Doll fevers bitten me again...My first resin?

[Alopecia No Hime]

Okay so I've been pining for the Obitsu 11 to come out but after looking at the Bobobie section I took a look at the 1/6 and am in utter love with the Bobobie Isabella girl. She's the same price as an AG girl plus shipping which I own five of still from when I was a bit younger. More expensive then Obitsu but I really like her. Seeing owner pics they do her more justice then of the ones on the Jspot. I have a few questions however.

If anyone reading this owns a BBB Isabella what are the best and also annoying aspects of having a doll like her?

Her joints remind me of the Obitsu joints which I'm used to thankfully...However I heard BBB dolls had a stringing problem sometimes. Do the 1/6 have it worse then the SD's?

Also: If you order the white skin version and ordered nothing else but her will she come with eyes already?

I'm considering saving up for it after vacation this year (Easier to tell my mother after I've spent all my vacation money and looking for chores) So I could realisticly even see if I could purchese her for Christmas and ask for wigs and such for her.

Also do liv or Moxie teenz wigs fit?

[DollyKim]

What do you mean by stringing problems? If a doll is too loose or too tight you can fix that easily.

On the wig end you might want to get a better wig. Most of us use wigs with a fabric cap that is more flexible and the hair quality is much different. Eye wise you may or may not like the color so there's something else to think about.

[Evelien]

I love her too, I think she'd be a good first resin for me as well.. Gotta find out about her head size, perhaps she'd make a good friend for my Little Pullip Hybrids, proportion-wise

[Greyhaunt]

I have two Isabellas (in different resin colors) and I really like the doll. the only problems I've had with them are standard Bobobie issues of needing to restring them because of loose string. The heads of my girls tend to tilt to one side, but it's nothing a little hot glue sueding (very easy to do) won't fix if I'd just not be so lazy and actually do it hahahahaha I really like most all of the 26cm Bobobie/ResinSoul dolls. I've got 2 Isabella, 1 Bei, 1 Bao, 1 March I prefer the ResinSoul bodies becuase they have a better wrist mechanism, but that's it.

[Evelien]

Is restringing a doll hard if you're a total noob..? Oh well, I'm sure many tutorials are available.

[AmberRose]

My daughter has an isabella in normal skin she obtained hers via a trade a couple yrs back, she was previously wired so she poses well. she sent her off to get a face up from Meee, she does lovely work, her lil isabella is very pretty. Nice sculpt.

[paladinari]

Is restringing a doll hard if you're a total noob..? Oh well, I'm sure many tutorials are available.

I don't know about restringing, but one thing that really helped my BBB Mei to stand and pose better was to tighten the strings. This was as simple as retying them about an inch lower, which can be done by removing her head. I imagine Isabella would be as easy to fix that way, too ^.^

[Llwynog]

BBBs are simple to restring. They don't have any of the odd weird joint parts that some of the other companies have.

[DollyKim]

Restringing a Dollzone with stuff from around the house part one http://youtu.be/09mRo78HnDg This is from a time I gave his body a good bath so it's the same elastic that comes out as goes back in. When I get settled I see about doing one where I show how to basically measure, the twins could use new strings.

You just need to match the same type and size of elastic, you can get a kit some have restringing tools that are a big help, minis and smaller dolls can use by the yard elastic from the fabric store. It's not hard, it just takes a bit of patience and keeping track of what goes where.

[Alopecia No Hime]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I've been looking at owner pictures of Isabella and I really like her sculpt especially at how a simple face-up change can make her look so different. I don't mind that I may not get a certian color of eyes if I get her as long as everything is put together where it should be. With the wigs I have been doing some thinking and I may get a Glib wig off the Jspot. It depends since I'm considering just saving up to buy Isabella then worry about the wig and everything else later.