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Wire Hands or Magnet Hands?

Nov 24, 2017

    1. I like magnet hands! It's easy for me to change hands when I take pictures of them.
       
    2. Wire, I don't like magnet hands because the can be easily lost.
       
    3. I actually change clothes on my DZ Momo and Nono just as often as my PukiPuki, and I don't have a problem with the hands. In fact, I prefer changing clothes on Momo and Nono, because the hands don't fall off when pulling sleeves over them, so with my PukiPuki I always have to take her hands off and remember where I put them. (Which can be surprisingly hard to remember when you have a table full of little outfits...)
      I only take of hands when they're jointed (because I'm afraid of damaging them) or splayed with individual fingers that are easy to damage (and hard to get sleeves over).
       
    4. Magnet hands with strong magnets are cool but I would rather have the hands strung on hooks than magnet hands with weak magnets.
       
    5. I like the magnet hands from fairyland but with time they lose strength and any movement will drop the hands so I prefer wired hands that can be easily removed
       
    6. 99% of the time when I hear people talk about dolls with magnet hands, its usually a complaint of them falling off too easily. I havn't owned a doll with magnetic hands but at some point I hope to buy an Anie from Rap1993 and I'm really hoping that I'll be able to figure something different out for the hands if they are too difficult to deal with. Granted, I will most likely end up giving my 1/4 scales all jointed hands anyway (thank you Resinsoul) but I'm curious to see the difference.

      The really frustrating thing is when you have something smaller than 1/6 and there is barely any resin to hold the S hook to the wrist.....thats the point when I'd like some kind of magnet option, if I can find magnets that small haha :3nodding:
       
    7. I redress my dolls A LOT, and have a lot of long-sleeved fitted wrist tops, so I definitely prefer the magnet hands. Trying to squeeze big splayed out hands through small, non-stretchy sleeves is an anxiety-inducing nightmare.
       
    8. I like magnet hands because handling s-hooks is stressful for me lol
       
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    9. magnets definitely. its so much easier and less stressful!
       
    10. Magnet hands, but only if the magnet quality is good. They make changing doll clothes so much easier and less stressful, but they can be annoying if the magnets are too weak (where did my hand go??) or too strong (just!! give!! me!! the!! hand!!!).
       
    11. I prefer the magnet hands, but admittedly, I don't dress and redress my doll a lot. I don't know if the magnets will lose strength over time. If that is the case, I prefer the hooks.
       
    12. So far I like the magnet hands, and I wish my doll had magnet feet too because when I went to change them I quickly learned how easy it is for the elastic to slip thru and I had to finagle a way to restring the leg :XD: I guess S-hooks would've solved that too so lol idk.