"Size Matters!" You Don't Belive It? I Have the Proof!

There are new doll collectors joining the community every now and then. After a while, most of the new collectors would not be satisfied by the defaulted factory arrangement anymore, such as face paint, hair style, default dresses, body etc. Therefore, they would look for ways to create an ideal doll of themselves. Before they could go repaint, re-root or even create their own doll. They would simple going for some parts transplantation amongst what they have on hand. Naturally, one of the most frequently asked questions would be "How to switch head between dolls?" I had that questions a few years back. Helpful experienced collectors told me to use either hair dryer or electricity heating pad to soften the vinyl. Since we do not have the later one available here, so I could only use hair dryer to do so. I have ruined a few Fashion Royalty and Tonner's bodies during the "surgeries". It was either caused by not heating the head long enough, even thought my fingers are all burned and dried up, or by the brittleness of the neck - cracked or broken. Some of them have got upgraded bodies

However, the other problem that I had came across was not able to put some of the softened heads to the new body prepared, even they are from the same line of the same brand. I posed on doll boards and asked for help, mostly said they have never ever came across any problems of such. After numerous attempts, I have finally found out that the head holes are actually vary from doll to doll. Sometimes the holes are too small for the other body that I have to give the head hole a cut to let it in! After that one cut (not cutting any pieces away), the head slided in easily, not wobbly and stays fit! My fingers got burned before I could successfully "transplanted"
their heads

Don't believe what I said? Here is a picture proof of some Tonner heads comparison! Next time if you do the head transplant and came across similar situation to mine, check the size of the head holes and have a cutter ready! Good luck!

Now Seeing is Believing!

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Meeting Womanized Jesscia in Real In Bangkok

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As blogged in my previous post (click here) about how Chewin has womanized Jessica from a cartoonist teenager look, I have finally met her in real when I was in Bangkok in September. Chewin brought her over to see me and we played together!

The womanized Jessica is now has a full faceup with nude lips, a double layered upper eyelashes (It is my first time to see this kind of eyelashes arrangement), pink manicure, very natural body brush etc. The black sexy dress and stocking are made by Chewin, and the red lingerie is the default set. She looks so real! As you could see that she has a full body figure. With such a massive use of resin, Jessica is about 3kg in weight. But the smart body structure design by Iplehouse allows her to pose some difficult big movements, Chewin and I experimented together on the sexy poses.

Chewin and I have met for quite a number of times now, but it was our very first time to have dolly time together! During the first 10 minutes of photo shooting, I did not realize the wrong camera mould setting, so the pictures came out poorly. However, after I have reset everything, Jessica has already warmed up herself, and ready to strike some poses for the camera! This womanized Jessica photo session really gave me some great memory!

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Bigger BJD with Finger Prints - Another Innovation

When I first consider adding a bigger BJD in my doll collection, I had my eyes on SOOM’s BJD. Their dolls usually have more mature look and more muscular body for male and full figure for female characters, while most of the same kind in the market are with cartonist young boy look with ultra long feet, and slender body.
Since SOOM are releasing one LE (limited edition) doll every month with a special theme, such as the overwhelming Zodiac characters, I used to check back every month to see if I like any of the new releases. SOOM’s BJDs are full of fantasy, they always come with extra animal feet parts, crawls or extra face with different expression, such as sleeping face, scared face, animal heads etc. You can see the bold creativities of the creative team of SOOM, who are pushing their own boundaries of imagination and creativities. About 2 weeks ago, SOOM has announced a completely new series of new BJD, IDEALIAN, which is very similar to Iplehouse’s EID which has excited many BJD collectors. As you could see from the sneak peek pictures of this new hunky BJD, it has a very detailed muscular body and clearly crafted fingers and finger nails. Most interesting of all, it has “finger print” on each finger.


While many collectors are so exciting about this innovation, out of a sudden, unfortunatley, SOOM announced the cancellation of this doll. I am not sure if it is because they found that they could not bet the EID of Iplehouse, or not being able to fulfill the long overdue orders? Acutally, there have been many complains about their long overdue orders. Some people have been waiting for over 7 months, yet do not have a sign of their dolls!

What a pity that SOOM has to concel this doll. However, just a fantasy thought of mine – How nice would it be if each limited edition of BJD has individual finger prints to indientify them like human being? It should also come with a birth certificate with that particular doll’s finger prints on it too!!!
Picture credit: SOOM Dolls

Body Structure Comparison of Some Hot Girls For Your Information

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(Deva, Older version of Deva, AvantGuard, Sybarite)

With the economy downturn, collectors are more caution on spending. Quite a number of us are having the "wait and see" attitude on which doll to buy, or trying to concentrate on just one or tow types of doll, rather than the past attitude of "having at least one of each". Oh well, at least, it is more or less my current situation.

-- Counting the New Dolls: (click on the doll name for the hyper links)

Looking back in the past 2 years, there are many new dolls being released, especially 16" tall fashion chicks, who have helped to bring in some new sensation to the market. After the Sybarite boom (BJD), there are Paul Pham's Grey(BJD), Jason Wu's AvantGuards (non-BJD) and RDG's Camille (BJD) joined the scene. No sooner had collectors are struggling on which one to buy, then the new Deva doll (BJD) showed up like a tornado and swept people's feet off. Out of a sudden, the Jamieshow dolls (BJD) debuted with a series named "Blossom" which is an AngelicDreamz exclusive. Now, Marie Osmond has just announced the her new 16" fashion doll (non-BJD, not even articulated as seen on the pictures)!

-- Collectors Concerns --

With all the new dolls flooding in the market and limited dolly money on hand (or on paypal), we all concern who has the best body figure? Whether they are posable enough to be a catwalk and cover girl? Do they come with designer dresses and well accessorized? Most of all, whether they could share wardrobes and shoes! If not, are there sufficient fashion, wigs, shoes (Haha, I love wigs and shoes), accessories in the market for us to spoil them with? Last but not least, are they friendly priced? Hummm, yes, price....friendly price, you know what I mean!

-- My Points of View --

According to what I have, the good news is - Sybarite, Grey, AvantGuard, Camille, old and new Deva, even Jamieshow could share shoes. However, the bad news is - the cat fighting scene in the back stage is not as sever - they could not share clothes nor wigs, in most cases!

Sybarite has the biggest butt and thick thigh that makes her very trucky and curvy. She must has cloth on to look sassy and sexy, especially on the lower half! If you want cloth that totally fit her, sorry, please be preparing to empty your wallet, paypal balance or even get ready to rub a bank for them. The prices of anything branded as "sybarite" could be a rib-off.

Meanwhile, AvantGuard has the worse body design of all. Besides her very floppy body, over lengthy torso, she is too slim to share other girls' wardrobes! I have no idea why Jason Wu would make such a big mistake considering his 10 years experiences in this industry. Probably he is too busy with her human fashion career and interviews with presses! (Many collectors are happy for his flying career while complaining about that) AvantGurad must have something to cover her ugly body! Unfortunately, so far she has no extra clothes being released except the default ones.

Meanwhile, Grey has the most femine body, almost like full figure. She even has rips (see my previous blog). Although Paul's Grey does not has its own branded fashion to be sold solely yet, she could share Tonner and Sybarite's wardrobes.

As for Camile (see my preview on her here) and Jamieshow, they have very similar body, which are very good in proportion and beautiful like department store mannequins. They could also share other 16" dresses without difficulties.

Speaking from my personal taste, Deva has the most amazing body sculpt. Deva's uniqueness comes from her incredible poseability, plus a perfect natural female body shape, not overly sized in some part, or underdo on the others. Since Deva's size is unique, she could not fit in all other 16" girls' dresses without alternation or pins. However, Deva could look just sexy and chic even without any cloth on! Just give her wigs, shoes and jewellery, Deva could beat anyone in the catwalk!

-- My Loosing Sleep, So You Could See --

P.S.: I don't know what's wrong with me tonight. I usually got to bed and could fall into sleep in 5 seconds, no kidding!! I know some people like pillow talks. So, if you want to talk to me on the bed (ok...or on the bed side, if you insist !!), don't even try to give me a pillow! But tonight, I woke up in the middle of the night and then decided to take some snap shots of their body comparison for your enjoyment. Grey and Camille are sleeping quietly in their boxes, so I let them continue their sweet dreams! I should have posed them more and showed their posability here. Oh well...next time...I am sleepy now!
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My Chinese Style Cloth Rail - for 16 - 17"

I have been longing for a cloth rail for my girls to show off what they have for quite some time now! Lately, the long waited Jackie-rail of Sybarite is released. Too bad that it is not what I am looking for. I actually would prefer something with lower rack stretches in front, and with more designer touch on the cloth rail!

So I decided to use a Chinese calligraphy brush hanger and utilities it as the cloth rail. Although it also does not have the height of the lower rail as I wish, it has a section in the lower level that I could play with. It turned out to be just the right scale for 16” girls. I have 2 packs of Matt O’Neal’s hangers, and they fit in well also! Now my girls have something cool with characters to show off their cloths and accessories! Is there any other stuff that you have at home could be transformed into a cool cloth rail? If you have any creative ideas, I would love to see them!

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P.S.: I have one a little bit smaller in size for sale. For details, please see here, here, and here. or email me for details wanna_hv_fun@hotmail.com

Picture credit: All photographed by Cliff

Just Did Not Realize - Aphro & Camille (Doll Nudity)

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I brought back 2 repaints by Chewin from my Bangkok trip a week ago. By the recommendation of my travel agent, I stayed at a new grand hotel, Centara Grand, which is nearby the hotel , Holiday Inn, where I used to stay in Chit Lom. I have discovered many new cool places this time, as Centara Grand has many walk bridges to bridge all the main spots around! Oh well, those cool places are actually not really new, it is just that I did not realize they are there! Just like these 2 dolls which I did not bond with. I found that they are stunning divas after a fresh faceup by Chewin! They are always around but I just did not realize how breath taking they could be!

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My Last Preview Before the Offical Release - Pharatee's Shoes!!

I am a doll shoes freak, just in case you don't know! I always ask my friend if they have this or that doll shoes for sale. I like shoes with bold design, vibrant color or using multi fabric. Most of all, I love shoes with special soles.

Here is the default shoes that come with the official Pharatee set! It is a gold in color platform shoes, with clear base PLUS a tiny magical touch on the tip of the high heels! Don't you just love it?

Picture credit: by Cliff Chan - please don't use it for your for sale or ebay selling!