Man, it’s been a while since the last post, sorry everyone. Tony and I have had awful, hectic semesters… But two more finals and I’m free (1 more for Tony). Well… by free, I mean free to then start working fulltime at my old lab job, which of course is both good and sad.
But enough about me! Sadly, I have fallen completely out of touch with the world of dollfie dream shortly after getting Himeka-chan… I fell out of touch with a lot of stuff this semester, but I did manage to keep tabs on my more main-stream resin girls. Anyway, I just got wind of the fact that Volks is planning to celebrate it’s 7 year anniversary of making dollfie dreams with “seven projects.” Pretty mysterious, but a combination of the announcement image and the rumor mill supports the idea that, for one, the Natsuki/Moe head mold will be made a standard. If that’s the case, I might have to switch Himeka-chan’s head… I really love that sculpt.
Other speculations include that Volks will re-release some of its more popular fullsets. I’d only be interested if this included Escalayer, Nia, or possibly Sasara… But Sasara seems the only likely one of the three, due to her stunning popularity. I like Sasara a lot, but her expression is so distinctive that I get kind of tired of seeing her around… Anyway, this would cause massive “rage-quits” for people who paid inflated prices for sold-old limiteds on the second-hand market (sometimes over $2,000!). So… who knows?
Personally, I’ll be beyond happy if they make Moe standard, and if they make some cute outfits I want. I never seem to want what they make, or at least what they make and release in the USA (I really wanted the K-on summer uniform, sob!). I really hope they release some fanciful street clothes, sort of the stuff girls wear in “slice of life” anime when they’re out on the town. Instead they make maid dresses and miko outfits, which, while cute, are not what I want for Himeka-chan. But no matter what they make, I’m super excited to see it!
Unfortunately they didn’t even say WHEN this is going down :/ AND I can’t find the original announcement! But here’s a link to the figma.fm announcement of the announcement: Dollfie Dream Announcement
Now, on to Fairyland’s chic line. Let’s see. The chic line is a line of 40cm dolls (MSDs) and… Well, of course this is very close to the MNF size (42cm) so people were kind of scratching their heads over it. Turns out that, as their name implies, they are very sleek dolls with bodies that are thin and curvy, essentially like fashion models. People sort of… flipped out over it on DOA when the first teaser images went up. They have a very adult aesthetic, and people were calling them “fashion dolls” because of it, and the DOA mods even froze up the discussion over them because they were not sure if they were “on-topic.” Frankly this annoyed me… They are resin, ball-jointed, and use an elastic skeleton… Why should having small facial features make them off-topic?
Anyway, apparently FL sent the DOA mods some pictures of the chic line bodies in the nude, which they should be posting for the rest of the world tomorrow, when the dolls go on sale. These pictures convinced the mods of the chic line’s on-topic…ness, so now we can discuss them again on DOA. Sadly, this isn’t exactly a good thing… People really seem to be disappointed/looking down on them! I admit that I’m not into the adult aesthetic in dolls, but FL is going to release more heads for the body that will be more like those of MNF and LTF, and you will be able to put the heads of MNF and LTF faces using a special neck piece. I am super excited to see these bodies, because I have a suspicion that FL somehow pulled off even greater and more innovative construction than they did for the MNF A-line body.
Anyway, I feel kind of sad when I imagine the Cerberus Project sculptors being like “…What? They hate the chic line?!” after all of their hard work. :< But not really because once people look beyond their oddly stand-offish first impression, they'll probably buy them in droves like everything else FL makes! :D
Link to images of Chic line:
Chic-line faces: Here
First L-line faceplate Ruru: here
~Jen
