Comparisons

 In yesterday's post I highlighted one of my made to move Ken dolls by Mattel in a suit made for the Jamieshow Homme Muses, as I wanted to see what the fit was like. That post spurred me to get the four different size 1/6 articulated bodies I have out for some comparison shots. I thought others might be interested how they stacked up, side by side. I put them all in boxers, as I didn't want to offend FB/Flickr or Blogger's sensibilities. The downside to this is that you can't see the articulation at the top of the leg on MTM Ken and Jamieshow dolls. The Mattel dolls are at a much different price point than the Integrity or Jamieshow men, but for the price point I believe you get a lot of "bang" for your "buck" with Made to Move Ken, especially if you love posing your dolls in as realistic of a pose as possible. The articulation varies with Jamieshow and Made to Move Ken having the most points of articulation. Jamieshow and made to move Ken dolls are both double jointed at the knees and elbows and have the extra flexiblility joint at the very top of the leg (which is hidden by their boxers here). Made to move ken goes one step up from that and has another joint at the top of his bicep as well. Here are all four guys standing side by side, from shortest to tallest. From left to right: Made to Move Ken/Harley Ken/Integrity Homme/Jamieshow Homme Muse. All in the 1/6 size range from 11-12 inches. Mattel Ken dolls and Integrity are made of hard plastic. Jamieshow is made of resin and strung. The articulated Ken dolls are typically within the $20-$40 price range (for the basic Looks dolls on the MTM body), Integrity somewhere around $175 these days (that is for a fully dressed doll), and Jamieshow coming in at around the $425 price point, but the Jamieshow dolls are resin and typically come with two wig caps, changing ball hands and basic clothing pieces of some sort. The Jamieshow men also come fully blushed, and are anatomically correct. The other three are not.

The next shot is from the side, with them standing up straight. 

While three of the four have a chest join, only MTM Ken and Jamieshow can slouch forward using said chest joint.  Harley Ken doesn't have a chest joint. Integrity Auden's chest joint has minor flexibility from side to side, but can't move front to back. Made to Move Ken has slight ability to slouch forward, Jamieshow has no problems at all slouching. The stringing used on the Jamieshow doll gives him much more "flexibility" in the slouching department. I didn't think to bend them backwards, sorry about that.

I also wanted to see how each could bend at the elbow. MTM Ken and JS Orlando are the only ones with double jointed elbows, so they can both touch their faces very nicely. The other two can only bend their elbow a little more than 90 degrees or so, maybe close to 45.

Next test was to see how well they could kneel. All four did passable with this test. The Mattel dolls jointing in their feet allow the feet to bend back further, allowing them to balance the best in the kneeling pose.

I wanted to see if MTM Ken and JS Orlando could sit on their haunches. MTM yes, no problems, JS Orlando, not so much. His upper torso kept wanted to tilt back, even if I engaged the chest joint to move it forward a bit, he still had issues. Since the middle two don't have double joints in their knees it was an impossibility for them.

On your bottoms..............Poor JS Orlando performed the worst in this exercise. He had to balance on his hands behind him to be able to sit up at all.

The last comparisons I did were for the feet. I know Jamieshow feet are the biggest, so my first comparisons are each of the other guys against the JS foot. They are all close enough that even Ken can wear the gorgeous Jamieshow footwear.

First up MTM Ken vs. Jamieshow.

Harley Ken vs. Jamieshow

Integrity vs Jamieshow

The two Ken feet compared. They are very close.

And lastly the MTM Ken foot vs. Integrity

Hopefully you have found the comparisons somewhat helpful. As I mentioned yesterday in my review of the MTM Ken body in Jamieshow Muse clothing, with the exception of Jamieshow or Integrity sharing Ken's clothing, both versions of Ken and Integrity can share the Jamieshow clothing with varying degrees of success, depending how picky you are on fit. I have found the Jamieshow men can share many of the Integrity pieces, although sometimes the pants are a little tight, or short, depending on the style. Loose fitting items typically work well between the JS and Integrity men. As far as shoes go, Ken can pretty much share with everyone. Integrity can share with Jamieshow without issue, and Jamieshow can SOMETIMES share with Integrity, shoes are a bit hit or miss with the JS guys as their foot is just a tad bigger as you can see from the photos above.