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People say Sword Art Online is a bad anime, and I can see why they feel that way, but I enjoyed it because it was fun to watch. I like fun things for being fun even if the "quality" of them isn't considered great by a lot of people in the community.

I like my SMDs. It feels a bit sad to see people say they look like shit or are gross or bad taste etc. because the company owner is shitty. I know I shouldn't take others' opinions on my own hobbies to heart, but I do want to say- if you don't like Danny Choo, there are nicer ways to express that than bashing people who like the dolls for fun and don't have/want anything to do with the CEO's batshittery. I hate that these dolls are associated with him. But I want to enjoy these dolls like some people enjoy "bad anime" without having to see people claim I have horrible taste for liking something they don't.

Idk why I keep thinking appeals to kindness will work on a confession blog of all things, but I just wanted to point out that you are hurting more than the DC supporters when you may not mean to when you call Smartdolls ugly and such. You can be against bad people's actions without catching innocents in the crossfire. If you really hate SMDs, that's your choice and I respect that. But a lot of people seem to be hating on them because of Danny Ch0o himself, and I wish you would consider that many people.. just like the dolls?

~Anonymous

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Merry Christmas! here's an experimental Jr rainbow high repaint I did.

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How do you not throw your money at new releases in this hobby? Like, if only I had endless disposable income, I'd gladly give most of them to the artists! It's so hard to choose! It's a very happy problem but at the same time, my god this hobby is getting some pretty amazing choices in sculpts and designs in the last decade and if only I can buy them all! 😭 Lord please send more money my way so I can keep supporting amazing people!!!🙏

~Anonymous

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Mmm, fanart. Yum yum copyright infringement. Let me eat your precious manga pages.

... anyway, I'd love to see more fictional character based dolls, I love how they're a tribute to something someone loves and cares a lot about! If anyone wants to post about the legalese of fanart versus copyright, I'll be busy enjoying my dolls and holding my favorite fictional characters in my arms :)

~Anonymous

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I really really REALLY wish that the D0llfie Dre@m Icons were available with the other standard models on the V0lks website, or even that they could be bought through Dream Choice! I'd pay for a proxy to get me an Icon through the Dream Choice system! The fact that they're lottery only really sucks. I entered for an Icon in tawny but ended up not winning and now I feel miserable.

~Anonymous

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I am so tired of companies releasing monster or beast-headed men and giving the women the human head with ears. Maybe even a tail or claws. The men look bold, intimidating, sometimes scary while the ladies look cute and fluffy and...ugh, demure. Like, give me a lady doll that makes my skin crawl. Give me a monster girl who is intimidating and fluffy. Like, come on. I want a beast-headed femme doll to add to my collection. I know they could do it!!

~Anonymous

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My goal for 2025:

ALL DOLLS GET HALLOWEEN COSTUMES!!

~Anonymous

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I lost the V0lks Lottery. Excuse me as I go cry in the corner. 🥲

~Anonymous

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claudie is excited for the holidays!! i made her this dress yesterday, it’s from a stretch lace dress i thrifted. i have plenty more material but boy was it frustrating to work with lol!!

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Ally <3

He still lives rent free in my head.

Ally is my fanon!/AU variant of pastAllen before Chapter 251. And he's very dear to me.

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Something really cool arrived today...

I got a new friend, a blindbox bjd doll. She's just like me fr, her lore is that she hates loud busy places and puts on her headphones to escape to music, music is her safety 🩶🎧

Her name is Mi Ye. She is a wolfgirl (>_<)

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Hey doll friends, do you have doll questions? I'm a doll customizer that's carrying a lot of dolls in my stock box, and every so often, I get questions about sculpts, compatibility, height comparisons, etc. I'm endlessly fascinated by the way these dolls are built, so today I'm opening the floor to you to talk about all their fun details.

If you'd like more insight about a particular doll/dolls, like how they compare to each other, details in their sculpts, etc, send a message to my Askbox, and I'll try to answer with photos and text!

Here's a list of all the doll brands I've got on hand:

Monster High G1 (Ghouls and Mansters)

Monster High G2 (Ghouls)

Monster High G3 (Ghouls and Mansters)

Ever After High (Ladies and Gentlemen)

Rainbow High/Shadow High

Rainbow Jr. High

Descendants

DC Superhero Girls (Pre-reboot, regular and 18 inch)

Marvel Rising

Wild Hearts Crew

Cave Club

Creatable World

Hairdorables

Hairmazing Hairdorables

WWE Superstars

Barbie (Made to Move and Signature)

Disney Store Princesses (2020s)

Disney Princess Comfy Squad

My Scene (Boys only)

Kuukuu Harajuku

BTS Dolls

Enchantimals

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(nfs, made to order)

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My bb Anjali 🧡🥺

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Doll clothes I made in…1998?  This was when I first experimented with scanning and enlarging the piece identification guides from commercial patterns, although I believe all the guy clothes were made with commercial doll patterns.  All the gals’ pants may have been from commercial patterns, too (pretty sure I modified something to make the enormous flares PJ had)

I made the couch, too, with the intent that it looked like something old in a basement

I would have been somewhere around 24, having been sewing human-size stuff seriously for 5 years at that point.  Doll clothes still seemed ridiculously tiny and I didn’t really sew any more of them until 2001.

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Another 1995 or ‘96 repaint, although only the eyes, of a Disney Belle, because that was the only closed-mouth sculpt I remember being able to find at the time.  Although, looking at how lumpy and matte it is, maybe I painted over the top lip, too?  I was using thick thick artist acrylics left over from college.

I took the photo, back then, with a diopter (basically a magnifying glass filter, a cheap alternative to a macro lens) on the camera lens, to get this close-up image, because doll faces just seemed so small back then.

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My first completely repainted doll, wearing me-made clothes, from 1995 or ‘96

I remember that I didn’t paint light reflections in the eyes, I just…glossed ‘em