Smart Dolls

 This is the blog I try to reserve for my 1/6 scale dolls, but I got a new doll recently, that I don't have a specific blog for that I wanted to share, so thought I'd share her here. My doll collection runs the gamet. I have everything from Iplehouse EID size 70cm dolls all the way down to Fairyland Realpuki's  who are about 9.7cm or or close to 4 inches tall. I have come to the conclusion that I just like dolls..............most kinds of dolls (except for baby dolls), and I like variety to photograph, so I'm ok with having lots of variety within my doll collection.  Up until this year I have stayed away from the Smart Dolls as I tend to lean towards realistic type dolls in my collection as opposed to the more anime inspired styles. I guess I always associated Smart Dolls with anime, so they were an easy pass. Last year my friend Robyn got one of the semi- realistic Smart Dolls and I begin to admire her. Robyn has been my go to seamstress for quite a few years now. She is super talented and never disappoints. She started making things for the Smart Dolls that I fell in love with, so I started to go look at the Smart Doll website and there was one of the semi-realistic girls that just jumped off the page at me. Her name is "Dauntless" in what is called the tea skin tone. It is a nice medium tan shade. Last weekend my friend Robyn emails telling me about the current favorable exchange rate between the yen and the USD. It was quite the savings, so I took the plunge and ordered my first Smart Doll. Here is her arrival pic out of the box. One of the other things that caused me to finally take the plunge is the dolls are in stock. When you order from the website they ship pretty quickly. As a first time buyer I had to wait for an email confirming address, and the fact that I realized they were hand made items, therefore not perfect, but even with that step involved, I ordered her last Saturday and she arrived via DHL on my doorstep Thursday.

These girls are vinyl BJD's, for those unfamiliar with them. You can change out their eyes and their wig, and their hands, bust and feet too! They have a very cool skeletan system you can see on the Smart Doll website: Smart Doll (All) – Smart Doll Store

Each doll comes with a sports bra and panty set in varying colors, eyes and a wig. There are optional hand sets  and busts available as well as elf ears and a variety of clothing and accessories. Here is another shot of her on arrival day in her sports bra and panty set that she came in.

She poses very well for a vinyl doll. Her bust is squishy for lack of a better term, which allows her to look up or down, even though the neck joint doesn't have much range of motion other than moving side to side. I got several optional hand sets with her, as well as this black lingerie set she is modeling here. Love the flat hands. It looks like she is saying "Oops".

I also dug into my wig bin for the above picture and found she can wear many of my 8/9 wigs I have accumulated over the years for my asian BJD's.

I like the braided wig on her, and she may get to keep it for a while. More play time revealed she can wear the shoes I have for my Dollstown Elf girls as well as my SD13 Luts shoes. Below she is modeling a gown I have for my DT Elf girls. It's a little short on her, as its a full length gown, but it fits well in all other areas, even though it has a bit of stretch. I was able to pretty easily get her in this arms crossed pose. Her elbows are double jointed allowing this pose, and also allowing her to easily touch her face.

This morning I got out the elf ears I bought for her, which also come in an accessory pack. they hook on over the back of her ears, much like glasses would. They are not very secure, and if I were to leave them on her for any length of time I would probably use some sticky tack or something. There was a disclaimer on the website that they would fit each of the heads differently, some looser than others, so I knew going in.

Lastly a full length shot of her in a gown originally made for my Iplehouse nYID girls. It's a little loose in the back, but looks beautiful from the front and the length of the gown as well as sleeve length is good.

My final thoughts.............LOVE this doll, who I am going to call Dalia.  I'm sure there will be another Smart Doll in my future. They currently come in 4 "skin" tones, tea is the one I got. There is a lighter skin tone called cinnamon, and a darker skin tone called cocoa. The fourth skin tone that isn't currently available is Interstellar blue. My understanding is that the blue dolls are more limited and therefore have limited runs that sell out pretty quickly.

Dangerous Love Muses Collection =Empty Wallet

 I have posted about the Jamieshow Muses collection of 12" beauties previously. The concept of changeable wig caps has always made the Jamieshow doll lines very appealing to me. I started with the Gene line dolls when they were being produced by Jamieshow and added a couple of the 16" original JS sculpts.....................along with LOTS of wig caps!! Yes, I'm a bit addicted! When the 12" Muses line came out,  I tried to resist, I really did, but all I ended up doing in the end was missing all the Premier line dolls, lol! I succumbed to their lure with Summer Kisses Sasha, and SK Alexis and Ginnie followed quickly behind when extras were available on the Jamieshow website. 

When the Dangerous Love line was put up for preorder I KNEW I was in HUGE trouble. This capsule was right up my alley, both dolls and outfits................and for the first time they offered male Muses!! I hit the buy button for Alexander/Alejandro (it says one name on his box, another on his certificate) so fast it wasn't funny, and Ginnie was close behind him. Here are both Ginnie and Alejandro in their original looks.

And a broody Alejandro

I then had to decide how to whiddle down which outfits I was going to purchase. In the meantime, while I was trying to figure out the outfits, Daniel made it into my cart and checked out. Here he is straight out of the box. The dolls all came with a robe and undershorts/panties for the girls.

Daniel and Alejandro doing a wig switchup. I really like Daniel with Alejandro's wig. He reminds me a LOT of Henry Golding.

Then before the ordering period was over Sasha somehow joined the crew. I am a sucker for a doll with red lips and her makeup was just so beautiful I was afraid that I would regret it later if I missed her. She does indeed have a stunning face, and love her wig too! Here she is as she came out of the box.

Two of the first fashions to make it into my cart were Look 5 for the men and Look 20 for the women. Sasha and Alejandro modeling below. Look 5 is a jumpsuit. Not sure why I hadn't figured that out from the promo pics, but I really like it on Alejandro. I have also switched up the wigs here with Alejandro in Daniel's wig and Sasha modeling Ginnie's.

Look 3 for the men was another quick choice for me. With the added option of a sweater, to change it up, I added this option as one of my first choices. Daniel is modeling the pants with the sweater below. I haven't photographed the tshirt and jacket yet. I have 3 more outfits that were preordered that I haven't had a chance to photograph yet. I am so pleased with this whole collection. The dolls are just beautiful. The outfits as well, and all the little details, like the adjustable strap on Daniels shoulder bag gorgeous jewelry and amazing footwear. Daniel is wearing Alejandro's default wig cap here.

And Jamieshow's photo showing the full outfit. The extra sweater isn't included in the promo pics, but it is a great mix and match option as I noted above.

Yesterday morning I got a message in my inbox offering the "extra's" from this collection to those on the Muses mailing list. Needless to say, once again I couldn't resist the pull of these little dolls and Orlando and Bella will be joining the crew. (as well as a few more outfits) I have been more excited about this doll line than I have been by any other line in a long time. Kudos to Jamieshow and Owensu for a wonderful collaboration!! May the partnership continue for a long time to come. I look forward to what else is in store down the road. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to the Enchanted line's appearance shortly.

The full Jamieshow offering of dolls from the Dangerous Love capsule. This one is going to be awfully hard to beat. The girls..............three out of the four nabbed me in the end. Photo by Jamieshow.

And the men (photo by Jamieshow). Again, 3 of the 4 made their way to live with me.