Oh my god those are so incredibly perfect, such perfect twins!

I think she’s incredibly precious! I’ve been wondering about those dresses for DearSD for a while, it’s awesome to see it realised!

 

Gosh that is cute, looks great!

 

@St. James, those two look adorable... but also like troublemakers in those outfits!

@Rhian, your girl looks adorable! Her hair and eyes really suit the colors in the outfit. So mad at myself for not getting it! I'm glad to know it works for DearSD!

Some drive-by spam of my midi-Sofie. She got literally booped on the nose by a stranger moments after this

 

I'll be honest...

I'd boop her nose too. Super cutie!!

 

The online members website says there will be new DearSD outfits at Kyoto Dolpa, as well as a social media campaign! The text says bonnets and flared girly dresses, and the teaser image includes either a tall teapot or a coffee pot and a mug. Maybe something kissaten themed?

 

Aaaaaa the hype is real!

 

Hello, may somebody know that any tan skin body(RL Holiday size/luts baby delf size) could be matched to Volks Sunlight(or Tan) Skin?
Since I hope to find a body match with my DSD head. Thank you so much!!!

 

Which head is it? I find most Volks heads too large on the other big baby bodies. hopefully you can come across past releases of tan DSDs or the latest Maya to fit your baby’s head!

 

Lana? Does anyone here have her?
When I first saw F97, I fell in love (she’s perfect!) and I knew I wanted to DSD her. Shortly thereafter I heard the news about Lana and have been waiting and trying to get her ever since.
Volks F97 one-offs show the sculpts incredible versatility. She reminds me of many dolls I adore, like MSD F18 and Kurumi.

I hope and think she’ll be released at LA dolpa.

 

My doll mold is nayu/nao, which is ordered in tan skin during the special FCS ording.

 

My friend and I took our Elsas out for photos! Her girl is in pink and mine is in yellow. It was fun to see how different they seem, even with the same default faceup!

 

What a charming handsome man!!!! A real little Prince!!!

 

My WS Mai, Ivy, has come home from the spa looking extremely cute! I'm also really pleased with how this dress fits. It has elastic at the back, so while Volks shows it on MSDs, it still fits DearSD well. I hope they keep up this style of flexible tailoring!

 

What a captivating face! Love the colours of this fabric, and your styling of Ivy, also. I find clothes for SDM that DSD can wear to be most adorably proportioned. The sleeves are nice and cute instead of oversized.

 

edit 2: thanks to my husband I can link again

I got to welcome Nayu into the doll family yesterday at Doll's Party 5 in LA!

20240908_193801 by Allie Neu, on Flickr

 

I have a two questions about this line.
1. Why does Volks limit the accessibility even though they bring them back for events or lotteries every so often? Wouldn’t they make more money if they make the dear sd as a normal/unlimited product? Follow-up. How sought out are they in general?
2. What about them makes the resell value so high and so sparse on the second hand market?

 

To give my two cents, Volks never really seem to care about trends or maximising profits. The only standard, ie readily available dolls they sell at the moment are SD10 girls (solid torso) and SDM girls.
Likewise, only SD10 girls and boys, SDGr boys and SDM girls and boys are available through year-round JP FCS, while popular lines like Yo-SD, Gr girls, SD16 and SD17 are not.

DearSDs were likely made as Volks making their very occasional response to the Big Baby trend, ala Rosen Lied Holiday's Child, etc.
The limited fullsets may be expensive on the secondhand market, but I see the bodies regularly go for about ¥45000, and because they use a regular SD sized head you can hybrid your own DearSD with any other head. The only real limiting factors I see are the hand parts, which were available on Volks's JP/International site for months.

Hope some of this info was helpful!