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Today I was looking at fairyland Chicline dolls and looking at wig sizes. And then I noticed that the larger headed Yo size dolls had a 6-7 head and the smaller MSDs had a 6-7 head as well. So I was wondering if a Yo sized head can go on a MSD body but wondered if that would look weird...but apparently Fairyland has something that would allow their Littlefee heads to go on the Chicline body, looked up the pictures and found that it didn't look bad and went "Yes! I now have a valid excuse to get a 1/6 head! FOR SCIENCE!"

Maybe the ones with chubby cheeks would look a tad awkward but this doll: http://www.mintoncardinc.com/dolls/item ... 8&DOLL=YES might not look so bad...?

So, anyone tried this or am I losing it?

They tend to look like the neck is too long. The Minifee line are MSD and so are the Chicline, so the head swap between them works. The difference between MSD and YO is in the location of the eyes on the head. YoSD dolls (Which are not 1/6 scale although they are 12 inches tall) have children's proportions. The eyes are lower on the head. Physically you can do it, however it doesn't always work aesthetically. Ultimately the decision rests with you. And, yes, I have tried it.

Here is a rough mockup of the head you were looking at on a RS Rong body. They tend to be smaller, so I picked it.

I'm actually doing something somewhat similar - I now have a second Custom House Little Junior body, which is between Yo and MSD size. I bought him to put with an MSD head, but it happened to be a rather large MSD head (Leeke Oatmeal) and he just looked ridiculously bobbleheaded. So the Leeke boy is going to be a floating head for a while until I get an MSD body for him somewhere down the line - in the meantime he'll be victim to my faceup practice.

But I bought that CH LJ body to be a certain character who's around the same height as my other CH LJ boy - so an MSD body won't work for him! What to doooo...I looked for some CH LJ heads, but couldn't find many on the marketplace - none that would work for the character, anyway. Then I found a CH Ange Ai head, which is their yo-sd size. I think they're 27 cm tall and the LJ body is 35 cm. The head size is very close - LJs have 7.5 heads and Ange Ais have 7s. The neck is a teeny bit bigger on the LJ body, but I have a dremel and I know how to use it. (I'll be enlarging the neck hole if I need to, not minimizing the neck - either could technically work but I'm afraid I'd end up with an oddly shaped neck if I tried it that way.)

But as Zircon said the issue could be pairing a childlike face with a more mature body - the LJ kids are pretty childlike too so I think it should work for my case. But if you want a childish MSD, there are plenty of those too, so it might be okay! If neck length turns out to be a problem, some sanding/dremeling could work wonders for that as well. Volks MSDs are only 42 cm which is shorter than most, but they're also a bit chubby, so I'd worry a smaller head would look tiny on them.

Sorry for long, rambling reply.

the fantasy doll 27cm are small/slim

there are however pics of soom yo-sized heads on rs bodies on flicker

Thanks for the replies...I'm going to see if I can get a larger headed yo head and experiment.