Minoruworld Junior Minoru

Had a new arrival today! She was supposed to come yesterday but she was put on the wrong delivery van, grrrrr! But anyway, she is here now.

She is a Minoruworld Junior girl. Her sculpt is Minoru and she has the default faceup. She is in the standard natural skin, with the blossom body. She is in between Yosd and MSD size at 33cm (approx.) tall. I will do some comparison pictures of her with Rosa and Tabby tomorrow to show you.

This is her box. Nothing special but it did the job ;) I forgot to take a picture of inside but there was really nothing to see. They just come wrapped in bubble wrap and sandwiched in a big white cushion, lol. No certificate. There was some extra string or something, and her shoes I ordered with her.

I was worried to see her faceup as I took a while to decide on which sculpt to get as I didn't want her to look too old or too young. I think I chose well!

So on to some nudie pics to show her body and some of her poses. She is not double jointed like Fairyland dolls so she is not the greatest poser in the world, however, if you take your time with her, I think she will be just fine. The most annoying place for her not to be double jointed is the elbows. She is also really quite floppy. I may have to look into tightening her. If she were tighter, she would definitely be able to stand on one foot, but she can't at the moment. It means she can't get her hands right up to her face either as they flop down a bit. However, I'm confident that can be fixed with some tightening.

I forgot to say that she came with glib acrylic eyes, which is pretty standard. I think they are 14mm. I like the colour so she will keep them for now. Also, I think you could get away with some other more adventurous poses once she is dressed of you pull her legs out the sockets slightly etc. It would be too unsightly to do if they were on show, but hidden under clothes, I think it would be fine. I'll try it anyway, and let you know how I get on, lol!

So finally, here she is with a wig and some clothes on. Her clothes are MSD clothes from Nine9 Style. It is certainly going to be a challenge to dress this girl! I would love to just be able to find her some tights and some jeans at least. 

Littlefee - Pose Analysis

I am going to do a pose analysis for each of my different kind of BJD's eventually. I actually did these photos on the weekend, but then Hiro arrived so he had to go first ;)

Littlefee are by far the best posers of all the dolls I have ever had (and I've had quite a few different kinds!). They are just so versatile. I simply adore them.

Modeling for us in these photos is my blank natural skin Bonnie. She is on a boy body but she will actually be a girl, and is going away for a faceup soon. So I hope you don't mind Littlefee nudeness! To start off are some pictures of her from the front, side and behind. The boy and girl bodies are exactly the same except boys have their boy bits!

The first picture in this set is my favourite pose they can do. Its just so cute! And it really shows off how sturdy they are. They can sit really nicely too.

The range of movement of their head and arms is fantastic and they have great balance so can lean fairly far forwards or backwards without falling over. They can kneel very nicely. The feet can go out backwards as shown and it looks pretty natural, or you can put them out to the side if you want the legs flatter to the ground.

Their balancing is pretty awesome but it does depend on your doll and how loose their ankles are. Bonnie's ankles are fairly loose so it took a bit of effort to get her to stand on one foot. However, some of my other littlefee can do it really easily and hold their leg much higher etc. They can put one leg behind the other fairly nicely too, like they need the loo, hehe!

Sitting and lying down are very easy for littlefee. They can do it in all sorts of natural looking poses and express a variety of emotions by the way you position them, especially in sitting. They can't quite manage the splits though!

The only thing I wish they could do better is pull their knees up closer to their chest but its not a big complaint at all. What they can do is enough for me! I had the wrong hands for doing it on Bonnie here, but one day I will post a photo of one of my littlefee balancing on one hand =) It is possible! Tricky, but possible!

Crobi T-Line - Pose Analysis

Ok, so here are the photos I promised showing off how the Crobi T-Line is for posing.

My boy chose his name. He is called Hiro (pronounced Hero) and for the purposes of this demonstration, he will be naked, so I hope nobody will mind, hehe ;) I don't know why he is so worried about you seeing him change when you will see him naked in a moment anyway ^____^

Of course, he had to keep his crown on =) He is never without it! First of all, here are some shots from the front, side and back, to show his profile etc. He has lovely proportions. I love his slender legs. His head is the same size as Lati Yellow and Pukifee. Possibly slightly bigger than both. 5/6 wigs are a wonderful snug fit on him. No wig cap or velcro required. He can share clothes with them fine too. He is a little more slender but its not a problem. I haven't tried any shoes on him yet. That will have to wait for another day.

He has a nice range of movement with his head. He can look up very nicely and it stays in the position nicely. It doesn't snap back at all. His arm movements are very nice too. They bend nicely and they are long enough to reach his face well. 

He sits beautifully, doesn't need any support at all. But if you do want his arms out behind him, it is possibly, the length is fine. I found the arms of Lati Yellow too short but his are perfect.

As you can see, he has wonderful balance! He is a very strong and sturdy little chap! He really is beautifully strung. Not too tight and not too floppy. And even though he has a single unit torso, his posing is really nice. All in all, I am very pleased with him! I am renowned for being incredibly fussy with dolls regarding their posing ability. I need them to have a great range, and I was very worried about how Hiro would be, but he really is brilliant. A much, much better alternative to Lati Yellow! 

Finally, I just wanted to share a pic of his hands and feet because they are just so pretty! It would be nice if you could get optional hands for them, but these ones are so cute its not a major problem =)