Lily wrote:sailor_ashes wrote: I'm just worried about purchasing a Bobobie/Resinsoul doll because of how bad their posing is. I know I could just fix it, but I would rather just buy a better doll for a little bit more than invest all the money into just fixing the doll up. :/
My 70cm RS girl is, well, a girl, but I will tell you this: the "bad posing" of BBB/R dolls is not what it is cracked up to be. Individual dolls may post badly (the 50cm and 1/6 ranges) or not so great (the 1/4 BBB and original 1/4 girls with their irritating lack of ankle and wrist movement) but I certainly have Korean dolls that pose far worse than most of BBB/RS crew I've owned or played with. (My newest darling is a case in point!) My 70cm girl was back when the 70cm RS dolls were't double-jointed, and her posing is really not all that bad at all.
BBB/RS have moved into the "fashionable to bash" place DollZone used to occupy, which is a shame, because the sum total effect is a lot of newbies being made to feel bad that their beloved first doll is an RS Mei. I think a lot of the bashing is not fair critique - or not applied as evenly as critique of other companies. I own dolls from a lot of companies, and I love my BB/RS trio as much as any of the others.
At first my huge girl had difficulty because of the slickness of her resin and, I think, her height. Initially I hot glue sueded her (with a $5 hot glue gun) and that helped amazingly. Later I scraped off the glue, tightened (not replaced) her elastics a little, and popped some craft wire in her joints. Utterly incredibly difference. No problems with her posing now at all, for about $2. If they released another sculpt I loved in that size, I would so get another.
Even if you replace all the elastic, hot glue suede and add craft wire, it would cost you less than ten bucks all up - you'd never manage to spend as much money as a more expensive doll would cost. None of this would matter if he wasn't the sculpt your heart yearned for, but as he is - I'd say go for it, and don't worry overly much about spending a lot of money on fixing him!
Thank you so much1 That actually helped me a lot! I was really worried about the posing and fixing before, but I figure, it's a challenge! And it's a challenge I accept. :3 I feel bad, I don't want people to think that I'm talking Resinsoul or Bobobie down or anything- I was just listening to other peoples opinions instead of even attempting to make my own. But I have decided to go on my own RS/BBB adventure! <3 I actually decided to get a Resinsoul Ai head on the 60cm Bobobie Apollo body! I am so excited, I can't wait for him to come home! I can start fixing him up and bonding with him, and I have all the supplies I need already. :3