What makes this different????

[Itsaiya]

So wait.... What are their grounds for making this doll off topic? It's made exactly the same way as all other dolls, it just looks different due to extra formations on it's arms and face, etc.... this makes it different from the SOOM hooved legs and horned and winged and three eyed dolls because....?

[GooglyDooglyV.2]

He's not kawaii. He's not kawaii at ALL.

[Greyhaunt]

So wait.... What are their grounds for making this doll off topic? It's made exactly the same way as all other dolls, it just looks different due to extra formations on it's arms and face, etc.... this makes it different from the SOOM hooved legs and horned and winged and three eyed dolls because....?

He's not been declared officially off-topic yet. Here is the last thing DoA said: The moderators will need to see more photographs and stats in order to deem whether or not this unique sculpt will meet the DoA criteria for topicness.

is Topicness a real word?

[kourika]

is Topicness a real word?

I'm pretty sure it isn't.

Like most everyone in this thread, I think it's an amazingly unique sculpt, and I probably would never buy him. Ah well.

[Llwynog]

BJD Collectasy has new pics up of the body. Holy Freaking Cow!
http://www.bjdcollectasy.com/impldoll/update-more-photos-of-miguel.html

[delbelcoure]

Is it only me that thinks the "obscured bits" should be textured and ridged too?
Susan

[Greyhaunt]

Is it only me that thinks the "obscured bits" should be textured and ridged too?
Susan

Perhaps they are....we'll have to hope someone buys one and posts pics here

[Llwynog]

With all that stuff on his legs I can only picture him in a utilikilt commando style.

[Geektopian]

He's not been declared officially off-topic yet. Here is the last thing DoA said: The moderators will need to see more photographs and stats in order to deem whether or not this unique sculpt will meet the DoA criteria for topicness.

is Topicness a real word?

As I said in my previous post (and have said before), I don't see why they bother with any sort of published criteria. Simply state that each doll will be judged according to the random whims of the board staff. I constantly hear about how big DoA is and how difficult it is to manage but this need to routinely "hem and haw" over the interpretation of nebulous rules points to a major reason for this difficulty.

It seems that no matter who runs DoA, there has always been a struggle to have rules while simultaneously leaving clauses and loopholes to circumvent those rules. I consider the infamous "Asian aesthetic" clause the most notorious example of this practice. To me, this doll meets all the major established criteria to be on-topic at DoA but somebody obviously doesn't like it or is at least ambivalent about it, so they fall back on the "do I think it's pretty?" clause. And if it is judged off-topic for failing to meet some vague standard of appearance, regardless of meeting the normal technical criteria, why bother to have any criteria at all?

It should go without saying (but I'll say it anyway) that I respect the ability of message board owners/admins/mods to create whatever rules and practices (or lack thereof) they deem necessary to run their forums. If I disagree, I can chose to not join or to leave if I'm already a member. However, I will criticize those rules and practices I find disagreeable when the situation warrants doing so.

[victoriavictrix]

Amazingly enough they declared him On Topic. Perhaps just because of all the flack they'd get if they didn't, when he has an obviously asian face, and that kind of "encrustation" shows up fairly often in anime.