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with summer come the bugs. but this one might be sweet.

i will have to reprint the spiky claw parts because their range of motion is not quite what i meant it to be, but i was eager to still paint this first version. making insect girls is fun, and i have a few other bugs in progress to greet the terrors [heat & light] of summer.

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Takara Pony model file (.blender)

Linked is the file for the Takara pony I made (pictured above in pink). As a reminder, this is made from scratch and I don't have my own takara pony but I used as many references as possible. The joints are ball-joints but will require some additional work to use them properly, the joints need a bar across the opening to attach a hook and elastic to.

see below, black bar is a metal rod, blue S is an S-Hook and red is an elastic.

And this would be roughly how to string it, this is inspired by Dollightful's bunny doll but I also advise that the elastic between the legs be pulled upto the hoop as well if possible. The head is not a ball joint, the head + body and head + nose are meant to come together with a peg-in-socket. For the head, the tightness of an elastic should keep it on ideally, but honestly I don't know if the nose will stick in perfectly and might need to be glued, I'm not sure.

In addition to the ball-jointed takara pony, who is 9 separate pieces, I included a simple little sculpt of the "baby pony" takaras. These are just 2-part sculpts and don't need elastics or anything, they have a "peg" and "hole"

Takara baby ponies are already common on the market so I'm not sure if anyone will actually want the babies but I included it anyway. The eyes + nose are just cosmetic, the whole head is just one piece.

Anyways, a reminder that I don't have a 3D printer so I haven't tested it but feel free to download and play with the files and print them yourself if you have a 3D printer! Please credit and also tag me so I can see if someone prints them!

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Valentina (they/them)

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T-ACHATにドロヘドロのガチャのハルちゃんヘッド付けてストアの包丁持たせると満足度高い。 via nixon_3AA

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Official Baby, The Stars Shine Bright brand Dollfie clothes.

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Look this~

She is so pretty !

Mu Dong Mermaid —— 1/3 bjd doll

www.fatemoons.com

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Okay, dollblr, I need your help

My friend's doll collection was stolen on May 19th by his shitty landlord. Charges have been filed, but the landlord and the moving company he used to transport the dolls and other stolen property have been uncooperative in giving the information needed to trace and recover the dolls.

I'm asking that this post be shared as far and wide as possible so he has some hope of getting his most beloved and distinctive dolls back.

If anyone sees a massive dump of Ringdolls and Dollfie Dreams on Mercari, eBay, or Facebook, especially in/around/from the Louisville, KY area, please contact me so I can let him know.

I will update as we assess the full extent of the loss, but the dolls we're asking people to keep an eye out for at the moment are

Ringdoll K fullset edition with attached hair, NS. No outfit. Distinctive features: One magnet fell out and was put back in back upside down, so his headcap doesn't stay closed.

DIM Minimee Ruki head, NS. Distinctive features: Vampire mod.

Custom House Mina (both Saint Mina and LE Sad Mina), NS

Ringdoll Quiz, GS, fullset

Bobobie Pixie. Distinctive features: sky blue skin that yellowed to a minty color. Probably wearing green pajamas with brown airplanes made by me.

ResinSoul Yao, WS. His first doll, probably yellowed a fair bit by now. Distinctive features: a small chip on one of her horns.

DIM Minimee heads of all Gazette and Dir En Grey members. If these turn up as a lot, contact us, it's probably them.

Soom Dain

Soom Dawn

2 60cm Sweetdolls, NS

HZ WangYe head

This ResinSoul Dai and 1st gen Bobobie Apollo, probably still in these outfits

Any dolls that appear in a large group with these should be reported.

I will update tomorrow with more specifics on the missing Ringdolls and DD/DD mods when we've had a chance to sit down and assess the extent of the theft.

@okamikodomo @fullyfunctionalminiaturebeehive @buffdolls @laptopcoffee @lupusdarkmoon @lordhigheverythingelse @nyxypixie @freakstylebjd @literally anyone and everyone we've ever met in this community

Thank y'all in advance for any help, he's gutted over this and I am on his behalf. Still in shock that there are people this vile in the world.

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i have been trying hard not to post her but here she is, with my other dolls no less! Process video here.

Concept art:

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I’m super excited to get her, it’s been a long search 🎉 It’s really helpful to see her next to such a large variety of other dolls, thanks for all the reference pics! I have a 50cm obitsu so the angelphilia comparison gives me a good idea of her size. Thanks so much for your help, I really appreciate it!

Hello! Do you have any pictures of Capria without clothes/wig? I just purchased a Bleu Citron head and would be curious to see the proportions on the elf body. Thank you for your time, hope you're having a lovely day!

Congrats on getting a Citron! It’s not an easy head to find these days. U:

Anyway, I don’t have any pictures of Ria bald and naked on hand, unfortunately. I do have a few pictures that show the doll in full though if that’ll help? If you really need a bald/nude shot though, just let me know!

I personally find the proportions to be perfect. She really suits the larger body thanks to her big ol’ head. You also won’t need to modify the head or neck because it fits perfectly as is. I’ve seen Citron on a Zaoll body as well that looked really good, which is about the same size as the DT Elf.

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her wig was so dirty after taking these >.>

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List of BJD Related Taobao Shops

I use taobao a lot, and I thought it might be useful to have sort of a long list of shops I've seen or bought from! Partially for me, partially in case anyone else is interested.

I plan to continually update this list as I go along. Below is not a complete list of shops I'm familiar with, but it's what I have down so far.

Note: Any titles in quotation marks don't have a readily available english name, so I refer to them by their google translated name.

General

Bears (Clothing, wigs, shoes, etc. Various sizes. )

Tata's Paradise (Clothing, wigs, shoes, eyes, accessories, props, etc. Various sizes.)

Endless (Clothing, wigs, eyes. Various sizes.)

"Suki " (Clothing sets, shoes. 1/6 and OB11.)

Another Dimension (Clothing, various sizes.)

Pingxie520 (Clothes, wigs, eyes, shoes, props, etc. 1/6.)

Nekodoll (Clothes, wigs. Various sizes.)

KAKA (Clothes, shoes, wigs, etc. Various sizes.)

Miucat (Clothes, wigs, eyes, shoes, etc. Various sizes.)

Superdinosaur (Clothes. Various sizes.)

"Little Poem on Toes" (Shoes, some clothes and eyes. Various sizes.)

"Witch's Base Camp" (Clothing sets. Various sizes.)

MVS (Clothes. 1/3 girl, 1/4.)

Daikin & Oscar (Clothes, wigs, eyes, shoes. Various sizes.)

"Vegetable Pork Shop" (Clothing sets, shoes. Various sizes.)

"Fried Rice Shop" (Clothing sets, eyes. Various sizes.)

Snow Magic (Clothes, harnesses/jewelry. Various sizes.)

Maomaokoko (Clothes. Various sizes.)

"Aristocracy High Society" (Clothing sets. Various sizes.)

"Destiny Cat Shop" (Clothing sets. Various sizes.)

"Doll GUY" (Clothes, shoes, wigs, eyes. Various sizes.)

Xmya (Dresses. Various sizes.)

Wigs

Luxurydoll (Also sells some clothes. Various sizes.)

MSireDoll (Also sells come clothes. Various sizes.)

"Elvis Squirrel" (Various sizes.)

Licht (Various sizes.)

"Doll Wig Shopping Center" (Various sizes.)

Punkmomo (Various sizes.)

Playdevil (Styled faux fur wigs, accessories. Various sizes 1/4 and smaller.)

"Suxiufang" (Styled wigs. Various sizes.)

Preorder / Limited Run Shops

Melody.C (Clothing sets)

FADOLL (Clothing sets, shoes.)

Tempest (Clothing sets)

"Coal Boss's Grocery Store" (Clothing sets. 1/4, Kumako.)

Ookra Doll (Clothing sets. Mostly MDD.)

HSL (Clothing sets. MDD, Kumako, 1/4, some 1/6.)

Mezzaluna (Clothing sets. MDD, Kumako.)

Xiny (Clothing sets. 1/4, some 1/6.)

"Mucha Zoo" (Clothing sets. MDD, Kumako, 1/6.)

Biscuit Doll Workshop (Clothing sets. Various sizes.)

Ban's Wardrobe (Clothing sets. Kumako, various sizes.)

"Lazy Sheep Shop" (Clothing sets. MDD, Kumako.)

LA LUCYFUL (Clothing. Various sizes.)

BJ Lab (Clothing sets. Various sizes.)

Dollmakers / Companies

Spiritdoll

Gem of Doll

Doll Chateau

Dollzone

Dream Valley

Guard Love

Fairy Castle

Doll Family H

Doll Family A

Granado

Xagadoll

Doll Leaves

Angell Studio

Akagi Doll

Myou Doll

Dance Soul Doll

Angel of Dream

Vings

YLS

Ziyue

Ango-Doll

Ilex Doll Studio

Shirakawa Doll

Maydoll

Amydoll

Kaniboom

Imomodoll / Noxious Doll

Yanshujiwen

Shoushou Doll

GanGans Doll

Birdcube

Puyoo Doll

Miracle Doll

Goki Doll

Muhan Homemade

Tinyfox

"Witch Contract"

Forest Doll

"Ye Maozi"

Element Doll

Gray Plumage

Lilith

UFdoll

Coral Reef

The Lunarlake

Abigale Doll

Stars Are Falling (SAF)

Rosaheart

Nyx Doll

Chinese Dealers

Dolly Planet

Liqueur Castle

Xiaomiaowang

SWDoll

CCDollhouse

"Around Tang Opera" (second shop)

Sections to add: Eyes, Shoes

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I’ve been meaning to write up a shareable post for some time now regarding the fiasco with Layla Szczepaniec and her company JpopDolls. I’ve been putting it off for months now because the whole situation just makes me so unbelievably angry that it is hard to calmly and succinctly explain all the bullshit Layla has put not only myself through, but also dozens of other customers and doll artists through.

I’m writing up this post because I do not want anyone else to be in the same position as I am now where they’re out of luck getting back their money and have nothing to show for it other than a few Facebook messages and emails full of nothing but excuses and lies. If this post prevents even one person from doing business with JpopDolls, I’ll consider that a win. If it causes Layla to shut down the business for good, I certainly wouldn’t shed any tears over it.

The short of it is that I preordered an Asella Raspberry doll in coffee skin back in October 2020. I never received the doll nor have I received a refund. Layla has not posted to the JpopDolls Facebook page (the only active source of information) since June 2022. Comments are also limited on the FB page (or at least I know that I am personally blocked from making comments on it). I am not the only one in this position either. There are people that preordered dolls from early 2020 that never received them, and there’s people that purchased in stock goods that either never received them, or it took months to receive them.

The long story is that back in February of 2022, Asella herself posted on her Facebook page that she had recently been in contact with Fdoll and Island Doll (2 companies that JpopDolls had used in the past for casting Asella’s dolls) since she was planning to run some preorders herself, and found out that neither of them had received orders from JpopDolls in the last 1-2 years, despite the fact that Layla had been regularly running preorders since 2020. Prior to this news, I’d spent a little over a year emailing and messaging Layla asking for when dolls would be arriving, and always given something along the lines of “soon”, and once given an actual month for when the dolls should get delivered to her.

When contacted about this news, Layla stated that Asella was misinformed and that the dolls were delayed due to the 2020 COVID shutdown and casting problems. She then stated that the dolls would be delivered by spring, and if they weren’t, customers would be refunded. Spring came and went and no dolls materialized and no refunds were sent.

In summer of 2022, a public Facebook group was created called People and Businesses who lost money to JPOP dolls. It currently has 79 members. It was a group that aimed to try and organize all of the JpopDolls customers that had been having issues with the company. Together, dozens of us filed formal complaints to the Washington state Attorney General’s Consumer Resource Center, as well as the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. Unfortunately, nothing came of these complaints. I believe some individuals also filed police reports and knew of at least one person that was thinking of trying to go to small claims court since they lived in the same state as Layla. I haven’t heard any updates regarding that though.

From what I read in the group, JpopDolls has been ripping off artists that worked with them for years, at least since 2017 (when Grace was still alive, so this isn’t a new problem with a new owner). This has led those artists to stop working with them in the past. A post from October 2022 also stated that they received an email from JpopDolls about a sale on doll clothing and accessories as well as in-stock dolls, so Layla is clearly still actively trying to do business and the website is still up and running. I have not personally heard anything from her since emailing her in March.

I have personally come to accept that I will not be getting my money back, and even if I did receive the doll by some act of God, I wouldn’t want it anyway. The entire situation soured me on a doll that was my grail for a majority of my time involved with this hobby. At this point all I want is to make sure that nobody else does business with JpopDolls (or Layla Szczepaniec) ever again.

Do not buy anything that’s in stock or on preorder. Do not give your hard-earned money to someone that is more than happy to take it and then never send you what you paid for. If you have an order with JpopDolls that is still within the timeframe your bank or PayPal give to file a claim, get your money back now.

Please do share this information with your fellow doll collectors, new and old alike. I don’t want anyone else put through this nonsense.

You can find my old posts about this issue on my Instagram story highlights under “jpopdolls” as well as my feed here and here.

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Broken doll Kintsugi guy is almost done! He just needs a pinky on each hand… And a fancy shoot with his ballerino feet!

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