Volks YoSD and YoTenshi Discussion part 7

That is awesome! I also think that's a rare sculpt and don't think I've seen very many. Please post photos when it arrives! That face mold always reminds me of blowing bubbles. So sweet.

 

Finally posting a pic of my girl

Hinaichigo has been my grail tiny since 2009 and I finally got her last month. I am not into tiny dolls at all — she’s the only one I’ve ever badly wanted! I love her so much!

Today some new items for her arrived from DDE, a wig, dress, shoes.

The teddy bear I am almost certain is from Muffy Bear. Someone gifted one to me when I was like 10 or something and I think the mini bear came with her. Mini Muffy belongs to Hina now

I would like to update her face-up but it might be some time before that happens. Same with sewing some clothes for her. She was so floppy when I got her (pretty sure she still had her original string) but she stands and poses so much better now after giving her some fresh string.

Excuse the not so good lighting in my room (it’s raining out now), hopefully I will have some better pics in the coming weeks.

 

@Leenah She looks so lovely the way you've styled her! And I love her little Muffy. Happy you finally got one of your grails!

 

@topazrain Thank you!!

She’s been such a delight to have. I never thought I would love a tiny BJD this much but she is my tiny darling

 

@Leenah, congratulations on your Hinaichigo; she looks very happy to be home with you. Yos are good to travel with, too

A question about her left hand -- I don't recognize it as Volks. Is it an SQLabs, or -- ?

 

Thank you!

She didn’t come with her original hands, but two other sets.

One set is clearly a matched pair — when placed together the fingers and thumb form a heart.

The pair she has on now? Yea now I am not sure. I had assumed there were a set. However while looking this small up, I found that Volks has a pair where both hands look like the “I love you” in sign language. Only one of her hands is like that though (the one on our left, her right)

Now I have no idea what set the other hand is from I can take a better picture of it later.

I’m really curious about this other hand now lol. Or if any of her hands are even Volks.

EDIT:

The resin matches are close enough that I didn’t even notice that these two hands were likely from different brands.

The hand in the pic, Hina’s right, seems to be YoSD hand 03 from Volks. Her left hand is SQLab YHD-12. The other pair of hands she came with seem to be YHD-11, also from SQLab.

Now that I am having a closer look, the Volks hand is definitely a little bigger. Oddly, it’s also a worse resin match — it’s definitely newer than Hina. The SQLab one matches her yellowed resin much better.

I am totally unfamiliar with SQLab, but found the pics and info on Luts website. The resin definitely does not match my Kid Delf. Even though she’s an old doll now (bought her in 2009) she never had a pinkish/peach tone in her resin like the hands do.

 

@Leenah, thanks for responding, and all your research. I have a couple singlet SQLabs Yo hands (but different poses), so when I saw your Hinaichigo's hand I was pretty sure it wasn't Volks, so SQLabs was my next guess.

 

@beamlette

thank you as well! Without your post I would have never known, I’d assumed they were all Volks, just not her originals

with that, does anyone know if the VolksUSA store ever carries yo-sd hands? Or are these something I’ll have better luck looking from Japan?

 

@Leenah Volks JP/Global only tend to stock them after a Yo-SD release – the doll will come with a sheet with a QR code link, which other people can use. Volks don't seem to mind if people order the option parts.
Yo-SD hand parts also often crop up in Japanese secondhand sales

 

@castironteapot
Thank you! That is helpful to know

though it occurred to me that I should probably try to source some older ones anyway since Hina is a pretty old doll (from 2007). I’ll have to do some research to figure out which ones would work/what I want and go from there. I’ll have a look at some second hand sales from Japan for sure