ShadowKat wrote:When you say in scale to Monster High dolls, do you mean just height-wise or do you mean with the same proportions? 'Cause MH have huge heads compared to most 1/6th dolls. About the only other dolls that have that same head-to-body ratio are the LIV dolls, and Bratzillaz.
If you want something a bit more normally proportioned, you'll want your girl to be on a smaller body to stay in scale, somewhere between 25.4 and 26.2 cm, or right around 10 inches. Takara Jenny dolls and the Chinese Kurhn dolls both are around 10in, and the Kurhn dolls usually have really nicely articulated bodies. There are also the smaller Obitsu dolls, which will take a ton of different head options (I've put a Jenny head on a 27cm Obitsu no problem). Parabox, Obitsu, and Azone all make heads for the smaller bodies, as well. Azone and Megahouse both make 1/6th anime dolls (usually on Obitsu bodies), so those could be an option too.
The only other girls I know of are much much bigger (Hot Toys, TTL, Cy Girls, Triad and the like are more realistically proportioned). Although, the new TTL head I just bought would probably fit very well on a smaller Obitsu, so some of their heads could probably work (She looks so pin-headed on a TTL body).
For the guy, I would definately suggest an Obitsu slim male body. It's the slimmest guy body you will find, hands down. Volks also make a slim guy option, but I don't have much experience with them. There's also the Hot Toys True Type Slim (and the various clones on Ebay), but even he is really bulky, especially compared to Obitsu dolls.
I have to second going to DollyKim's Littles Encyclopedia and checking out all the different options in the 1/6th scale world. There are a ton of options in 1/6th, and it can get a little confusing. It's helped me out many times when I've been trying to figure out which body to go with.
I have a Sideshow, a Hot Toys, a Bratzilla, some LIV girls, a Jenny (still on her own body), TTL girls, Obitsu's and a ton of MH girls, so if you need some comparison photos just let me know!(I need an excuse to take more pictures of them
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I really like that obitsu boy body- and he looks like an easier to match skin tone. Now I need to find a matching head which considering obitsu is compatible in skin tones shouldn't be too hard.
The shorter doll is the harder part and there's some great information you've posted that will be helpful - especially dolly Kim's site - I didn't know she had a site but its really useful.